This post is part 2 of 2, of my NPX Architecture Guide how-to series. In this post we will cover sections 9 through 14, from the outline below. You can check out the first part of this series here. At the end I will also give you some more tips...
A couple of months ago I successfully defended my Nutanix Platform Expert (NPX) certification and became number 14 in the world to obtain the certification. You can read all about that journey here. As part of the NPX certification process you submit a documentation package which should cover all of...
​NPX Resources​Nutanix NPX Architecture Guide How-To (Part 1)Nutanix NPX Architecture Guide How-To (Part 2)​The JourneyAlmost four years ago to the month my career took a major turn. I just successfully passed the VMware VCDX datacenter virtualization certification, to become #125 in the world. You can read about my VCP5 to...
The other day I was at a customer for a fresh installation of Nutanix using vSphere 6.5. And for whatever reason, when they were resetting the ESXi root password to their default, it was fat fingered. When they went to add the hosts to vCenter, they couldn't add them since...
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...