Recent content by defuseme2k

The primary reason for running vpxd with a service account is using windows based authentication to SQL server; in that case the service would run under the account that has permissions to the database. If you're using non-windows (SQL auth) or Oracle, it doesn't make a difference and local...

We had similar experiences as others did with EVO:RAIL, it is not well executed. That said, that doesn't mean you couldn't find VSAN ready nodes and achieve HCI greatness that way. Most are probably opting that route. We were immediately turned off by the whole "make it stupid simple" UI...

Since the death of heartbeat, the new way is to use windows server failover clustering. Not exactly any better IMO. I would say given everything I've seen so far that the appliances are probably going to be future direction. VMware has never done this before with multiple platforms (ESX...

To be clear, 6.0u1 completely fixes the issue correct? This sounds more like the ESXi side of it than it does the vCenter Server. So... I assume when you say it is fixed in 6.0u1 you mean ESXi? We'll do both, but our hosts will lag by some amount.

I think brain dumps are cheating, pure and simple. Like, looking over the smart kid in class taking the test is a "gray" area. I never felt entirely prepared for any exam I've taken. If you fail it, it isn't he end of the world. You may lose a little bit of money, but don't lose your...

Yes, I did, and it just isn't that interesting so far. Some of the futures for the appliances I found interesting. I saw product naming futures, and I think talking about that product in much more detail would be better :).

So far this year has sucked, absolutely nothing to be excited about and the sessions have provided very little under NDA to provide value to the trip. This year may kill any hope of us returning. Maybe there will be some wow factor today at the general session. I have no hope of that, but...

I'm here, this party can now begin.

I'll be there and a coworker of mine. We'll stop by the Tintri booth, we can make fun of the afore mentioned co-worker for failing to properly configure jumbo frames on every switch. Make sure you dig it in really good :)

Sorry, didn't say... FC. Thank you... I guess I should have just tried it.

So our ESXi hosts are booting from SAN. We've got some methods to migrate the LUNs from the old storage to the new, but politically and team silo's make doing this ourselves appealing. It was suggested that we present the boot lun from one host to another, then mount it as an RDM and do a dd...

The problem with Tintri... well there isn't a problem there is a political one I'm not going to solve by using a discrete array of any kind. Even if you spin the shit out of it and call it virtaulization only. In the end it is going to be managed by our Storage side of the house and it just...

Yeah they're annoying me too. I don't think it is as great as they say, but I'm sure it is actually a perfectly suitable platform for hyperconverged. What really pisses me off is the twitter swarming and blog comment section hounding they do. I mean its like flies on shit just as soon as...

I kind of wish I was. I've been following the Chuck v. Josh thing playing out on twitter and their blogs. Hell, check is writing directly about Nutanix on the VMware blog. Talk about going for the throat. I cannot tell who I should root for, both? Being such a VMware nerd leans me into VSAN...

Damns.