TDI – Using Test Driven Development Methodologies for Infrastructure

For those who have had exposure to development environments, you are probably familiar with TDD, or Test Driven Development. If not, then I highly recommend that you dig into the topic as it may be one of the best tools to have in your toolkit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development The concept is simple: Design a test for an upcoming … Read more

Capturing the moment – More than just the content

One of the most important lessons I’ve learned in writing and recording music is that you don’t just write a song, you capture a moment. It holds true for music, conversation and even the written word. It’s not often thought about while you are doing it but when you step away you will find that … Read more

Deploying the VMware vCenter Virtual Appliance on OSX

For those who want to leverage VMware vCenter for your lab, but you are running on Mac OSX with VMware Fusion, there are a couple of quick steps to get you working. The secondary title to this article could really be “How to deploy an OVF template on VMware Fusion”, but the specific goal I’m … Read more

Microsoft DNS record updates using PowerShell and DNSCMD

UPDATE TO THIS POST: Hi folks! some of the comments about records that are listed with (same as parent folder) as the name caused me to make an update. I’ve noted the updates in the following post: http://www.discoposse.com/2013/04/14/updating-same-as-parent-folder-records-with-dnscmd-and-powershell/ I have also updated the code below to reflect the new code. ORIGINAL POST: There are occasions … Read more