Cisco Live 2022

Cisco Live 2022 is scheduled for June 12-16 and the only requirement is registration and for more detailed information about the process, please click here. The theme for this year is ALL IN and you'll soon discover that there are plenty to choose from. Please remember to select the sessions you're interested in, and your...

Runecast Dashboard

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to remediate a configuration issue that was discovered by the Runecast Analyzer in my vSphere 7 environment. The Runecast OVA can be found and downloaded from the Runecast site linked above. In addition to this and for your convenience, I have...

Updating DSM for my Synology DS920+

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to update the DSM (DiskStation Manager) on my Synology DS920+. DSM is the operating system that powers every Synology NAS. It's use cases includes Multimedia, File Management, Productivity, Data Protection, Virtualization, Surveillance, and much more! In order to determine which DSM version...

Cisco Champion 2021

I’d like to take a few moments and recognize those that helped make this happen for the 3rd year in a row. I am truly honored to be included as a Cisco Champion for 2021 and none of this is possible without Cisco, Lauren Friedman, Brett Shore, Tech Field Day, and fellow Cisco Champions. If you’re interested in learning more...

Creating A Zerto Virtual Protection Group

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to create a Virtual Protection Group (VPG) in Zerto. The purpose of a VPG is to protect virtual machines (VMs) and additional VMs can be added to a VPG at any time. Log into the Zerto Manager Web Client with...

How to Create a VMware Datacenter

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to create a new VMware Datacenter. Log into your vSphere web client, right-click your vCenter Server name and then select New Datacenter. When prompted to do so, please provide a name for the new Datacenter. For this guide, I called...

How to Install Zerto’s Virtual Replication Package (v8.5U3P1) for VMware

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to install Zerto’s Virtual Replication Package (v8.5U3P1) for VMware. This application can be found and downloaded from the Zerto site. Please keep in mind you will need a Zerto account (free) to access this software. Double click the installer and...

How to Recover a VMware Virtual Machine (VM) with a Synology DS920+

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to recover a VMware Virtual Machine (VM) using Active Backup for Business on my Synology DS920+. This VM is currently found on a physical server (Dell PowerEdge R720). To demonstrate the recovery process, the VM was previously deleted from vSphere. As you can see from...

How to Backup a VMware Virtual Machine (VM) with a Synology DS920+

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to backup a VMware Virtual Machine (VM) using Active Backup for Business on my Synology DS920+. This VM is currently found on a physical server (Dell PowerEdge R720). The Active for Business software can be installed from the Synology Package...

Creating a Windows 11 Virtual Machine with vSphere7

The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to configure and install a Windows 11 virtual machine with VMware vSphere 7. This VM will be configured on a physical server (Dell PowerEdge R720) which includes the following hardware: 384GB RAM2 x e5-2620 v2Dual SD module w\ 16GB SD...