We will be returning to the OpenStack Summit (as usual) to give a voice to the huge community around OpenStack. The Austin summit will be huge, returning to OpenStack’s spiritual home ground and to a large convention centre. Naturally vBrownBag will be going huge as well, the OpenStack Foundation have allocated us two rooms for
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In this episode of our Cisco CCNA-DC series, Brian Trainor covers section 1 of the 640-911 exam. CCNA-DC 640-911 Section 1 Video Objectives – Describe the purpose and function of network devices – Select the components required to meet a network specification – Explain data flows in the network based on the OSI and TCP/IP
-> Continue reading #vBrownBag Follow-Up Cisco CCNA-DC 640-911 Describe how a network works w Brian Trainor (@betrainor)
While I was at the Singapore VMUG conference last week I had a chat with Sunny Dua. He has started a long webinar series on vRealize Operations Sunny is working with Simon Eady to produce an episode a month an dposting recordings to YouTube.So far there are two webinars complete and available:Part 1 : Building
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Kyle Ruddy shows you how you can manage VMware NSX through PowerShell/PowerCLI by reviewing his own modules written to take advantage of the NSX API. You can find the modules on GitHub. VMware NSX PowerShell Module Video You can follow Kyle on Twitter @kmruddy and his blog thatcouldbeaproblem.com. Originally published by ProfessionalVMware.com where you can
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Ariel Sanchez covers section 10 of the VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization exam blueprint on administering and managing virtual machines. VCP6-DCV Objective 10 Video You can find Ariel on Twitter @Arielsanchezmor Originally published by ProfessionalVMware.com where you can check out all our past recordings and upcoming schedule.
Kevin Kelling joins the #vBrownBag podcast to introduce Microsoft Azure and review the services offered by Microsoft. Introduction to Microsoft Azure Video You can follow Kevin on Twitter @blueshiftblog and his blog www.blueshiftblog.com Originally published by ProfessionalVMware.com where you can check out all our past recordings and upcoming schedule.
In this episode of the #vBrownBag VCP6-DCV series, Kellan Damm reviews using Auto Deploy and Host Profiles with vSphere 6 VCP6-DCV Section 8 Video You can follow Kellan on Twitter @kellandamm Download the commands used in this presentation Originally published by ProfessionalVMware.com where you can check out all our past recordings and upcoming schedule.
In the fourth session on Cisco ACI we have Carl Niger covering programmability with ACI. ACI Automation and Orchestration API Inspector Demo – API Inspector ACI Toolkit Demo – ACI Toolkit Cloud Orchestration Tools Demo – Openstack
Andy Banta provides a technical overview of VMware Virtual Volumes (VVols) introduced with vSphere 6 vSphere Virtual Volumes Technical Overview Video You can follow Andy on Twitter @andybanta Originally published by ProfessionalVMware.com where you can check out all our past recordings and upcoming schedule.
Edward Haletky discusses security considerations for agile cloud development including how you can add hooks into Git/GitHub to scan for private information such as security keys, passwords or Personally Identifiable Information such as social security numbers before committing code. Adding Security into Agile Cloud Development Video You can follow Edward on Twitter @texiwill and his
-> Continue reading #vBrownBag Follow-Up Adding Security into Agile Cloud Development (GIT, CI/CD, etc.) with Edward Haletky @texiwill
It is only a month until we will be in Berlin for Cisco Live! Submissions are still open for TechTalks from community members.
A vBrownBag TechTalk is a 10-12 minute presentation on a technical topic. Most presenters use slides, some simply talk and some bring a friend to present as a team. The brave presenters do live demonstrations to illustrate their point, we love these presentations. Presentations are in front of a small live audience but are live streamed and the video is published to YouTube.
You can sign up using the form below and I will be in touch to get your session scheduled.
Join Lauren for the third installment of her dive into the Cisco ACI software defined networking. In this episode, Lauren digs into ACI Contracts. Continuing with ANP – from an AVS point of view Dynamic EPGs with AVS Distributed Firewall with AVS Demo – Dynamic EPGs with vCe
Conrad Ramos (@vNoob) talks about how you can opimize your PowerShell and PowerCLI scripts. Optimizing PowerShell & PowerCLI Scripts Recording You can follow Conrad on Twitter @vNoob and his blog www.vnoob.com Originally published by ProfessionalVMware.com where you can check out all our past recordings and upcoming schedule.
The vBrownBag crew will be kicking off 2016 with a trip to Europe. Our friends at Cisco have invited us to make TechTalk videos at Cisco Live! Europe in February. If you will be at Cisco Live! in Berlin then you should present a TechTalk for us. The signup form is right here. A vBrownBag
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Sotware Defined whatever (SDx) is turning from a buzz word into some actual value, so it is definitely time to get educated on what SDx options are around. We are lucky to have some Software Defined Network skills on the vBrownBag team in the form of Lauren Malhoit. Lauren is a regular host of the US show and has been an invaluable team member making TechTalks videos at VMworld and OpenStack Summit. Lauren’s day job is with Cisco’s ACI team, so we managed to persuade her to do some late nights to present a series about Cisco’s SDN product, ACI.
The first two episodes were recorded in December and we will have a few more episodes in January.
You all know what I’m talking about. Haven’t you ever attempted some operation on a vSphere VM – VMotion, disk consolidation, etc. and received a vCenter error stating the operation failed because of some lock on the VM’s vmdk? After receiving an email from my backup software (Veeam) that one of my VMs needed disk
-> Continue reading The Infamous DISKLOCK error
Keith Townsend shares his knowledge from years as a consultant to help technology professionals understand the impact of projects and how IT projects are sponsored. #vBrownBag Business 101 for IT Pros Part 1 – Project Sponsoring You can follow Keith on Twitter @ctoadvisor Originally published at https://vbrownbag.comm – Sign up for the live #vBrownBag
-> Continue reading #vBrownBag Follow-Up Business 101 for IT Pros – Project Sponsoring with Keith Townsend (@CTOAdvisor)
VMware’s Jad El-Zein stops by to discuss and demo the new vRealize Automation 7 converged blueprint designer for IaaS and XaaS. vRA7 Converged Blueprint Video You can follow Jad on Twitter @virtualjad Originally published at https://vbrownbag.comm – Sign up for the live #vBrownBag broadcast at https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags where you can also get updates.
As a special thank you to our listeners, the #vBrownBag crew and our give-away sponsors are happy to once again run our annual end of year give-away! Now through December 16th you can sign up using the form below to be entered to win one of these great prizes which were generously donated for our
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On 1st December 2015, Xtravirt consultant Matthew Bunce (@virtualisedgeek) and ITQ consultant Marco van Baggum (vMBaggum) presented on the EMEA #vBrownbag as part of the VCP6-CMA track. The topic for his session was Objective 5 – “Allocate and Manage vRealize Automation Resources”. The recording of the session is below: Originally published at https://vbrownbag.comm – Sign
-> Continue reading #vBrownBag Follow-Up VMware VCP6-CMA Objective 5 with Marco van Baggum and Matthew Bunce