Comments on: Rack Server Virtualization Add-in http://www.visguy.com/2009/04/14/rack-server-virtualization-add-in/ Shapes, Stencils, Drawings Templates, Tutorials, Tips & Developer Info for Microsoft Visio Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:20:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Chris http://www.visguy.com/2009/04/14/rack-server-virtualization-add-in/comment-page-1/#comment-28561 Chris Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:57:52 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=2415#comment-28561 Nice visualisation... Nice visualisation…

]]> By: Jeff http://www.visguy.com/2009/04/14/rack-server-virtualization-add-in/comment-page-1/#comment-26768 Jeff Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:03:31 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=2415#comment-26768 I think this is a great idea, but I've installed it twice now and I'm still unable to get the new menu or toolbar. Any ideas why not? Running Visio Pro 2007 on a Windows 7 laptop. I had the Add-in under File/New/Getting Started/Add-ins, and I clicked Create. I can see the Rack Server Virtualization shapes on the left, but that's all. Any help would be appreciated! I think this is a great idea, but I’ve installed it twice now and I’m still unable to get the new menu or toolbar. Any ideas why not?

Running Visio Pro 2007 on a Windows 7 laptop.

I had the Add-in under File/New/Getting Started/Add-ins, and I clicked Create. I can see the Rack Server Virtualization shapes on the left, but that’s all.

Any help would be appreciated!

]]> By: Al Edlund http://www.visguy.com/2009/04/14/rack-server-virtualization-add-in/comment-page-1/#comment-23457 Al Edlund Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:25:54 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=2415#comment-23457 Paul raises some common (though still with a high degree of interest) questions. "Can this add on be used to ... using Stencils of Dell Servers (Rear View) to show the cabling between each server and rack?" The add-in uses generic stencils supplied by MS. This obviously eases their process and helps ensure a degree of consistency in the drawings. Short answer no. "generate diagrams" This is 'wish four' from a lot of professionals (follows mirror data, drawing as input, interact with devices). There are a lot of things here, among them capture of data. Worthy of a blog on somebody's site. The pre-reqs say WMI gathering which means a lot of stuff falls off the end of the world. Right now I use a RYO application for documenting. Short answer on MS stuff and then maybe a lot of work up front. "I have to document servers, switches, tape libraries, router and San devices." Your list goes well beyond "dell" as a requirement. As an IT professional, users ask us for solutions that are "Good, Cheap, and Fast". What we are paid for is to let them know they only get two out of three. Our firm (Altus Technologies) does datacenter re-lo's so we have to use stencils that are not generic. For us that meant using Altima's stencils. In some cases you can get them from www.visiocafe.com. Generally their NetZoom product will meet a lot of documentation requirements. hth, al edlund Paul raises some common (though still with a high degree of interest) questions.
“Can this add on be used to … using Stencils of Dell Servers (Rear View) to show the cabling between each server and rack?”
The add-in uses generic stencils supplied by MS. This obviously eases their process and helps ensure a degree of consistency in the drawings. Short answer no.

“generate diagrams” This is ‘wish four’ from a lot of professionals (follows mirror data, drawing as input, interact with devices). There are a lot of things here, among them capture of data. Worthy of a blog on somebody’s site. The pre-reqs say WMI gathering which means a lot of stuff falls off the end of the world. Right now I use a RYO application for documenting. Short answer on MS stuff and then maybe a lot of work up front.

“I have to document servers, switches, tape libraries, router and San devices.”
Your list goes well beyond “dell” as a requirement. As an IT professional, users ask us for solutions that are “Good, Cheap, and Fast”. What we are paid for is to let them know they only get two out of three. Our firm (Altus Technologies) does datacenter re-lo’s so we have to use stencils that are not generic. For us that meant using Altima’s stencils. In some cases you can get them from http://www.visiocafe.com. Generally their NetZoom product will meet a lot of documentation requirements.

hth,

al edlund

]]> By: Paul Andreas http://www.visguy.com/2009/04/14/rack-server-virtualization-add-in/comment-page-1/#comment-23450 Paul Andreas Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:59:42 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=2415#comment-23450 Can this add on be used to generate diagrams using Stencils of Dell Servers (Rear View) to show the cabling betweer each server and rack? I have to doccument servers, switches, tape libraries, router and San devices. We would like to be able to see each port that is occupied and when it is terminated. Can this add on be used to generate diagrams using Stencils of Dell Servers (Rear View) to show the cabling betweer each server and rack? I have to doccument servers, switches, tape libraries, router and San devices. We would like to be able to see each port that is occupied and when it is terminated.

]]> By: Kevin Hunt http://www.visguy.com/2009/04/14/rack-server-virtualization-add-in/comment-page-1/#comment-22887 Kevin Hunt Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:53:53 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/?p=2415#comment-22887 I have been in this busines 20 years and virtualization is one of the most exciting things I have seen lately. I have talked to many people who have had success and others that don't feel it really worked for them. It will be interesting to see the results in a few years. I have been in this busines 20 years and virtualization is one of the most exciting things I have seen lately. I have talked to many people who have had success and others that don’t feel it really worked for them. It will be interesting to see the results in a few years.

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