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  • Smarter VM Placement with Nutanix AHV - Part 1

    calendar Jun 13, 2025 · 7 min read · AHV NTC Smart VM Placement  ·
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    Smarter VM Placement with Nutanix AHV - Part 1

    In a virtualized environment, how and where your virtual machines (VMs) run isn't just a matter of resource availability. It's a key part of your resiliency, performance, and compliance strategy. That’s where Affinity and Anti-Affinity policies come into play. With Nutanix AHV, administrators may gain granular control …


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  • 2025 Home Lab: Nutanix, Cisco, TrueNAS, and Testing

    calendar Jun 12, 2025 · 5 min read · Home Lab Geek Post NTC  ·
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    2025 Home Lab: Nutanix, Cisco, TrueNAS, and Testing

    Welcome to my 2025 Home Lab: Where Ideas Are Built, Broken, and Rebuilt Better. A constantly evolving playground where I simulate customer environments, test disaster recovery strategies, and push platforms until something breaks (and then fix it… usually). I've always enjoyed reading these posts, but have never put …


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  • Scale Smart, Scale Fast: NC2 Scaling on AWS and Azure

    calendar Jun 11, 2025 · 6 min read · Nutanix Cloud Clusters NC2 Public Cloud AWS Azure  ·
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    Scale Smart, Scale Fast: NC2 Scaling on AWS and Azure

    The Need for Elastic Infrastructure In today’s digital landscape, agility and resiliency isn’t just a nice to have, for many organizations it’s considered mission-critical. Whether you’re supporting seasonal growth, accommodating sudden spikes in analytics workloads, or preparing for disaster recovery, your …


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  • Backup Support for Nutanix AOS 7

    calendar Jun 5, 2025 · 4 min read · Data Protection AHV AOS NTC  ·
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    Backup Support for Nutanix AOS 7

    If you've been holding off on upgrading to AOS 7 due to backup vendor support, we've crossed that bridge! Let's take a quick look at the current landscape of AHV and AOS releases, and then do a quick rundown of the current support from a few major backup vendors to see how they are landing with the latest AOS releases. …


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  • Next DC Recap

    calendar May 13, 2025 · 8 min read · nextconf ntc nutanix  ·
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    Next DC Recap

    Last week, I had the pleasure and privilege of attending the Nutanix .Next conference in Washington, DC, a city renowned for its monuments. For a few days, it became a beacon of innovation in IT infrastructure. It's always nice to spend a few days in DC, growing up there I almost took for granted how much there is to …


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  • Migrating to Hugo

    calendar May 13, 2025 · 3 min read  ·
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    Migrating to Hugo

    Why I Moved My Blog and What I Learned Since 2015, my blog has lived on a Amazon Lightsail WordPress deployment. It’s been reliable, familiar, and got the job done without complaint. So why move? Honestly, nothing was broken. But I was ready for a new challenge. As someone who lives and breathes IT, sometimes I like to …


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  • On the Ground at .NEXT

    calendar May 5, 2025 · 3 min read · nextconf ntc nutanix  ·
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    On the Ground at .NEXT

    This week, I’m in Washington, DC for the Nutanix .NEXT Conference — the annual gathering that brings together customers, partners, technologists, and thought leaders to explore what’s next in hybrid multicloud, virtualization, and infrastructure. It’s more than just another tech event — it’s a celebration of the …


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  • Nutanix March Releases: Key Features & Fixes

    calendar Mar 19, 2025 · 5 min read · nutanixntc ahv nutanix  ·
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    It's New Release Wednesday from Nutanix (3.19.25), with new releases for AHV, AOS and Prism Central, bringing some fixes and nice new features. March has been a busy month for Nutanix, dropping a number of different product updates (shown below), but I'm going to focus on the big 3 that came out today. Updates in March …


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  • Issues with DCBX and LLDP on NX-OS 10.x

    calendar Mar 14, 2025 · 6 min read · ahv bug home-lab nexus  ·
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    I recently deployed a new Nexus 93180YC-EX switch into my home lab, to replace the aging 9372PX. Sure, for a home lab this was fine, but I wanted to get up to some 25Gbe speeds! I've got various equipment connected to that old Nexus, with 2 Nutanix clusters and single VMware cluster, plus various other things, nothing …


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  • Join me for Nutanix .Next 2025

    calendar Mar 14, 2025 · 2 min read · nutanix  ·
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    Are you ready for Nutanix .Next 2025 in Washington DC? It's almost here, May 7-9, 2025! For me personally, this is easily one of my favorite events of the year! Nutanix's premier event, .Next, is coming soon to the nation's capital, and it's the perfect opportunity for customers, prospects, and technology enthusiasts …


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Mike Dent

Field CTO by day, dog dad, bourbon enthusiast, and driveway workout partner with my wife by night, helping organizations modernize IT without losing their sanity.
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Recent Posts

  • Smarter VM Placement with Nutanix AHV - Part 1
  • 2025 Home Lab: Nutanix, Cisco, TrueNAS, and Testing
  • Scale Smart, Scale Fast: NC2 Scaling on AWS and Azure
  • Backup Support for Nutanix AOS 7
  • Next DC Recap
  • Migrating to Hugo
  • On the Ground at .NEXT
  • Nutanix March Releases: Key Features & Fixes

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