It’s Alastair here, today I am very pleased to release the vSphere 5 AutoLab, a free tool for the VMware community. What is the AutoLab? The AutoLab is a quick easy way to build a vSphere environment for testing and learning using a single desktop or laptop PC and VMware Workstation, Fusion or ESXi. The
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Tim Gleed will be back on the #vBrownBag again this week to finish up on vSphere VM Storage design as it applies to the VCAP-DCD. For part one, check here. Details Date/Time: 5/3/12 @ 18:00 Sydney, AustraliaRegistration: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/505624097
Video Slides Links VMKernel iSCSI issue http://vmtoday.com/2012/02/vsphere-5-networking-bug-affects-software-iscsi/
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Last week the APAC BrownBags covered the VCAP-DCD Implementation Design section. Video ProfessionalVMware BrownBag – VCAP-DCD Implementation Planning from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo. Slides
Video Slides More! Did you know there are now a metric boatload of ways to get the vBrownBags? In addition to live and the follow-up posts, you can pull the podcast from these places also: iTunes – http://bit.ly/BrownbagiTunesRSS – http://bit.ly/BrownbagPodcast
This week the APAC BrownBags covered VCAP-DCD and vSphere Host Design. Video Slides
This week the APAC BrownBags had on Jon Hall to talk about the VCAP 5 Exam registration, environment, and the like. List of good tidbits can be gleaned here. Video Slides
This week Alastair Cooke will be covering Availability and DR design on the APAC BrownBags. Register here: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/505624097
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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Video Also, not much in the way of show notes for this one. Enjoy!
Yesterday we dove deep into VMware’s vCloud and it’s associated architecture. Check out the video here: vCloud Architecture Video Slides vCloud Architecture BrownBag View more presentations from ProfessionalVMware. iTunes We’re now on iTunes too! http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/professionalvmware-brownbags/id468638808 Links! Sysprep KB’s: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1026614http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1026317http://4sysops.com/archives/skiprearm-use-vista-indefinitely-long-without-activation/ Maximums: http://www.virtual-blog.com/2011/08/vmware-vcloud-director-1-5-config-maximums/http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r50/vsphere-50-configuration-maximums.pdf vCloud Cloning series: http://www.chriscolotti.us/vmware/vcloud/gotcha-vcloud-director-clone-wars-part-1-overview/http://www.chriscolotti.us/vmware/vcloud/gotcha-vcloud-director-clone-wars-part-2-deep-dive/http://www.chriscolotti.us/vmware/vcloud/vcloud-director-clone-wars-part-3-design-considerations/ vCloud “Eco-System” http://www.virtual-blog.com/2011/10/vcloud-ecosystem-components-explained/http://www.chriscolotti.us/vmware/vcloud/components-for-a-vcloud-deployment/ (A bit older was my original cut
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Video – vCloud Networking (Kendrick Coleman) ProfessionalVMware Technical BrownBag – vCloud Networking from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo. Slides – vCloud Networking (Kendrick Coleman) BrownBag – vCloud Networking View more presentations from ProfessionalVMware.
This week our illustrious host Damian was joined by Sean Crookston, Chris Wahl, and Bill Hill who Deep-Dived into designing vSphere environments as well as the vSphere Storage Appliance. BrownBag Follow-Up Slides ProfessionalVMware BrownBag – SMB Design View more presentations from ProfessionalVMware. Video ProfessionalVMware Technical BrownBag – VSA and SMB vSphere Design from ProfessionalVMware on
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This time around we had Wade Holmes (@wholmes | blog) on to talk about the vCloud Architecture Toolkit 2.0. The session was facilitated by the always amazing Damian Karlson. Video Slides Wade Holmes vCloud Architecture Toolkit View more presentations from ProfessionalVMware. Also this: http://vmware.com/go/vcat
Woot! This was yet another outstanding session led by Damian Karlson, this time starring Jason Boche talking about Objective 1 of the VCAP-DCD. This, is the follow-up post, both with video, slides, and notes. Video ProfessionalVMware.com Technical Brownbag (Jason Boche) – VCAP-DCD Objective 1 from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo. Slides ProfessionalVMware BrownBag (Jason Boche) – VCAP-DCD
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Woot! Excellent BrownBag, Excellent Presenter, Excellent Participation. Sorry the follow-up post took a bit longer than usual. We covered VCAP-DCA objective 2 – Networking, with live demos some good lecture, slides, and follow-up resources. Video: ProfessionalVMware BrownBags – VCAP DCA Objective 2 – Networking from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo. Slides ProfessionalVMware VCAP BrownBag Section 2 View
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ZOMG It’s that time of week again! The time where we announce the speaker and topic for this week’s BrownBag! Topic: VCAP-DCA Objective 2 – vNetwork Distributed Switches Speaker: Damian Karlson (@sixfootdad) who blogs here. Will be presenting this weeks BrownBag. Damian is VMware Certified Professional (VCP4), a VMware vExpert for 2011, and am currently
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On 8/3 we talked vSphere performance as it relates to the VCAP-DCA exam. Specifically objective 6.2 on the exam blueprint. We also had special guest Hersey Cartwright along for the ride. First the Video, then some of the links: The Video ProfessionalVMware BrownBag – VCAP-DCA Objective 6.2 from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo. The Links Generating Load
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