Tech101 – Successful Blogging

I have only been blogging for 3 months and I do not consider myself successful or expert by any stretch of the imagination.  However, I have learned many things about what it takes to be a blogger.  It took me a few months to get a handle on it, so this is about providing information for other people to jump-start their own blogging efforts.  This post details how to use the features of a blog site, promote yourself and provide content that people are interested in.

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Tech101 – EMC Symmetrix VMAX & PowerPath/VE

My VCDX design architecture was based upon the EMC Symmetrix VMAX 20K.  I spent a lot of time with EMC SMEs learning everything I could about it.  The first step was learning the major building blocks of the VMAX and how it all fits together.  The examples I provide below are with the vSphere ESXi host being the consumer of VMAX storage services. Continue reading Tech101 – EMC Symmetrix VMAX & PowerPath/VE

Tech101 – VMware vSphere ESXi

During my VCDX journey, I searched long and hard for a diagram that showed the components of VMware vSphere ESXi in a “big picture” to enhance my understanding.  The closest I could find was in the VMware vSphere: Optimise and Scale training manual (page 66 – Image also here Section 4.1), but it lacked detail.  So I collated all that I could find into this diagram, which is a very handy one to have when troubleshooting vSphere issues. (#VCDX HINT, HINT!) Continue reading Tech101 – VMware vSphere ESXi