HowTo: Ethernet Cables
Over the years, I’ve had to create a number of ethernet cables, both for my own usage, as well as for the companies I’ve worked for. It took me forever to memorize the color code for ‘straight’...
View ArticleProject: Homelab
PART 3: Storage I – NAS I haven’t written about my homelab project in some time. So I figured now would be a good time to write about my storage setup – since it is currently undergoing an upgrade. For...
View ArticleHome NAS Articles
As you know, I wound up building a new NAS for my home lab . This new build replaced a 1TB Dell PowerVault 745N. I was going to replace the Dell PowerEdge 2850, but wound up upgrading and repurposing...
View ArticleScript: Merge Multiple Arrays
Each Saturday my company does a refresh of a few different machines. This refresh consists of cloning a couple of production machines into our lab environment for development. It’s a very tedious...
View ArticlePernixData – First Impressions
As you’ve probably guessed, I got a new toy in the lab at work. I’m talking PernixData v1.0. For my initial review, I will say that the install, setup, and configuration was very simple — just a few...
View ArticleProject: Home Lab v4.0 – The Home Lab goes MOBILE!!
Woot! Ok, that was cheesy, I know. However, my home lab has undergone significant improvement, redirection, and an overall evolution. And that calls for celebration! So Woot it up! Over the last two...
View ArticleHow to upgrade a simple vRA 7.0 instance to vRA 7.0.1
Just this week, VMware released vRealize Automation 7.0.1 (vRA). It contains many bug fixes and some enhancements to the vRA platform. I was excited for it to come out and was anxious to perform an...
View ArticleC.R.I.B. The Logical Layout of My HomeLab
C.R.I.B. – Stands for Computer Room In a Box. This is the name I have given my homelab. I’ve used my C.R.I.B. to educate myself, experiment with things, and demo products to my customers. As you’ve...
View ArticleProject: Home Lab v4.0 – The Home Lab goes MOBILE!!
Woot! Ok, that was cheesy, I know. However, my home lab has undergone significant improvement, redirection, and an overall evolution. And that calls for celebration! So Woot it up! Over the last two...
View ArticleHow to upgrade a simple vRA 7.0 instance to vRA 7.0.1
Just this week, VMware released vRealize Automation 7.0.1 (vRA). It contains many bug fixes and some enhancements to the vRA platform. I was excited for it to come out and was anxious to perform an...
View ArticleC.R.I.B. The Logical Layout of My HomeLab
C.R.I.B. – Stands for Computer Room In a Box. This is the name I have given my homelab. I’ve used my C.R.I.B. to educate myself, experiment with things, and demo products to my customers. As you’ve...
View ArticleChange…
The only thing constant is change. Change is the backbone of any IT organization. New widgets, software, and hardware seem to come out daily. Our job as IT professionals is to try and stay aware of...
View ArticleBuilding the lab 5: Storage I
This part of my homelab rebuild will touch on something interesting… storage options. Knowing that my lab is going to be a couple levels of nesting, I wanted to look at the different options that are...
View ArticleHome Lab Redux: The Nuke & Pave
My homelab is undergoing yet another rebuild – partially my fault, partially time to just start fresh, partially because half-way through an experiment I said ‘screw it!’ and then commenced to nuke and...
View ArticleRefresh
Refresh. What does that mean? To different people, it could mean different things. ‘Refresh’ and get a new page. Take a day off and ‘refresh’ your mind. Buy new hardware and replace the old. The list...
View ArticlevRA 8.3 IPAM integration using phpipam and ABX – Part 1
This article will cover my process of providing an IPAM integration to my vRA 8.3 homelab deployment. For most of my customers, they have commercial grade IPAM solutions, like Infoblox, Bluecat, etc,...
View ArticlevRA 8.3 IPAM integration using phpipam and ABX – Part 2
Continuing the work on the phpipam integration with vRA from Part 1, this post will walk you through what I did to “unwind” the process. Or rather, the retirement and recovery of IP Address(es). Use...
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