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Background Would it be nice to directly manipulate Google Drive as part of the OS File System ? Would it be nice to automate backups directly in the cloud ? Would it be nice to stop buying expensive external storage ? The idea is not to send a "all to cloud" message. But sometimes, this very handy to have quickly have access to some centralized storage. Well, I think so. But How ? Cloud Storage is object storage (S3 like), so each files are actually identified by a unique URL and a set of credentials granting or not certain rights. There is a way of course !

Background Sending REST API calls to the cluster is sometimes slow and not very efficient. I came across some interesting posts on that topic. It looks like while REST is getting all the results (even the one you are not interested with) it exist another query type that only returns what you are looking for. This is GraphQL. Let's have a look !

Background Yeah, I know, I should have written it down in a safe place, in a vault or so. But it happened. I've lost access to my Raspberry taking care of my hotspot and sending my various API calls to my Yamaha Amplifier . This is an issue since I need to adjust some settings !

Background Lock down, working from home, ... we all been there and for a long time. Since this situation is going to last; we need to have a nice working environment. Today, I'm presenting you a nice way to decorate your home office and ... yes, discount code will follow !

Background There is no mystery, java log4j flaw had a huge impact on any IT team these days. If you want to know more details about it, I really encourage you to read this and upgrade asap your affected systems. This being said, it would be nice to know what systems are affected ... It could be cumbersome to search in each and every systems, especially if you have more than 1000 VMs ... If you are using Rubrik for your backups, it might simplify things !

Background We have a quite large AHV infrastructure and sometimes this is not always easy to get all the relevant details to improve/maintain it. Don't get me wrong, Prism Central is helping a lot. But, when it comes to optimisation of the assets, it is hard to see what gains we can make - starting by detecting the powered off VMs.

Background When we had an issue on an AHV VM, the first reflex was to restore it from last night backup. It was very quick and we were all happy ... unless we realized that no networking was connected. We opened a case with Nutanix to troubleshoot the issue and ....

Background During our ISO audit last quarter, I've been asked to provide a list of the various date of our CDM upgrades. This way they could match with our internal Jira tickets to confirm we are following the process. It was not easy and I had to raise ticket with Rubrik to get support accessing that information. Could it be easier ? I believe so ;)

Background Batteries can be expansive and environmentally unfriendly. Of course, alternatives exist but none of them are truly satisfying. Rechargeable batteries are not providing more than 1.2V, they do not last long and require frequent charge cycles. While scrolling my Facebook feed, I found an interesting ad about a company called Pale blue providing Lithium Ion batteries with the standard batteries form factor with 1.5 V and a standard micro USB port to charge them. Is this the Grail ?

Background While working on a AHV cluster, you can notice that, with time, the storage decreases. This is obvious, all VMs are using thin-provisioning by default. Doing some cleanup and maintenance is required on every IT systems and Nutanix does not escape the rule. One area where we are not focusing enough is the snapshots we are creating and most of the time forgot !