Tim Gleed will be back on the #vBrownBag again this week to finish up on vSphere VM Storage design as it applies to the VCAP-DCD. For part one, check here. Details Date/Time: 5/3/12 @ 18:00 Sydney, AustraliaRegistration: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/505624097
For those who haven’t seen his posts / presentations here before should check them out. VMware’s Nathan Small who works as a Staff Engineer at Global Support Services and specializes in… well, storage! We’ll have him on the 5/2/12 vBrownBag to do what he does best, dive mind-blowingly deep into storage in vSphere environments. Details
-> Continue reading #vBrownBag – Storage Month Encore (Nathan Small)
Video Slides Links VMKernel iSCSI issue http://vmtoday.com/2012/02/vsphere-5-networking-bug-affects-software-iscsi/
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Was segregating out some of my home lab stuff from some of the nested things in the lab and came across this when dropping a VM into the vApp: Basically telling me that this single VM will eat all of the Resource Pool Pie. Not familiar with the resource pool pie? Check out this post
-> Continue reading Resource Pool Pie – The Warning
Last week the APAC BrownBags covered the VCAP-DCD Implementation Design section. Video ProfessionalVMware BrownBag – VCAP-DCD Implementation Planning from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo. Slides
Video Slides More! Did you know there are now a metric boatload of ways to get the vBrownBags? In addition to live and the follow-up posts, you can pull the podcast from these places also: iTunes – http://bit.ly/BrownbagiTunesRSS – http://bit.ly/BrownbagPodcast
This week the APAC BrownBags covered VCAP-DCD and vSphere Host Design. Video Slides
Sorry for the delay folks. Don’t forget, we’re on iTunes: http://t.co/07DLlqC3 and the podcast feed: http://t.co/2FigEC96 Video Slides
I’ve again hit the point where Chrome was eating up too much memory. Thusly, here’s what is currently in my open tabs: PCoIP, Win 8, iPad – http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=2984 Resource Pool Shares & vCD – http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2012/02/28/resource-pool-shares-dont-make-sense-with-vcloud-director/ vBenchmark – http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2012/02/29/cool-tool-vbenchmark-fling/ Building Block Scaling – http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2012/03/02/scale-out-building-block-style-or-should-i-say-yellow-brick-style/ Use vCO to manage View – http://cloudnutz.com/2012/03/07/using-vmware-vco-to-manage-vmware-view/ vCenter 5 API for Guest
-> Continue reading Link Dump – 3/12/12
Last night’s (Early morning maybe?) APAC BrownBag covered the VCAP5-DCD Networking topic. VCAP-DCD Networking Video ProfessionalVMware BrownBag VCAP-DCD – Network Design Part 1 from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo. Notes Kendrick Coleman & Spanning Tree – http://kendrickcoleman.com/index.php?/Tech-Blog/vmware-networking-dont-forget-stp.html Cisco Networking Forums on RSTP – https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/thread/5691 Brad Hedlund on UCS & vSphere – http://bradhedlund.com/2010/09/15/vmware-10ge-qos-designs-cisco-ucs-nexus/ The vSphere Design book –
-> Continue reading [APAC] BrownBag Follow-Up – VCAP-DCD Networking Design
Yesterday we dove deep into VMware’s vCloud and it’s associated architecture. Check out the video here: vCloud Architecture Video Slides vCloud Architecture BrownBag View more presentations from ProfessionalVMware. iTunes We’re now on iTunes too! http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/professionalvmware-brownbags/id468638808 Links! Sysprep KB’s: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1026614http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1026317http://4sysops.com/archives/skiprearm-use-vista-indefinitely-long-without-activation/ Maximums: http://www.virtual-blog.com/2011/08/vmware-vcloud-director-1-5-config-maximums/http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r50/vsphere-50-configuration-maximums.pdf vCloud Cloning series: http://www.chriscolotti.us/vmware/vcloud/gotcha-vcloud-director-clone-wars-part-1-overview/http://www.chriscolotti.us/vmware/vcloud/gotcha-vcloud-director-clone-wars-part-2-deep-dive/http://www.chriscolotti.us/vmware/vcloud/vcloud-director-clone-wars-part-3-design-considerations/ vCloud “Eco-System” http://www.virtual-blog.com/2011/10/vcloud-ecosystem-components-explained/http://www.chriscolotti.us/vmware/vcloud/components-for-a-vcloud-deployment/ (A bit older was my original cut
-> Continue reading BrownBag Follow-Up – vCloud Architecture
Video – vCloud Networking (Kendrick Coleman) ProfessionalVMware Technical BrownBag – vCloud Networking from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo. Slides – vCloud Networking (Kendrick Coleman) BrownBag – vCloud Networking View more presentations from ProfessionalVMware.
In our last BrownBag Damian Karlson hosted Harley Stagner (Blog) and talked about vSphere Design: Video ProfessionalVMware Technical BrownBag – Harley Stagner from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo. Slides vSphere Design Brownbag with Harley Stagner View more presentations from ProfessionalVMware
vSphere Design Discussion This Wednesday, October 12, Harley Stagner will be joining Damian Karlson (blog) on the BrownBag for an in depth, interactive discussion on vSphere design. If you are interested in learning more about vSphere design, studying for your VCAP-DCD, or VCDX, this would be the session to attend. Critical Details: Date/Time: Wednesday, 10/12/2011
-> Continue reading BrownBag – vSphere Design Discussion (Harley Stagner)
This week our illustrious host Damian was joined by Sean Crookston, Chris Wahl, and Bill Hill who Deep-Dived into designing vSphere environments as well as the vSphere Storage Appliance. BrownBag Follow-Up Slides ProfessionalVMware BrownBag – SMB Design View more presentations from ProfessionalVMware. Video ProfessionalVMware Technical BrownBag – VSA and SMB vSphere Design from ProfessionalVMware on
-> Continue reading BrownBag Follow-Up: vSA and SMB vSphere Design
Per Damian’s blog, this week’s BrownBag technical deep dive will center around vSphere design and the vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA). Damian will be joined by Sean Crookston, Chris Wahl, and Bill Hill to deep dive into designing vSphere environments with the VSA. BrownBag – Desigh & vSphere Storage Appliance Register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/945190048 Date/Time: 10/5 @ 7:30PM
-> Continue reading BrownBag – Design & vSphere Storage Appliance
This time around we had Wade Holmes (@wholmes | blog) on to talk about the vCloud Architecture Toolkit 2.0. The session was facilitated by the always amazing Damian Karlson. Video Slides Wade Holmes vCloud Architecture Toolkit View more presentations from ProfessionalVMware. Also this: http://vmware.com/go/vcat
Woot! This was yet another outstanding session led by Damian Karlson, this time starring Jason Boche talking about Objective 1 of the VCAP-DCD. This, is the follow-up post, both with video, slides, and notes. Video ProfessionalVMware.com Technical Brownbag (Jason Boche) – VCAP-DCD Objective 1 from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo. Slides ProfessionalVMware BrownBag (Jason Boche) – VCAP-DCD
-> Continue reading BrownBag Follow-Up – VCAP-DCD Objective 1 (Jason Boche)
It’s that time again, and whilst I’ve handed off MC Duties to Damian Karlson (This fellow here, aka @sixfootdad), I think it’s still important to let y’all know what’s coming up. This week he’ll have the one, the only Jason Boche on. Jason will be covering VCAP-DCD Objective 1. Details Topic: VCAP-DCD Objective 1Date/Time: 9/21/2011
-> Continue reading BrownBag – Jason Boche Edition! VCAP-DCD