I'm proud to announce that the Nutanix Veeam Backup & Replication v9.5 guide has now been updated with U3 details. Specifically, in U3 there's a new registry key "EnableSameHostDirectNFSMode" that is now active for vSphere customers using DirectNFS. In Nutanix environments if you are using DirectNFS, you should configure this...
Yesterday I moved this blog over to Kinsta Wordpress hosting. Kinsta is a premium WordPress provider that utilizes Google Cloud Platform containers. You shouldn't see any changes to the blog. But if you see anything missing or links broken, please let me know.....via contact form, twitter, or leaving a comment....
In Part 1 of this series, Top WordPress Plugins you should use, I covered the first batch of what I think are useful plugins. This post is the second and last installment covering plugins that I use and might help you out. Of course each WordPress site is unique, and...
Introduction I'm a huge fan of WordPress, and I've had this blog hosted on WordPress for many years. Given my security background, I always try and make my site as secure as possible, while not breaking functionality. One important feature, both for SEO and security is SSL. All you need...
I've been running a WordPress blog for over 4 years, and recently started a 'back end' Â plugin refresh cycle. I'm also working on new WordPress site for my photography outlet, and did a lot of research into the best-of WordPress plugins. Most of the plugins I'll cover are fairly generic...
Hot off the press is a new version of VMware tools, 10.2.0. This has a number of bug fixes, and an updated OS support list. For security geeks, VMware tools finally supports ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization). There's also a Windows 10 fall creator's (1709) fix tucked in there as...
Microsoft has been very busy adding new security features to Windows 10. It seems that each release gets something new, or existing features are enhanced. For enterprises, one of the great new-ish features is Windows Defender Credential Guard. What is Credential Guard? It uses VBS (virtualization based security) to help...
I've been running this blog for a number of years (since 2009), and one thing that really irks me is the amount of spam comments my blog gets. I use comment moderation (sorry for sometimes being way behind in moderation, BTW), so my blog isn't full of spammy comments. Spammy...
If you are a Wordpress site administrator, one of the things you can do to improve SEO results and security is secure your site with SSL. Yes, even if you aren't doing transactions like ecommerce, paypal, etc. using SSL is still recommended. Depending on your Wordpress hosting company, they may...
The other day I was trying to use Jeffrey's "Metadata Wrangler" for Lightroom plugin. However, it was failing with a perl.exe 0xc0000142 error. I had just updated my computer to Windows 10 Fall Creator's update (1709), so it crossed my mind maybe that was the cause. I had also increased...
Session: SER1317BU Faster storage need faster networks -10/25/40 NICs are now the norm -Protocol stack needs to be upgraded with new storage protocols -Performance of AFA depends on network connection with low latency -32Gbps FC is shipping, 64Gbps is coming NVMe - A logical device interface to NVM devices -PCIe...
Session: SER2965BU Note: This session had a number of log examples and what to look for. Review the session slides for all the details. EXCELLENT session! Goal: 7 log files, 7 ESXi commands, 7 config files for enhanced troubleshooting 7 Important Log Files -Host abruptly rebooted - vmksummary.log -Slow boot...