Often I am asked to integrate a software solution into Active Directory so that users are authenticated directly against AD (via LDAP or LDAP/S). One of the biggest pains is defining the Search Base DN (where LDAP will query if a user is indeed valid). A neato tool that you can use to identify the…
For reference by all of those Linux admins (will be an evolving blog): Create Swap file: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/swap/swap1 bs=1024 count=8388608 , where 8388608 is 8GB # mkswap /var/swap/swap1 # swapon /var/swap/swap1
Great news! VVL Systems is now an authorized BMC Software Consulting Service Partner. We are now able to support any BMC customer in their journey to an efficient Data Center ecosystem with BMC’s Bladelogic Automation solution (Client, Network, Server, and Orchestration). If you would like our expertise, contact us or request us by name through…
That is – tips on Data Center Automation! What insight or tips would you like us to cover on our next blog section? Here are a couple of topics to get you started: -EMC Ionix? -BMC Server Automation? -HP Server Automation? -How to automate a common software solution? -How to perform patch analysis on your…
Last part of this series “Troubleshooting EMC Ionix (SMARTS)”, we discussed some of the key tools in enabling an Enterprise Management administrator to understand if their EMC ITOI (IT Operations Intelligence) infrastructure is healthy. In this part, we will talk about dmdebug and how it can help you efficiently understand statistics about your in-memory domain…
Whenever you need to exchange “payload” (that is, content) from one HP Server Automation core to another (lets say, from dev into testing, and testing into prod), HPSA includes a very handy utility to export and import. CBT or also known as DET (DCML Exchange Utility) is found in your HP Server Automation DVD. In…
In this blog I am going to cover some of the pitfalls one usually encounters when deploying a fresh new install of HPSA (Opsware) version 9. Although this is no replacement for the Installation guide, it should help those venturing down this path from encountering some bumps on the way. Eventually, I will post a…
Recently I went to a client to help them understand their current state of Enterprise Management. They leveraged EMC’s Ionix (aka SMARTS) for server, network, and storage monitoring. As usual in any IT enterprise, the guy who implemented left the company, and the newcomer was still ramping up. Additionally, they were experiencing high latency/poor user…
We’re ramping up to support proposal for lifecycle management of a 50,000 Virtual Desktop deployment. Need to put together the right methodology for minimizing end-user pains while maximizing IT efficiencies: -User self-service -Rapid-provisioning of elastic computing power -Pool/non-pooled desktop service (to cater to different service level requirements) -Patching Lifecycle – a must for an IAVA-aware…
**UPDATE** Our session is now listed in HP’s Discover 2011 Session Tracks! Be sure to visit and sign up if you are planning to attend: https://h30496.www3.hp.com/scheduler/catalog.do?sortBy=sessionID Just wanted to let everyone know that I will be presenting at this year’s HP Discover 2011 conference in Las Vegas, NV. I will be focusing on leveraging HP’s…