Top 20 ESXi 5.x issues

Source: ESXi 5.x host experiences a purple diagnostic screen mentioning E1000PollRxRing and E1000DevRx (2059053) Unable to delete the virtual machine snapshot due to locked files (2017072) Installing async drivers on ESXi 5.0, 5.1, and 5.5 (2005205) Collecting diagnostic…

OCCAS

Communications Service Providers (CSPs) have large investments in their legacy infrastructure – the same infrastructure that has failed to keep pace with service innovation in other domains, such as the Internet. Next generation networks hold the promise of meeting the…

Oracle VM / CentOS network interface setup

After VM installation you need to setup internet connection which might be sometimes tricky. My setup included WiFi interface connected to Def. GW and on laptop VM machine using Bridge interface with CentOS IP manual IP assigned. Once configured you can check end…

Best practices for expanding or replacing disk arrays

No matter how much storage capacity you squeeze into a disk array, it’s just a matter of time until that space is completely filled. Users everywhere are challenging existing storage resources with applications that proliferate media-hungry data files. It’s enough…

Disable archive logs

Before executing check whether HA is deploye and take necessary precautions (cluster freeze). Consider impact on backup of the DB, full backup is required to restore data. Data changes between full backups will be lost in case of restore oracle@hostname:/oracle…

Great blog about SIP

Andrew’s Session Border Controller Checklist SBC Resiliency Building a Resilient SIP Solution Does it meet your capacity requirements?  Does it scale via licenses, hardware, software, or all three?  How many active sessions can it support?  Does it distinguish between users, trunks, instant…

VMWare version/update identification

Open VMware vSphere and select About or mark vCenter and version will be displayed. Then find relevant Build number in index table on link below. https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1014508

Reduce wasted time

RescueTime is a tool that allows you to easily understand and optimize how you and your team spends their time and attention. One of the most important things about RescueTime is that there is NO DATA ENTRY. A personal analytics service…

WTF is SVF

Huawei’s Super Virtual Fabric (SVF) technology virtualizes multiple devices into one logical device to shield complex connections among devices and implement unified management and control of network devices. Huawei CSS/CSS2 and iStack are horizontal virtualization technologies that virtualize multiple network…