In the first of 3 shows dedicated to the VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Desktop Design, Adam Eckerle reviews design considerations for pods and blocks, support infrastructure such as Active Directory, DNS and DHCP and also ThinApp. Video Slides You can find Adam on Twitter @eck79 and his blog at http://ecktech.me/ and request a copy of
-> Continue reading #vBrownBag Follow-Up VCAP-DTD with Adam Eckerle (@eck79)
Hey, you guyyyys! 🙂 As you may be aware, a number of friends of the #vBrownBag podcast and friends within the overall virtualization community have written books for Packt Publishing. I recently found out that they’re celebrating their 2,000th title by offering a Buy One Get One Free deal. This is a limited time offer
-> Continue reading Buy One Get One Free Virtualization Books!
Starting on March 26th, we will have 3 shows to help you prepare for your VMware Certified Advanced Professional in Desktop Design (VCAP-DTD). The series will be broken into 3 sections to cover the various parts of the VCAP-DTD Blueprint. You can get up to speed on the blueprints and format of the exam thanks
-> Continue reading Upcoming VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Desktop Design Series
On the latest #vBrownBag Automate ALL the Things session, Joerg Lew gives a deep dive demo on some advanced features of VMware vCenter Orchestrator. Video You can find Joerg on Twitter @joerglew and his blog at http://www.vcoportal.de/ Sign up for the live ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag broadcast at https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags/ and follow some of our ongoing series such
-> Continue reading #vBrownBag Follow-Up Automate ALL the Things Advanced vCO with Joerg Lew (@joerglew)
Every now and again I run into issues using Vagrant and VMware Fusion togther. Specifically around starting VMNET-DHCP servers. The following commands have done wonders to fix that in a pinch: sudo /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli –configure sudo /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli –stop sudo /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmnet-cli –start
Alan Renouf from VMware demos new features of PowerCLI including a live demo for the Automate All The Things Series. Video You can find Alan on Twitter @alanrenouf and his blog at http://www.virtu-al.net/ Sign up for the live ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag broadcast at https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags/ and follow some of our ongoing series such as the Automate All
-> Continue reading #vBrownBag Follow-Up Automate All the Things PowerCLI Futures with Alan Renouf (@alanrenouf)
VMware’s vCenter Orchestrator is usually thought of as a tool for automating VMware environments. But when vCO is combined with PowerShell, it can be used to automate and manage Microsoft applications as well. In this installment of Automate All the Things Sean Massey (@seanpmassey) will talk about how to automate Active Directory and Exchange using
-> Continue reading #vBrownBag Follow-Up Using #vCO to manage Active Directory and Exchange with Sean Massey (@seanpmassey)
Mark Gabryjelski dropped in on the #vBrownBag to give some tips and tricks on building a home lab capable of running nested ESXi servers. You can find additional videos from Mark about this build at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLQ3sn5-bIVgJ69HsGPm9-58E4hzjxtq2&app=desktop Video You can sign up for the live ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag broadcast at https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags/ and follow some of our ongoing
-> Continue reading #vBrownBag Follow-Up Home Lab builds with Mark Gabryjelski (@markgabbs)
Anthony Elizondo discusses the features available in vSphere that allow you to virtualize latency sensitive applications and services such a VOIP. You can find Anthony on Twitter @complex Video You can sign up for the live ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag broadcast at https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags/ and follow some of our ongoing series such as the Automate All The Things
-> Continue reading #vBrownBag Follow-Up Virtualizing Latency Sensitive Apps in vSphere with Anthony Elizondo (@complex)
Stand back! Vishal Misra (@vishalmisra) and Jonathan Klick (@jonathanklick) join the ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag to try science! Vishal and Jonathan talk about the science behind storage performance, providing an understanding of how IOPS and throughput can effect latency, then wrap up with a review of how server side caching vendors such as Infinio, PernixData, Proximal Data
-> Continue reading #vBrownbag Follow-Up Conquering Storage Performance w Vishal Misra (@vishalmisra) and Jonathan Klick (@jonathanklick)
On the 14th of January 2014 Frank Buechsel covered VCAP-CID Objective 5-Create Extended vCloud Designs.The recording from the webinar is below: EMEA vBrownbag with Frank Buechsel Covering VCAP-CID Objective 5 Create Extended vCloud Designs from EMEA vBrownbag on Vimeo.
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
-> Continue reading Automate All The Things #vBrownBag Follow Up – Hardcore vCAC with Jon Harris (@ThevCACguy)
John Arrasjid and Mostafa Khalil from VMware join the ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag to present the VMware Certified Advanced Professional Administration Bootcamp. The bootcamp covers considerations, challenges and blueprints for all 3 VCAP Administration exams (VCAP-DCA, VCAP-CIA, VCAP-DTA). You can find John on Twitter @vcdx001 and Mostafa at @MostafaVMW. Video Sign up for the ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag at
-> Continue reading #vBrownBag VMware VCAP Administration Bootcamp with John Arrasjid (@vcdx001) and Mostafa Khalil (@MostafaVMW)
Join John Arrasjid, Mostafa Khalil, Linus Bourque, Jon Hall and Mark Brunstad on Wednesday January 29th at 8:30PM EST / 7:30PM CST for a VMware VCAP Administration boot camp. The bootcamp will cover considerations, challenges and blueprints for all 3 VCAP Administration exams (Data Center, Cloud, Desktop). If you are not already registered, go to https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags/
-> Continue reading Upcoming #vBrownBag VMware VCAP Administration Boot Camp 1/29 with @vcdx001 & more
Mike Preston joins us to review the installation and configuration of the vCenter Orchestrator appliance, how to integrate it with the vSphere Web Client and also reviews PowerShell integration and workflow execution. Video Referenced Materials You can find the Kerberos configs referenced during the show at: 5.1 – http://blog.mwpreston.net/2013/04/19/my-first-vcenter-orchestrator-workflow-part-4-a-look-at-the-powershell-plug-in/ 5.5 – http://blog.mwpreston.net/2013/12/12/kerberos-authentication-for-the-powershell-plugin-in-vco-5-5/ You can find Mike on
-> Continue reading Automate ALL The Things #vBrownBag Follow Up – vCO Install & Config with Mike Preston (@mwpreston)
Recently I was extended an opportunity to read and review “Troubleshooting vSphere Storage” by my friend, Mike Preston (@mwpreston | blog.mwpreston.net). [Amazon | Packt Publishing]
This book is based on vSphere 5.1 and only covers those features and the functionality available in the 5.1 thick client. (Personally, I felt the 5.1 web client was…full of opportunities for improvement), but the lack of web client related information doesn’t detract at all from the depth of technical knowledge that’s packed into this book. It weighs in at about 127 pages + index, and spares no time in jumping right in.
VMware’s Joeg Lew (@joerglew) presents an overview of the features and functionality of vCO 5.5 and a live demo of the install, configuration and the drag and drop workflow builder. A very special and big thank you to Joerg who was doing this presentation at 3AM local time! Video #vBrownBag Automate ALL the things –
-> Continue reading Automate ALL The Things #vBrownBag Follow Up – vCO Getting Started with Joerg Lew (@joerglew)
In part 2 of the vCAC 6.0 coverage, Jon Harris dives into use cases and features to allow you to setup your own private cloud such as work flows, templates, and new features like the remote console to access VMs directly from the vCAC web UI. #vBrownBag Automate ALL the things – vCAC 6.0 Getting
-> Continue reading Automate ALL The Things #vBrownBag Follow Up – vCAC 6.0 Config with Jon Harris (@ThevCACGuy)
As 2013 winds down it’s time again, in partnership with our super awesome contest sponsors and #vBrownBag crew members to say thank you to our listeners with an awesome (litterally awesome) give away filled with tech and learning awesomeness…see thats a lot of awesome! So without further adieu, the awesome prizes include (in alphabetical order
-> Continue reading The Super Awesome Freetasic #vBrownBag 2013 End of Year Give Away Spectacular!
Jon Harris helps you get a jump on installing and configuring vCAC 6.0 along with the necessary components and appliances such as SSO. Video #vBrownBag Automate ALL the things – vCAC 6.0 Installation with Jon Harris (@ThevCACGuy) from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.