New to Me: TryBalanceVMsPerHost – VMware advanced option
Here’s a cool setting I ran across in vSphere that isn’t that new but I hadn’t run across in the past. Under vSphere DRS settings, VM Distribution, there…
Explore the archive
Timeline
Maximize your productivity with this 4-monitor Dell P2719H Setup
As some of you might know, I am a full time Remote Worker . I started making the transition to remote work around 2012 and then in 2014,…
Citrix Smart Tools End Of Life’d May 31st!
Released in May 2016, Citrix Smart Tools have been a great way to keep your Citrix farms running healthy by using a collection of tools/agents that ran as…
How to manually upgrade your Synology Surveillance System firmware
Recently, my Home Assistant lost the ability to stream live feeds from my cameras. The cameras attached to my Synology NVR1218 system still appeared fine in Home Assistant…
Migrating Windows Based vCenter to VMware Virtual Appliance 6.7 Walk Through
All of my new implementations are running VMware’s vCenter Virtual Appliance. It is SOO easy to deploy and includes everything you need for your infrastructure including Update Manager. …
Solar-Putty: The free, feature-packed Putty alternative you’ve been waiting for!
Putty is awesome! It is a main staple for most IT professionals and Home Automation hobbyists alike. Need a secure way to SSH into a Linux machine? Putty…
Easily connect your Foscam cameras to Home Assistant and Synology for Notifications
I have finally gotten all the Foscam cameras set up and streaming perfectly to my Roku devices throughout the house. Now I want to show you how I…
VMware Distributed switches or stick with Standard switches?
Distributed switches have been around for a couple of years now. I run into them at about half the clients I work with. For context, at least half…
Home Assistant 0.90 release upgrade
Yesterday Home Assistant dropped another release. They are on a 2 week release schedule so updates are many and frequent. I was excited about this one since the…