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E2EVC 2014 Brussels: Why attend

6 February 2014
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After the E2EVC XX Rome event, the next one will be in Brussels:

Next event will take place in Brussels, Belgium May 30 – June 1, 2014 in Hotel Novotel Brussels Centre Tour Noire (same Hotel of the event in 2006)

E2EVC Virtualization Conference is an independent, non-commercial, virtualization community event build from experts to experts. Started in 2003 with just 4 people and after 20 successful events grown to awell-recognized event with over 120 attendees. Those conferences has taken place in cities such as Munich, London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Brussels, Berlin, Frankfurt, Dublin, Paris, Nice, Lisbon, Hamburg, Vienna and Rome.

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Create a custom ESXi installation ISO

5 February 2014
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In previous post we have already see how add custom drivers to an ESXi installation ISO and how use ImageBuilder to make custom ESXi ISO, but in other cases you may need to define some custom settings during the installation or add custom vib files.

Booting from CD is not the only way, but custom ISO could be used also for boot from USB or for boot from virtual devices (like the iDRAC or ILOE).

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Top paying IT Certifications for 2014

4 February 2014
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GlobalKnowledge as realize a new list of top paying certification (see 15 Top Paying Certifications for 2014). Each year they present this kind of report (see also the 2013 and 2012 note).

As usual, some high level certifications are not represented due to their exclusive nature. These include CCIE: Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert and VCDX: VMware Certified Design Expert, and mainly all the Top IT Certifications.

Also the truth is that several factors, including geography, industry, experience, and yes, certifications, combine to play a major role in determining an individual’s salary.

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VMware Workstation 10 bug with multiple virtual NIC

3 February 2014
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Seems that VMware Workstation has an issue when you build VM with multiple virtual NICs. This issue affect only version 10 of Workstation, previous version and VMware Player are not affected.

Actually seems that there isn’t yet any KB article, but there is a community thread with a full discussion about this bug and the temporally workaround.

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Fix a corrupted RAID in a Dell PowerVault MD Storage

31 January 2014
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In the previous post we have described how the command line of a Dell PowerVault storage allows several more operations compare the graphical interface. For example, the disk initialization is just one of the several troubleshooting cases where it becomes mandatory to rely on the command line (or on technical support).

Another case is where the RAID of a disks group go into the “corrupted” state: at that point, again, there is no simple solution because you have limited options in the graphical interface.

Again, the solution is switch to the command line and use the SMICLI command. The command must be run from a system with the graphical management tool of a PowerVault storage (which will also install the command line part) and with the storage already connected using a in-band mode (if the machine has also disk access to the storage), or more commonly in out-of-band mode (using the network management interfaces).

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Fix a foreign disk in a Dell PowerVault MD storage

30 January 2014
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One of the advantages of Dell PowerVault storage, with the MDxxx series, is that they use disks with identical bays of the server version (obviously depending on the generation, there will bays like the G9 servers or  bays with the same G10, G11, G12 servers form factor). In addition, disks are theoretically interchangeable because are the same models (almost from Seagate vendor, ad least for spinning disks). However, in practice, this was true with MD30xx models and derivatives, but with the recent series (MD32xx or MD36xx), there are some limitation based on the firmware version of the disks (as happen also with other storage or other vendors).

The typical issue that you have when you recycle disks that have been used in another Dell PowerVault storage (or in some cases also on a server with the PERC controller), is that the storage does not recognize them as “new” disks and marks them as “foreign disk” without giving a chance to use, for example, to build a new disk group.

In these cases, the only solution is to switch to the command line, in order to re-initialize the disks.

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Upgrade Veeam Backup & Replication from 6.x to 7.0

29 January 2014
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The upgrade path from Veeam Backup & Replication 6.x to the new version 7 is almost simple and fast: basically you have to upgrade first the Backup Enterprise Manager and then the Backup & Replication part, and finally apply the patch to bring it at the Backup & Replication 7.0 R2 release.

The entire upgrade procedure is almost fast and usually can take around 30 min for a simple install with only one single system.

Of course before doing the upgrade you need to verify the license file (you need a new one for version 7.x, but it’s easy check inside the txt file if the version is correct) and the hardware and software compatibility list (for more informations see the system requirements for the Hyper-V or vSphere edition).

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