Ernie Costa

Real World IT: Migrating from VMware to Azure Stack HCI (Ep 23-2)

  If you’re aggravated with paying for expensive VMware licensing or want to move into the Azure Stack HCI ecosystem, that migration can be difficult to orchestrate. In this video, we’ll discuss using Metallic (www.metallic.io) as the “middleman” to get your VMs off of vCenter and into HCI! 0:00 – Introduction 1:20 – Metallic SaaS Real World IT: Migrating from VMware to Azure Stack HCI (Ep 23-2)

Real World IT: Azure Stack HCI Announcements at Microsoft Ignite Recap with The MVPs (Ep 2-7)

At Ignite 2022, Microsoft announced new ways that Azure Arc and Azure Stack HCI can help you operate hybrid seamlessly. Join Microsoft MVPs Ernie Costa, Jan-Tore Pedersen, and Ben Thomas for a candid roundtable discussion about the latest announcements. Microsoft Ignite 2022 Book of News Learn more about Azure Stack HCI Learn more about DataON Real World IT: Azure Stack HCI Announcements at Microsoft Ignite Recap with The MVPs (Ep 2-7)

Real World IT: Creating Your First VM and Configuring Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) for Azure Stack HCI (Ep 22-6)

Ernie Costa walks through the prerequisites and steps for deploying your first session host for an Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) for Azure Stack HCI environment. He focuses on the basics of deployment for folks new to the AVD world, using traditional Hyper-V management tools, Azure Portal, and basic PowerShell to get started. He also demonstrates Real World IT: Creating Your First VM and Configuring Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) for Azure Stack HCI (Ep 22-6)

Real World IT: The Azure Stack HCI Support Experience (Ep 22-2)

In this episode, Ernie Costa discusses how the Azure Stack HCI support experience differs from your typical support experience. Learn more about Azure Stack HCI Learn more about DataON Integrated Systems Learn more about DataON validated nodes

How to “vertically scale” AKS on Azure Stack HCI node pools… when you technically can’t

Ernie Costa is an engineer with a passion for virtualization, hybrid cloud solutions, coffee, baseball, and weightlifting. He is a team lead for Cloud & Application Administration Support at Commvault. Introduction We been testing AKS on Azure Stack HCI since Private Preview last year and are now running production workloads in a few on-prem clusters. During this How to “vertically scale” AKS on Azure Stack HCI node pools… when you technically can’t