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The continued adventures of UCS Central in UCS Director!
It’s now been roughly 15 months since I first started working with Cisco UCS Director. While I love what the product brings to the table, there are times where it just frustrates me like no end. My current point in … Continue reading
Passed the VCP5 Delta Exam!
Happy to report that I finally got around to passing the VCP5 Delta (VCP550D) exam. This will extend my VCP5 certification for another couple of years. Finally nice to have one of my certification goals knocked out. The ill-timed announcement … Continue reading
My current technology feud: UCS Director & the Nexus 7000 platform
Over the last 6-12 months, I’ve been tasked with baking the Cisco UCS Director platform (which I do feel is a really solid platform, even with some very evident flaws) for rollout into a production environment. It’s no secret that … Continue reading
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
