Tag: VCP

#vBrownBag EMEA VMware Auto Deploy with Mike Marseglia (@mmars)

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Mike Marseglia stops by the EMEA #vBrownBag to talk about VMware Auto Deploy. Video You can find Mike on Twitter @mmars and his blog http://blog.mmars.org/ Sign up for the live ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag broadcast at https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags/ where you can get updates on our upcoming Cisco certification track series as well as follow some of our past
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#vBrownBag Follow-Up VMware vSphere Auto Deploy Deep Dive with Rob Nelson (@rnelson0)

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Rob Nelson does a deep dive into VMware vSphere Auto Deploy which facilitates the rapid deployment and provisioning of vSphere host. Rob covers the requirements including DHCP configuration options and PowerCLI image builder steps. Video Video You can find Rob on Twitter @rnelson0 and his blog http://rnelson0.com/ Sign up for the live ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag broadcast
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#vBrownBag Follow-Up VCAP-DTD with Thomas Brown (@thombrown)

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Thomas Brown joins the professionalvmware.com #vBrownBag to wrap up the VCAP-DTD mini-series, reviewing sections 5 and 6 of the the VMware Certified Advanced Professional in Desktop Design blueprint. Video You can find Thomas on Twitter @thombrown and his blog at http://www.thomas-brown.com/. You can request a copy of the blueprint in the VMware MyLearn portal. Sign
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#vBrownBag Follow-Up VCAP-DTD with Brian Suhr (@bsuhr)

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Brian Suhr joins the professionalvmware.com #vBrownBag to review sections 1 and 2 of the the VMware Certified Advanced Professional in Desktop Design blueprint. Recording Slides https://app.box.com/s/uyjvmp20rm6srv5mzngb You can find Brian on Twitter @bsuhr and his blog athttp://www.virtualizetips.com/ andhttp://www.datacenterzombie.com/. You can request a copy of the blueprint in the VMware MyLearn portal. Sign up for the live
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#vBrownBag Follow-Up VCAP-DTD with Adam Eckerle (@eck79)

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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
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Upcoming VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Desktop Design Series

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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
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#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 Chargeback Manager Part 2 w/Lawrence Kohan (@LawrenceKohan)

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A follow up to the excellent #vBrownBag two weeks ago.  Lawrence dives deeper into business reasons and use cases for VMware Chargeback manager.  The demo/live walk through at the end will be re-recorded and posted next week. Chargeback manager can be used for traditional corporate environments to help show the cost associated with maintaining infrastructure or in
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#vBrownBag VCP-IAAS Follow-Ups

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Whoops. It’s been a while since I’ve posted the Follow-Ups for these. Here is the Video for our VCP-IAAS intro and the slide decks for both the intro & Section 1.1. #vBrownBag VCP-IAAS Intro Video Slides #vBrownBag VCP-IAAS Objective 1.1 Slides Video The video for this one is undergoing editing… will post when it’s done.

#vBrownBag US Restart (VCP-IAAS)

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We were originally planning on taking a month off. However, we’re quite energized coming off from VMworld US, have a good amount of content (security month, VCP-IAAS, and “Sack Lunches” (more on that some other time (nested parens FTW))), that we just needed to keep going. Here’s the details for the new series: #vBrownBag VCP-IAAS
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AutoLab automation uncovered, vCloud

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Alastair Cooke just released AutoLab v1.0 to production, and I wanted to talk a bit about the automation that went into the vCloud Director portion of the AutoLab. Before I get started, I’d like to point out a quote that’s attributed to Sir Isaac Newton, “If I have seen further, it is by standing on
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AutoLab 1.0 released

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Hi everyone, it’s Alastair again with more AutoLab news.  Today we have released version 1.0 of the AutoLab which is a huge leap.  As you may have seen on my Demitasse blog the AutoLab has a sponsor, Veeam are helping make the AutoLab better.  In AutoLab 1.0 we not only have the complete vSphere lab in a box but now also the ability to add Veeam Backup and Replication and Veeam ONE into the lab. This allows evaluation testing and training on these products without deploying onto your production vSphere.

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AutoLab automation uncovered, PowerShell

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It’s Alastair here with the latest AutoLab automation post, this one is a little about the PowerShell automation that helps bring the pieces together. The first AutoLab automation post is here, the second here and the third here.

One of my favourite automation tools for vSphere is the PowerCLI snapin to Microsoft PowerShell. If you are a Windows guy working in Virtualization then you should get to know PowerCLI.  I consider myself a real beginner with PowerCLI, I use it when I have a task to repeat but it’s not where I work all day.  There are some awesome scripters who are more comfortable on a command prompt than with a GUI, these are the guys whose scripts I have hacked to make my script and you can start by doing the same.  If you are a skilled scripter you may despair at my scripts, feel free to email me to recommend better ways.

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AutoLab automation uncovered, ESXi builds

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Hi, it’s Alastair again, this is the third post uncovering the automation that is in the AutoLab. If you don’t know what the AutoLab is then head to my AutoLab announcement post. If you missed the first article on AutoLab automation then you can head there now, then read the second post before returning here.

A rather important part of the AutoLab are the ESXi servers.  The server basic builds are automated using a PXE server and the Weasel installer that has been part of ESXi since 4.1. Weasel doesn’t require PXE, it is perfectly happy with CDROM or USB boot, the AutoLab uses PXE to allow central management which makes scaling easier. PXE requires two services, a DHCP service and a TFTP service. In the AutoLab both are provided by the DC VM, the DHCP service is the standard Windows DHCP and the TFTP service is the Jounin TFTP server. 

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AutoLab automation uncovered, Windows builds

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Hi, it’s Alastair again, this is the second post uncovering the automation that is in the AutoLab, if you don’t know what the AutoLab is then head to my AutoLab announcement post. If you missed the first article on AutoLab automation then you can head there now, before returning here.

This article is all about how the windows servers in the AutoLab are built, there were a lot of Yaks to Shave before you can install the VMware goodness.

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APAC vBrownBag returning in July

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The APAC series of BrownBags will return at the start of July.  This series will focus on the What’s New of VCAP5-DCA as well as looking at a few other VMware products in real world use.  The schedule ahead is maintained on my blog and you can signup for the new series here: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/885241632 Get
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AutoLab Automation outline

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This is another post from Alastair. Just a reminder that Cody is no longer alone in posting on ProfessionalVMware.com. Earlier this month the AutoLab was announced right here on ProfessionalVMware and released on LabGuides.com. We’ve had a huge number of downloads and a great response.  For those who missed it the AutoLab is a package
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vSphere AutoLab first Bug report

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As expected when the AutoLab was released people wanted to use it, then found issues.  This is why I put version 0.5 on it! Erik Bussink has found that the Windows 2008R2 build automation for the Domain Controller and Virtual Center VMs is currently only compatible with the RTM release, it fails with the SP1
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vSphere 5 AutoLab

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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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BrownBag Follow-Up – VCP5 Objective 7 with @btobia

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Video Slides Links http://www.vhersey.com/2011/08/access-the-esxi-direct-console-user-interface-dcui-over-ssh/ http://www.lucd.info/category/vsphere/event/ http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2011/08/10/vcenter-appliance/ http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2011/07/new-vsphere-5-cli-utilitiestricks.html http://www.vbeers.org/2012/02/21/vbeers-seattle-wa-wednesday-march-7th-2012/ http://www.yellow-bricks.com/esxtop/ http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-monitoring-performance-guide.pdf http://www.amazon.com/Storage-Design-Implementation-vSphere-VMware/dp/0321799933/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1329962282&sr=8-11 http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/server/vsphere/automationtools/vima