Musings from the Mount

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

guru — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:59:00 +0000

Getting an invalid argument when I am applying a host profile to a series of ESX servers. It applies everything except the NFS #VMware #
@cxi I am not quite that brave you go ahead and try first in reply to cxi #
VMware has John Philip Souza as their on-hold music. They get the gold star for the day. #fb #
Just de-gymed. Having some lunch in the cafe #fb #
Big East gameday traditions: West Virginia – http://tinyurl.com/yhs6gx9 (via @espn_bigeast) . Country Roads is just awesome to hear #fb #
@michaelsfutter Ewww – glad I haven't tried to start playing yet in reply to michaelsfutter #
@colovirt Brand new Nexus? in reply to colovirt #
Finished initial Lab Manager setup, need to make some vlan changes to support the fenced environment #fb #
Filling out some IBM BCRS forms – I thought I couldn't hate excel any more #fb #
I am amused over the Greeks protesting that they aren't being bailed out by the Germans. Fix your own mess.. k thx bye~ #fb #
Making sure everything is ready to go tonight. Netapp onsite to deal with hardware issue on a 3140 #
At the office with Netapp – updating some filers from 7.2.4 to 7.3.2 #
So 3040 was power cycled to clear sensor error – but the enclosure service error remains – no fault lights. @Netapp being called #
@cxi It was – just restarted all the shelves and both controllers are throwing the error on channel 0c (weird) – no fault lights at all in reply to cxi #
@cxi NA Engineer confirmed one of the shelves was basically not appearing in one loop – firmware update recommended – so doing that in reply to cxi #
Firmware updated – disk shelf still in limbo on one of the loops #
@cxi They were on ESH4 11, updating to 13 now. Doesn't seem to resolve anything. Recommended restarting everything after the update also in reply to cxi #
@cxi Going to cycle the loop for shits and giggles – then call NA back and see if they want to replace the module in reply to cxi #
@cxi Took the 'applied science' approach already in reply to cxi #
Still working on Netapp 3040 – swapped ESH4 modules – error still showing on same shelf. Shelf error? weird stuff #
Just got home post failed Netapp 3040 upgrade. NA stumped as to enclosure error. Swapped ESH mods and cables, must be shelf #fb #
Awake after last evenings Netapp adventure. Waiting to hear now from NA about how to actually FIX it #fb #
Is the 'SMART' thing in Netapp support tickets new? 'Status, Mission, Action, Revert, Timeline' – interesting #fb #

National Review on American Exceptionalism

guru — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:16:05 +0000

An EXCELLENT article regarding American Exceptionalism

link: An Exceptional Debate by Richard Lowry & Ramesh Ponnuru on National Review / Digital

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

guru — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:59:00 +0000

Out of marathon morning meeting – attempting to get Labmanager setup – hoping 10Gig PCI-E cards show up today #
PNC Bank's phone tree makes me want to punch babies #fb #needstressballasap #
Just left the gym and heading back to work. Think I found a good circuit for lunch time #fb #
@colovirt that's a fun one . I probably so it once a year in reply to colovirt #
IBM on site… They are having issues with their own Lotus presentation product. Should I offer to set it up for them in Meetingplace? #fb #
Setting up some new dvSwitch's in vmware – will have to see how the adapters migrate from existing vSwitches.. #fb #
attempting to unscrew up a server that I was trying to migrate to a distributed virtual switch – it lost all connectivity #
Apparently #VMware is experiencing a very high call volume. Gave up after 30 minutes on hold. Hopefully I get a call back soon #fb #
Well I can recreate ESX vswitch service console networking from the console now – woohoo – still fighting the dvSwitch #fb #
trying to find an updated @vmware best practice guide around dvSwitches. Still recommended to have separate switches for SC, VMK and VMs? #
There is in fact a woman in front of me in line with 6 gallons of milk, 10 gallons of water and LOTS of can goods… It's snow people #fb #
@davikes vdr has been an adventure here via CIFS -vmware changed the supported configuration on a minor version rev – broke my world in reply to davikes #
@davikes The next version I am told is supposed to address all the CIFS related vDR issues – for what it's worth in reply to davikes #
@davikes We are doing a mix of Snapmirror for VI and vDR currently to get the world – not the most elegant thing in the world in reply to davikes #
@davikes It's up to doing about 70 currently. I need to get it to about 200 to catch enough to seed our DR site in reply to davikes #
@davikes No idea! – as I said – this has been an adventure… it isn't over yet in reply to davikes #
Work closed – packing up and heading home. I think to play some Heavy Rain #fb #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21

guru — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:59:00 +0000

At Short Hills for lunch #fb #
@michaelsfutter Add the memory yourself for a heck of alot cheaper in reply to michaelsfutter #
Chunking through a to-do list #fb #
Back to the data center ! #fb #
Off to dinner with the parents #fb #
RT #VMWARE ALERT: For absolute production down issues, please email supportvmware@gmail.com with Company/Contact/Phone# (via @vmwarecares) #
Hope #VMWARE gets their phones resolved soon – thats just a nightmare in progress. Just from personal experience – ugh #
Hit the gym, may have pulled a random toid… Will hurt tomorrow for sure #fb #
snapmirrored an iscsi volume to a new filer – setup the iscsi stuffs – connects to the MS software initator – logs in ,etc but no disk..grr #
Shaun White really is stupid good on a snowboard – awesome to watch #fb #
Cleaning up the data center… Wire snipes #
Attempting to sort through what I actually need to run the Nexus 1000V in vSphere #fb #
Hoping on a 2 hour con call – the question is do I have enough coffee #fb #
This morning there was a patch for update manager on VMware's site…now I can't find it…wierd! #fb #
Going back to the data center, 8 more ESX servers to build #fb #
@cxi I have told people to hold on while I used my 'sysop' powers (go go BBS days) to reboot the internet in reply to cxi #
@cxi You get the gold star for the day – I just had flashbacks of USR Sportster modems , Teleguard and fidonet in reply to cxi #
@cxi renegade! Nice. Wasn't it actually based on the Tg source? I used two 386/25s and deskviee and a lantastic network to run it all #fb in reply to cxi #
Looks like the facebooks kerploded #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14

guru — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:59:00 +0000

@bgracely Talk louder about your 50 large on the colts that will stir him up in reply to bgracely #
@michaelsfutter I am hoping for one in reply to michaelsfutter #
Opening a TAC w/Cisco – can't find a good answer on the tubes #
@mtellin Take one out of petty cash in reply to mtellin #
So – VMware Data Recovery – is kind of a buggy hunk of crap. #
@mtellin Lots and LOTS of traffic… in reply to mtellin #
Going back into the data center…hard hat in hand #fb #
Finally retiring the uber power hungry Dell 6850s out of production. New shiny AMD based R905s replacing them #fb #
8 Servers racked – now to actually install Labmanager #fb #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07

guru — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:59:00 +0000

Out of morning meetings – looking for some deliveries from Cisco #fb #
Anyone else wish the licensing tool in Vcenter would have ALL of your licenses centralized? I.E View, LabManager, etc? +1 please @VMware #
@Deadmau5 's remix of Medina's You and I seems to be getting ALOT of play #fb #
I should ask VMware for a new t-shirt when we hit 200 CPU licenses ;0 #fb #
Looking like we are suffering from the bug in 4.0U1 which shows every server having a bad battery – thats fun #
Not at all happy about the AT-FCX module failures I experienced in the last 24 hours. Fun night of controlled failovers .. grr @netapp #
Attacking Nagios/OP5 configuration this morning #fb #
Looks like the vendor forgot to include the LC->SC Jumper cables – things would be so much easier if Cisco used LC GBICS #fb #
On the phone with VMware support – trying to find out why I haven't been called back on case open since 1/26 – not thrilled… #fb #
@VMware 's support is normally really good – but sometimes there are some serious communication breakdowns – I am currently quagmired in one #
Do the quirks of @VMware 's siebel support system make anyone else want to punch things? If it closes one more window on me I may scream #
So @VMware reduce the size of supported CIFS mounts in VDR… #
So just brought up some of the new SAS Netapp gear – now seeing "DONGLE DATA Failed…" in the log file – thats a new one…funny though #
On hold with Netapp – appears we had a disk scrub error during disk reconstruction last night – investigating #fb #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31

guru — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:59:00 +0000

Lunch at Legal Seafood with Melissa #fb #
Pretty happy so far with the new F5 3900 LTMs with version 10.1 #fb #
Need to book some user training for VMware Lab Manager for the Dev staff. Who is the best bang for the buck? #
Doing some customization around OP5 and Nagios – go go IT easy mode #fb #
Trying to figure out why VMware data recovery just ceased …backing up #fb #
I missed the memo where VMware's support levels changed – I was confused there for a minute reading a quote #fb #
I wonder if twitter will fail whale during the Apple announcement – or is that just expected…would anyone even take that bet? #fb #
@jgehlbach Flash is the devil in reply to jgehlbach #
So is all the purple a subtle power move on the Dems part – a little reminder of who still has the majority? #fb #SOTU #
Opened 2 cases with VMware. With 4U1 noticed that every server is throwing a battery error – thats bizarre #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24

guru — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:59:00 +0000

I used #Shazam to discover You And I by Medina http://www.shazam.com/music/web/track?id=49955221 #
Waiting to see when my mailroom actually delivers the new 3900s from F5 .. #fb #
Actually got the BigIPs from the mailroom – I am shocked frankly. Need to rack #fb #
Glad to see Brown pulling out the election in Mass. Coakley deserved to lose for barely registering a pulse #fb #
@michaelsfutter She is a true blue blood with the attitude that she deserved to win – it should have been insulting to residents in reply to michaelsfutter #
Waiting for engineer from F5 to appear, configuring some Nagios alerts #fb #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24

guru — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:59:00 +0000

I used #Shazam to discover You And I by Medina http://www.shazam.com/music/web/track?id=49955221 #
Waiting to see when my mailroom actually delivers the new 3900s from F5 .. #fb #
Actually got the BigIPs from the mailroom – I am shocked frankly. Need to rack #fb #
Glad to see Brown pulling out the election in Mass. Coakley deserved to lose for barely registering a pulse #fb #
@michaelsfutter She is a true blue blood with the attitude that she deserved to win – it should have been insulting to residents in reply to michaelsfutter #
Waiting for engineer from F5 to appear, configuring some Nagios alerts #fb #

guru — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:53:41 +0000

The A-Team (2010) Movie Trailer

It looks good – but is it going to be… The A-Team? Or just lots of special effects strung together? If someone actually dies rather than being just thrown some large distance I am going to be upset