Musings on Computing, Information Technology, and the future of Enterprise IT.
// September 26th, 2012 // Comments Off on So long and thanks for all the fish // Work
It’s not everyday you get a chance to work with someone who pushes you to be better _and_ think better.
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// September 26th, 2012 // Comments Off on PowerShell – Checking Status of MSSQL Server Mirrored DB’s // Infrastructure
# Load SMO extension
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo") | Out-Null;
# Servers to check
$sqlservers = @("server1", "server2", "server3");
foreach($server in $sqlservers)
{
$srv = New-Object "Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server" $server;
# Get mirrored databases
$databases = $srv.Databases | Where-Object {$_.IsMirroringEnabled -eq $true};
Write-Host $server;
Write-Host "==================================";
$databases | Select-Object -Property Name, MirroringStatus | Format-Table -AutoSize;
}
// September 26th, 2012 // Comments Off on EMC Storage – Design Considerations & Caveats // Infrastructure, Storage
A recomended read on various design considerations and use cases for EMC storage pool provisioning. Vijay reviews in length 4 important caveat’s when implenting storage pools over RG’s.
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// September 25th, 2012 // Comments Off on Enterprise Java Applications on VMware – Best Practices // Infrastructure
VMware Whitepaper on virtualizing Enterprise Java Applications and Infrastructure/Application design considerations.
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// September 25th, 2012 // Comments Off on BigIP iRules for fun and profit: Using iRules for HTTP resource load balancing // Infrastructure
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// September 24th, 2012 // Comments Off on Compare/Audit locally installed RPM Packages between multiple Hosts // Infrastructure
