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Gotta Love the new Software Components in vRealize Automation 70
You gotta love the new software components feature in vRA 7. It enables the easy deployment, configuration, and removal of software/applications and makes them reusable across multiple platforms such as vSphere, AWS, and vCloud Air. I was recently working on a POC with a customer and they were testing out the full VMware stack. This included vROPs, vRA, NSX, VSAN, etc. One of the things I proposed is that we use the new software components features to hand the install and initial configuration of the vROPs End Point Operations agent during the deployment of workloads and also make sure to remove the agent when the workload is destroyed. They are primarily a Windows shop, so the software component I created is based on Windows but if there is enough interest I can also create one for Linux builds. The software package can be downloaded from the VMware Sample Exchange here.
Once you have downloaded the software component zip, the cloudclient can be used to import the software package. If you don't have the cloudclient you can download it from here, along with the documentation on how to setup and configure it.
Login to the cloudclient:
vra login userpass –user username for the tenant –password password for the tenant username –server vRA appliance FQDN –tenant name of tenant you want to import content into
Run the import command to import the software component package:
You basically run the following command:
vra content import –path Path to Sotware Component .zip package –dry-run false –resolution OVERWRITE –precheck WARN
You could use true option with –dry-run first. This will test the import and let you know if there were any errors.
Next you add the software component to a Windows vRA blueprint and provide values for the properties:
Below are the details of the properties:
securePort – The secure port used to connect to vROPS, this is not required and would default to 443
serverCertificateThumbprint- This the the server certificate thumbprint of your vRealize Operations Manager server. This is required to install the EPO agent.
installer- Name of the installer package to be used for the install
passwordUNC- Password used for account to used to connect to share containing the installer package
installerPath- UNC path to the share that contains the installer package
usernameOps- Username used with vROPs to register the agent
serverAddress – FQDN or IP of the vRealize Operations Manager server
usernameUNC- Username to be used for connecting to the share
paswordOps- Password for unsernameOps account used to register agent with vROPs
These property values are used in some windows cmd line scripts that execute for installing the EPO agent and removing it when the workload is destroyed. These are defined in the software component like below:
Upgrading vCould Automation Center 6.0 to 6.10
Wow, its been way too long since I have posted something. The upgrade from vCAC 6.0.1 to 6.1 is fairly straight forward but I figured it would be a good to get my feet wet again. The first thing to make sure of is you have all the prerequisites full filled.
1) You will need to be up to 6.0.1 before completing the upgrade
2) Like anything is always good to back things up, well this upgrade is no different. You should backup the following:
- The configuration files in /etc/vcac. The config files that are in this location include configs around SSO admin credentials, vCAC Services that need to be registered at boot, vPostgres DB details aka JDBC connection info, the vCAC key store, and vCO Endpoint config. So its all pretty important, BACK IT UP! In my case, I used WinSCP to connect to the vCAC Appliance, browsed to the location, and backed up the folder to my local box.
- The configuration files in /etc/vco. The config files in this location include vCO password/connection info, web/tomcat configs, etc. Yet again it pretty in important so back it up. Used the same process via WinSCP to back it up.
- All databases, this includes the vPostgres and MS SQL DBs. Make sure to back up the vCAC DBs, to do this use whatever methods you normally use internally to do backups.
3) Snapshot all the virtual appliances and IaaS Servers. So obviously if you have a distributed install this means all the distributed components.
4) If you're using the vSphere SSO, make sure its a supported version. You can check this on the vCloud Automation Center Support Matrix
5) If you have the old school vCAC Designer Installed, uninstall it. You will install the newest version after the upgrade is complete. There isn't an upgrade process for this, uninstall/install is the path forward.
6) If you and only IF you have a highly available setup deployed with multiple vCAC appliance behind a load balancer, you need to make sure the vco-server services is disabled. Another thing to note is during the upgrade of the appliances you need to also stop the vcac-server serivce on all the appliances but the one currently be upgraded. Make sure to not start back up any of these services until all the appliances are upgraded.
- SSH to the appliance and log in
- Run the following commands:
- service vco-server stop
- chkconfig vco-server off
- If this isn't the instance you are currently upgrading run the following:
- service vcac-server stop
- Once you are completed with the appliance upgrades you should SSH back into the appliance, run chkconfig vco-server on, and start the vco-server service back up. This will insure that it starts back up appropriately on reboots.
7) Shut down the vCAC services on your IaaS Windows Server. If its a distributed install these services/roles will be spread out across several IaaS servers.
- Log in to the IaaS Server
- Go to Start–>Administrative Tools–>Services
- Stop the services in the following order:
- All vCAC Agents
- All vCAC DEM workers
- All vCAC DEM Orchestrators
- vCAC Manager Service
Upgrading the Identity Appliance
If your running the Identity appliance, the next step is to upgrade it.
1) Log into to the identity appliance management interface by browsing to https://FQDN:5480
2) Select the Update tab and then click Check Updates
3) Once it updates you should see the new appliance version show up 22.214.171.124. Click Install Updates.
4) Once the update is completed you will be see a message stating the appliance needs to be rebooted. Click on the System tab and then Reboot.
Note: If your appliance doesn't have access to download the file you can use one of to methods.
- Download the update .zip, great a local http: repository, and pull the update from there
- Download the update .iso, add a CD-ROM to the appliance, mount the .iso, and update from there. In my lab, I did this as I only allow a few ports inbound.
Upgrading the vCAC Appliance
Most of the process here is very similar to that of the identity appliance. Please remember there are additional steps that need to happen here if you are upgrading a highly available install, these steps are listed above under Prerequisites.
1)Log into to the vCAC appliance management interface by browsing to https://FQDN:5480
2) Select the Update tab and then click Check Updates
3) Once it updates you should see the new appliance version show up 126.96.36.199. Click Install Updates.
4) Once the update is completed you will be see a message stating the appliance needs to be rebooted. Click on the System tab and then Reboot.
Note: If your appliance doesn't have access to download the file you can use one of to methods.
- Download the update .zip, great a local http: repository, and pull the update from there
- Download the update .iso, mount the .iso, and update from there. In my lab, I did this as I only allow a few ports inbound.
Upgrading the IaaS servers
There are a couple of prerequisites that need to be in place for this part of the install.
- The box you are running the Database Upgrade from must have the 64-bit Java version 1.7 installed. 32-bit versions are not supported. Environment variable JAVA_HOME is set to the Java install folder. %JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe must be available.
- .NET Framework 4.5.1 is required on the IaaS installation machine. One thing to note is that you can not do a straight upgrade from 6.0 to 6.1. You do have to be up to 6.0.1 before you can upgrade to 6.1.
Upgrading the Database
You can run this update from another server on the network long as there is appropriate access. I went ahead and ran this from another box I had in my lab as I already had the Java components installed and configured. One thing I did run into is that box that you run DBUpgrade from also needs to have .Net 4.x on it. I received an error message saying it needed 4.0 but 4.5.1 worked fine.
1) Browse to https://vcac-appilance-FQDN:5480/installer
2) The fourth bullet down is a link to download the "database upgrade scripts" Click the link and download the DBUpgrade.zip file.
3) Extract the DBUpgrade.zip file.
4) Open up a windows command prompt and change directories to the location you unzipped the file to
5) Run the following command:
DBUpgrade -S FQDN\Instance Name -d DB Name -E Forces Windows Auth | -U DB owner username -l logfile location
DBUpgrade -S IaaS.JonsDomains.local\SQLEXPRESS -d vCAC -E
Upgrading the IaaS components
When performing the upgrade of the IaaS components if you have them distributed they should be upgraded in the following order: Websites, Manager Service, DEM Orchestrator and Workers, and finally the agents. If there are multiple of any of the components do them one at a time.
1) Browse to https://vcac-appilance-FQDN:5480/installer
2) If you haven't installed .NET Framework 4.5.1, download it from this page and install it. After the install you might be prompted to reboot the server. If so please do, also remember to stop the vCAC services again when the server reboots.
2) The first bullet down is a link to download the "IaaS Installer" Click the link and download the email@example.com. Do not change the name of the file, it is needed during the install to pull down the appropriate packages.
3) Run the install, firstname.lastname@example.com. The installation wizard will launch, click next.
4) Accept the EULA and click next
5) Provide credentials to the vCAC Appliance and click next.
6) Upgrade will be selected, click next.
7) What you will notice on the next screen is the installer detects what components are installed on the box. This is nice, and I love how the installation/upgrades have gotten better and better with vCAC versions. It will prompt for the service account password, DB instance, and DB name. Click next and then Upgrade.
Another cool thing is there is a link to the installer log folder at the bottom of the install progress screen. This is nice as you can click on it and look at logs to get progress or if you get an error.
Sit back and relax, it's going to take a bit. Once it completes click next and finish. The you are done!
So now you think your done, well think again. The following KB was published:
Cannot find VMware vSphere virtual machines by unique identifier using the vCenter Orchestrator Plug-in for VMware vCloud Automation Center 6.1, or directly in vSphere API (2088838)
Basically there is an issue with version 6.1 and some of the vCO workflows that came with imbedded vCO. The KB has you download a workflow package import it into the imbedded vCO appliance.
Keep a look out here on the blog, I will have one covering upgrading Application Director and ITBM Std shortly.
Migrating to vCAC 5.2…No its not a simple upgrade.0
It's been awhile since I have posted anything but I figured the new version of vCAC, 5.2, going GA was worthy of a post. As you all know, I have been knee-deep in implementing vCAC at my current employer and this new release is very exciting to me. There are several new features added, the ones I am most excited about are the Enhanced vCloud Director Integration and added support for vCNS. In the previous version of vCAC, 5.1, there was very limited support for vCD. You could clone vApps but there was no built-in functionality to customize VMs that were a part of the vApp during provisioning. The work around for this was, you could add vCenter Orchestrator instance as an Endpoint and call workflows to accomplish the customizations. In, 5.2, the concept of "vApp component blueprints", is added. These allow you to customize the VMs within a vApp. This is a very welcome feature in my opinion. As far as vCNS goes a vCNS Manager can now be added as an Endpoint. This allows vCAC to discover network resources and now that the network resources are there they can tied to blueprints. Pay-as-You-Go- Allocation model and support for KVM were also added.
Ok, now that I have rambled on about the new features on to the meat of the post. I am going to cover the migration vCAC 4.5/5.1 to 5.2. Only these releases are supported in migrating to 5.2 so the first step is to verify your version. This can be done by browsing to the vCAC web portal at https://FQDN/DCAC . Once their click on the "About" in the upper right hand corner.
Next, make sure you have all the appropriate trusted SSL certs created and imported. vCAC uses SSL/443 for a lot of the communications between all the components by default. If you're migrating, it's almost a given you already have these in place, but if not you should. It uses IIS and there really isn't anything special, but if you need some direction on this refer to the "vCloud Automation Center Installation Guide" SSL Configuration section for more details. You also need to make sure that there are no active machine provisioning /operations and that all data collections are completed.
Next you need to document the info on all the DEMs, Agents, and Endpoints. This is done because during the migration, all these components will need to be uninstalled. To gather info on your DEMs, from the web portal, click on vCAC Administrator==>Distributed Execution Status.
You will presented with a screen that lists all the DEMs. Document their Name, Host Name/Machine, Role, and Skills (if any).
Next document the agents. To do this RDP into the vCAC server and navigate to the agent installation location. This is usually %SystemDrive%\Program Files (x86)\DynamicOps\DCAC Agents. For each of the directory note the name. Then open a command prompt, navigate to the agent's directory, and issue the following command: DynamicOps.Vrm.VRMencrypt.exe VRMAgent.exe.config get. Document the value of managmentEndPointName. Do this for all the agents listed in the directory.
Next record all service account user credentials. While on the Windows box go to Start -> Run -> Services.msc . Find the following services and notate the service account that is being used.
- Each VMware vCloud Automation Center Agent – agentname service (DynamicOps Cloud Automation Center Agent if upgrading from DCAC 4.5)
- Each VMware DEM-role – instancename service (DynamicOps Cloud Automation Center DEM if upgrading from DCAC 4.5)
- The VMware vCloud Automation Center service (DynamicOps Cloud Automation Center if upgrading from DCAC 4.5) — Manager Service host only
- Repeat these steps for any other host on which agents or DEMs may be installed.
You will need to also record the service accounts that are being used for the Application Pools in IIS. To do this go to Start–>Run–>inetmgr.exe. Click on the IIS Server name à then Application pools.
Off to the right hand side you will see Application Pools with an Identity associated with them. Document the Identity.
In my opinion, if you documented your install you should already have the info but it can't hurt to verify. In my demo environment I have all the components on one box, if this were production these would be separated. For more info one were how to separate the services in a production environment reference the following doc: vCloud Automation Center Reference Architecture
If you used any customization via the vCAC extensibility toolkits, they will need to be uninstalled. For more details on this refer to the vCloud Automation Center Extensibility Guide.
Once all of the above is completed, RDP to the vCAC server and stop all the services. Again, in my demo environment I have all the components on one box, but in production you they would be separated. You should be able to look back at the info on the DEMs and see where they are installed and stop the services on those boxes.
Next it is suggested that you back up the following customization related files.
Application configuration files, including:
- ManagerService.exe.config, located in %SystemDrive%\Program Files (x86)\Dynami- cOps\DCAC Server
- DynamicOps.DEM.exe.config, located in %SystemDrive%\Program Files (x86)\Dynam- icOps\Distributed Execution Manager\instance_name
- VRMAgent.exe.config, located in %SystemDrive%\Program Files (x86)\Dynami- cOps\Agents\instance_name
Email templates located in %SystemDrive%\Program Files (x86)\DynamicOps\DCAC Server\Templates
Workflow configuration XML files located in %SystemDrive%\Program Files (x86)\Dynami- cOps\DCAC Server\ExternalWorkflow\xmldb
I just created a folder on another disk and copied them over. VMware also suggests that you take a backup or snapshot (if it's virtual) of all the vCAC component hosts. In my case everything was on one host so I snapshotted the VM. They also recommend you backup the DB and AzMan store. To be honest with you at this point I was getting pretty concerned as they add you backing up so many things. Didn't give me too much confidence in the migration to 5.2.
Ok, finally now on to actually updating vCAC to 5.2. The first part is to update the database. This is done through running DBUpgrade.exe. To get info on the arguments and switches that can be used with it, run it without any.
Since I was local to the box that had the DB on it and logged in with the vCAC service account I ran the following:
As you can see above, the first time I attempted to run the DBupgrade while specifying the I got an error message stating that:
There is no upgrade script to execute from release 18.104.22.168 to release 184.108.40.2069
There is no upgrade script that has its starting version matches the installed database version 184.108.40.206
So next I tried did a change directory to the location that DBUpgrade is located and ran the same command without any issue:
DBUpgrade.exe must look in the current directory for the script and not the path that is specified to run it.
Uninstall the following components DEMs, Agents, vCAC Designer, vCAC Self Service Portal, and WinPEBuilder. Make sure not to uninstall the Manger Service, this will cause you to have to do a fresh install of vCAC. So basically everything but the Manager Service and the default portal. Obviously this is done through Start à Control Panel à Programs and Features. In my demo environment I had DEMS, a vCenter Agent, the Self Service portal, and designer.
Next order of business is to make sure you install .Net 4.5 because it is required. Once this is complete its best to good ahead and install the vCAC Prerequisite Checker, its part of the vCAC 5.2 installation zip and is in the tools folder. Truth is that if you're doing a migration you must likely have everything you need installed, but when I first installed the product I missed some pieces. Can't hurt to do a sanity check before proceeding. Once you have installed it, open it up. In my test environment I have all the components on one server, if there were production you would install the vCAC Prerequisite Checker on all servers. As you see you have the ability to scan based on the installed components. Once you have selected all the needed components click Run Checker.
Next you will run the vCAC-Server-Setup.exe install from the vCAC 5.2 installation zip, its in the Setups folder. Make sure all the options but the Database are selected. Since the install detects a pervious install this should be the default.
Click Next, Install, and then Finish.
The vCAC Configuration Wizard will auto launch.
Next you will be prompted for license keys. Add the required keys and click next.
Then you will be prompted for the DB instance and DB name. If the currently logged in user has the appropriate permissions to DB then leave the box checked to use the currently logged in user. If not uncheck the box and provide a user with the appropriate permissions.
Then click next. Next you will be asked to provide a Security Passphrase.
Click Next. You will next have you will be presented with a screen to verify your IIS settings. You can click the Test Binding to verify that the port is available. You should already have a certificate set. Click Next.
You will then be prompted to provide the username and password that you documented previously that is being used for IIS Application Pools.
The next screen will be already populated and will have authorization store selected, Click Next.
The Model Manager Service configuration screen will already populated verify the settings and click next.
The Manager Service Screen will be already populated. Verify the settings and click next. If this were a failover host you would select the Disaster Recovery cold standby node.
The vCAC Web Configuration screen will already be populated, verify your settings and click next,
On the Ready to Configure screen, click Configure. Then click next and finish.
Once you are done with the configuration wizard, you need to run vcacMigrationCleanUp.exe. The executable is part of the install zip. It's located in Installation\Database\DBUpgrade\vcacMigrationCleanUp. You need edit the configuration file before you run it. Edit the following 2 lines:
<add name="DB" connectionString="Integrated Security=SSPI;Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=DCAC"/>
<add key="repositoryAddress" value="https://localhost/repository/"/>
Change local host to the FQDN of the Model Manager host. For Data Source use the SQL instance, and for Initial Catalog us the DB name. Next run vcacMigrationCleanUp.exe à Select Migration Clean Up–>vSphere Agent. Click Yes, Yes, and then OK. Exit the migration clean up tool.
Next it's time to reinstall the DEMs. I am going to start with the DEM Orchestrator. First launch the vcac-Dem-Setup.exe and click next. Accept the End user agreement and click next. On the DEM instance Configuration screen, from the documentation you gathered, provide the DEM Instance Name, DEM Description and select Orchestrator Role.
On the Custom Setup screen take the defaults and click next.
On the Manager Service and Model Manager Web Service Host configuration screen provide the FQDN for the Model Manager Service, Model Manager Web Services, Model Manager Username/password, and click next.
Next provide a username and a password for the DEM service.
Click Install
Click Finish.
Repeat the above steps form and DEM Workers you might have. In a production environment their could be several. Obviously select the Worker Role. Next you will reinstall the agents, in my case this was a vSphere Agent. Launch the vCAC-Agent-Setup.exe which is part of the vCAC installation zip in the Setups folder and click next.
Accept the End-User Agreement:
Next you will need to look back in your documentation and provide the Agent Name, FDN for the vCAC Server:port, and Model Manager Web Service Host:port.
Next you will be prompted to select the agent type. As you can see people there are quite a few. In my case I selected the vSphere Agent.
Again look back at your documentation and provide the service account info for the vSphere Agent.
Next provide the Model Manager Username and password. You should have documented this before the upgrade.
You should have documented the name of your vSphere Endpoint, provide that in the screen below. Endpoints provide the credentials for the agents so this is pretty important.
Click Install
Click Finish
If you have any other agents that need to be reinstalled go through the process again, select the appropriate agent type, provider the agent name, credentials, and endpoint.
If you were using the Self Service portal which is part of the extensibility pack, it's time to reinstall it. Download and extract the install bundle. Then run the vCAC-SelfService-Setup.exe and click next
Accept the License Agreement.
If you're installing in the default location click next. If not change the location.
Click Install.
Click Finish and the vCAC Software Configuration wizard will launch. Click Next.
You will then be asked to provide the DB instance and DB Name. Then click next.
The configuration will detect your setting, click next.
On the screen below you need to provide credentials for a service account, the Model Manager FQDN:port, and credentials for the Model Manager.
Click Configure. Then click next.
Click Finish.
If you uninstalled vCAC Designer or have a need for it run the installer. It is also a part of the vCAC 5.2 extensibility pack. It's a pretty basic install wizard and I am not going to go through all the details here. You will need the Model Manager Web Service FQDN:port, username, and password. vCAC Designer is only needed if you are modifying or creating workflows.
vCloud Automation Center: vCenter Agent0
Hello again everyone and sorry that the posts are coming far and between. Been deep in the trenches at work getting lots of details ironed out at work around our self-service/IaaS initiative. That along with studying pretty heavily for the vCAP-DCD, which I am giving a go at real soon have been pretty consuming. So is the life of an IT geek, but that is what I love about my job, working with new technologies, digging into the details, and spreading the word about them to others. Ok, enough ranting for now and on to the details. In this post I am following up on an earlier post I had on vCAC Endpoints. In vCAC there are two things that need to be configured in order to scan and pull in the info from your vCenter . One, Endpoints that basically hold the credential /connection info and the proxy agents that use the Endpoints information to scan the vCenter . Below is a step by step on how to deploy and configure a vCenter Agent in vCAC. A vCAC server can have multiple vCenter agents associated with it and there are serveral other types of Proxy Agents that can be used for other purposes.
Download and run the DCAC-Agent-Setup.exe from the server that will be the proxy agent. In many cases this can and will be the vCloud Automation Center
Click install on the following screen and then next
I also wanted to cover an interesting error I ran into while deploying the agent. I understand that's it's probably because I tried to do something out of the norm, but it would be great if the error where a little more informative. On the following screen you are asked to provide the FQDN with port for the vCloud Automation Center and Model Manager Web Service. In the lab environment these roles where the same server and I created a CNAME for this the server in DNS. When I attempted to use the CNAME I got a very generic error.
On the following screen I provided a username/password for the vCloud Automation Center Agent service and clicked next.
Then I provided a username/password that had access to the model manager service and clicked next.
As you can see I got an access denied error relating to the Model Manager Web Service. I believe this stems from the fact that it is looking for the actual machines FQDN that was used during the install of the service. I just doesn't like the CNAME.
One thing to note is in my lab I am installing the proxy agent on the box also, so if I used "localhost:80" or the FQDN that of where these services are run from i.e. FQDN.unm.edu:80. When I used either of these it worked just fine. You will notice in the lab environment I am using HTTP:80 and in production this would be done over HTTPS:443. Input this info along with and agent name then click next.
You will then be asked to provide name for a "vSphere Generic Endpoint". In here you can enter the name you would like for the endpoint. I would like to note that this endpoint could have been pre-configured via the vCloud Automation Center and if it was you would want to provide the name you used for the Endpoint when you created it.
Click next and then install.
Click finish. Now when you look in services on you will see a service for the agent you created.
If you already have your Proxy Agent assigned to an Endpoint you do the following to make the Compute Resources from the vCenter available. The cool thing here is as you're doing this you can bring existing machines in and assign them to provisioning groups.
Browse to https://vCACPortalURL/dcac and click on Discovery off the menu to the left.
You will then be presented with the "Infrastructure Organizer" wizard, click next.
There will be new compute resources listed that represent the available clusters within your vCenter. Select the ones that you would like to use with vCloud Automation Center and click next.
Click on the edit icon(a pencil) and assign any additional Enterprise Groups or a Cost Profile to the Compute Resource. Click the green check mark when you and done and then next.
Assign any existing VMs to a Provisioning Group by clicking on the edit icon(a pencil) and selecting the appropriate group. Click the green check mark when you are done, click next, finish, and then ok.
vCloud Automation Center (vCAC): Endpoints0
As I have pointed out before vCAC allows you to pool resources, both private and public, into a central location for your users to consume. The product obviously also gives you the ability to choose who has access to what resources and what they can consume. Today, I would like to talk about how to add Endpoints in vCAC.
So what is an Endpoint? In vCAC Endpoints are connections into management components that have sets of resources you want to make available for management or consumption by end users. They could be a vCenter, UCS Manager, Dell iDracs, HP iLO, Hyper-V (SCVMM), vCloud, vCO, etc. For example, a vCenter Endpoint would collect data from vCenter about its Host Clusters. With A vCloud Endpoint it would collect data on its ORG vDCs. Now that you know what an Endpoint is in vCAC on to how to configure one. I want to note that most Endpoint are assoicated with a Proxy Agent that actually collects the data. The Endpoint is more of a object that has the associated credentials to connect to the resource.
Browse to the URL of the vCAC server normally in the format of https://FQD/dcac. This will present you with the welcome screen like below.
Please not that when using vCAC with IEs default settings it does a Single Sign On. So make sure that you are logged in with a user that is a vCAC admin, run IE as another user, or reconfigure IE.
Next browse to vCAC Administrator and then Endpoints on the menu bar:
In the top right corner select New Point and the type of Endpoint. In this example I am going to add a vCenter.
You will then be present with the following screen. You will need the IP Address or DNS name for the Endpoint and credentials for it.
You will need to provide a Name for the Endpoint, the Address and then click in the Credentials field. This will bring up a screen that lists all the credentials for Endpoints that vCAC is aware of.
If the credentials needed are already available select them and click ok, if not click on New Credentials. Let's assume we need new credentials. When you click on New Credentials you are asked to provide a Name, Description, Username, and Password.
When finished entering in your new credentials click the green check mark and then ok. You will notice a section below Credentials called Customer Properties. I am not going to get into the details around their use in this post because I am not really sure of a good case for using them with Endpoints. But I will go more detail around Custom Properties in a future posts related to Blueprints and Build Profiles. Click the OK button at the bottom of the New Endpoint Screen.
Now that the Endpoint has been added vCAC will launch a Data Collection. This will allow vCAC to gather information about the Host Cluster within the vCenter and the associated Compute resources. To view the Compute Resources, mouse over the arrow to the right of the Endpoint name and select View Compute Resources.
You will then be taken to a screen that shows all the Compute Resources available from that Endpoint, along with information as to how much compute is available from each.
You have now created an Endpoint in vCAC and have resources available to apply Reservations and Reservation Policies too. I will cover these in future posts.
i want to note that there is a vSphere Endpoint that is installed on the seperate box that acutally gathers the info and populates its in vCAC. I will follow up with another post on how to install these agents and add them to vCAC.
VMworld 2012: vBrownBag Tech Talks0
The tech talks from VMworld 2012 SF have been posted here:
Here is a direct link to the one I did:
Installing a SSL Certificate to Juniper Security Design vGW appliance0
I would first like to start off saying that if you are not familiar with Linux, this one can be a bit of a pain the first time around. I eventually had to contact Juniper support to get the details on this and even they had a little trouble.
1) You will need to have to either SSH into the appliance or have console access. The preferred method would be to use SSH because the VMware console of the machine limits how much of previous commands you can see. Login to the appliance and type "advanced".
2) Create a Key store and Private Key. This will be done using a Linux utility called "keytool". You will be asked to provide passwords; Juniper suggests always using "altoraltor"
$JAVA_HOME/bin/keytool -genkey -alias "Name of Alias" -keyalg "Algorithm Type" -keysize "Size of Key" -keystore "Name of Key store".jks
$JAVA_HOME/bin/keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -keystore test.jks
3) Generate a CSR
/usr/lib/jvm/sun-java-6u11/jre/bin/keytool -certreq -keyalg "Algorithm Type" -alias "Name of Alias" -keysize "Size of key"-file "Name of CSR".csr -keystore "Name of Key store".jks
/usr/lib/jvm/sun-java-6u11/jre/bin/keytool -certreq -keyalg RSA -alias tomcat -keysize 2048 -file test.csr -keystore test.jks
4) Retrieve a certificate from your Certificate of Authority. Make sure to download the chain. With a Microsoft CA this ends up being a .PB7 file.
6) If you end up with a Microsoft Chain in PB7 format, right click the file and open with "Crypto Shell Extensions". From here you should be able to right click the CA/Sub-CA Certs and export them.
5) Use WinSCP or FastSCP to copy the certificate and CA/Sub-CA Certs to the same location as the key store file.
6) Install the SSL Certs into the key store
/usr/bin/jvm/sun-java-6u11/jre/bin/keytool -import -alias "Name of Alias" -keystore "Name of keystore".jks -file "certificate name".cer
**Keep in mind that you must install the CA/Sub-CA certs before you can install the SSL Cert for the device, or you will get errors about the chain**
/usr/bin/jvm/sun-java-6u11/jre/bin/keytool -import -alias tomcat -keystore test.jks -file CA.cer
/usr/bin/jvm/sun-java-6u11/jre/bin/keytool -import -alias tomcat -keystore test.jks -file Sub-CA.cer
/usr/bin/jvm/sun-java-6u11/jre/bin/keytool -import -alias tomcat -keystore test.jks -file test.cer
7) Gain sudo access
sudo su
8 ) Transfer the key store file (jks) to /var/lib/altor/cert
scp /usr/bin/jvm/sun-java-6u11/jre/bin/"Name of Keystore".jks /var/lib/altor/cert/"Name of Keystore".jks
scp /usr/bin/jvm/sun-java-6u11/jre/bin/test.jks /var/lib/altor/cert/test.jks
9) Delete the public_keystore file
rm public_keystore
10) Copy Key store (jks) you created to public_keystore
cp "Name of Key store".jks public_keystore
cp test.jks public_keystore
11) Change ownership and permissions on public_keystore
chown tomcat public_keystore
chgrp tomcat public_keystore
12) Restart the Tomcat Service
god restart tomcat
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Within the past couple of months we have had two major crashes of our virtual infrastructure. After the first crash we made some changes and moved our production vCenter servers to a management vCenter on separate hosts and our test vCenter servers to our View vCenter and our View vCenter servers to our production vCenter. This allowed for a lot of separation of our vCenter's, but also a lot to keep track of when our second crash occurred and we had to figure out where everything was located to start bringing up guests.
So I decided to make a nice diagram to keep in our data center to make things a little clearer on what our infrastructure looks like. I found some cool Visio stencils for VMware here http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-11498
I have not used them yet but I will keep you posted on how my diagram comes out.


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Why a sub?
As a mature man, I can't say I completely understand why I still find pleasure in being a slave to women, but I have to confess that just the thought has always given me intense sexual arousal. I guess I have always felt awed in the presence of a pretty woman but never felt I knew how to please her. That is probably why I get the greatest arousal when a woman takes control and ownership of my body and through a regime of humiliation, rewards and punishments, instructs me on how she wants me to please her.
It is an unexplainable paradox for me that I feel the most manly when I am kneeling naked in front of a woman with my ass burning from the punishment she just gave me and I am kissing and caressing her feet in gratitude.
My question to the dominant women in the group is, what attracts you to be a dominant? Is it simply the power over men (or women), is it erotic, or is it something else? If you do find it sexually arousing, is it visual (like seeing a naked man in an awkward state of arousal or his bright red ass), sensual (enjoying the sub licking your toes or feeling him squirm on your lap as you paddle him) or again something else? Is the experience the same with female subs as it is with male subs?
Finally, what would you say, in your opinion, would be the attributes of the perfect male subordinate? What would be the scenario of the best short term session and for the best long term relationship with a male sub? Would it be different with a female sub?
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In July 2012, I took the Alabama bar exam, and then set off for a weeklong adventure in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with my love. We drank margaritas with a lecherous former mayor of the city, ate green chile in front of a rotary fan on a terraced restaurant patio in 100 degree heat, had a beer on the second-story balcony of a bar overlooking the square where a crowd danced in front of a band, spent a half hour most evenings in the hotel hot tub before wrapping up in fluffy robes and deciding the next day's itinerary. For souvenirs we purchased one piece of turquoise jewelry and one painted tile, which still make me think fondly of the trip every time I see them. I did not buy the seven hundred dollar boots I yearned for. I am so grateful for that trip, an adults only adventure that will (have to) sustain us for many years hence.
In August 2012, we moved into our new house, which echoed from the lack of furniture. We purchased a solid kitchen table with benches, one that is scrawled already with marker and has a ring or two from a hot pan. We eat as a family at that table every night. I am grateful for our house. I am grateful for our family table.
In September 2012, I began work at a new job with people that I very much like, and work that I enjoy. Although sometimes it feels like too many hours (and sometimes not enough), my salary (along with my husband's) helps us pay the ridiculous amounts to student loans that are making those babies disappear, helps us pay our car payments and gas and mortgage, helps us buy clothes for our growing boys, helps us put a miniscule but growing amount into savings. In this time of economic misery, I am so, so grateful for my job.
In October 2012, my boys dressed as a bat and a Frankenstein for Halloween. In November 2012, after a bout of pneumonia that left me feverish for a week, we drove the children to my parents' house in Nashville for a family Thanksgiving. In December 2012, we spent our first Christmas in our own house, a family of four. I am so grateful for my usual good health. I am so grateful for holidays with my boys.
In January 2013, we traveled to South Carolina to welcome a new niece. I am so grateful for nieces. In February 2013, I took the Florida bar exam. I'm so grateful that I don't have to take any more of those suckers. In March 2013, we enjoyed our first Mobile Mardi Gras – with one quick trip to New Orleans for a taste of our Mardi Gras past. I am so, so grateful for Mardi Gras.
In April 2013, we celebrated Jake's fifth birthday with a party in our backyard. I'm so grateful for that little boy, so grateful we have a great home for him to play in. In May 2013, we made a baby who will join us next January. I'm a little mad at this baby for torturing me, but I'm so grateful s/he is coming. In June 2013, we celebrated Cubby's birthday at a baseball game. I'm unbelievably grateful for Cubby, my little soldier, my little shadow. In July 2013, my morning sickness faded. I'm beyond grateful for that, you just can't imagine. I've done a lot of things in the past twelve months that have made me so grateful, things that I will remember and be proud of for the rest of my life.
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Photos: One of the flags seen in Boko Haram leader, Shekau's videos, reportedly recovered in Sambisa forest
One of the black flags usually seen in videos released by Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau was recovered in Sambisa forest, according to Muazu Alhaji Misiya, the overall Secretary of the Civilian Joint Task Frorce(CJTF)
It will be recalled that the Nigerian Army seized Sambisa Forest, Boko Haram's stronghold on Friday, after a long large-scale offensive in the last few weeks.
According to President Buhari, who was briefed by the Chief of Army Staff, Buratai, the 1300 square kilometre forest fell into the hands of soldiers at about 1.35pm on Thursday.
"Buhari, who described the victory as 'most gratifying news' acknowledged "the determination, courage and resilience of troops of Opeartion Lafiya Dole at finally entering and crushing the remains of Boko Haram insurgents at 'Camp Zero', which is located deep within the heart of Sambisa Forest.'


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Yes she is at that age already and actually we have over come the toilet training saga with flying colors.
As a first time Mum i was dreading this mile stone and thought it was going to come with far more obstacles than it did. My Daughter surprised me.
I am so glad it is done and dusted and want to thank all of my fellow Mummy friends for the advice and tips that they gave me!
I also had some help from the team at Dry like me and found their website very useful. We did use the potty training pads for a short while and they helped to diminish a few little accidents.


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part one:
it was suggested to me that i should do a post on our experiences with milo and his issues with vomiting, and how we got to where we are today, at a place where vomiting is at a nice minimum which we can handle without wanting to pull our hair out. i was going to do this all in one post, but it was getting too long, so it will be in a few parts.
it took a lot of trial and error for us...
i will start at the beginning. when milo was in the nicu he was a poor feeder. he would not take enough by bottle and had to get the rest of what he was supposed to be eating via ng tube...he would sometimes vomit up his feedings, and so after an upper gi it was attributed to gerd and he was put on reflux medication.
milo was sent home from the nicu taking about 3/4 of what he was supposed to be receiving for formula per day by mouth, and i guess the hope was that once home he would improve and take enough to keep growing and thriving. unfortunately that was not the case....his eating decreased and weight was lost, and failure to thrive became a reality. (keep in mind that at this point we did not know milo had neurological issues, pvl was diagnosed at 4 months when milo had his first seizures, and up until this point all of his issues had been deemed "preemie issues"). during these few months at home before he went back on ng tube feeds, while we were attempting to feed him 100 percent by mouth (a very horrible, nightmarish time for us, by the way) vomiting was not really an issue, probably because he didn't have enough in his stomach at one time to need to vomit.
when milo was about 8 months old we got to a point where getting him to eat was becoming an impossible task, his seizures were out of control, he was crying non stop, not sleeping, and everything was utter chaos. we decided to take him to the emergency room not really knowing what else to do (at the time we did not have the support system of doctors, nurses, and specialists that we have now), we told them we needed help and a plan to help milo asap and could not wait around for follow up doctors appointments...we insisted that they could not send us home until we had a plan. they admitted milo. i consider that a major turning point for milo.
the er doctor sat down with us and asked us what we would like to get accomplished during our stay at the hospital. i said that he needed to go back on tube feedings, we needed to do something different to gain control over his seizures, and that he seemed to be constantly fussy and uncomfortable and i wanted to know if there was anything that could help. so, he got an ng tube and we were taught how to administer feedings. he was switched from keppra to phenobarbital, and he was given a prescription for baclofen.
once home we had a whole new milo. he was calmer and seemed happier. seizures had decreased some, he seemed more comfortable and we had a way to feed him when he would not eat, also we all got to get more sleep since milo could be fed through the night via tube we no longer needed to get up every 3 hours to feed him.
but a common theme in the life of milo is that we often trade in one medical issue for a different one.
milo was feeling better and getting the amount of food that he was supposed to...but not keeping it all in. ever since they had put him on reflux medication in the nicu we had not had any issues with vomiting, except for the occasional spit up, but that is probably because his stomach never got full enough for it to be an issue, but now it was definitely an issue! he was throwing up at nearly every feeding, about 25 percent of the feeding at first, but he was still getting more then he was prior to the feeding tube so at first he was gaining a lot of weight, and we thought that maybe the ng tube was causing his gag reflex to kick in so we hoped that when he got his g-tube placed it would pass. it didn't.
stay tuned part two of vomiting 101....


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When we started to have kids, my wife and I did not anticipate the cases of
comic books that threaten to take over our house, our sons' pleas for NBA game
tickets at $100 each, or annual university costs approaching what we paid for
our house. And that all occurred over the last 30 years. Imagine trying to look
100 or more years into the future. A hundred years ago, who would have guessed
that Nouvelle Orleans, a quaint French colonial settlement occupying a small,
emergent crescent of land, would become home to 1.5 million people, most of
whom live 1 to 3 meters below sea level? As the saying goes, predicting is tough,
especially the future!
Over the last four days of August, Hurricane Katrina, described by David Brooks in The New York Times on Sept. 11 as the most anticipated natural disaster in American history, devastated the Gulf Coast. Damage may exceed the $200 billion combined cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and reconstruction. Insurance might cover only one-fourth of the losses. Hurricane Andrew in 1992, at $38 billion in damages, and the Northridge, Calif., earthquake in 1994, at $34 billion in damages, are the next two most damaging natural catastrophes in the United States.
The Katrina and Rita disasters may be symptoms of a larger problem. Our national zeal for budget cuts has undermined safety because the public infrastructure (highways, dams, levees, ports and bridges) has substantially deteriorated. The American Society of Civil Engineers argues that more than $1.6 billion needs to be spent over the next five years to mitigate further deterioration (only $900 million has been allocated). Its executive director, Lawrence Roth, told The New York Times on Sept. 11 that every natural disaster is going to be more destructive than it needs to be until infrastructure updates are fully funded.
Government spending on infrastructure that in the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson administrations averaged about 3 percent of gross domestic product has since consistently fallen below 2 percent. State-funded infrastructure is in worse shape. Most federally funded dams are in good shape, but more than 3,500 dams maintained by state and local governments are unsafe, according to the same article in The New York Times. Public water systems are currently being maintained or rebuilt at an annual cost budgeted at $850 million, only a small fraction of the $11-billion-per-year outlay recommended by the engineering community.
Humankind can learn from past errors to prepare for natural catastrophes. The 1900 storm that devastated Galveston, Texas (killing between 6,000 and 12,000 people), led to the construction of a higher, thicker, granite-block-based seawall 17 kilometers long. Galveston sits on a barrier island 2 to 3 meters above sea level. After the catastrophe, the entire city was raised 2 meters. Buildings were jacked up onto stilts and the space beneath was filled in with sand.
Similarly, the Dutch, devastated by a Feb. 1, 1953, storm that collapsed the levee system in 500 places and drowned 1,800 people, vowed to reengineer their country, where more than 60 percent of the population of 16 million lives below sea level. They constructed a massive system of dams, sea walls and sluices, maintained at an annual cost of $500 million a fraction of a percent of Katrina's havoc.
But neither Galveston nor the Netherlands are appropriate models for a future New Orleans. Galveston was deliberately rebuilt mainly as a tourist and entertainment site. Commerce was wisely transferred to Houston, which remains the banking, medical, educational and industrial capital of the Gulf. The Dutch had no alternative; Belgium and adjacent France were not for sale. Realism sometimes triumphs, however. Pompeii, Carthage and Babylon correctly were left in ruins. We're not even sure where Atlantis lies!
Nevertheless, we are now swamped with expensive proposals for a new New Orleans. The New York Times on Sept. 10 included a variety of suggestions from Bruce Babbitt (Make it an Island), Craig E. Colten (Restore the Marsh) and Henry Petroski (Raise the Ground). One plan entails construction of floodgate-protected drainage channels, a new major ship channel, huge sea gates shielding Lake Pontchartrain from inrushing Gulf storm surges and revitalization of the city's levee and pump systems.
So, do we rebuild New Orleans, as we foolishly rebuild on the Outer Banks of North Carolina? Relocating the restaurants, jazz venues, hotels, restaurants and other businesses 100 kilometers upstream, and leaving only the port and refinery facilities in place, is more sound geologically, but probably not practical politically or socially. Reconstructing the city where it is presently centered will require substantial reengineering of the levee system and restoration of the surrounding barrier islands and marshes.
I don't think this will end happily, especially in light of the recent discussion that increases in both the frequency and intensity of hurricanes may be closely linked to natural ocean circulation cycles and (arguably) global warming (see story, this issue). Ellen Ruppel Shell, in The Washington Post on Sept. 4, was right: Americans insist on defying nature . the efforts we have made over the years with channels and levees and other great feats of engineering can contribute to greater catastrophes . Katrina has sent us a sweeping message about learning to live with, instead of combating nature.
I love hurricane cocktails, jazz in Preservation Hall and beignets at Café du Monde. Chefs at Antoines, Brennans and the Commanders Palace helped me reach my target cholesterol level of 300! Id love a viable New Orleans to reappear, but doubt that is a sensible wish.
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I always intend to blog frequently but I run out of time so this is a bit of a catch up blog to show what I have been up to over the last few weeks.
Back in mid June we had a family wedding. Chris's daughter Elspeth married Doug. We all had a great day and the sun managed to shine at the appropriate time.
The following weekend was my students exhibition and here are a few images to show some of the exciting work that was exhibited. We had lots of visitors who obviously enjoyed the show, if their comments were anything to go by! I am very lucky to have such enthusiastic students who always come up trumps.
I even managed to have a day out with the family at the Cotswold Wild Life Park...
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Reflexology Calgary – Foot Reflexology
Calgary Reflexology Stimulates Reflex Areas on the Feet Which Correspond to Every Part of Your Body – Organs, Glands, Muscles and Nerves.
An example of a reflex is when the doctor taps the knee and the foot jerks. This shows that touching one part of the body has an effect on another part of the body. When these reflex areas are stimulated, the body relaxes. When the body is relaxed, it heals and balances itself.
Reflexology Calgary activates the healing powers within the body. The healing goes where it is needed and occurs on all levels: mind, body and soul.
History of Reflexology
A form of treatment using pressure points was known in India and China 5,000 years ago. There is actual evidence it was practised as far back as 2,330 BC as indicated by a wall painting in the tomb of Ankhmahor (highest official after the king) and is known as the physician's tomb in Egypt.
The scientific basis to reflexology began in the 1890's. Sir Henry Head, Sir Charles Sherrington and Dr. Alfdor Cornelius proved there exists a relationship between the skin and internal organs, nervous system, muscles and circulatory system.
In the 1920's, an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist, Dr. William Fitzgerald developed Zone Therapy as it was known then. Also in the 20's, a physiotherapist, Eunice Ingham, developed and taught Reflexology as we know it today.


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1. Walking on Eggshells
Save your eggshells! That's right. Slugs hate them and so do other common pests who can easily destroy your garden. Make it a point to save your eggshells whenever you eat them at home. Crush them and sprinkle them all around, especially where bugs can get to the roots. This is an age-old way of protecting plants, flowers and vegetables without using unnatural ingredients.


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Los Angeles Medical Leave Employment Lawyers
Los Angeles Medical Leave Employment Lawyers: The right to medical leave and knowing that you have a job to return to is an invaluable benefit for employees going through an already difficult and often painful experience. We understand how being denied medical leave or having that medical leave interfered with can harm the employees recovery. Employers often also discriminate and retaliate against employees for taking medical leave, which can cause severe financial issues, losing medical coverage, and other negative consequences for employees and their families. The employment lawyers at Azadian Law Group, PC fight employers aggressively to make sure they secure the maximum recovery for employees whose rights to medical leave have been violated.
A qualifying employee (who worked for his employer for 1,250 hours or more during the past year for a company with 50 or more employees) is protected by the California Family Rights Act and federal Family Medical Leave Act (CFRA/FMLA).
Under these laws, an employee may be entitled to take up to three months of un-paid leave for:
- A serious health condition requiring inpatient care or continuing treatment
- A serious health condition of a spouse, child or parent
- The birth of the employee's child or adoption of a child by the employee
Employers are prohibited from discouraging or interfering with an eligible employee's right to take CFRA/FMLA leave. Further, employers may not terminate or take other adverse action against an employee because the employee is taking such a leave. The employer may request a medical certification regarding the medical leave.
When an employee returns from medical leave, he or she should be returned to the same position and same pay/benefits. See Cal. Code Regs. tit.2, § 11089(b) ("The employee is entitled to the same position or to a comparable position that is equivalent (i.e., virtually identical) to the employee's former position in terms of pay, benefits, shift, schedule, geographic location, and working conditions, including privileges, perquisites, and status. The position must involve the same or substantially similar duties and responsibilities, which must entail substantially equivalent skill, effort, responsibility, and authority.")
An employer cannot retaliate against you for requesting or taking CFRA/FMLA medical leave. To prove retaliation the employee must show (1) the employer was an employer covered by CFRA/FMLA; (2) the employee was eligible to take CFRA/FMLA leave; (3) the employee exercised his or her right to take leave for a qualifying CFRA/FMLA purpose; and (4) the employee suffered an adverse employment action, such as termination, fine, or suspension because of her exercise of her right to CFRA/FMLA leave. See Moore v. Regents of Univ. of Cal., 248 Cal. App. 4th 216, 248 (2016).
The employee is protected even where the employee did not specifically request medical leave when the employer was aware of the employee's need for medical leave.Moreover, although Claimant did not directly request CFRA leave for a qualifying purpose (his ankle injury which prevented Claimant from performing his essential job duties), he exercised his right to take leave when prompted to do so by Ms. Essex. See Moore v. Regents of Univ. of Cal., 248 Cal. App. 4th 216, 248 (2016) ("The relevant questions with respect [to the third element] is not whether a plaintiff expressly requested CFRA leave, but, rather, whether a plaintiff 'exercised her right to take leave' and whether the purpose for the leave sough was a 'qualifying CFRA purpose.'")
You can find a helpful brochure from the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing regarding your rights to medical leave here. A sample medical certification from the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing is available here.
The Protections To Employees Provided By California's New Paid Sick Leave Law
A lot of California employees have questions about whether they are permitted or should be paid for missing work due to illness, such as calling out with the cold or flu or taking a family member to the doctor. California's Paid Sick Leave Law, called The Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, provides a number of protections for California employees.
California's Paid Sick Leave Law applies to all employers with employees working in California, regardless of the size of the employer (there is no minimum number of employees and employer must have). The law also applies to part-time employees and even employees who are exempt from overtime. However, there are certain exclusions for union employees who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement that provides for paid sick time and paid-time-off (PTO) and in-home support service employees.
Under California's Paid Sick Leave Law, all employees must accrue paid sick days (one hour per 30 hours worked, up to cap of 48 hours/6 days). See California Labor Code § 246(b)(1); see also California Labor Code § 246(i). An employee cannot use his or her accrued sick days until 90 days of employment. See California Labor Code § 246(c).
The sick days can be used for the employee or for the employee's parent, child, spouse, or domestic partner (kin care). See California Labor Code § 245.5(c). The time off can be used for diagnosis or preventative care. See California Labor Code § 246.5(a)(1).
Accrued sick leave time rolls over but the employer can limit use to 24 hours/or 3 days in a year. An employer cannot take away accrued sick days ("use it or lose it" policies or not allowed). See California Labor Code § 246(d). An employer's paid-time-off (PTO) or earned-time-off (ETO) policies may satisfy paid sick leave requirements. See California Labor Code § 245.5(a)(1); see also California Labor Code § 246(e).
If you are unsure how much sick leave time you have accrued, check your paystub as employee's sick leave balances must be reported on paystubs. See California Labor Code § 246(i).
Unfortunately, the law does not expressly prohibit the employer for asking for a doctor's note as a condition for taking a paid sick day. (Whether or not requiring a doctor's note is permissible is still open to debate.)
If the need for sick leave is foreseeable, the employee must provide reasonable advance notice to the employer. If the need for sick leave is not foreseeable, then notice must be provided as "soon as practicable."
It is illegal for an employer to retaliate against an employee for using accrued sick days or for complaining that the employer is not following the law regarding paid sick days. See California Labor Code § 246.5(c).
It is important to note that law relating to paid sick leave are in addition to the protections against disability discrimination and the need to provide reasonable accommodations to disabled employees. Such accommodations can include medical leave and extended medical depending on the circumstances.
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This book, published in the Routledge series on "Internationalization in Higher Education," examines new contexts (contexts or environments for internationalization which have not previously been researched in detail); new modes (new or alternative methodologies or frames of reference for exploring, understanding and/or researching internationalization); and
new topics (aspects of internationalization and/or international activities which have have limited exposure in the current discourse). The book's 21 chapters largely feature "next generation perspectives" from an emerging group of researchers and analysts who bring new questions, concerns, and insights to bear on the examination of the phenomenon of internationalization in higher education.
The third issue of ESAL - Revista de Educación Superior en América Latina – has been published.
The Boston College Center for International Higher Education Year in Review, 2017–2018
CIHE Perspectives 9 presents a collection of articles – new or recently published – from the Center's graduate students, research fellows, visiting scholars and faculty.
Understanding Higher Education Internationalization: Insights from Key Global Publications
This volume brings together selected articles focused on higher education internationalization published in University World News (UWN) and International Higher Education (IHE) between 2011 and 2016.
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This book explores the crucial role played by tertiary education towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals against the backdrop that tertiary education finds itself at a crossroad today.


text: A sort of dreamscape unto itself, this film charts the creation of several of acclaimed artist Aaron Koblin's most imaginative and game-changing projects, including the crowd-sourced music video for Johnny Cash's song "Ain't No Grave" and the user-customized short film "The Wilderness Downtown," which is set to Arcade Fire's "We Used to Wait" and was created entirely in HTML5. Koblin also describes the genesis and evolution of what may be his most groundbreaking work to date: "This Exquisite Forest," a collaborative art project and online story generator (created with Chris Milk and the Tate Modern museum in London) built and nurtured by web users. Koblin's remarkable oeuvre draws increasingly on the immense computing, storage, and data-sharing capabilities of the current generation of computersÑas well as recent innovations like hardware-accelerated browser graphicsÑand demonstrates in the most vivid ways imaginable the infinite artistic and narrative possibilities of crowdsourced digital creation and autonomous storytelling.


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Reading Exercise
This problem is not easy, and requires some reading. But both sides have a narrow set of plausible responses, so patience is more important than complex reading skill.
For problems, questions, or comments (even if they're about this web page or go in general), email the Problem of the Week editor


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By Colleen Kettenhofen
"Know why you shouldn't tell people your problems? Eighty percent of the people don't care, and the other twenty percent are glad you have them." ~ Lou Holtz
Do you know any difficult people? Have you ever worked or lived with a difficult person?
Of course! We all have.
Are you a difficult person? If you're honest with yourself, you can be difficult from time to time, right? The question is how do you deal with the chronically difficult people – you know, those who manage to get under your skin every time?
A key component in overcoming adversity and bouncing back higher is learning to live, work, and (in some cases) love difficult people. Because there will always be difficult people.
I'm reminded of those who want to quit their jobs because of "difficult people." Yes, sometimes I hear this as I go around the country speaking on, "7 Magic Wands for Making Difficult People Disappear." But what will these people likely discover in their next job? More difficult people! As a wise mother told her daughter and me in high school, "Learn to deal with them. There will always be difficult people at certain times in your life."
Sound advice. But how?
Here are a couple of "magic wands" for making difficult people "disappear." If only in your mind…
Magic Wand #1: Counteract the difficult person's aftertaste.
Have you ever noticed that an early-morning negative interaction with somebody you'd call a"difficult person" can set the tone for the entire day? Have you struggled to shake off a negative aftertaste and told yourself, "Hey, just ignore that person and move on," but the feeling lingers? What can you do?
Difficult conversations mar your day because you become so bothered you keep processing the emotions evoked by the interaction. To blunt the impact, save this processing for later.
How do you accomplish that? By immediately stepping into a positive environment. Have a cup of coffee with a friend, make plans for the weekend, read the comics (even for a minute), laugh about something. In the midst of a positive environment, you'll gain a new perspective for processing your emotions. Alternatively, you can engage in an activity that uses a lot of brain cells. You'll get so busy, you won't have time to think about the negative interaction.
So do the opposite of processing your emotions immediately. Before you know it, you'll have counteracted the aftertaste of the conversation and won't think about that difficult person the rest of the day! (Author's note: More in another article if this is your boss).
Magic Wand #2: After something "difficult" happens, take a moment to ask, "Did that person's personality clash with mine, or did she or he not do what I wanted?" Your answer explains why you think that person is "difficult."
Have you ever had a conversation with someone and immediately dismissed that person as a jerk? Have you ever gotten annoyed at someone who didn't call you back and, under your breath, concluded, "This person is a butthead!"
You're likely to call people jerks or buttheads for one of two reasons: (1) because of a personality trait that person possesses that clashes with your own, or (2) because that person simply didn't do what you wanted in that moment.
Let's look at an example of the first. A friend of mine has difficulty with a co-worker whom she describes as "anal retentive" and calls a perfectionist. Not surprising, my friend is the complete opposite. She also has a hard time understanding this colleague because she says she's too blunt with others. Their ways of handling situations differ completely. And sometimes their personalities clash.
Adding to that, they were raised differently when it came to resolving conflict. While the "blunt" person learned to be direct, my friend was raised with the belief that "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all." In this case as in many, different people equal difficult people.
If you possess personality traits that clash with someone else's, try to resolve issues in person or, next best thing, over the phone. Nowadays, people in the workplace are challenged by important messages getting misconstrued via email.
Here's an example of the second. My friend got asked out by a guy she really liked. He was regarded as an easy-going gentleman to those who knew him well, but he never asked her out a second time. She instantly dismissed him as a jerk. However, once she realized he was "difficult" because he didn't do what she wanted him to do, she got over it!
"Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die." ~ Actress Carrie Fisher
Colleen Kettenhofen is an award-winning speaker, author, media veteran, and devoted animal lover who has presented keynotes and seminars before thousands in 48 U.S. states and five foreign countries. She has conducted more than 1,100 programs on leadership, dealing with difficult people, presentation skills, and change/stress management. Colleen is the author of "Secrets Your Boss Isn't Telling You," as well as the creator of 10 unique audio programs. For more information, or to sign up for Colleen's newsletter, visit www.BounceBackHigher.com.


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This week's (online) Davey Mac Sports Program is NOW up on iTunes and/or RiotCast.com!!! Enjoy the fuck out of it...just DO NOT piss on it!! It's simply not clean to piss on a podcast!! It's quite unsanitary to piss on shows!! Trust me!! I know these things!!
AND, we'll see you on Saturday on SiriusXM Satellite Radio! LIVE!! The Davey Mac Sports Program XL shall reign on the Opie & Anthony Channel (Sirius 206/XM 103) at 7 Eastern, 4 Pacific!! Just don't shit on it!! DO NOT shit on radio programs!! It's simply not good for you!! To do so, you'd have to put shit in your ears!! And then where we would be?!?! We'd be sittin' here with shit in our ears!! Not good!!


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This documentation includes all the information you need to know to use the Maxwell for Rhino plugin. It goes into the details of some general Maxwell concepts, but it is not intended to replace the regular Maxwell Render documentation.
What do I need to know to use the plugin?
The Maxwell for Rhino plugin has been designed to work in as simple a manner as possible. Wherever appropriate, unnecessary items have been optimized away, leaving what is intended to be a very simple and straightforward, yet complete, interface to Maxwell from within Rhino. Most of the functionality contained in the plugin is accessed via one of several plugin windows, all of which may be opened or closed using the Maxwell menu or toolbar:
Scene Manager
The Scene Manager window holds the parameters used to define the Maxwell scene; that is, it contains the values which will be written into the MXS files the plugin produces. It also contains parameters used to determine how and where the scene is to be written. The Scene Manager may be used either as a floating window, or as a Rhino dockbar using the plugin option Dockable Scene Manager.
Database Manager
The Database Manager window provides an MXM Browser, as well as several object-specific catalogs for storing individual material components (i.e. BSDF, Emitter, etc.). You can drag MXM files into the scene, drag materials from the scene into the MXM Browser to save them as MXM files, or drag components back and forth between the Material Editor's layers tree and the applicable pages in the Database Manager to build new materials using saved components. The Database Manager may also be used either as a floating window, or as a Rhino Dockbar using the plugin option Dockable Database Manager.
Object Properties
The plugin adds a new Maxwell page to Rhino's Object Properties window. Like other Object Properties pages, this is used to manage data which is attached to Rhino objects.
Material Editor
The plugin implements a native-to-Rhino Material Editor which is designed to work in a way very similar to Maxwell's MXED MXM editor.
Maxwell Fire
This plugin implements Maxwell Fire. Its Maxwell Fire window may be used either as a floating window, or as a Rhino dockbar using the plugin option Dockable Fire Window.
Camera LCD
This tool is provided for convenience in managing the most common camera parameters; it is made to resemble the LCD back-panel of a digital camera.
Log Viewer
As you use the plugin, it keeps track of various actions by printing messages to this window. Some of these messages can be useful for diagnosing any possible issues you may encounter. Should you run into an issue you can't resolve, you can email a copy of the current log directly to support using the Log Viewer's right-click menu.
Help Viewer
If you open the Help Viewer, the cursor will change to a 'help' cursor when the mouse hovers over many of the parameter-labels in the various plugin windows. Clicking (left or right) on any of these parameters will show help specific to the selected parameter in the Help Viewer. The Help Viewer may be used either as a floating window or a Rhino Dockbar using the plugin option Dockable Help Viewer.


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America, the country of incredibly delicious, but usually oh so unhealthy, food. One of my absolute favorites or pop-tarts. In the States Glutino has gluten free versions but unfortunately they are not available in the Netherlands and as I was so in the mood for them I decided to make my own.
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