Category Archives: VMAX

VMAXhumpday, 4/30/2014 – Masking Views 101 pt2

Happy VMAXhumpday!  Hope everyone is just doing fine.  Is it almost May already?  I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for Summertime now!  Can’t wait to be out on the beach, sitting in the sand…dreaming about storage…..*record screech* Whaaat … Continue reading

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VMAXhumpday, 4/23/2014 – Masking Views 101 pt1

Happy VMAX Humpday! Today I will be covering something a little less technical but equally important and thrilling as my previous mini-series on Open Replicator.  I will talk about Masking views.  If you are experienced in VNX, just starting out … Continue reading

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VMAXhumpday, 4/16/2014 – Open Replicator pt. 2

Well, last week my Open Replicator post went over pretty good and I realized that I really needed to do another Open Replicator post…  This time it’s STONE COLD PULL Open replicator time.  Oh, and to throw something a little … Continue reading

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VMAXhumpday, 4/9/2014 – Open Replicator pt. 1

VMAX Hump Day! What day is it Mike?  Whhhaaaaat whaaaaat?!?!?  Yes it is VMAX Hump Day! Or in the twitterverse #VMAXhumpday.  Yep.  I did it.  I created a hashtag. I actually created a couple…and sometimes late at night when I’m … Continue reading

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EMC WORLD – Day 3 – The Casino, Legos and EMC Elect

Sorry for Day 3 being late.  Too bad it isn’t because I won so much money gambling that I’m driving my new Ferrari back to Raleigh.  Lots of stuff did go down on Wednesday at EMCworld and the night before. The first … Continue reading

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VMAX, vSphere 5.x and Zombie Space Reclamation!

We have quite the group of customers that are currently using vSphere 5.x, VMAX and Fast VP. In previous versions of ESXi we saw some weirdness when it came to dead space reclamation, movement of data and general misbehaving in … Continue reading

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Madness, VMAX’s and a year’s gone by. Oh My.

It has been a year since the last time I posted about Varrow Madness back in 2011.  Since then quite a lot has changed in the form of my personal growth as an Engineer, growth of Varrow and all around … Continue reading

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