Tuesday, October 14, 2008

The Lord Almighty

I don't update my blog nearly enough but I feel compelled to today. I have several things in my life that I'm not quite sure how to deal with, some I'm not even sure should be dealt with. Fortunately the Lord God in Heaven doesn't have my same limitations. I recently had the privilege of hearing Andrew Peterson in concert for the second time. In his new CD has written a song entitled Hosanna. He was gracious enough to explain how he came up with the title and shared the meaning of the word Hosanna.

Here are the references to the word Hosanna in the new testament. The word Hosanna is not used in the old testament.

  • Matthew 21:9 KJV

    And the multitudes that went before , and that followed , cried , saying , Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

  • Matthew 21:15 KJV

    And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did , and the children crying in the temple, and saying , Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased ,

  • Mark 11:9 KJV

    And they that went before , and they that followed , cried , saying , Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:

  • Mark 11:10 KJV

    Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.

  • John 12:13 KJV

    Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried , Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Andrew pointed out that the word has two different meanings.

The Hebrew meaning of the word is, "save now". While the greek word is a shout of adoration to the Messiah Jesus. Wikipedia says, "Overall, it seems that, "Hosanna," is a cry for salvation, while at the same time is a declaration of praise. Therefore, it may be derived that this plea for help is out of an agreeably positive connotation."

Hosanna is a cry for help and a recognition to the Lord and Savior who is the ultimate source of hope and grace.

So today I cry and sing Hosanna for I know my Lord is listening and will hear my cry, and the Holy Spirit will act as my intercessor. Amen.

Thursday, October 02, 2008

VI Toolkit Commands

I was getting tired of looking for these so I'm starting my own collection.

 

Here is one for checking for running status of a VM and disconnecting floppies and CD drives:

 

$vms = Get-VM | where {$_.VMState –eq 'Running'}
$vms | Get-DVDDrive | Set-DVDDrive –NoMedia
$vms | Get-FloppyDrive | Set-FloppyDrive –NoMedia

Friday, September 19, 2008

VI Powershell


Managing VMware with PowerShell - VMworld 2008

From: vmwarecarter, 1 hour ago





This is the slide deck I used during my talk "Managing VMware with PowerShell" at VMworld 2008. Some video snippets of the presentation are also available at http://communities.vmware.com/thread/169066


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VI Powershell


Managing VMware with PowerShell - VMworld 2008

From: vmwarecarter, 1 hour ago





This is the slide deck I used during my talk "Managing VMware with PowerShell" at VMworld 2008. Some video snippets of the presentation are also available at http://communities.vmware.com/thread/169066


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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Fwd: From Evernote: VMworld 2008





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From: "Neill Tyler" <bigbiggeek@gmail.com>
Date: September 16, 2008 10:54:03 AM PDT
To: "Neill Tyler" <NTyler@ebsco.com>
Subject: From Evernote: VMworld 2008

VMworld 2008

Fri 12 Sep 08 by neilltyler

https://vmworld2008.wingateweb.com/scheduler/schedule/printView.jsp?small=1
VMworld 2008
Personal Schedule for Neill D. Tyler
Print Date: Sep 12, 2008
  
Monday
8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Lab09
Palazzo Lab Rooms C
Scripting VMware® Infrastructure: Automating, Integrating, and Extending VI
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10:30 AM-12:30 PM
Lab05
Palazzo Lab Room O
VMware® Infrastructure  - Security Hardening & Best Practices (VMware VirtualCenter – VMware ESX™ & VMware ESXi™)
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5:30 PM-7:30 PM
(Conference Event)
SE Reception
Hall C/D
Solutions Exchange Welcome Reception
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Tuesday
6:30 AM-8:00 AM
(Conference Event)
Breakfast
Hall G
Breakfast
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8:00 AM-9:15 AM
GS
Hall A
General Session
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9:30 AM-10:30 AM
KNVMware
Venetian Ballroom D
Question and Answer Session with Paul
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10:30 AM-11:30 AM
BOF101
Desktop Virtualization Networking Lounge
Virtualizing Desktops in the Enterprise – Opportunities and Challenges for VDI
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11:30 AM-12:30 PM
V12518
Titian 2303
Virtualization Security 101: Virtual Insecurity = Real Problems
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1:00 PM-2:00 PM
AD2764
Murano 3202
Managing VMware with PowerShell
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2:30 PM-3:30 PM
PO1461
Titian 2305
Virtual Infrastructure Service Strategy and Design
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4:30 PM-5:30 PM
TA1402
Delfino 4005
Introduction to Storage VMotion
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Wednesday
6:30 AM-8:00 AM
(Conference Event)
Breakfast
Hall G
Breakfast
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8:00 AM-9:15 AM
(Conference Event)
GS
Hall A
General Session
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9:30 AM-10:30 AM
BC2782
Delfino 4102
The Virtual Business Continuity Site
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10:30 AM-11:30 AM
BOF102
Business Continuity Networking Lounge
High Availability
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11:30 AM-12:30 PM
TA3720
Zeno 4609
Designing Data Centers with VM-level Granularity
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1:00 PM-2:00 PM
BC2533
Lando 4204
PBZ: Leveraging VMware Infrastructure to implement High Availability and Disaster Recovery LIVE DEMO
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2:30 PM-3:30 PM
EA3022
Titian 2305
Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Roles on VMware Infrastructure 3
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4:30 PM-5:30 PM
BC2477
San Polo 3502
Real World Best Practices for Site Recovery Manager
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7:00 PM-11:00 PM
(Conference Event)
VMParty
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
VMworld2008 Party
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Thursday
7:30 AM-9:00 AM
(Conference Event)
Breakfast
Hall G
Breakfast
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9:00 AM-10:00 AM
AD3001
Lando 4204
VMware Lab Manager Deep Dive
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10:30 AM-11:30 AM
BC2240
Murano 3202
Implementing Data Protection for Applications and Data in VMware Deployments
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12:30 PM-1:30 PM
BC2824
Murano 3202
Deploying Microsoft Clustering for Exchange and SQL Server in VI3
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2:00 PM-3:00 PM
TA2554
Lando 4204
VI Networking: Advanced Configurations and Troubleshooting
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4:00 PM-5:00 PM
PO1860
Zeno 4609
How to Implement a Cost Visibility and Chargeback Process Using the Resource Consumption Model
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Monday, August 18, 2008

Redskins Widget

Sunday, July 06, 2008

Disney 4th Photos


Disney4th-35
Originally uploaded by bigbiggeek

Check out my 4th of July photos from Walt Disney World here:

Click here to view photos on flickr.

Friday, July 04, 2008

Happy 4th

From the tylers. We would have had more pictures but my battery was too low to run the camera most of the day.