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Change AD password on macOS via Remote Desktop

You probably know the feeling, when you’re trying to do something uber standard, but you’re struggling with it. It’s extra annoying because you know, it should be simple (which it eventually is šŸ™ƒ). I had just that feeling this week Read more…

By Daniƫl Zuthof, 2 days2 days ago
Homelab

IPv6 Series: Part 2 – IPv6 at home using 6RD

In this IPv6 series I’d like to tell you about my ā€œjourneyā€ to implement the protocol. I already had some knowledge of it, but not extensively. As a first step I implemented it at home. The plan is to work Read more…

By Daniƫl Zuthof, 2 months2 months ago
Homelab

IPv6 Series: Part 1 – IPv6 Primer

Not due to shortages in IPv4 address, because that’s relative (looking at the 4 million IPv4 addresses Amazon bought this year from AR|DC‘s AMPRNet), but more due to personal interest and being able to equip all your devices with public Read more…

By Daniƫl Zuthof, 2 months2 months ago
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Electronics

LG BX series OLED Color Calibration

Recently my 12 year old Samsung series-7 local dimming LED failed. Which was a pity, because of it’s very good image quality (back in the days). So, time for a something new, which isn’t worse given it’s age. I had Read more…

By Daniƫl Zuthof, 2 months2 months ago
VMware VIX
Backup

vSphere VM quiescing essentials

This week I had several conversations colleagues and suppliers regarding the quiescing options of vSphere based VMs for backup and replication purposes. During these talks I noticed that is it more complex then most would think (including myself). This gave Read more…

By Daniƫl Zuthof, 3 months3 months ago
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Storage

Thoughts on vSAN NVMe surprise removal support

While designing a vSAN based platform for a customer lately, I was looking into NVMe based ReadyNodes which needed to run ESXi 6.7 U3. While looking for a specific Dell rackmount config in the VMware Compatibility Guide, something caught my Read more…

By Daniƫl Zuthof, 4 months4 months ago
NSX-T Highlights
Certification

VMware Advanced Design NSX-T Data Center 3.0 exam review

In January I attended the NSX-T 2.4 Install, Configure and Manager (ICM) course. The course itself was great and gave me thorough knowledge of the product. By attending the course, all pieces of the puzzle fell together and I was Read more…

By Daniƫl Zuthof, 5 months5 months ago
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Cloud Director

Getting a Cloud Director TLS “A” Grade – Part 2

In part 1 of this blog post, I wrote about the background of TLS. In this second part I show you how VCD (VMware Cloud Director) and often also the Load Balancer can be configured to enhance security, integrity and Read more…

By Daniƫl Zuthof, 6 months5 months ago
Cloud Director

Getting a Cloud Director TLS “A” Grade – Part 1

The Let’s Encrypt certificate I use for the Cloud Director portal running in my lab environment expired lately, therefore a renewal was needed. While renewing the certificate and checking my TLS config, it was not up to par with modern Read more…

By Daniƫl Zuthof, 6 months6 months ago
Cloud Director

Cloud Director NSX-T inter-tenant routing

Todays topic is VMware Cloud Director inter-tenant routing with a NSX-T backed provider VDCs (pVDC). The reason for writing this post is that some use-cases require routed connectivity between Org VDCs that may or may not be part of the Read more…

By Daniƫl Zuthof, 8 months5 months ago

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