BrownBag Follow-Up – VCP5 Objective 6 w/ Josh Atwell
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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 (David Davis) Follow-Up
Video Not much in the way of show notes otherwise this weekend.
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 Follow-Up – VCP5 Obj. 2 Networking w/ Scott Lowe
Long at last, the follow-up post. Sorry it took so long this time, I was traveling and on a crummy connection, and then well, family first. That said, to the folks in the BrownBag family, here is the VCP5 Objective 2, Networking BrownBag video featuring Scott Lowe (blog) along side our own Damian Karlson. Video
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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 – David Davis Part the Second
Woot! So we had David Davis on the BrownBags once before. This time around, he’s back to talk about all things VCP5, Certification in general, and some of the exciting things TranSignal has coming. BrownBag Details Date/Time: Wednesday, 10//19/2011 @ 7:30 PM CSTRegistration: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/945190048 About David Davis This Wednesday, 10/19/2011 at 7:30PM CST, we’ll have
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BrownBag Success Story – RJ Ratan
I’ve done some reflecting on the BrownBags recently, reviewing stats and the like and came across a recent success story. Who is RJ? RJ is a virtualization guru with a Texas based Telco and was one of the recipients of the VCP410 ExamCram book. RJ also runs http://itgrunts.com/ With the book, some BrownBags, and lots
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BrownBag Follow-Up – VCP4 ExamCram & Elias Khnaser
First, a big thank-you to both Elias for taking the time to chat with us, and to Pearson for providing copies of his new ExamCram book for BrownBag goers. Now onto the content: For those that missed this BrownBag, we talked to Elias Khnaser about his new VCP4 ExamCram book. Here is the video for
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VCP4 ExamCram BrownBag!
Woot! Yes, woot! Woot we will be having Elias Khnaser, the author of “VCP4 Exam Cram 2nd Edition” on our next BrownBag. Yeah, this book, right here: Cool? Ok, well, “We’ve had guests before” you say. “How is this one different?”, you say… well, it’s different in that, I have 5 copies of this book
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BrownBag 12/08/2010 – VMware Certifications w/ Jon Hall
Instead of our usual faire of flash cards and demos, I’m going to mix it up this week by bringing in a special guest: Jon Hall of VMware Education. We’ve had Jon on a few times in the past, to talk about the certification process, the VCAP program, and the VCDX program. As we’re at
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Reader Email – Why vApps?
It seems quite a lot of folks wrote in while I was at VMworld. Normally I try to address these individually, or with a post if it would be beneficial. In this case, a commenter on one of my old VCP4 prep pages wrote to ask: “Why would you use a vApp over a Folder?”
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VCP Brownbag #9: Fragmented Bendy Busses (Storage) Follow-up
Tuesdays Brownbag had a good turn out and also featured the excellent debut of our newest co-host: Guillermo Rodriguez. Guillermo (Gee yair mo) like many of the folks on the call is a budding VCP, having taken his class, studying for his exam and interested in helping others reach the same goal. Video: We had
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VCP Brown Bag #9 – Storage (Objective 3)
There are still some big things on the horizon for the Brown Bag series. One of the first things is the introduction of a new co-host for the VCP Series. Rather than try to introduce him here… We’ll leave it as a mystery during the call. This go around we’ll be talking about storage, otherwise
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VCP Brown Bag #8 – Follow-Up
As discussed during the show, this is the follow-up post for our conversation with Jon Hall about the new VCAP Certifications. The Video Brown Bag #8 – Jon Hall Returns from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo. Please note: You can download the original WMV from the Vimeo site. The Links There were not as many this time
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