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Ode to the Cage Nut
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Wesley "Nonapeptide" Oct 12, 2009.

Report from VMworld
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Chris Kamler Sep 25, 2009.

Backups Help...
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Julian Regel Aug 21, 2009.

 

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Wesley "Nonapeptide" replied to Chris Kamler's discussion 'Ode to the Cage Nut'
Haiku: It is thee, Cage Nut that has caused all my problems oh yes, it is thee
Oct 12, 2009
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John McGrath replied to Chris Kamler's discussion 'Ode to the Cage Nut'
And a power screwdriver...
Oct 12, 2009
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Matt Simmons replied to Chris Kamler's discussion 'Ode to the Cage Nut'
Clearly you need the cage nut's best friend, the rack tool:
Oct 11, 2009
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Ode to the Cage Nut

(Not a poet... so indulge me...)A little free form poetry that I was "inspired" to do...Oh! Cage Nut!Oh! Cage Nut!You suck. You're stupid.Stupid.Why would someone ever make you?What is the purpose? Only to harm?Stupid. Stupid.My hands bleed with you. You stupid piece of engineering.Why have square holes anyway? Those are stupid, too.Stupid.Clearly the purpose of you was to cut up my hand when trying to install you and 80 of your stupid friends. Stupid.Stupid.The guy who make you is a moron.I…See More
Discussion posted by Chris Kamler Oct 10, 2009
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Chris Kamler replied to Chris Kamler's discussion 'Report from VMworld'
Finally have a little bit of time to give you my impressions of VMworld. As this was my first big tech conference, I can tell you that I was a little bit overwhelmed. I learned a LOT, however. The biggest messages this year from VMworld were…
Sep 25, 2009
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Elizabeth Ayer replied to Chris Kamler's discussion 'Report from VMworld'
Hi, Chris! No specific questions from me, but I look forward to hearing what's new, what VMWare is currently pushing, what are the hot topics... and don't forget you can post pictures if you see anything interesting. Thanks! Elizabeth
Sep 3, 2009
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Report from VMworld

Lucky enough to be at VMworld this week in San Francisco. I'm learning a LOT. We currently have 10 VM's in production and will be ramping up to 60 by this time next year. I'm learning that there are some structural things I will go back and repair before moving forward and also learning about the new version 4 of VMWare which I will need to upgrade to before we move forward very farther.Plus, there's a lot of fun going on. The booths are pretty good and lots of swag.Anything you want me to find…See More
A discussion started by Chris Kamler was featured Sep 3, 2009
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Report from VMworld

Lucky enough to be at VMworld this week in San Francisco. I'm learning a LOT. We currently have 10 VM's in production and will be ramping up to 60 by this time next year. I'm learning that there are some structural things I will go back and repair before moving forward and also learning about the new version 4 of VMWare which I will need to upgrade to before we move forward very farther.Plus, there's a lot of fun going on. The booths are pretty good and lots of swag.Anything you want me to find…See More
Discussion posted by Chris Kamler Sep 2, 2009
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Julian Regel replied to Chris Kamler's discussion 'Backups Help...'
We also have a backup system that isn't great at virtualisation support and this is our proposed way forward. Our backup software is ARCserve (for Unix - not Windows as we have a mixed environment). We currently backup to a Sun SL48 tape…
Aug 21, 2009
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J. Hord replied to Chris Kamler's discussion 'Backups Help...'
I'd go ArcServe before I went BackupExec but that's me. Like all projects I'd start by asking the boss what the capital budget is. If that answer is zero then make the crappy solution you have work. If it's deep I'd look…
Aug 19, 2009
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Backups Help...

Okay gang, I'm at a bit of a crossroads in our backup solution at my place. We are very clearly transitioning to virtualization VM Servers and are nearly 1/2 way complete. We have approximately 20 TB of data (that I know of) that I need to back up.We currently use NetWorker as our legacy backup solution. I have 5 tape arrays that have backed up various systems at various times. Including two Dell PowerVaults 136T's and a Sun L180. I am currently backing up to LTO2 and LTO3. Additionally, we've…See More
Discussion posted by Chris Kamler Aug 19, 2009
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Chris Kamler replied to Michael Francis's discussion 'Walk away with a Slingbox!!!! Read on...'
VOTE - He just looks cool standing up against the rack. Like a SysAdmin should look.
Aug 5, 2009
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Chris Kamler replied to Daniel Mark Dressler's discussion 'Anyone have experince with expensive chairs?'
I'd settle for something that doesn't squeak... and something where I don't have to tighten the bolts on it every couple of weeks... Unfortunately, our supplier of office equipment is Wal-Mart or Office Depot...
Jul 24, 2009
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Chris Kamler replied to Michael Francis's discussion 'Walk away with a Slingbox!!!! Read on...'
I like the portable KVM you've got there... (read: laptop) ;)
Jul 24, 2009
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Chris Kamler replied to Michael Francis's discussion 'Walk away with a Slingbox!!!! Read on...'
Those are really nice looking racks.
Jul 24, 2009
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Chris Kamler replied to Michael Francis's discussion 'Walk away with a Slingbox!!!! Read on...'
We're actually hoping to de-expand from two server rooms down to one with the help of VMWare. We anticipate having about 90% of our servers virtualized this time next year. (I guess I'd better get to work!!)
Jul 24, 2009

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LAN Administrator
Tech Interests - e.g. Virtualisation? Cisco? Etc.
Windows Networks, VMWare, A little Linux
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