Holiday Sundries – Podcast #051
Need a quick break from work? On this episode of Data Center Therapy we've just got fun water cooler topics like TV shows, home improvements and delicious beef dinners.
Read MoreNetwork Automation with Keith Emmanuel (On-Demand Lab Part V) – Podcast #050
This week Keith astounds and delights the systems folks as well as the network infrastructure die-hards on this episode as he gives details on the parts and pieces needed to command, control and deploy a network from scratch.
Read MoreVDI with Ryan Grelck (On-Demand Lab Part IV) – Podcast #049
Our intrepid hosts welcome back to the virtual studios IVOXY’s very own Ryan "Magnum VDI" Grelck to talk about a smorgasbord full of Horizon topics, including how it has changed and how it’s been implemented in our On-Demand Lab.
Read MoreNetwork Virtualization (On-Demand Lab Part III) – Podcast #048
Our series reaches new depths as the guys discuss nesting NSX-T instances, GNS3 integration into the lab, and why on-prem solutions like vSphere & NSX-T are convergently evolving towards the DevOps space.
Read MoreSizing with Shane Bradley (On-Demand Lab Part II) – Podcast #047
We welcome back Shane to share how our On-Demand Lab was conceived, sized and configured. Topics include the evolution from VMware Workstation virtual machine to full-on co-located infrastructure, NSX-T, Nested ESXi, Terraform, TrueNAS, ESXi on Arm and more.
Read MoreOrigins (On-Demand Lab Part I) – Podcast #046
This episode is the first of our new series. Matt & Matt discuss how the new IVOXY lab was designed, how it was implemented, the things it can do, where it’ll go in the future and what it all means to you!
Read MoreVMworld 2020 REDUX FAQ
VMworld 2020 REDUX is fast approaching! We hosted the first event on October 20th and wanted to prep you for the second on November 5th with some FAQs and answers. If your question isn’t answered here, there’s a form at the bottom for you to ask us directly. We’re always available and happy to help!
Read MoreVMworld 2020 REDUX Epilogue – Podcast #045
We welcome back Alec Taylor who joined Matt & Matt live at REDUX, sharing his camaraderie and technical perspective on topics like ESXi-on-ARM, DR testing, Carbon Black and active-active data centers.
Read MoreVMworld 2020 Predux with Alec Taylor – Podcast #044
Alec's got his crystal ball and he's giving you a peek! With VMworld squarely in the rear-view mirror, we're looking forward at what all the big announcements will actually mean to you and your organization.
Read MoreProject Management Conundrums with Jenn Bahneman & Dan Stoecker – Podcast #043
It’s the people and the processes that make that classic IVOXY data center refresh and network optimization magic happen. We invited Jenn & Dan from our Project Management Office to discuss how we approach projects with our customers.
Read MoreMatt “The Toolman” Yette – Podcast #042
Remember Tim & Wilson catching up across the fence on Home Improvement? This episode feels a lot like that! It's a holiday week, so the Matt & Matt slowed things down a bit to catch up on a potpourri of personal and semi-technical topics.
Read MoreCurb your Catastrophes with Neil Kassal – Podcast #041
We welcomed in Neil (our multi-talented Systems and Storage Consultant) to share some thoughts on how to approach DR planning, what kinds of tools there are to automate testing & failover of recovery plans, and how the disaster recovery landscape has changed over the years.
Read MoreExploring The New Horizon with David Crow – Podcast #040
This week the guys welcome our End-User Compute Specialist, David, back into the studio to give you the 30,000 foot view (and relative firehose) of the just announced VMware Horizon 8 announcements.
Read MoreWhat to Expect when You’re Expecting (an F5 Exploit) – Podcast #039
Yette and Cozz dive into a root cause analysis of the recent F5 vulnerability while also educating listeners on things like two-factor authentication missteps, social engineering goofs, and the dangers of running multiple application & web servers from different codebases on your servers.
Read More(Network) Automation with Alec Taylor – Podcast #038
Whether you are already an expert in YAML, Python, Terraform, or Ansible; or you're just trying to wrap your head around when network automation even makes sense, Alec & the guys have something for you in this episode.
Read MoreStorage Protocols and Boss Battles – Podcast #037
Decades in you’d think the storage protocol landscape would tilt in a particular direction – but respected data center pros like Matt & Matt still duke it out on the storage battlefield and on this episode they build their respective cases for their preferred protocols & practices.
Read MoreThe BGP Route Heist with Keith Emmanuel – Podcast #036
Our automation and network guru, Keith, stopped by to share about routing and the Border Gateway Protocol, including an incident with the country of Pakistan and YouTube that illuminates how BGP can be compromised.
Read MoreAdventures in Data Classification with Jason Burrell – Podcast #035
You might remember Jason from his time at IVOXY – he's back to share what he's been working on in the Emerging Technologies division at Rubrik (a startup-within-a-startup!) Spoiler alert: topics include compliance, ransomware, & COVID-19 implications on our industry.
Read MoreStorage Futures with Chris Crow – Podcast #034
For our inaugural #Live episode we brought back former Data Center Therapy co-host Chris Crow who cooked up a big ‘ole plate of storage appetizer topics to help educate listeners about new flash technologies like vVols, wear-leveling, host PCI-Express busses, NVMe, etc.
Read MorevSphere 7 (It’s About Time!) with Shane Bradley – Podcast #033
Our resident VMware trailblazer, Shane, stopped by dive into some of the new features, gotchas, & surprises in the big new release including container orchestration, new UI display options, licencing changes, plus enhancements to vMotion and Distributed Resource Scheduler.
Read MoreHome Automation: Rebooted – Podcast #032
This episode is all about greenfielding something fresh with no real consequences to your IT job: home automation. The Matts riff on HomeKit making way for Home Assistant, Raspberry Pi Zero W devices, The Z-Wave protocol, Node Red …and a slew of other home automation topics.
Read MoreCombo Meal with Touch-Free Delivery – Podcast #031
Whether you’d like to learn a bit about NSX-T 3.0, how upgrades on certain critical command-and-control mechanisms in your virtual environment impacts hosts & VMs, or why load balancers can be worth their weight in digital gold, there’s something for everyone in this episode!
Read MoreA New Dawn for Remote Work (& VDI) with David Crow – Podcast #030
We invited our VDI Specialist, David, into the studio to share his perspective on remote work strategies in this new normal.. and by studio, we mean 100% remote conferencing because here at IVOXY Consulting we were practicing social distancing long before it was hip.
Read MoreA Healthy Dose of Empathy – Podcast #029
What a few weeks it’s been. You’re probably more than ready to vent and share your pain (both physical and mental) with the Data Center Therapy crew. So crank up the volume and take comfort in knowing that Matt Yette and Matt Cozzolino are in it with you on this week’s WFH edition of DCT.
Read MoreNetworking on vSphere – Podcast #028
We're doubling down on networking to address all those questions hanging out there: What are good practices for setting up ESXi and vSphere networking? Should I put management vmkernel ports on Standard or Distributed virtual switches? Nexus or Catalyst switching? ...and much more – have a listen to find out!
Read MoreNetworking & Security Safari with Jeremy Goosen – Podcast #027
Jeremy and the guys spend some time talking through networking best practices for small to medium-sized organizations, including some products & features that can really help secure servers & systems from diabolical attackers and feckless users alike.
Read MoreThe Great Lab Rebuild – Podcast #026
2020 is off to a roaring start! Learn how our intrepid hosts balance the demands of delivering services, refreshing our internal IVOXY lab infrastructure and helping the team get ready for our upcoming Kubernetes classes.
Read MoreThe IVOXY Origin Story with Alec Taylor – Podcast #025
For this milestone episode, we thought we would catch up with our co-founder, Alec, to share a bit about our virtualization-driven genesis, 14 years of evolution, and where we believe IT is headed next.
Read MoreInfrastructure as Code – Podcast #024
IaC borrows a methodology from developers and applies it to infrastructure. This week Matt & Matt make a New Year's resolution to work smarter, not harder by harnessing the efficiencies of Infrastructure as Code.
Read MoreHow to Home Automate Like a Boss – Podcast #023
It’s well known that the Home Automation space is very fragmented with all the competing ecosystems and technologies out there, so this week our intrepid technology sherpas thought it'd be fun to break down the possible options & integrations for our listeners.
Read MoreTools of the (Information Technology) Trade – Podcast #022
Matt & Matt open up their toolboxes to share their favorite widgets, dongles, and gear that help them get their dirty data center jobs done right.
Read MoreINSIGHT 2019 Recap – Devs are the New Kingmakers with Jeff Hicks – Podcast #021
We welcome Jeff (NetApp) to dive into the revelations shared from the mothership at INSIGHT 2019. The conucopia of topics include disaggregated HCI, NetApp's Data Fabric vision, and new hardware products like the AFF A400 array.
Read MoreCan you Even Contain Yourself? – Podcast #020
Here comes a deep dive discussion that should prove informative and entertaining to all IT pros – container-savvy or not! Whether you’re interested in repeatability, scalability, or orchestration, there are some neat advantages containers have versus “we’ve always done it this way” deployment practices.
Read MoreCh-Ch-Changes in Primary Storage and Data Protection – Podcast #019
The guys just got back from the Pure//Accelerate conference in Austin + the Rubrik Tech Summit in Denver, and they have everything you need to know. Oh, plus they've got first-hand accounts of high-speed electric scootering and some TV show tips.
Read MoreVMworld 2019 Redux Sneak Peek with Ryan Grelck & Kris Lamet – Podcast #018
Ryan & Kris join Yette to share their experiences and initial reactions from VMworld 2019. Carbon Black, Project Pacific, Tanzu, and Pivotal Container Services headline a conversation that is ultimately an appetizer for our biggest event of the year.
Read MoreHCI Throwdown! with David Crow – Podcast #017
The gloves come off this week as the Matts invite David, a true EUC specialist, into our studios to debate the pros & cons of a hotly contested technology: Hyper-Converged Infrastructure.
Read MoreVMworld 2019 Predux with Alec Taylor – Podcast #016
With VMworld right around the corner, Alec joins the guys to kick around predictions and share about some can't-miss parties as well as tease our VMworld Redux coming this fall!
Read MoreNUMA NUMA Yay – VM Performance with Alec Taylor – Podcast #015
Yette welcomes our Founding Partner, Alec, to the podcast to talk all things virtual machines: Things like NUMA & vNUMA, why DIMMs might not be optimally placed, how VMware's evolution of multi-core & multi-socket CPU hardware impact your VMs, and much more!
Read MoreCisco Live Recap with Mack Nethkin – Podcast #014
It’s time to LVtMCEaaS (Live Vicariously through Mack’s Conference Experience as a Service) as we dive into the developments and products announced at last month's show.
Read MoreHome Labs & Home Automation… Because we Can’t Turn it Off – Podcast #013
On this episode we discuss our home lab and automation setups, as well as the smart home software and hardware we use to help make life that much geekier.
Read MoreNSX-V to -T – Podcast Bonus
Short & sweet this week! Cozz was recently joined by our very own Kris Lamet & Alec Taylor for an impromptu Q&A about the future of NSX.
Read MorevSphere [-R]evolution – 6.7 Update 2 – Podcast #012
We cover a lot this week including network virtualization & the software-defined datacenter, vRealize Log Insight, and all things 6.7 Update 2: Spectre / Meltdown, new config maximums for VMs, and more!
Read MoreLearning by (API) Example with Rebecca Fitzhugh – Podcast #011
Our conversation with Rebecca (Rubrik, Inc.) centers on the evolution of APIs, and how newer technologies like Swagger, GraphQL, PowerShell, etc. are revolutionizing the way our software interacts with other components & infrastructure in the modern data center.
Read MoreContainer Technologies – There Ain’t no Switch to Flip – Podcast #010
This week Matt & Matt cover the 5 W's & the H of containers – most importantly WHEN you should be implementing them and HOW they tie into the new world of cloud-hosted infrastructure. Have a listen!
Read MoreEmbracing a Cloud-first Strategy with Jonas Irwin – Podcast #009
Ready or not! Are you being pushed to deploy a cloud-first strategy? Jonas (Pure Storage) brings his extensive cloud acumen to bear, discussing the hybrid consumption models that are helping organizations bridge the gap.
Read MoreMahalo & Aloha to Old Friends, and our Trip to DR in the Cloud – Podcast #008
Take a 10,000-foot Pacific Northwest view of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) to get a handle on your disaster recovery plans and archival strategy as we explore the cloudy side of the data center.
Read MoreMalware and Your Possibly Ailing Security Posture with Mack Nethkin – Podcast #007
Join us for a self-declared FUD-free 32 minutes where you’ll get to know a little more about our Network Practice Leader Mack, the evolution of malware and ransomware, and how you can reduce and eliminate risk in your environment.
Read MoreNSX – It Depends on the Day – Podcast #006
Pull up a barstool – this week we're in person with beers in hand! Chris and Matt got to sit down and discuss the many benefits and use cases for upgrading your infrastructure with VMware NSX.
Read MoreAutomate Now! Laying the Groundwork for Infrastructure as a Service – Podcast #005
Everybody's talking about automating, but where to start? For the past several years Chris has been helping server admins and broader IT teams bring that time way down by implementing IaaS. On today's episode he talks through many of the ins and outs.
Read MoreDon’t be a Target: Palo Alto Networks with Matt Cozzolino – Podcast #004
We are joined this week by our resident security expert, Matt Cozzolino, to talk all things Palo Alto Networks. Listen now to learn more about the technology and how you can experience it for yourself with the Security Lifecycle Review.
Read MoreGet to Know Horizon View 7.5 with Ryan Grelck – Podcast #003
This week, IVOXY Engineer Ryan Grelck visits the podcast to discuss VMware Horizon View 7.5 features like App Volumes, User Environment Manager (UEM), Just-in-Time Management Platform (JPM), Instant Clones, and more!
Read MoreA Look at VMware vSphere 6.7 part II – Podcast #002
With so many new features on vSphere 6.7, Matt & Chris dig into a few more of the new top features like VMware Platform Services Controller, changes to the vSAN UNMAP priority caps, and the switch from C# & Flash clients to HTML5 for managing NSX, VUM, vSAN, etc.
Read MoreA Look at VMware vSphere 6.7 – Podcast #001
In our inaugural episode of Data Center Therapy, Matt & Chris discuss the new features of vSphere 6.7 like instant clone APIs, Per-VM EVC and ESXi reload without entire host reboot. There is a lot to factor in when considering an upgrade, so be sure to listen!
Read MoreNinite – saves time, hassle in my home lab
I use Ninite to install common free utilities in my Windows VM’s. Things like Chrome, Java, PuTTY, .NET, anti-virus, etc. Re-running it will update those same programs.
Read MoreConfiguring a highly available PSC environment using the NSX load balancer
A walk through of the configuration of a highly available VMware Platform Services Controller that is being front-ended by an NSX load balancer.
Read MoreInstalling the vSphere 6.5 VCSA Simple Install
A step-by-step guide on the installation of a VCSA deployed in the combined vCenter and PSC roll, and walk through the basics of configuration.
Read MoreUpgrading Horizon View from 7.0.1 to 7.0.3
A walkthrough of the correct procedure to upgrade View 7.0.1 to 7.0.3 in preparation for my vSphere 6.5 upgrade. This is a fairly simple upgrade in my lab environment.
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