#vBrownBag Follow-Up Introduction to DevOps with John Willis (@botchagalupe)

In our official kick off to the DevOps series, John Willis explains just what this DevOps thing is.  John provides excellent insights and helps you understand how to apply the concepts and culture that define DevOps.  Keep track of our entire DevOps schedule which will include links to recordings and homework or join our Google+ community to
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#vBrownBag Follow-Up VMware VCP-NV Objective 2 with Ross Wynne (@RossWynne)

Ross Wyne covers objective 2 of the VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization (VCP-NV) certification blueprint. Objective 2.1 – Define Benefits of Running VMware NSX on Physical Network Fabrics Objective 2.2 – Describe Physical Infrastructure Requirements for a VMware NSX Implementation Video More information of the exam and the blueprint along with specific tools to
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#vBrownBag Follow-Up Cisco Learning Network Tour with Matt Saunders (@citylifematt) & Brett Lovins (@brettlovins)

Brett Lovins and Matt Saunders kick off the #vBrownBag Cisco Certification series with an overview and tour of the Cisco Learning Network – an online community to connect you with learning resources such blueprints, course details and support from others who are working on their Cisco Certifications. Video You can sign up for the Cisco
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Couch to OpenStack – Nova Follow-Up

Thanks everyone for coming along last night. To recap, we: Used git to clone the Couch to OpenStack repo Used Vagrant to stand up the ‘controller’ and ‘compute’ VMs Use the Vagrant shell provisioner to install Ubuntu Grizzly repos MySQL KeyStone Glance Nova Setup .stackrc with environment variables Discussed the OpenStack Compute services and scenarios
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Pre-Work: Couch to OpenStack #vBrownBag

Consider this the official announcement and 48 hour warning for those that want to dive head first into OpenStack. If don’t know about the program, or want to sign up, check here. Couch to OpenStack Materials Needed for Day 1 git (http://github.com/) vagrant (http://vagrantup.com) Internets (3 to 4 acres of internet will be fine) VirtualBox
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OpenStack #vBrownBag – Quantum and You

Last night we had on a coworker of mine (as in sits less than 8 feet away) on to talk about the state of networking and what Quantum (and SDN) can bring to the table. Note: We had a screen resolution mismatch. With luck you’ll be able to see it better on the recording: 2013-03-26
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#vBrownBag Podcast of Plenty

Hello readers! Josh Atwell here. The #vBrownBag crew here at ProfessionalVMware.com has been extremely blessed in 2012 with amazing community support for what we organize on the podcast. In 2012 we’ve managed to produce a VCP5 Series, VCAP5-DCA, VCAP5-DCD series as well as months focused on storage and security. We’ve expanded into APAC, now starting
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Brownbag #10 – Security Deep Dive

In the spirit of all things Brownbag, we’re branching out beyond certification to include several “Deep Dive” technical podcasts with industry leading experts. Mind, we’ll still keep to our certification roots, but the Brownbag format lends itself well to doing technical deep dives as well. As such, our first topic will be Virtualization security, and
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VCDX – Enterprise Admin Brown Bag the First – The CLI

Following up on the interest from our last post, Tom Howarth and I will be running the first of what should become a series of VCDX Enterprise Admin Brown Bag sessions. The topic this week will be the CLI. We’re going to give this a shot with DimDim, and can accept a total of 25
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VCP-410 Online Study Group

The deadline to upgrade from VCP3 to VCP4 is fast approaching. While there are plenty of good resources out there for studying, nothing beats playing 20 questions with a group of your peers. As such, ProfessionalVMware will be hosting a 1 hour WebEx study group so we call all help one another pass. Important information:
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Virtualization Security Round Table Podcast

Edward Haletky, a regular on VMTN, and the VMTN round table podcasts, is starting his own spinoff, the “Virtualization Security Round Table Podcast” The first show, scheduled for Thursday at 2:30p EST, is going to feature the following topics: Use of Virtualization in a DMZ. Review of security lockdown standards/benchmarks and tools Virtualization Security in
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Exchange on VMware – Podcast, Webinar, and White Papers, Oh My

This particular topic comes up from time to time in discussions. Yes it is OK to run Exchange on VMware, and Exchange 2007 on VMware is a supported configuration… for more info, follow the links below: The Podcast – Wednesday, Jan 14, for another round of the VMware Communities Roundtable podcast The Webinar – Jan
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