Rick Vanover, Author at TechRepublic

Rick Vanover

Rick Vanover is an IT Infrastructure Manager for Alliance Data in Columbus, Ohio. Rick's IT certifications include VMware VCP, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 MCITP, Windows Server 2003 MCSA and others. \ \ Previous experiences included working for Dematic Corp (formerly Siemens L&A, Siemens Dematic, Rapistan)in Grand Rapids, MI in various capacities deploying custom software solutions to the material handling industry using a mix of current hardware and software products. You can reach Rick at b4real@usa.net. Follow rick on Twitter at @RickVanover http://twitter.com/RickVanover

Data Centers
Are P2V conversions still worth doing?

Physical-to-virtual conversions have a few gotchas, but they may be the best option when a proper application, data, and configuration migration isn't possible.

Rick Vanover
Published: January 14, 2014, 2:55 PM PST Modified: January 14, 2014, 2:55 PM PST Read More See more Data Centers articles
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Virtualization
50 terms and acronyms for VMware that you should know

Rick Vanover lists the short definitions for 50 VMware terms and acronyms you should get to know if you're venturing into a VMware project.

Rick Vanover
Published: September 30, 2013, 6:00 AM PDT Modified: September 26, 2013, 7:42 AM PDT Read More See more Virtualization articles
Data Centers
How to configure Hyper-V VM boot order

How a Hyper-V VM boots up will dictate a lot, especially if optical media are interchanged. IT pro Rick Vanover shows a few ways to manage boot order for Hyper-V virtual machines in this post.

Rick Vanover
Published: February 19, 2013, 3:48 AM PST Modified: February 19, 2013, 3:48 AM PST Read More See more Data Centers articles
Data Centers
Five apps to round out your vSphere solution

To fully manage your virtualization environment, vSphere 5 needs a little help from these apps.

Rick Vanover
Published: March 9, 2012, 1:01 AM PST Modified: March 14, 2012, 12:54 AM PDT Read More See more Data Centers articles
Data Centers
vSphere 5 introduces VMFS 5

Rick Vanover covers three of the major changes coming in vSphere 5, including VMFS 5, the new sub-block algorithm allocation, and support for sizes up to 64 TB.

Rick Vanover
Published: July 12, 2011, 11:46 PM PDT Modified: July 12, 2011, 11:46 PM PDT Read More See more Data Centers articles
Open source
Hyper-V now supports CentOS guest virtual machines

The recent announcement that Hyper-V supports CentOS Linux guest virtual machines makes Microsoft's offering even more attractive to organizations of all sizes.

Rick Vanover
Published: July 5, 2011, 2:43 AM PDT Modified: July 5, 2011, 2:43 AM PDT Read More See more Open source articles
Software
Installing and configuring the Zimbra email appliance

Rick Vanover walks you through the configuration of the Zimbra Appliance, which is an easy way to get started with email as a virtual appliance.

Rick Vanover
Published: June 7, 2011, 3:53 AM PDT Modified: June 7, 2011, 4:59 AM PDT Read More See more Software articles
Software
The 10 best ways to visually represent IT data

The right chart, image, or diagram can be invaluable in clarifying and conveying IT information. The trick is finding the best tool to illustrate the specific concept or type of data you're representing.

Rick Vanover
Published: April 22, 2011, 6:40 AM PDT Modified: April 22, 2011, 6:40 AM PDT Read More See more Software articles
CXO
The 10 best ways to visually represent IT data

The right chart, image, or diagram can be invaluable in clarifying and conveying IT information. The trick is finding the best tool to illustrate the specific concept or type of data you're representing.

Rick Vanover
Published: April 21, 2011, 11:55 PM PDT Modified: April 22, 2011, 6:34 AM PDT Read More See more CXO articles
Cloud
Configure ShareFile mobile access on an Android device

Cloud storage is now on your Android phone. In this gallery, IT pro Rick Vanover walks you through the file exchange solution called ShareFile, which leverages cloud storage.

Rick Vanover
Published: April 8, 2011, 4:34 AM PDT Modified: April 8, 2011, 5:18 AM PDT Read More See more Cloud articles