Mike Ellis (@v2Mike) presents on the newly released VMware Horizon suite which includes VMware View, Horizon Mirage and Horizon Workspace packaged per user. 2013-02-27 VMware Horizon ProfessionalVMware vBrownBag US with Mike Ellis (@v2mike) from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo. Slides available at http://bit.ly/Wpth8y
Video #vBrownBag Sack Lunch – OpenStack pt 2 from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo. Links These are in reverse order of how they were mentioned in the show. http://www.openstack.org/summit/san-diego-2012/openstack-summit-sessions/ http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/ http://devstack.org/ http://www.discoposse.com/index.php/2013/02/10/openstack-lab-on-vmware-workstation-setting-up-the-all-in-one-vm/ https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Quantum http://openstack.prov12n.com/vbrownbag-w-mikemetral/ http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-network/admin/content/nvp_plugin.html http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/implementing-openstack-cinder-with-netapp-storage-on-the-rackspace-private-cloud-software http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/implementing-openstack-cinder-with-emc-storage-on-the-rackspace-private-cloud-software http://www.youtube.com/user/openstackfoundation http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-network/admin/content/demo_routers_with_private_networks_installions.html
Last night the EMEA vBrownbag started their series covering the VCAP5-CID (Cloud Infrastructure Design) and the first presenter was Philip Monk from VMware covering objective 3 of the blueprint which is vCloud Physical Design. The video from the session is embedded below and next week one of the co-hosts of the EMEA vBrownbag Arjan Timmerman
-> Continue reading VCAP5-CID now being covered on the EMEA #vBrownbag
Noise isolating, noise canceling, or just having your music too loud can lead to interesting situations:
The February 20th #vBrownBag featured Anthony Elizondo covering host profiles both best practices, as well as things to look out for when using them. Don’t forget your licensing – you need Enterprise Plus to have Host Profiles. One interesting tip I read in the VMware Press Managing and Optimizing VMware book; if you are deploying
-> Continue reading #vBrownBag US Host Profiles with Anthony Elizondo (@complex)
A while ago, in conjunction to some work with Razor and the Chef Broker for Razor, I needed to setup a Chef Server (here). This has recently become much much simpler: On a fresh Ubuntu 12.04 install, the following will turn it into a Chef Server running Chef 11. # Update the systemsudo apt-get update
-> Continue reading Installing Chef Server (Updated)
Video: #vBrownBag – Sack Lunch #1 – OpenStack with @mikemetral from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo. Notes: [Corrected] At 23 minutes Mike states Quantum was not a core project in Folsom, this is incorrect, and Quantum is indeed a core project. He meant to say that it’s not a core requirement of OpenStack yet and has not
-> Continue reading #vBrownBag w/ @MikeMetral
Ravi Venkat was part of the vBrownBag Month of Storage with, not just one, but two segments in March 2012. He agreed to sit down with us and to share more of his industry insights in a vBrownBag Presenter Spotlight session. If there was a Who’s Who for the Virtualization & Cloud community, you might
-> Continue reading #vBrownBag Presenter Spotlight: Ravi Venkat
Hey All, vNoob Here! Out on those interwebs there are a lot of VCAP-DCA Study guides out there, all with varying levels of completeness. In fact Chris Wahl has a list of several of them here. A few of those are completed or very close to completion. Langer and Coen however have just put out their own
-> Continue reading An UnOfficial VCAP-DCA 5 Study Guide Now Available for Download
Shannon Snowden from Zerto joined the #vBrownBag with a overview of the design/architecture, demo and Q&A on Zerto’s disaster recovery product. 2013-02-13 20.30 Professional VMware US #vBrownBag with Shannon Snowden (@shannonsnowden @Zerto ) from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.
Starting next week, and running for as long as I can find presenters, I’m kicking off a series of OpenStack Podcasts under the #vBrownBag umbrella. To kick things off, we’re having Mike Metral on to initiate us in all things OpenStack. From there, who knows? Details: One-Off, Open Topic. Currently OpenStackDate/Time: Tuesday, 8PM CSTRegister: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/760886393
-> Continue reading OpenStack Podcasts – #vBrownBag
In the last 12 months the #vBrownBag podcast has expanded quite a bit. Specifically, we’ve re-launched an EMEA localized podcast, APAC is picking back up, and we’ve also added a spanish speaking LATM podcast. Basically, we’re in your timezone, being driven by your local community. Here’s how the new show’s break down: US #vBrownBag Current
-> Continue reading #vBrownBags – Updates and Announcements (Sack Lunches)
On 2/6 Shane Williford (@coolsport00) reviewed VM Host Tuning, objectives 3.1 and 3.2 of the VCAP-DCA. My favorite note – check the HCL! 2013-02-06 US #vBrownBag VMware VM Tuning VCAP-DCA Objective 3.1 and 3.2 with Shane Williford (@coolsport00) from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.
On 1/30 Hersey Cartwright gave an overview and live demo for setting up VMware SRM using vSphere Host replication. Recording and slides below. 2013-01-23 US #vBrownBag VMware SRM with Hersey Cartwright (@herseyc) from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.
Hi everyone! We’ll be having Zerto’s own Shannon Snowden on the US #vBrownBag podcast on February 13th, 2013 at 730pm CST. There were a number of questions regarding Zerto during a recent podcast with Hersey Cartwright on VMware SRM, and we thought it would be cool to have Shannon on for a technical deep-dive and live demonstration
-> Continue reading US #vBrownBag: Ask Zerto!
In this week’s installment of the #vBrownBag Presenter Spotlight, we are joined by the man behind the vCloud Link icon on Twitter, Jake Robinson! Jake is a Solutions Architect at Bluelock, where he specializes in infrastructure automation, cloud computing, and security. His credentials include the VCP, CISSP, and VMware vExpert recognition. Jake has presented at
-> Continue reading #vBrownBag Presenter Spotlight: Jake Robinson
On the 5th of February 2013 Gregg Robertson presented his London VMUG VCAP5 presentation on the EMEA vBrownbag. The video from the session is below and all the resources and more that he covered in the presentation are listed on his blog here EMEA vBrownbag with Gregg Robertson Covering VCAP5 Study Materials and Experiences from
-> Continue reading #vBrownbag Follow-Up Gregg Robertson Covering VCAP5 Resources and Experiences
This post is most decidedly not OpenStack related. However, it’s one of those “I am a grown up and work on grown up things” sorts of posts. When you are on a call with multiple other folks, there is a style and flow to the conversation, and while the phone allows for two way communication,
-> Continue reading On Mute Buttons
The demo you have all been waiting for! Due to technical difficulties, the demo portion of the 1/23 #vBrownBag with Lawrence Kohan on Chargeback manager was cut out of the original recording but Lawrence re-recorded it with us for your viewing and learning pleasure! #vBrownBag Charge Backback Manager with Lawrence Kohan (@LawrenceKohan) from ProfessionalVMware on
-> Continue reading VMware Chargeback Manager Demo with Lawrence Kohan (@LawrenceKohan)
The following content is in Spanish, the language in which the webinar is presented. El 31 de enero 2013 en ProfessionalVMware #vBrownBag LATAM se presentó el tema “Almacenamiento NFS ¿Qué es y para qué sirve? por Larry González @virtualizeCR (tip: se puede ampliar a pantalla completa y cambiar la calidad de reprodución a HD 720p). También
-> Continue reading ProfessionalVMware #vBrownBag LATAM 2013-ene-31 – Almacenamiento NFS / Larry González @virtualizeCR