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Re: Breaking new ground : An UBER Tool for the Mac

Kyle H — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:45:25 -0000

another small issue, If I close the window using the red X in the top left corner it does not close the app, but it leaves me in a state where I need to close and reopen the app again to get the main window back up. You should be able to select Window > UBER Network Fuser after you click the red X so you can bring it back. That or just make it so when you click the red X it actually closes the application.

Re: Breaking new ground : An UBER Tool for the Mac

Kyle H — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:38:41 -0000

Cool App. I would like to see the ability to modify the DHCP range for NAT connections.

Looks like there is a bug that if you have the network editor open and have Default NAT selected and you have Fusion open, then you close Fusion the buttons for DHCP/NAT/Virtual Adapter become click-able.

Re: The late recap post : AKA Top 7 things I learned in 2011

Giovanni Cintorrino — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:32:46 -0000

I believe the key to development is knowing you need to know more. -Well said Nick. I just came across your blog from the EMC blog section and really enjoyed this post. Congrats on doubling page views and unique visits.

Re: vSphere Mini Monitor : Now With More Cowbell!

Jedisamui — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:58:23 -0000

I downloaded and installed it on my Windows 7 x64 laptop. When I go to launch it, it tells me that this is the first time I've run it, and prompts for my VC info and credentials. As soon as I click "Enter" it crashes. This happens every time I attempt to run the program.

Re: New UBER Model : UBER VNX (NFS) v1

Norman Toro — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:13:07 -0000

I am using the powerlink updated for this year. They work well but some issues with user admin. CIFS and NFS work great. They even have a dual data mover version, but it needs 4gb ram to start up vs the 2gb for the single data mover version. Hit me up on email if you have any questions norman.toro@emc.com. Best wishes

Re: Quick Update : UNF version 1.701

lynxbat — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:57:02 -0000

Yes, I don't release source for most all of my projects. Two reasons:
1) I work for a company that frequently reuses my code
2) My company partners with a companies (in this case VMware) who can reuse my code.

I am sharing the source with VMware who are eager to see if it *might* be useful for future Fusion updates.

I am not against OSS - but I am not always in a position to release. But, the flip side is everything on my site is free and open to use commercially if you want (minus ANY support).

Nick

Re: Quick Update : UNF version 1.701

Bob — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:18:17 -0000

Hi, is there a specific reason why the source code isn't available ?

Re: New UBER Model : UBER VNX (NFS) v1

Erik Bussink — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:10:05 -0000

Nick, it's now January 2012. Should I use your UBER VNX v1 implementation or download the VNX Simulator 7.0.35.3 from Powerlink.emc.com which is Date October 12, 2011. Thanks.

Re: Breaking new ground : An UBER Tool for the Mac

lynxbat — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:10:50 -0000

Working great on both of my 10.7 MBA's - did you try copying using Terminal? /Volumes/UNF_1.701/*

Re: Breaking new ground : An UBER Tool for the Mac

Chris C. — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:04:57 -0000

This is on 10.7 btw.

Re: Breaking new ground : An UBER Tool for the Mac

Chris C. — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:04:31 -0000

I can't copy the app out of the dmg, I get "The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have permission to access some of the items."

Re: Breaking new ground : An UBER Tool for the Mac

Chris C. — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:01:50 -0000

Ha, I also spent some time recently writing exactly the same piece of software, you got a lot further than I did though!

Re: Quick Update : UNF version 1.701

vSeanJohn — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:56:57 -0000

Thanks for fix... works great now.

Re: Breaking new ground : An UBER Tool for the Mac

lynxbat — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:48:38 -0000

There was a bug for OSX 10.6.* users

Try the new update: http://nickapedia.com/2012/01/...

Re: VMware Workstation 2011 : w00t

Andrew Lindahl — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:09:03 -0000

This discussion is a few months old, but I'm interested in knownig details about item #1. I'm running on WS 8 and can NOT get 64-bit OS's inside a virtualized ESXi VM inside WS 8. Please point to any config settings that might need to be enabled to support this feature. - Andy

Re: Breaking new ground : An UBER Tool for the Mac

Dave P — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:10:52 -0000

Nick I as the guy who write those scripts many years ago. Great to see a new take on the networking for Fusion. Thanks for the work.

Re: Breaking new ground : An UBER Tool for the Mac

James Doran — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:28:52 -0000

Nice one Nick. This makes it much easier to run up test environments on the Mac. Many thanks..

Re: Breaking new ground : An UBER Tool for the Mac

Bilal Hashmi — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:01:23 -0000

Great work Nick and happy birthday :D

Re: Breaking new ground : An UBER Tool for the Mac

Swatcat — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:00:52 -0000

Thanks Thanks this tools is good, I waiting so much time for a tool like this

Re: Breaking new ground : An UBER Tool for the Mac

AJ Kuftic — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:59:59 -0000

Standing ovation. My lab just got a million times cleaner. THANK YOU!

Re: Breaking new ground : An UBER Tool for the Mac

Seanjohns — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:57:08 -0000

Outstanding sir... thank you very much. I am hoping this will help me solve an issue with our home surveillance software that only works in XP but I could never get to work in fusion. Slick install screen, looks great so far but I had immediate crash so will troubleshoot/reboot etc. Happy Birthday and thanks for giving us all a gift.

Re: How to UBER : New Celerra UBER VSA Guide

Jason D — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:26:17 -0000

Same here .... Nick it's a shame we cant download your 98 pages of goodness!

Re: How to UBER : New Celerra UBER VSA Guide

Gertk — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:21:49 -0000

still not working...

Re: IT, Silos, Cloud, & You : What do you want to be when Cloud grows up?

lynxbat — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:05:29 -0000

Good question.

I would say there are three common paths to expanding personal knowledge outside of the paradigm you were hired for:

1) Helping with adoption of new approaches to IT process/control like DevOps.
2) Honestly just investing time outside of work hours to learn new tech/code/tools and then bring that knowledge back into work to solve problems.
3) Creating/building your own or contributing to community open source software in a way that builds skills.

.nick

Re: IT, Silos, Cloud, & You : What do you want to be when Cloud grows up?

Mary Perisic — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:47:22 -0000

Great article. Curious to understand what you think are the best ways to learn and adopt these new skills? In an environment where there is still 24/7 "on call" demand for maintaining current infrastructure / data centers, what do you find are the best ways to learn these new skills and even be able to apply them so you can start to establish yourself as the person to consider for this next evolution of job roles?