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Unable to back up VMware VCSA; StatsMonitor not running

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So, after being at VMworld (Blogpost coming on this soon too!) I was working on our VSphere environment. I’m planing on new hardware with vSan, but for now we have to work with our existing storage. Storage, oh storage, always running low… Continue reading “Unable to back up VMware VCSA; StatsMonitor not running”

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Cisco Umbrella Rollout…Oh, where have my A-Records gone?

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During one of my Cisco Live conferences I was talking to OpenDNS about their security features protecting networks and endpoints by filtering DNS requests and blocking malicious requests. I always thought it was a neat idea to add another layer of security. Cisco acquired OpenDNS and created a product called Cisco Umbrella, bundling OpenDNS features and adding feedback from thousands of ASA firewalls installed worldwide plus the magic sauce of Talos. Continue reading “Cisco Umbrella Rollout…Oh, where have my A-Records gone?”

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Cisco Live 2017 in Vegas

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Cisco Live 2017 is about to begin, and I’m very excited to be able to go again this year. I have been fortunate in the past to be able to visit Cisco Live for several years. This will be my 5th Cisco Live and I’m happy to be a NetVet. There are many great blog post on why you should go and what to do when you get there, so I would like to talk a bit about why I think it’s a great event to be at. Continue reading “Cisco Live 2017 in Vegas”

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So I have started to blog too…

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Welcome to my blog. I have now joined many others to blog about things that interest me. In my case this will be mainly IT related topics. I am an IT manager at a mid-size financial institution, and as such we run many systems other business do as well. Mainly a Cisco, VMware and Veeam shop with some sweet EMC SANs. But, we try to do some fun things too…but that will be in another post.

 

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