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August 09, 2013

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I have a ton of updates that I need to add to this "Engineer's Notebook" that I am deciding to add them in one post.

Great document setting up SRM5 and NetApp filers
http://www.globbtv.com/microsite/18/Adjuntos/TR-4064.PDF

Hugely informative blog about Software Defined Networking.
http://etherealmind.com/openflow-software-defined-networking-routing-or-switching/
and
http://etherealmind.com/defining-flow-forwarding-instead-switching-routing/

Chad Sakac's great link on Micro-bursting.
http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2009/06/vmware-io-queues-micro-bursting-and-multipathing.html

Frank Denneman video on PernixData DeepDive
http://youtu.be/yxW-cE98Uv8

Chris Lawrence VM vCenter Migration script.
http://hoipoiloi.blogspot.de/2013/07/vm-migration-script.html

and lastly vCloud Planning Portal
http://up2v.nl/2013/08/05/an-introduction-to-vmware-vcloud-planner/

Till later

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