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A lot of times testing are done without any load or with a limit amount of used capacity. When I do some test, I like to have the HyperFlex cluster to be at least of 50% of the capacity. How can you achieve this, because compression and de-duplication are default on. Linux VM First create … Read more
With my action cam I am creating some video’s. When I want to upload them with web.whatsapp.com it is not possible due to a 64 Mb file size limitation. There are a lot of programs you can buy or even you can compress the video online. (Some with watermark, time limitation and other limitations. Compress … Read more
Due to the weather in California, for me it was obvious to look for a convertible car. It’s not that I needed a car right away, because I commute every day on my electrical scooter. Even groceries and going somewhere with the scooter is easy to do. Shelby In 2014 my son and I … Read more
When you have a HyperFlex system you must enable the licenses via Smart Licensing. Make sure you have a Smart License Account and a Virtual Account. Configure Smart Licensing for HyperFlex Connect to HyperFlex Connect and go to the WebCLI. Type in the command stcli license show all Here we see a HyperFlex cluster without … Read more
Once a year a part of the Netherlands (mostly south) is totally out of business for a couple of days. You can’t reach anybody, shops are closed. Where is everybody and what are they doing ? This year I had to skip Carnaval. And next year I will be there because Carnaval 2021 starts at … Read more
How do you know when there is a new release of software or you are waiting for a bug fix… It’s possible with the Cisco subscription ! Get Email Notifications of Updates Just create a subscription at : https://cway.cisco.com/mynotifications When you login with your CCO account you will see : You can select End … Read more
To be honest, I never worked with iSCSI. After some questions, I had a closer look about the protocol. If you don’t have anything to do during a evening, you can read RFC 3720 and RFC 3721. The first thing you will need if you want to have some hands-on with the protocol is to … Read more
I already created some post where I showed how easy it is to upgrade HyperFlex and how to upgrade ESXi. Wouldn’t it be nice if upgrading HyperFlex, ESXi and UCS Manager in one procedure.. With no bootstrap etc. If you are on a version prior HXDP 3.5, you will have to do the bootstrap process … Read more
HyperFlex is getting easier and easier to install, configure and upgrade. In the following post I am going to show you how easy a HyperFlex upgrade is. But first you will have to do some manual things in the UCS Manager. Here you will see my starting point. UCS Manager and we’re going to upgrade … Read more
Since the beginning of this year I am living and working in the United States. This relocation from the Netherlands was a big journey. If I am reading some other blogs and comments, it looks like it’s an easy thing to do. Well.. Trust me.. It is not ! YES! I have the new role … Read more