@storageninja said in The argument for official support vs third party support:

@dashrender said in The argument for official support vs third party support:

Same problem for the vendors. If you are dealing with unpatched spares, so are they. Having worked for some of the big ones, I know that their supply chains struggle to get parts, too. Heck, IBM couldn't deliver a server internally in more than six months, imagine how hard it is to get support parts!

Shit like this just blows my mind.

Parts Bins, internal supplies for labs, and customer supply chains are all completely different (well IBM may have been a gong show). Dell and HPE staff can't just go grab something off the line, with Mfg you have to account for the costs and someone gets to pay (and often at a premium to prevent abuse) for those internal servers.

Parts Bins and stocking those are different, and supply chain for a OEM might actually be different in the us than EMEA.

At IBM< we were an external customer, even though we were inside IBM. We showed up just like any external enterprise customer. So their inability to support was universal.

@coliver said in If You're Close to DFW and Can't Go to Spiceworld...Go to DFW VMUG UserCon!:

@jt1001001 said in If You're Close to DFW and Can't Go to Spiceworld...Go to DFW VMUG UserCon!:

@NetworkNerd There is an Upstate NY VMUG UserCon coming up 10/5. Based on your recommendation I'm going to try and attend! Thanks!

Where is that one?

https://www.vmug.com/Attend/VMUG-UserCon/New-York-New-Jersey-VMUG-UserCon-2017
https://www.vmug.com/Attend/VMUG-UserCon/Upstate-NY-VMUG-UserCon-2017

Definitely go if you can. Sometimes the technical marketing folks from VMware come too and answer whatever questions you want to ask. After all, the price is right (free).

@emad-r

NVM, forgot about VMware Remote Console (VMRC), which is the optimized way of connection to VM GUI console, download it now.

I think vsphere C# client currently is VMRC in some minimal way. At least one is still actively developed. (You cant connect to an .iso file using webclient flex without uploading the whole .iso file to the host, however with the older C# client and newer method VMRC this can be still done).

That said, we lost the export to .ova or .ovf easier method compared to web ui export which gives you the .vmdk file as is.

Maybe this earlier discussion will help.
https://www.mangolassi.it/topic/13392/import-xenserver-export-into-scale-cluster

@dashrender said in A SAMIT Idea...:

@scottalanmiller said in A SAMIT Idea...:

@wirestyle22 said in A SAMIT Idea...:

@scottalanmiller said in A SAMIT Idea...:

@wirestyle22 said in A SAMIT Idea...:

@dustinb3403 said in A SAMIT Idea...:

This is what MangoCon is for, you should all attend.

9 days until the big event!

I haven't been told no, but we are short staffed and I seriously doubt I'm going to be able to go. I am going to be there for the stream though.

The shorter the staffing, the more that they need to keep you happy. Remember, desperate bosses are pliable bosses.

Well I am taking off after 12 today and off tomorrow to be there for Laura in her time of grieving. I technically only have 1 more day off for the year 😕

Technically you have all that you want, he can't afford to get rid of you. And you don't want to stay, so you have ALL of the leverage. Literally, all of it. He has everything to lose and you've got nothing on the line. You hold all of the cards. And it is not days off, he can still email you and ask you things, you are doing company training that helps him, etc.

Except that I'm sure he doesn't want to be without a paycheck while looking for his replacement job.

But chances are, he "doesn't want that" less than his boss wants to "lose his company because he can't fulfill his contractual obligations."

That's a very good post that covers information people don't often think about after deploying vCenter. Additionally, it's something helpful when studying for the VCP-DCV. Thanks for sharing!

Not worth the effort for the case.

Thanks for the help guys.

Just for reference... To get StarWind VSAN you need to get here:

StarWind VSAN

https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-virtual-san

🙂

@TheDeepStorage said in Deploying a 2-node StarWind VSAN Free for VMware ESXi 6.5:

@hobbit666 said in Deploying a 2-node StarWind VSAN Free for VMware ESXi 6.5:

Thanks just that I might have some kit becoming available but they are all different Dell models, just wondered if the Hard Drive space/RAID matched that would be OK for a test lab,

e.g.
R610, 64GB RAM with 4x 600GB SAS
R410, 64GB RAM with 4x 600GB SAS

Sounds like it will work just fine for a test lab, anyways, once you get down to testing, DM me and I'll get you in touch with an engineer, who will review your environment to make sure everything will work perfectly.

See now I want to purchase more lab equipment to test this. . . .