Author Archives: Alex Galbraith

NanoLab – Part 9 – Installing VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 on Intel NUC

Posted on 4th November 2015 by Alex Galbraith | Permalink Comments Off on NanoLab – Part 9 – Installing VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 on Intel NUC

I successfully ran my VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1 Nanolab for 18 months on my pair of Intel NUC DC3217IYE hosts. Early this year I got around to upgrading to 5.5. I [..]

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Fix for VMware Remote Console unrecoverable error: (vmrc)

Posted on 4th November 2015 by Alex Galbraith | Permalink Comments Off on Fix for VMware Remote Console unrecoverable error: (vmrc)

Uber quick post here with a very simple fix. I got the following error when upgrading my C# viclient from 5.5 to 6.0 and connecting to my new [..]

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How often do you upgrade your storage array software?

Posted on 2nd November 2015 by Alex Galbraith | Permalink Comments Off on How often do you upgrade your storage array software?

Upgrades are scary! Having managed and implemented upgrades on highly available systems such as the old Sun StorageTech line of rebranded HDS USP/VSP arrays back in the day, [..]

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Who want’s to know what an Evil David Niven looks like?

Posted on 1st November 2015 by Alex Galbraith | Permalink Comments Off on Who want’s to know what an Evil David Niven looks like?

In the first 36 years of my life I avoided the Mo as the half a dozen hairs that actually grow on my top lip would most likely [..]

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