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vExpert 2015!
Just wanted to put an update out there that the recent roster for the vExpert program in 2015 was announced (See http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2015/02/vexpert-2014-announcement-2.html) I was honored to be selected for the second straight year. I look forward to continuing giving back … Continue reading
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Upcoming blog post!
I know. Generic title. Working on a blog post detailing setting up a NaviSecCLI device in a Docker container for using with EMC arrays (specifically, I have a VNX 5300 in my lab) in UCS Director. I know when I … Continue reading
Presentation at local VMUG!
At the next Kansas City VMUG, I will be co-presenting with Chris Hildebrandt (notice there’s a “t” on the end of his last name and not mine!). The topic will be community recognition programs (such as VMware vExpert/Cisco Champions/EMC Elect/PernixPro). … Continue reading
Cisco Champion 2015!
Just got notified today that I’ve been selected to the Cisco Champion program for 2015! I look forward to offering up any knowledge I can come up with for UCS Director and UCS Central moving forward. Especially considering our project … Continue reading
Microsoft KB2992611 and the Cisco PSA
Ran into a pretty big issue with my lab UCS Director environment and my ability to perform PowerShell requests through the Cisco PowerShell Agent. I started to get messages in the PSA logs related to SSPI failed with inner exception … Continue reading
Cisco PowerShell Agent Service and VMware VUM PowerCLI
Whew. That was a long winded title. Those who use the PowerShell Agent Service with UCS Director should be aware that in most cases, you just send a few things for that service to run PowerShell related commands through it. … Continue reading
Fool’s Gold and the Execute PowerShell Command task
Over the last week, I’ve been banging my head against the wall trying to figure out how to exactly approach the usage of this task in UCS Director. On the one hand, it works rather well. On the other hand, … Continue reading
UCS Central PowerShell integration with UCS Director
With the most recent update to the UCS Central PowerTool, I decided to start working some Powershell scripts into UCS Director (using the Execute PowerShell Command task). The built-in tasks for UCS Central seem to be lacking for the overall workflow … Continue reading
New UCS Central PowerTool version release!
FINALLY! Cisco released an update to the UCS Central PowerTool that fixes my issue I was having running a cmdlet to set the organization permission onto a common VLAN created in UCS Central. Happy to report that this new version … Continue reading
Kansas City UCS User’s Group Meeting Update!
I’ve been told that the invites should be coming soon for the Kansas City UCS User’s Group meeting for October 22nd. That means I have three weeks (well, a little less than that) to get my presentation done. If only … Continue reading
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