This post is by Cody Bunch. Summer VMUG Tour? – Why not? It has been at least 5 or 6 months since I was last at a VMUG, either local or otherwise. In that time, a lot of things have happened! So, why not take some time this summer and make a circuit of things.
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As has been intimated on Twitter and through teasers on the vCommunity Podcast, the #VMunderground and #vBrownBag teams have joined forces for 2014 to bring a new type of community-driven event to anyone willing to come into San Francisco for VMworld 2014 a little bit early. While it’s true that the mission of the two
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This week I’m starting a new series. With Irfan Ahmad from Cloud Physics as my guest to talk about performance troubleshooting for a few episodes. We will run every second Thursday evening at 9PM New Zealand time. You can find details at this page on my blog, signup for the series here or wait for
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Please join me in welcoming Cisco as a sponsor of the vBrownBag TechTalks at the OpenStack summit in Atlanta. Cisco has been a long time supporter of the vBrownBag so we’re really pleased to have them with us on this adventure. It’s not too late to submit a session, signup here. To check out the
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Chris Colotti stops by to introduce VMware’s vCloud Hybrid Service Disaster Recovery solution and presents an overview of the architecture, setup and configuration demo and considerations for using vCHS DR. Video You can find Chris on Twitter @ccolotti and his blog http://www.chriscolotti.us/ as well as some recent posts on his blog about vCHS DR http://www.chriscolotti.us/vmware/5-things-to-know-about-vcloud-hybrid-service-disaster-recovery/
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Below is the schedule for the TechTalks at the summit, when the sessions are uploaded to YouTube I will link each session from here. For presenters and those who would like to see the presentations live we will be in room B207, stop by and say hi. All the videos have been uploaded to YouTube
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I am by no means a road warrior, however, I have spent quite a bit of time on the road over the last few years and found a few things to make life a bit easier. Hardware: Light laptop & Tablet combo – If you’re at a conference, you will be walking, a lot. The
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You may recall 2 weeks ago when I announced the #vBrownBag Junior initiative. I’m slightly embarrassed to say that it was originally intended as an April Fool’s gag, but given the reaction and support we had in the community it left the crew and I with a challenge. I’m happy to announce that the #vBrownBag
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Great news, Rackspace has signed on to be the second sponsor for the #vBrownBag TechTalks at the OpenStack summit in Atlanta. We are delighted to have Rackspace on board as we are racing towards the summit. We already have 30 sessions proposed, and we plan to accept every session. Details of where to signup and
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It’s been a very rewarding week for the vBrownBag team. I’m happy to announce that it appears that the entire vBrownBag team has received the vExpert award for 2014. I have also noted that a high percentage of people who present and participate with the podcast have also been selected. Well done everyone! This recognition
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The #vBrownBag crew enjoys what we do and the impact you tell us we have on your professional development. As such, we’re continuously looking for new ways to serve the community. Today we’re excited to announce a new program and podcast as part of the #vBrownBag lineup, #vBrownBag Jr. This new program, a natural offspring
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In my recent post about VMware’s addition of expiration to their certifications I received a great comment from Jay Moore. The primary comment being: “It may come down to $$$ for some people. As a VCP5, I can take the VCP-DT exam for free, but cannot take the VCP-Cloud for free. I could sit the
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Last week VMware announced changes to the longevity of their certifications by placing expiration dates on them. Anyone who obtained a VCP prior to March 10, 2014 will now notice on their transcript that their VCP expires on March 10, 2015. Before anyone panics (I know, too late) they also updated the options to recertify,
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On the 18th of February 2014 Frank Buechsel covered Technical Deepdive of SSL Certificates in vSphere 5.5.The recording from the webinar is below: EMEA vBrownbag with Frank Buechsel Covering Technical Deepdive SSL Certificates in vSphere 5.5 from EMEA vBrownbag on Vimeo.
The annual vSphere-Land.com voting for top blogs and podcasts is now open. Eric Siebert’s annual community vote allows virtualization content consumers an opportunity to share who they think have provided them the most value. Naturally the team here at vBrownBag and ProfessionalVMware.com hope our community efforts have provided you great value. If you have an
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This post is by Rob Nelson, one of the winners from our end of year prize giveaway which Pearson Pearson sponsored. Pearson had no input into the contents of the post. You can find Rob on Twitter @rnelson0 or his blog rnelson0.com. Thanks to the vBrownBag December 2013 giveaway, I received a free copy of
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Jon Harris, @thevcacguyon Twitter joins the ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag to present the next session in the Automate All The Things series on vCloud Automation Center (vCAC) where he covered IT Business Management suite standard and the vCAC 6 Advanced Services Designer. Video You can sign up for the ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag at https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags/ and check out our Automate
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It’s that time of year where we all get to engage in the annual review. During this time managers talk with us individual contributors about what we accomplished the previous year and look to the future. These session generally focus on your job performance and your professional growth goals. I’m pretty confident we all have
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This post is by Jonathan Frappier At the end of December, the #vBrownBag crew, along with some awesome sponsors announced our annual end of year give-away. Our sponsors included the EMC Elect, Infinio, Pearson, Proximal Data, Simplivity, Pluralsight, Veeam and Zerto as well as members of our own crew Cody Bunch, Damian Karlson and Nick Marshall.
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This post is by Cody Bunch David Davis, a long time supporter of the #vBrownBag effort, and “The Other” Scott Lowe are doing a vendor neutral, un-sponsored, community driven webinar around vSAN and Hyper-Convergence. (Registration here: http://www.virtualizationsoftware.com/convergence-webinar-registration/ ) From the signup page: Even while in beta, VSAN has become an overnight sensation thanks to its
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