How to configure HSRP in Cisco IOS Routers

http://www.itsyourip.com/cisco/how-to-configure-hsrp-in-cisco-ios-routers/

PPTPD on FreeBSD

http://faded.org/2009/02/freebsd_pptp_server.html

NetApp multitenancy

NetApp’s MultiStore functionality allows storage partitioning for multiple tenants.

It supporst up to 130 vFiler instances (128 vFilers plus 2 vFiler0 instances) but only for NFS, CIFS, iSCSI, HTTP, and NDMP. Fibre Channel is not supported. You can only use Fibre Channel with vFiler0.

More info:
http://blog.scottlowe.org/2009/04/08/3010-a-multistore-primer/

VCAP-DCA and VCAP-DCD Live Lab Tutorials

http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=239190681&gid=51214&type=news&item=239190681&articleURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ntpro.nl%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F1628-VCAP-DCA-Live-Lab-Tutorial.html&urlhash=2XoB&goback=.gde_51214_news_239190681

VCAP-DCA and VCAP-DCD Live Lab Tutorials

VMware has released the VCAP-DCA and VCAP-DCD Live Lab Tutorials which can help you prepare for the actual exam.

The VCAP4-DCA is directed toward System Administrators, Consultants and Technical Support Engineers who can demonstrate their skills in VMware vSphere and VMware vCenter technologies in relation to the datacenter, as well as their knowledge of application and physical-infrastructure services and their integration with the virtual infrastructure.

http://mylearn.vmware.com/courseware/82526/VCAPDCA_Tutorial.swf

The VCAP-DCD is directed toward IT Architects and Consulting Architects who are capable of designing VMware solutions in a multi-site, large enterprise environment. They have a deep understanding both of VMware core components and their relation to storage and networking, and also of datacenter design methodologies. They also possess knowledge of applications and physical infrastructure, as well as their relationship to the virtual infrastructure.

http://mylearn.vmware.com/courseware/82525/VCAPDCD_Tutorial.swf

Open source, ITIL-aligned IT change management tool

http://www.otrs.com/en/products/

VMware HA Deepdive

http://www.yellow-bricks.com/vmware-high-availability-deepdiv/

Disaster Recovery Plan

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/09/28/disaster-recovery-scenario-stick-to-the-plan/?utm-source=feedburner&utm-medium=feed&utm-campaign=Feed%3A+DataCenterKnowledge+%28Data+Center+Knowledge%29

How CISCO UCS can help to Disaster and Recovery

Here is the video recording of Harpreet Singh presentation at Cisco booth at VMWorld 2010.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R9oWMBOAow
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pEtR8eNUYI

LANAMARK

Another datacenter capacity planning tool
http://www.lanamark.com/

I would like to install it and compare against Platespin Recon.

Celerra VSA UBER v2

http://nickapedia.com/2010/05/19/besser-uber-celerra-vsa-uber-v2/

Microsoft NLB Cluster on VMware

Microsoft Resources:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323437
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323431
VMware Resources
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/implmenting_ms_network_load_balancing.pdf
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1006580
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1556

Oracle Forms

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/forms/overview/index.html

VMDK Handbook - Basics

http://sanbarrow.com/vmdk-basics.html

EMC Unified Storage – Next Generation Efficiency Details

http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2010/05/emc-unified-storage-next-generation-efficiency-details.html

Cisco UCS Networking Best Practices

http://bradhedlund.com/2010/06/22/cisco-ucs-networking-best-practices/

ITaaS - EMC Ionix UIM 2.0 and VMware Project Redwood Preview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0BbPmX64Kc&feature=related

Removing orphaned Nexus DVS

http://frankdenneman.nl/2010/03/removing-orphaned-nexus-dvs/

NIMSOFT - flexible monitoring solution

http://www.nimsoft.com/solutions/index.php

Equinix Announces Third Sydney Data Center

Full article at
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/06/28/equinix-announces-third-sydney-data-center/?utm-source=feedburner&utm-medium=feed&utm-campaign=Feed%3A+DataCenterKnowledge+%28Data+Center+Knowledge%29

How to remove Cisco Nexus 1000V plugin

This is just a copy from original post at http://malaysiavm.com/blog/how-to-remove-cisco-nexus-1000v-plugin/

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The Cisco Nexus 1000V switch is a pure software implementation of a Cisco Nexus switch. It resides on a server and integrates with the hypervisor to deliver VN-Link virtual machine-aware network services. The Cisco Nexus 1000V switch takes advantage of the VMware vSphere vNetwork Distributed Switch framework to offer tightly integrated network services as part of both a server virtualization strategy and a broader data center virtualization strategy. In addition, the switch provides operations and management consistency with existing Cisco Nexus and Cisco Catalyst switches.

Here I would like to share how to remove Cisco Nexus 1000V Plugin

1. To view the extension key on the vCenter Server, open an Internet Browser, and enter the URL path http://vcenter-host/mob

2. Authentication dialog box open, Enter the username and password and click OK

3. The Managed Object Browser (MOB) open the Service Instance page, in the value column of the Properties table, click Content

4. In the Value column of the Properties table, Click extensionManager OR you can open browser with URL http://localhost/mob/?moid=ExtensionManager

5. In the Methods table, click UnregisterExtension

6. In the Value of the Parameters table, paste “Cisco_Nexus_1000V_1850055053″ and click Invoke Method.

Note: The actual value of “Cisco_Nexus_1000v_xxxxx” will wary. It should match the extension key from the Cisco_nexus_1000v_extension.xml file.

Enjoy!