Installing VMWARE vCenter Server Appliance 6.0

As I finally got around to installing first VMware 6.0 host in my lab environment, I decided to follow-up the installation of vCenter server appliance. This would allow me to […]

Free Load Balancer, wait what?

Yes, you heard it right! KEMP Technologies provides a great load balancer for all workloads that can benefit from high availability. Today, it is making the Virtual LoadMaster (VLM) appliance […]

Taking steps backwards – update BIOS on SuperMicro servers with DOS bootable

Preface In todays’ age, you would think that when you have to update BIOS on your servers, you will be downloading an exe file and simply run it from your […]

What does Heartbleed vulnerability mean to you

A lot has been said lately of Heartbleed since its announcement few days ago. However, as it goes with overload of information at times, media attention has managed to create […]

How to protect your KEMP LoadMaster and applications from Heartbleed bug

If you haven’t read about heartbleed bug, it’s pretty serious one you should know about. In a nutshell it exploits OpenSSL vulnerability to read system memory of computers/machines/applicances protedted by […]

Gigabyte Brix – Ultra Compact PC for IT Pro’s Hyper-V lab!

Disclaimer: I wasn’t approached by Gigabyte, neither have anyone provided me any units for review. I am just writing my experience with the unit I purchased recently. As I am […]

Mystery certification on your transcript? A freebee?

I received a congratulatory email from Microsoft MCP program today informing me that I was now an MCSE: Communication. Coincidentally, I had taken and passed 74-409 yesterday, but that was […]

Routing for Hyper-V Lab – Part 2

In Part 1 of this article, we discussed how you can route between VMs on same host using networks connected to “Internal” virtual switch. Now let’s look at how to […]

Routing for Hyper-V Lab – Part 1

Most of us IT Pros usually have a lab of some kind. Mostly running some form of virtualization and if you are Microsoft savvy, chances are you are running Hyper-V […]

Book Review – PowerShell 3.0 Advanced Administration Handbook

Automation of mundane daily chores of any IT establishment is essential in today’s world. I would rather spend a day to automate a task that takes only 5 minutes to […]