Monthly Archives: April 2016


App Volumes 3.0 - Deployment

VMware App Volumes 3.0 is out and is different from previous 2.x versions, the first noticeable difference is App Volumes is now running as a Virtual Appliance and once its deployed the integration isnt quite as slick as the previous version. The following will illustrate the deployment process. Release notes […]


Dell EqualLogic - Delete Member

Dell EqualLogic’s can be configured to work as a group and share storage in a storage pool. Volumes can then be configured from the storage pool and stretch across the members. The following will should how to remove a active member and move the live data onto a remaining member. […]


Dell EqualLogic - Remove VMFS Volume

The following will show the procedure to remove a volume. This example the volume is a VMFS volume presented to ESXi hosts. First remove the volume from the ESXi hosts. To do this first migrate any live VMs running on the VMFS datastore and also browse the datastore to check […]


Dell EqualLogic - New Volume

The following will show how to create a new volume on a Dell EqualLogic and present it to a Windows server using MPIO. Login to the group with an account with the relevant permissions. Choose Volumes at the bottom left hand side. Right click Volumes - Create volume Give the […]


Dell EqualLogic - Initial Setup

Setting up a new Dell EqualLogic is straightforward first connect a serial cable to the active controller and log in with the default credentials Username - grpadmin Password - grpadmin Select to configure the array and allow for the initial initialisation Once complete enter the member name for this array […]


VMware UEM v9 Upgrade

VMware UEM version 9 has recently been released and the following will show how easy it is to upgrade from a previous version. To install UEM from scratch see my previous post here. VMware’s documentation can be found here The upgrade process is fairly simple - first upgrade the agent […]