#vBrownBag Episodes

#vBrownBag Follow-up Automating View with PowerCLI with Brad Christian (@bchristian21)

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Brad Christian (@bchristian21) presents on using PowerShell to automate VMware View Pool creation and user provisioning, including Floating Linked Clones, Replica Tiering, AD group creation and entitlements. This method can have a new PowerShell user automating VMware View in under an hour just by filling out a few variables in a spreadsheet. See http://vhipster.com/2013/03/28/vbrownbag/ for the slide
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ProfessionalVMware #vBrownBag LATAM 2013-mar-28 – HA alta disponibilidad c/ @elnemesisdivina

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The following content is in Spanish, the language in which the webinar is presented. El 28 de marzo 2013 en ProfessionalVMware #vBrownBag LATAM se presentó el tema “HA alta disponibilidad”  por Raymundo Escobar Castañeda  @elnemesisdivina (tip: se puede ampliar a pantalla completa y cambiar la calidad de reprodución a HD 720p). vBrownBag en castellano es una expansión
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Nyan Nyan Nyan Batman!

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A more practical (Ok, it’s not that practical) example of the multi provider vagrant file. I present ascii Nyan cat. From a box with either Fusion or Virtualbox: git clone https://github.com/bunchc/vagrant-nyancat.gitvagrant upvagrant sshtmux new-session -d ‘nyancat’ ; split-window -d ; attach Depending on the provider… wait 5 minutes, and then Nyan!

#vBrownbag Follow-Up Lawrence Kohan covering VCAP5-CID Objective 7

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On the 26th of March 2013 Lawrence Kohan (@LawrenceKohan) covered objective 7 of the VCAP5-CID blueprint – Metering and Compliance on the EMEA vBrownbag. The video from the session is below EMEA vBrownbag with Lawrence Kohan covering VCAP5-CID Objective 7 – Metering and Compliance from EMEA vBrownbag on Vimeo.

Link Dump – Too many open links

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Time machine hated me between moves: http://superuser.com/questions/35152/how-do-i-retrieve-files-from-time-machine-backups-from-another-computer Bash Pipes – http://spin.atomicobject.com/2011/11/23/considered-harmful/ Swift in Grizzly hated me – https://answers.launchpad.net/swift/+question/222292 Changing VMX boot order –  http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2011654 Installing Chef Server – http://openstack.prov12n.com/installing-chef-server-updated/ dnsmasq example config – http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/dnsmasq.conf.example Quantum & Grizzly –  http://www.mirantis.com/blog/a-new-agent-management-approach-in-quantum-for-openstack-grizzly/ Availability Zones in Grizzly – http://www.sebastien-han.fr/blog/2013/03/18/grizzly-availability-zones/ Trust and RBAC for OpenStack –  http://adam.younglogic.com/2013/03/trusts-rbac/ Swift on the
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OpenStack #vBrownBag – Quantum and You

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Last night we had on a coworker of mine (as in sits less than 8 feet away) on to talk about the state of networking and what Quantum (and SDN) can bring to the table. Note: We had a screen resolution mismatch. With luck you’ll be able to see it better on the recording: 2013-03-26
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#vBrownBag Presenter Spotlight: Nick Weaver

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The week before VMware Partner Exchange 2013, Nick Weaver took time out of his busy schedule for the vBrownBag Presenter Spotlight. I think Nick is fairly well-known to our regular listeners, but in case you are new to vBrownBag, here’s a little background info about him: Nick is an Automation Architect for VMware where he
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#vBrownBag US Social Media open mic night with Matthew Brender (@mjbrender) Amy Lewis (@commsninja) and John Mark Troyer (@jtroyer) uncut

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Yo DAWG! A social media round table with over 40 of our closest #vBrownBag friends including special guests Matthew Brender (@mjbrender) Amy Lewis (@commsninja) and John Mark Troyer (@jtroyer). ProfessionalVMware vBrownBag US uncut w Matthew Brender (@mjbrender) Amy Lewis (@commsninja) and John Mark Troyer (@jtroyer) from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.

Quickly Backup ESXi Host Configuration with PowerCLI

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Hey Peeps, vNoob Here! This is something that I think(not sure)  a lot of people are simply not aware exists. You can quickly backup esxi host configuration with PoweCLI. Before I jump into it, I would remiss if I didn’t mention Cody’s post on backing up ESXi host configurations with vMA/vCLI, which you can find
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#vBrownBag US VMware vCloud Director Hybrid Cloud with Chris Colotti (@ccolotti)

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VCDX Chris Colotti reviews how to leverage Software Defined Data Center (SDDC), or cloud, resources with vCloud partners from the perspective of enterprise customers. 2013-03-06 VMware Hybrid Cloud Professional VMware #vBrownBag US with Chris Colotti (@ccolotti) from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.

EMEA #vBrownbag Schedule

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If you don’t already know there is an EMEA version of the vBrownbag webinar being run every Tuesday at 7PM GMT out of western Europe. We have already covered a number of topics and have done objectives from the VCP5-DT, the VCP5-IaaS and most recently the VCAP5-CID blueprints. But the reason for this posting is
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#vBrownBag LATAM en español videos disponibles ya

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The following content is in Spanish, the language in which the webinar is presented. Desde que se anunció el lanzamiento de los vBrownBag en castellano como expansión de la plataforma ProfessionalVMware.com venimos grabando las presentaciones realizadas cada jueves a las 6:00 pm hora pacífico (PST) (02:00 UTC). Feliz de anunciarles que finalmente hemos logrado publicar las grabaciones de las
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#vBrownBag Presenter Spotlight: Hersey Cartwright

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It’s time for another episode of the vBrownBag Presenter Spotlight series!  This week’s guest is Hersey Cartwright. Hersey is a Senior Virtualization Engineer for ABS Technology Architects specializing in VMware vSphere and holding the VCAP-DCA Certification.  He recently presented a vBrownBag showcasing VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) running on top of AutoLab! When Hersey is not
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OpenStack Podcasts – #vBrownBag

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After our first two successful podcasts with Mike Metral (@mikemetral) we are continuing the series and diving into some more hands on driven OpenStack with Wayne Walls (@waynewalls) OpenStack #vBrownBag Podcast Details: Date/Time: Tuesday, 8PM CSTRegister: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/760886393 If you are interested in presenting, please drop a line.

Vagrant, Chef, and the last 72 Hours

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At the suggestion of someone in the office that I look into using Vagrant in conjunction with a project, I started digging… and digging. Here are some links: http://docs.vagrantup.com/v1/docs/provisioners/shell.html http://docs.vagrantup.com/v1/docs/multivm.html http://docs.vagrantup.com/v1/docs/getting-started/ports.html http://blog.codenut.org/?p=91 http://www.bluebox.net/about/blog/2013/01/provisioning-with-razor-and-chef-an-interactive-demo/ Now, those links, and likely a number I’ve closed and lost, along with some of these for Chef: http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/ http://docs.opscode.com/knife.html http://docs.opscode.com/config_rb_client.html https://github.com/rcbops/chef-cookbooks
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