My Personal Blog
In 2019 we went to Vietnam for a holiday. I have never been to an Asian country and my wife visited already other Asian countries. She had some doubt if I would like it over there. Instead of a trip travelling from Hanoi to Ho Chi Ming, we just stayed “close” to Hanoi. My sister … Read more
In the blog of Vijay and in the podcast of Ronnie Chan a new feature of HyperFlex is mentioned: iSCSI. In this blog I will describe what iSCSI is. I already made a blog about iSCSI Target and Initiator Configuration and even a config of iSCSI QoS Nexus (2014 post, so things can be changed.) … Read more
When I started with my CCIE Journey, I had some 2511 to make sure I had remote console access. For my current lab I had to configure a NM-16A in an ISR router. How to set it up? Of course there is good documentation to Configure a Terminal but not everything was in that post. … Read more
You see them in every Dutch city, on every market and there are always people buying it. “Vietnamese Loempia’s”. But are those Loempia’s really Vietnamese or is it just a product that is created for the Dutch people? Lumpia, Egg rolls, Spring rolls When you search the internet to find out where it all started, … Read more
A question which I hear on a regular basis is: What are the best practices for HyperFlex? On cisco.com there is a document with a lot of best practices for HyperFlex [LINK] What are best practices and why do you want to have them? When there is a guidance to the right direction, this will … Read more
Last weekend I cleaned up my website to start fresh again. Why? When I started with the site, there were some problems installing Word Press via the dashboard and after a while it worked, but it was a mess. So, why not start all over? Godaddy.com This website is hosted on godaddy and it’s easy … Read more
VDBench is a nice tool to see what the performance is of storage. To make life easier HXBench was created. You can see what the performance of your HyperFlex cluster is. And you can also use this tool to fill up your cluster with capacity! There are different methods to do it. [See This Post] … Read more
When I was living in the Netherlands, I used the FreeStyle Libre as Constant Glucose Monitor (CGM). In the USA this is not covered by my health insurance and I had to try the Dexcom G6. When I was out of my FreeStyle Libre, I went to my pharmacy and I received a packet for … Read more
Via Intersight it is possible to install HyperFlex and HyperFlex Edge clusters very easy. Now you can also upgrade the ESXi Hypervisor of the HyperFlex cluster via Intersight. Upgrade Hypervisor Go to Intersight.com and select HyperFlex Clusters. You will see your HX Clusters and on the right you will see 3 dots. When you click … Read more
I am not a programmer but sometimes I create some small API integration for HyperFlex that make my life easier. I am writing in Python and I am using PyCharm with the plugin Kite. To have my code published and make sure the correct versions are on the web, I am using the PyCharm Github … Read more