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#vBrownbag Follow-Up Conquering Storage Performance w Vishal Misra (@vishalmisra) and Jonathan Klick (@jonathanklick)

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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
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Automate All The Things #vBrownBag Follow Up – Hardcore vCAC with Jon Harris (@ThevCACguy)

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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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Automate ALL The Things #vBrownBag Follow Up – vCO Install & Config with Mike Preston (@mwpreston)

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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
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#vBrownBag 2013 End of Year Give-Away Winners Announced!

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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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Automate ALL The Things #vBrownBag Follow Up – vCO Getting Started with Joerg Lew (@joerglew)

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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 –
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Automate ALL The Things #vBrownBag Follow Up – vCAC 6.0 Config with Jon Harris (@ThevCACGuy)

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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
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#vBrownBag Follow Up – VCAP Design Bootcamp Part 2 with John Arrasjid, Linus Bourque and Jon Hall

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In part 2 of the VCAP Design Boot Camp, John Arrasjid, Linus Bourque and Jon Hall review the various types of questions you will see on the VCAP Design exams as well as reviews examples of each type of question. Video #vBrownBag VCAP Design Boot Camp Part 2 with John Arrasjid (@vcdx001), Linux Bourque (@linusbourque)
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#vBrownBag Follow Up – VCAP Design Bootcamp with John Arrasjid, Mostafa Khalil and Linus Bourque

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In part one of a two-part VCAP Design Boot Camp, John Arrasjid, Mostafa Khalil, Linus Bourque and JonHall reviewed the blueprints for the VCAP-DCD, VCAP-CID and VCAP-DTD exams.  On Tuesday November 19th, they will dive back in and review test examples to help you prepare for the exam. Video #vBrownBag VCAP Design Boot Camp with
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#vBrownBag US VCAP Design Bootcamp with John Arrasjid (@vcdx001) Tuesday 11/12 and 11/19 [Updated!]

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**Update – The boot camp will be focused on the VCAP Design exam, not VCDX – sorry for the confusion** The VCAP Design Bootcamp is coming to the #vBrownBag!  John Arrasjid (@vcdx001) will be presenting two special #vBrownBag US shows on Tuesday 11/12 and 11/19.  The regularly scheduled OpenStack show will return after the VCAP
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Automate ALL the things #vBrownBag Follow Up – PowerCLI for the VDI geek with Andre Leibovici (@andreleibovici)

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Andrew Leibovici talks about how you can start to automate VMware Horizon View, how it works, how to configure your environment, how to get-help and some examples. #vBrownBag Automate ALL the things – PowerCLI for the VDI geek with Andre Leibovici (@andreleibovici) from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.

Automate ALL The Things #vBrownBag Follow Up – PowerCLI for the VM admin with Alan Renouf (@alanrenouf)

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Alan Renouf rolls the next Automate All the Things session, discussing PowerCLI for the infrastructure manager.  He kicks off with requirements for PowerCLI as well as some basic commands to help get you started automating all the things. **First 35 seconds not edited, after all isn’t that what makes a #vBrownBag? Slides Video #vBrownBag Automate
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Automate All the Things #vBrownbag Follow-Up Todd Lewey (@tlewey) covering Autolab

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Todd Lewey (@tlewey) covers the installation and configuration of Autolab which will be used through out the Automate All the Things series. Getting Started with Autolab You can download Autolab here (http://www.labguides.com/) Google+ Community If you need help, have other questions or want to keep the conversation going, you can join the G+ Automate All
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#vBrownbag Follow-Up Nick Marshall (@nickmarshall9) covering vSphere 5.5 vFlash Read Cache

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Nick Marshall, author of Mastering vSphere 5.5, reviews the configuration and use of the new VMware vSphere 5.5 vFlash Read Cache. 2013-09-11 Professionalvmware.com #vBrownBag vSphere 5.5 vFlash Read Cache with Nick Marshall (@nickmarshall9) from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.

#vBrownbag Follow-Up Nick Marshall (@nickmarshall9) covering VSAN

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Nick Marshall, author of Mastering vSphere 5.5, reviews the requirements, installation and configuring of VMware’s new VSAN offering which was announced at VMworld along with vSphere 5.5. 2013-09-04 Professionalvmware.com #vBrownBag VMware VSAN with Nick Marshall (@nickmarshall9) from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.

#vBrownBag Follow-up My Journey to becoming a VCDX with Brian Suhr (@bsuhr)

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Brian Suhr talks about some the requirements, and lessons learned as he works towards his VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) Certification and wraps up with a Q&A. #vBrownBag Follow-up VCDX Journey with Brian Suhr (@bsuhr) from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.

#vBrownBag Tech Talks @VMworld 2013

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The Tech Talks for VMworld USA 2013 have concluded and are now available on YouTube, click the session to open the video. Alternatively you can get all the videos on this Playlist

A few of the videos aren’t here yet, they will be here soon.

  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
10:30 vExpert Daily vExpert Daily vExpert Daily
11:00 vExpert Daily Shannon Snowden – Zerto Edward Haletky – 10 Steps to Migrating to the Cloud
11:15 Colin McNamara – OpenStack for VMware admins Joerg Lew – Make your automation stopgaps enterprise ready (with vCO)
11:30 Jim Millard – Certificates 101 Edward Haletky – New way of looking at the Secure Hybrid Cloud Steve Flanders – Extend vCenter Log Insight with Content Packs
11:45 Shane Williford -vCD Networking Made Easy! Peter Flecha – Extending storage to remote offices and the cloud Keith Norbie – SDDC: Like a Harmony Remote Control
12:00 PHD Virtual Jeramiah Dooley – Does Hardware Matter Anymore? Anton Zhbankov – Cloud is people and process, not technology Gabriel Chapman – HyperConvergence – What Is It
12:15 Ashish Gupta – Architecting an all-flash cloud infrastructure YP Chien – Automating Application Server Deployment in vCloud with vCO, PowerShell & Group Policy Trevor Roberts Jr – Vagrant Up with VMware
12:30 Maish Saidel-Keesing – Cisco Chuck Mills – Top Mirage Use Cases Scott Hanson – Converged Infrastructure
12:45 David Espejo – The strange case of the PSOD Todd Mace – Why Flash technology is so disruptive
14:00 Rick Vanover – Veeam Jon Harris – vCAC: The power of custom properties
14:30 Blake Garner – Mac OS X guests in vCloud Infinio  Graham Breeze, Sr. Systems Engineer and vExpert, Tintri -See Zero Management Storage in Action
14:45 Tony Foster – A physical desktop lost in a virtual world.
15:00 Julian Wood – HP Virtual Connect Quick Deep Dive Chris Seline – Real world experience: low latency vSphere storage using VNX
15:15 Christopher Kusek – Using PowerCLI to support your mission; Lessons from the Warzone
15:30 Dwayne Lessner – Nutanix Timothy Patterson – Real Life Adventures with Auto Deploy
15:45 Chethan Kumar – Impact of Data Acceleration Tier on I/O Performance
16:00   David Davis-Trainsignal
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16:30 Eric Wright – Bridging the gap to Private Cloud  Larry Touchette – Accelerate Storage with Server Based Caching
16:45 Chris Gebhardt – Storage Innovations for VMware Horizon
17:00 Wen Yu – esxtop deep dive  Vaughn Stewart – Software Defined Storage: What, How & Why
17:15 Julian Wood – Help, my VDI project is hell!
17:30 Mike Ellis – SRM Lessons Learned

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#vBrownBag Follow-up Stretched Cluster with Joey Ware (@joey_vm_ware)

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Joey Ware gives an overview of how University of Oklahoma’s Shared Services group is using a stretched cluster for their private cloud utilizing state fiber for sub 5ms speeds. #vBrownBag Follow-up Stretched Cluster Deployment with Joey Ware (@joey_vm_ware) from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.

#vBrownBag Follow-up vCloud Automation Center with Jon Harris (@jonharrisnm)

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vExpert Jon Harris reviews the features of VMware vCloud Automation Center and deep dives into use case scenarios and configuration options.  If you take nothing else from the presentation (and I would be hard not to be wowed by vCAC), please know that it is pronounced “veeCake“!  Jon also has several blog posts on vCAC
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