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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Time to clean out the open tabs again. Here’s a line-up of what’s going on in my world: Double-Cloud Proxy – http://www.doublecloud.org/doublecloud-proxy/ Like Onyx, but spits out working Java Best of 2011 Security books: http://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2012/01/its-time-to-name-winner-of-best-book.html Best of 2011 Presentation/Communication books: http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2012/01/10-books-to-help-you-think-create-communicate-better-in-2012.html Per VM Pricing (How much did that VM really cost): http://gabrielchapman.com/?p=159 vCO Multi-Node: http://blogs.vmware.com/orchestrator/2012/01/vco-multi-node-plug-in.html
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So all of us have Windows boxes in our shops that need to be installed, have some apps dropped on them and managed, even if we don’t really want them. That install process, has gotten easier over time with templates and what not, however, you still need to build that golden image, etc. Well, for
-> Continue reading Ninite.com – The Best Windows Tool You Aren’t Using
The APAC BrownBags kicked off last night with a VCAP-DCD study group. The Video Slides More BrownBags You can find all our past recordings for both the VCP5 series as well as every other topic we’ve covered (50+ hours) here: https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags/
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
-> Continue reading BrownBag Follow-Up – VCP5 Objective 4 with Jason Boche
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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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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I’ve talked about vMA and Active Directory (AD) integration before, also upgrading and troubleshooting it. This time out, we’re going to talk about doing this on vMA 5.0. I’ll start with the assumption that you’ve deployed vMA already. Attaching vMA 5.0 to Active Directory (AD) Make sure vMA is in DNS Make sure vMA is
-> Continue reading vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) 5.0 – Active Directory Integration
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
While not participating in the Blackouts, there are a good number of folks who are. Also, as someone who makes his living on the web and supporting web / cloud related technologies, I figure raising awareness can only be a good thing. Some quick background on what these are and why they’re important to you,
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So, FreeBSD9 was released recently. While it’s not on the VMware HCL, the prior release 8.x is, so keep in mind while it works, support may get interesting if something goes sideways. Installing FreeBSD 9.0 Getting the bits I pulled the 2.1GB DVD ISO from here: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ Choose the ISO that suits what your requirements.
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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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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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Going over some of the vCO book material I found this diagram I made for the troubleshooting system of the vCO book Basically, it lists out most of the various systems that the vCO engine talks to or depends on out of the box. Useful when you have something that died and you’re not sure
-> Continue reading Orchestrator – vCO Interdependencies Map
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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These are collected over a period of a few weeks while out on leave. They have again gotten to be too many to effectively manage, so as I close them out, I read & dump here. Cloud Shark – A vApp or physical appliance, as well as a service, for uploading packet captures (pcap) files.
-> Continue reading Open Tabs 1/6/2012
Check out Brad’s Video. No, there is not a bias for beards, just the other winners have not yet responded to making their videos public.
It’s getting close to the “no class required” VCP5 upgrade deadline, so what that means, is we’re going to take the BrownBags and use them as a group study session for those prepping for the exam. What we need however, is some volunteers to help is get through the blueprint. Volunteers! So, there is a
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John, along with having an Awesome beard, is the winner of one of VCP Vouchers! Here’s his video: More to come over the next few days.
Here we go again, it’s Wednesday, and my chrome windows have more tabs open than they should. RDP vs PCoIP – A post I was thinking about writing as I get more into this VDI thing. Well done, the only thing I would like to see added to the comparison would be the Citrix protocols
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