[APAC] BrownBag Follow-Up – VCAP-DCD Networking Design

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 –
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BrownBag–VCP5 Objective 6 (@Josh_Atwell)

This week we continue down the road of VCP5 prep with Josh Atwell (Blog / Twitter) who will be covering Objective 6 on the VCP5 blueprint. For more info on Josh, I’d encourage you to follow his blog, or ping him on Twitter. He’s a really smart guy! BrownBag VCP5 Objective 6 Details Date/Time: 2/15/2012
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BrownBag – VCP5 Objective 5 with David Davis

Tonight we’ll be having the man, myth, and legend that is David Davis on to cover Objective 5 of the VCP5 blueprint. About David: David Davis is the author of the best-selling VMware vSphere video training library from TrainSignal. He has written hundreds of virtualization articles on the Web, is a vExpert, VCP, VCAP-DCA, and
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BrownBag Follow-Up – VCP5 Objective 4 with Jason Boche

The Video: Some Notes (From #BrownBag on twitter) @DuncanYB: New Article: Creating an IP-Pool for VC Ops – http://bit.ly/yKSLdM If you’re up in 6 hours, join @DemitasseNZ for an APAC version http://t.co/ZSCLaX9O Another great VCP5 resource can be found on @mwpreston’s blog: http://bit.ly/wAh5aU Synch MSCS/AD with common NTP server, and disable host based time synchronization
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BrownBag – VCP5 Section 2 Networking with Scott Lowe

You know… it’s that time of week again. The time of week where you will do the most awesome, career advancing, personal enrichment, raise producing thing you do all week. That is, you will come join VMware expert Scott Lowe (twitter / blog) as we cover section 2, vSphere Networking, on the VCP Exam Blueprint.
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BrownBag Follow-Up – VCP5 Objective 3: Storage

Video Slides ProfessionalVMware BrownBag VCP5 Section3: Storage View more presentations from ProfessionalVMware Notes Thin on Thin? Where should you do Thin Provisioning ñ vSphere 4.0 or Array-Level? http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2009/04/thin-on-thin-where-should-you-do-thin-provisioning-vsphere-40-or-array-level.html Calculating Capacity of a VSA Cluster with RAID10 Configuration http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsa.doc_10/GUID-8941D7EA-A876-4630-A165-80C46D81E219.html http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2011/02/18/blocksize-impact/ vStorage APIs for Array Integration FAQ http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021976

BrownBag VCP5 Series – Objective 3: vSphere Storage

Coming to a BrownBag near you! Last week Damian (@sixfootdad) kicked off the VCP5 Study Group series with Objective 1 from the VCP BluePrint. Join us again this week as we have Shane Williford (aka @coolsport00) to cover Objective 3: Plan and configure vSphere Storage. Register for the BrownBag Date/Time: 1/18/2012 @ 7PM CSTRegister: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/918511944
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BrownBag Follow-Up: VCP5 Objective 1

This week Damian kicked off the VCP5 BrownBag series with Blueprint objective 1. What follows are the video, slides and notes: VCP5 Objective 1 – BrownBag Video ProfessionalVMware BrownBag – VCP5 Objective 1 from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo. Slides ProfessionalVMware Brownbag VCP5 Section1 View more presentations from ProfessionalVMware. Notes Auto-deploy:http://vmwaretips.com/wp/2011/12/27/vsphere-5-video-series-vmware-vsphere-50-auto-deployhttp://www.virtualnetworkdesign.com/2011/11/20/vmware-auto-deploy/http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2011/08/25/using-vsphere-5-auto-deploy-in-your-home-lab/ VMFS3 & VMFS5:http://www.boche.net/blog/index.php/2011/07/21/vmfs-5-vmfs-3-whats-the-deal/[ Virtual machine hardware
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BrownBag – VCP5 Series Starting This Week!

After some time off from an amazing 2011, the BrownBags are back. This time with a series tracking the VCP5 Blueprint and timed to coincide with the VCP4 to VCP5 upgrade timeline. So if you are upgrading (or studying for the first time) be sure to sign up! BrownBag VCP5 Series Details: Days / Time:
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BrownBag Blow-Out Winner – Paul Smith

Paul Smith, Come on down. Actually, we’ve been in contact and the various bits will begin shipping over the next bunch of days/weeks. Paul Smith is an IT professional of 13 years in Canada who got quite a not happy x-mas message, re: being laid off. So, the BrownBags are going to attempt to make
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BrownBag Blow-Out Update (12/17)

Did not mean to leave y’all hanging… some of these things took longer than we had thought. Current Status Sorry judging took so long, the thing about asking for video submissions, is you have to well, watch each one to be fair. However, we have indeed picked a winner and have contacted them, If all
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BrownBag Follow-Up – Storage Smackdown 2011

This time around, it’s audio only, so either view/listen below, or pick us up on iTunes. Recording Follow-Up Questions There is one round of questions that made it’s way on to the web:http://virtualistmanifesto.com/2011/12/06/storage-smackdown-brownbag-127-a-call-for-questions/ There may yet be more. If anyone feels like transcribing, drop me a line.

BrownBag Blow Out – vSphere Lab Give Away

Update – 12/17 So, the decision process took longer than I had anticipated, however we have selected and are contacting the winner. We will post when we have permission for the video and confirmation that he can indeed receive the gear. So, here’s the dealy-yo. The BrownBags have grown HUGELY this year, and we’ve had
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