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5 Tips on howto prepare for a Marathon

November 13, 2020November 16, 2017 by Joost van der Made

In may 2016 I started, since the first time in my life, with running. Just to make sure I could make the finish line in september 2016 during a mudmaster race. Then there was the 5K run, the 12K mudmaster run and now, 18 months later I am a Las Vegas Marathon finisher ! I … Read more

5 Reasons to go to Cisco Live Barcelona 2018

November 15, 2020September 21, 2017 by Joost van der Made

Every Cisco minded technical guy wants to go to Cisco Live ! In my “early” days being at Cisco Live was for me “THE” event for the whole year ! There is so much content and new stuff to learn ! Nothing is for free and this event has also a price tag. (Early birds … Read more

Configuring Hyperflex 2.5 Replication

November 13, 2020September 20, 2017 by Joost van der Made

There are many cool HX 2.5 features and one of them is native replication. But how do you configure this ? Well. Let’s start. What is Hyperflex replication ? It is possible to replicate VM’s from one Hyperflex Cluster to another Hyperflex cluster. In case of a disaster, you can (manually) start the replicated VM’s … Read more

Configure vCenter Appliance to use NTP

November 13, 2020September 20, 2017 by Joost van der Made

When I installed vCenter appliance in the lab, I didn’t use a NTP server. (I know… STOOPID !!!) So how can you configure it afterwards ? Login to the vCenter Appliance. timesync.get will give you what mode the appliance is in. ntp.server.add –servers <NTP Server> will add a NTP server timesync.set –mode NTP will set … Read more

Hyperflex Post Install

November 13, 2020September 15, 2017 by Joost van der Made

When you’re done with the installation of Hyperflex, there are still some steps left. You can configure it manually, but you can also use an automated script. Just go to https://<installer ip>/mssh when you have the CLI window just type : post_install Now you got some questions and after you answered them, the cluster is … Read more

5 Cool Features of Hyperflex 2.5(1c)

November 13, 2020September 10, 2017 by Joost van der Made

Right now you can download the Hyperflex Data Platform software at CCO. www.cisco.com/go/software

There are some cool features in Cisco Hyperflex 2.5 which makes the product better then the best !

Hyperflex 2.5 API Rest Explorer

August 30, 2017 by Joost van der Made

Running on Heartrate, not on Speed ?

November 15, 2020July 25, 2017 by Joost van der Made

Right now I am running for about one year which isn’t long yet. So I don’t have a lot of experience. The only experience I got is how my body reacts with running. Sometimes it’s difficult for me, because of my diabetes. I like to put all experience of others together and try to experiment … Read more

Howto use Hyperflex Rest Explorer. (With VIDEO)

November 13, 2020June 14, 2017 by Joost van der Made

API’s are hot ! You can automate almost anything you like. If you want to automate Hyperflex you can use UCS Director (See this blog) or you can write something yourself. There is a page at the Hyperflex cluster with a rest explorer build in. Not only the schema, or requests, but also the output … Read more