Whilst most of the time I like Unisphere, sometimes it’s nice to be able to get info about your Array quickly and without having to fight with Java. Naviseccli is great for just that purpose. It’s fast, efficient and you get info you need quickly. Most of these commands will Continue Reading
EMC RecoverPoint : Error during upgrade “failed to obtain WWN from RPAs”
I have been fortunate enough to be involved in some customer trials of the EMC Deployment Manager upgrade toolkit. Whilst it’s a major enhancement for customers to be able to upgrade their Recoverpoint clusters, it’s not without it’s issues and quirks. During a recent upgrade from v3.5.SP1.P1 to 4.0.SP2.P1 I received Continue Reading
vSphere PowerCLI – Snapshot handling
Snapshots are cool. We all use them, we all love them. But they can be tedious to manage, and this can lead to them causing issues. Take some care to manage them proactively so they don’t become a monkey on your back. I’ve grown rather fond of managing snapshot functions Continue Reading
How old is your Active Directory Forest ?
Curiosity got the better of me today and I decided I wanted to find out the exact date of when our Active Directory Forest was first installed. It would have to have been waaaay before my time at the company and would obviously have gone through many schema updates and Continue Reading
In the beginning…
I’ve been wanting to do this for a while, but life has found a way to keep me busy 🙂 After numerous years in all sorts of tech roles, across all sorts of industries, I want to (in my own small way) “Pay Forward”. I plan on sharing a mix of Continue Reading