Author Archives: Mariusz

About Mariusz

Architect (~ 15 years experience based on passion...) with strong background as a System Administrator and Engineer. Focused on Data Center Solutions: Virtualization/Cloud Computing and Storage/Backup Systems. Currently living in Poland.

VMware NSX Fundamentals: Deploying NSX Manager

In this article I will show how to deploy VMware NSX Appliance. Log in to the vSphere Web Client. Right click on Datacenter and Deploy OVF Template. Click Local File and select OVA file. Check "Accept extra configuration options" and click Next. Accept EULA and click Next. Select Name and folder. Select a resource. Select… Read More »

Running VMware Web Client 5.5 on Windows 2012 R2

To run Web Client on Windows 2012 R2, you have to add flash (it's integrated in windows 2012 R2 - Feauture named Desktop Experience). To add Desktop Experience please follow steps: Open Server Manager and click Add Roles and Features. When the Add Roles and Features Wizard appears, specify the appropriate values on the Installation… Read More »

NetApp Flash Accel for VMware

In this article I will describe NetApp Flash Accel which makes server-side flash storage available as cache for applications that read from and write to NetApp back-end storage. In a Flash Accel-enabled system, applications write to cache as well as to back-end storage, so that future application reads can be serviced locally from cache. Flash… Read More »