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Hi everyone, welcome to this weeks newsletter and the 2nd Quarter of 2015. I would like to remind everyone to please check out the VMware TAM Blog at: http://blogs.vmware.com/tam/. It is also important for you to ensure that you are not affected by any of the latest VMware Kbs which we list each week in this newsletter. This should be part of your weekly maintenance and it would be a good idea to discuss this with your VMware TAM during your regular meetings.

I am back in the USA after a short visit to Australia which was really great but I am pleased to be back in San Francisco.

Have a fantastic week.

Virtually Yours

Neil Isserow

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San Francisco, CA

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NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM VMWARE

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• Top 20 Articles for March 2015 (https://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6514)Here is our Top 20 KB list for March 2015. This list is ranked by the number of times a VMware Support Request was resolved by following the steps in a published Knowledge Base article. 1. VMware ESXi 5.x host experiences a purple diagnostic screen mentioning E1000PollRxRing and E1000DevRx (2059053) 2. ESXi host cannot initiate […]

   

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  vCloud Director Design and Scale – KBTV Webinars (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6509)This video is the third in a new series of free Webinars in which our Technical Support staff members present on various topics across a wide range of VMware’s product portfolio. The title for this presentation is vCloud Director – Design and Scale and it dives into some best practices and recommendations as to how […]

   

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  Optimizing IT Services for DevOps, Agility, and Cloud Capabilities (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=1478)By Reginald Lo A recent Gartner survey[1] revealed that 85 percent of IT departments are pressured by their customers to deploy new or changed IT systems or services faster. As the speed of business continues to increase, IT is having a harder time keeping up. As a result, 41 percent of business leaders attribute faster […]

   

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  What’s New with Virtual SAN 6.0? (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16971)Software-Defined Storage is making waves in the storage and virtual infrastructure fields. Data and infrastructure are intertwined, and when they’re both brought together, companies can cut down on expenses and increase productivity. Rawlinson Rivera, Principal Architect, Storage and Availability, recently hosted a webinar, discussing how VMware is approaching Software-Defined Storage (SDS) and virtualization in recently […]

   

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  Enable Auto Deploy on vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 6 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16948)Many customers are now converting over to use the vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 since vSphere 6 has reached feature parity with the Windows vCenter Server. For those of you who are new to using the appliance, I figured I would walk you through setting up the Auto Deploy portion of the server. First you must […]

   

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  vSphere Virtual Volumes (VVols) Interoperability Matrix (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16920)Since the official release of vSphere 6.0, Virtual Volumes (VVols) has generated a great deal of interest with customers, field consultants, and the VMware community. Now that VVols is available customers can begin testing functionality and capabilities. There have been many questions about what VMware products and vSphere features are compatible and currently interoperate with […]

   

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  Virtual SAN VCG Update – New HP, Fujitsu & Quanta Controllers certified for Virtual SAN! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=16930)The Virtual SAN product team is pleased to announce that the following controllers are now certified on Virtual SAN and are listed on the Virtual SAN VCG: 6G 6.0 Hybrid: HP P420 HP P420i HP P220i HP P822 Quanta SAS2308 12G 6.0 Hybrid HP P440 (without hot plug) 12G 5.5 Hybrid Fujitsu LSI 3008 We […]

   

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  New vSphere 6 Resources from Global Support Services (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5462)Each month, we’ll share the top VMware Global Support Services (GSS) news, alerts, and announcements from our sister blog, VMware Support Insider. Read on to find out what you might have missed last month. New vSphere 6 Content With the recent announcement of vSphere 6, the GSS team has been busy preparing new resources to […]

   

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  Tips to make your group study session a success (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5456)Tips for finding the right VMware certification study group to fit your needs.

   

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  VCP6-DCV Certification Now Available (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5463)One of our most popular certifications is now available on vSphere 6 technology: VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV). This certification that validates your ability to deploy, configure, administer and scale a vSphere 6 virtualized data center, including administering and troubleshooting virtualization technologies such as: vSphere HA and DRS Clusters storage virtualization using […]

   

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  New VMware ViewPoint Webinar: Micro-segmentation with VMware NSX (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=5453)Ready to take advantage of the features in VMware NSX? Join us for the next installment of the ViewPoint Webinar Series on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. ET. In this one-hour webinar, John Krueger, VMware Education Technical Lead and VMware Certified Instructor will discuss the major features and capabilities […]

   

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  Providing IT Services with Infrastructure Building Blocks (http://blogs.vmware.com/tam/?p=2055)By Jason Gaudreau Mission-critical applications, such as customer-facing applications and financial systems, are vital to a smooth operation of the company’s business. These applications are core to the company’s mission, and system downtime translates to financial losses to the organization. While other applications, like general-purpose printing, software media libraries and infrastructure monitoring tools don’t require […]

   

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  What We Read This Week (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3800)“The Future of Telco” Podcast, Columbia Sportswear Saves Millions with Network Virtualization, the Digital Debate of The Internet of Things and More       ① Wondering where Telco and NFV is headed in 2015? Check out this podcast recap of a panel featuring EMC, VMware and Pivotal from Mobile World Congress 2015. Blogs.VMware.com/TribalKnowledge>   […]

   

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  Telco 2015 – NFV and the Path to the Telco Cloud | #MWC15 (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3794)Back in March, Barcelona hosted the world’s greatest mobile event: Mobile World Congress. AirWatch Connect, presented at Mobile World Congress, provided attendees with a business-focused experience, including sessions, certifications, and solution expos focused on business mobility. The AirWatch community of industry leaders, business innovators and technology experts at Mobile World Congress joined attendees to collaborate […]

   

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  Nevro Uses Cloud Technology to Tailor the Right Patient Solutions (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3791)This post was originally published on The Bridge. It’s easy to think of the cloud as nothing more than a neat place to store files and share documents, but it actually impacts nearly every aspect of our lives — and to some, our bodies and personal health may depend on it. Nevro is a prime example: The […]

   

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  An Interview with 2014 Fling Contest Winner Zachary Widing (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3787)Late last year, we announced the winner of the 2014 VMware Fling Contest — Zachary Widing. He won for his idea to update the Onyx Fling to support the vSphere Web Client. You can read additional details on Zachary’s winning submission here. We caught up with Zachary to discuss winning the Fling contest. It’s been […]

   

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  Why Object Storage Is Making Inroads Into Enterprise Storage Deployments (http://blogs.vmware.com/cto/?p=3328)The amount of data stored within an enterprise is growing at a phenomenal rate. In the late ‘90s, a storage system with one petabyte capacity was considered a great accomplishment— you got your name in news articles and also got invited to give conference keynotes! Today, the storage industry talks in terms of exabytes and zettabytes. Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few years, this should come as no surprise— the phenomenal growth rates (50-60% CAGR), coupled with the growing…

   

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  Implementing a Hybrid Cloud Strategy (http://blogs.vmware.com/cto/?p=3334)Today I have the pleasure to present a brand new white paper which was the result of a collaboration between three different teams within VMware. A couple of months ago I stumbled across a great diagram which was developed by Hany Michael, (Consulting Architect, VMware PSO) who is part of the VMware CTO Ambassador program. The CTO Ambassadors are members of a small group of our most experienced and talented customer-facing, individual contributor technologists. The diagram explained an interesting…

   

  
  

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  Using Super Metrics to Populate Widgets in VMware vRealize Operations Manager (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=2149)By Jeremy Wheeler When setting up dashboards in VMware vRealizeTM Operations ManagerTM, I’ve found a lot of customers are trying to locate specific metrics, such as how much memory is available to a cluster after honoring N+1 and 80 percent max memory utilization per host. These types of metrics can be located through a “super […]

   

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  VMSA-2015-0003 (SKIP-TLS) (http://blogs.vmware.com/security/?p=1327)New VMware security advisory VMSA-2015-0003 (SKIP-TLS) Today VMware has released the following new security advisory, VMSA-2015-0003 The advisory documents CVE-2014-6593, which was issued for the incorrect handling of the ChangeCipherSpec in Oracle JRE also known as “SKIP” or “SKIP-TLS”. The issue allows a Man-in-the Middle to manipulate the SSL handshake which may result in impersonation of the […]

   

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  Extending vRealize Operations Actions with vRealize Orchestrator and Workflow Package (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6608)Test drive vSphere with Operations Management to gain the best performance and efficiency out of your infrastructure and applications When vRealize Operations Management 6.0 was released, VMware increased the flexibility afforded to administrators by adding the concepts of symptoms, recommendations and actions to the product. As you might expect, symptoms are thresholds or characteristics that define […]

   

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  OpenStack: Demystifying OpenStack logs using vRealize Log Insight (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6707)The VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO) team is happy to announce the availability of the OpenStack content pack for Log Insight! The content pack features 11 dashboards, 56 widgets in an easy to understand, visual representation on how well operationally, the OpenStack setup is working. Background An OpenStack setup usually consists of a very (large) pool […]

   

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  Capacity Management in SDDC – Part 5 (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6107)Get the best performance and efficiency out of your vSphere infrastructure Conduct a free trial today by installing vSphere with Operations Management in your environment. Capacity Management policy is interlinked to the Performance Management policy and Availability Management policy. As shown in the diagram below, both Performance and Availability management drive your Capacity Management. The Capacity […]

   

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  Palo Alto Networks Content Pack is Now Available (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=6726)We’re pleased to announce the Palo Alto Networks Content Pack for vRealize Log Insight is now available here. Our friends at Palo Alto Networks and VMware have partnered to provide a unique solution for troubleshooting Palo Alto Network’s (PAN) next generation firewalls in in dynamic VMware virtual environments.  The PAN-OS Content Pack for VMware Log […]

   

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  Top 10 Reasons to Migrate to a VMware vCloud Service Provider (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5185)It’s difficult for companies to find the right cloud path as the cloud computing market continues its rapid growth. When searching for a service provider, consider your organization’s computing needs to help you find the best service provider. Here are some reasons why you should consider employing a VMware Service Provider: Mitigate Operational Challenges of […]

   

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  Join the Discussion! The vCloud Air Community Just Got a Refresh (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5163)Are you a new user of a VMware vCloud® AirTM service solution, considering your move to the hybrid cloud, or looking for use cases to help get you started? Do you have questions, feedback, or an interest in chatting with other vCloud Air users? We have a solution: The VMware vCloud Air Community, a safe-haven […]

   

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  vCloud Air Meets PowerCLI – Part 2 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=5167)In my previous post, I introduced the new PowerCLI 6.0 R1 release as it relates to VMware vCloud® Air™, and how PowerCLI champions and vCloud Air customers can both benefit from this release. At a high level, we introduced the two modules (Cloud and PCloud) that comprise the vCloud Air integration, allowing you to manage […]

   

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  SQL Server VM Performance on VMware vSphere 6 (http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/?p=2277)Last October, I blogged about SQL Server performance with vSphere 5.5 using a four-socket Intel Xeon processor E7 based host.  Now that vSphere 6 is available, I’ve run an updated set of tests using this new release, on an even more powerful host, with Xeon E7 v2 processors.  A variety of virtual CPU (vCPU) and […]

   

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  VCDX-NV Interview: Chris Miller Talks VMware NSX Certification (http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/?p=1891)Chris Miller is the principal architect for AdvizeX in Columbus OH. He runs the NSX program from a technical and marketing perspective, including enterprise pre-sales support and go-to-market strategies. ***  I started my career as a traditional Cisco networking guy. I spent 10 to 15 years as a network architect. But I’d been tracking what […]

   

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  Increase Deal Size with VMware’s Network Virtualization & Security Platform (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2429)Did you know NSX is the network virtualization and security platform for the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC), which brings the operational model of a virtual machine (VM) to the data center network? Well, it is! In addition to transforming the economics of network and security operations, NSX serves as a valuable sales tool that enables […]

   

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  HP OneView is a Winner with Over 100K Licenses Sold (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1689)The success of HP OneView will open doors for you – check this out.  Take the opportunity to talk to accounts about how HP OneView integrations with VMware vCenter and Operation Management Suite deliver the integration and automation your customers need to help them simplify data center operations and boost business agility.  Call your customers […]

   

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  Deliver Workstation-Quality Graphics on Any Device (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1686)VMware, Dell, and NVIDIA together take the guesswork out of virtualization to ensure organizations can virtualize without compromise. Check out this blog post to find out how this joint solution is helping organizations adopt server and desktop virtualization to deliver workstation-quality graphics on any device.

   

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  VCP Recertification Deadline Extended to May 8th (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1684)According to the new recertification policy all VMware Certified Professionals (VCPs) must recertify. We’ve extended the initial expiration date to May 8, 2015. Don’t let your company become at risk for losing their program benefits. Already recertified? The good news for you is that you get to update your VCP to version 6 at a […]

   

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  HP ConvergedSystem 200-HC EVO:RAIL (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1682)Watch this video to find out how you can leverage this new solution to deliver applications and services faster and more efficiently than ever before. Help your customers lower IT costs with this new all-in-one solution that simplifies virtual machine (VM) deployments.

   

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  How to Deliver Instant Gratification to the Always-On College World with Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) ()If college students had a mantra, I bet it’d be something along the lines of that Queen song: “I want it all and I want it now!”  Students are used to instant, 24×7 access to social media, gaming, music and more in their personal lives. It’s no surprise they expect the same of their computer labs, courseware and IT support at school. And they’re not the only ones with on-demand expectations. Faculty want to be able to innovate in real-time – not wait until next semester to introduce new…

   

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  USB Redirection of Storage Devices in Horizon with View for RDSH Desktops and Apps (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7492)By Gang Si, Senior Member of the Technical Staff, End-User Computing, VMware As you may know, VMware Horizon with View has supported redirection of USB devices to VDI desktops for a long time. Now, for the first time, View has the capability of redirecting USB storage devices to RDSH desktops and applications. This feature is […]

   

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  Instant Gratification for the Always-On College World with Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7484)If college students had a mantra, I bet it’d be something along the lines of that Queen song: “I want it all and I want it now!”  Students are used to instant, 24×7 access to social media, gaming, music and more in their personal lives. It’s no surprise they expect the same of their computer […]

   

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  VMware Supports Next Generation of Global Leaders With Socialcast (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7470)By Bob Schultz, chief strategy lead, End-User Computing, VMware Last week, I found myself shaking hands with His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles.   The question everyone has been asking me since is: How did that happen? It all started over a year ago, when the Socialcast team at VMware was approached by […]

   

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  Six New Horizon 6 Innovations: New On-Demand Webcast (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=7465)Forget the adage that good things come in threes. Good things definitely come in sixes when it comes to Horizon 6 and its six new advancements. You may remember that last year VMware announced Horizon 6 with RDS and full support for remote apps. This year, things are getting even better with a new release: […]

   

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  Enterprise mobility news recap: Mar 30- April 3 (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=35506)This week covers more details about AirWatch 8 unified endpoint management features and describes mobility’s importance, even when compared to the Internet. In an interview with TechRepublic, Vox Mobile Chief Strategy Officer Jim Haviland describes mobility’s importance in the enterprise. “[Mobility] is much bigger and faster than the internet revolution,” Haviland says. A recent IDC […]

   

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  Watch the video: Veracode describes the AirWatch partnership and common goal to secure apps (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=35473)When it comes to mobile security, AirWatch and Veracode have similar goals in mind. Veracode is an application risk management platform that provides IT administrators with mobile application security information. At AirWatch Connect 2015, Theordora Titonis, VP of Mobile at Veracode sat down with AirWatch TV to discuss employee app security and Veracode and AirWatch […]

   

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  Watch video: MWC’s 20th Annual Global Mobile Awards presents award to AirWatch (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=35437)Last month at Mobile World Congress, AirWatch was nominated and presented the award for “Best Mobile Cloud Services or App.” AirWatch was recognized as a valuable solution to the enterprise because it provides a solution to address both corporate and personally owned devices and has notable multi-platform capabilities. In a press release, GSMA CEO John Hoffman […]

   

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  AirWatch 8 presents a vision for unified endpoint management (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=35347)Breaking down the silos between mobile and desktop management is becoming a priority for IT leaders. In AirWatch’s latest software release, AirWatch 8 addresses the concerns of these independent silos and provides features to enable collaboration and security across mobile and desktop platforms. These new features include desktop endpoint support for Chromebooks and real time […]

   

  
  

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  Increase Deal Size with VMware’s Network Virtualization & Security Platform (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2429)Did you know NSX is the network virtualization and security platform for the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC), which brings the operational model of a virtual machine (VM) to the data center network? Well, it is! In addition to transforming the economics of network and security operations, NSX serves as a valuable sales tool that enables […]

   

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  HP OneView is a Winner with Over 100K Licenses Sold (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1689)The success of HP OneView will open doors for you – check this out.  Take the opportunity to talk to accounts about how HP OneView integrations with VMware vCenter and Operation Management Suite deliver the integration and automation your customers need to help them simplify data center operations and boost business agility.  Call your customers […]

   

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  Deliver Workstation-Quality Graphics on Any Device (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1686)VMware, Dell, and NVIDIA together take the guesswork out of virtualization to ensure organizations can virtualize without compromise. Check out this blog post to find out how this joint solution is helping organizations adopt server and desktop virtualization to deliver workstation-quality graphics on any device.

   

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  VCP Recertification Deadline Extended to May 8th (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1684)According to the new recertification policy all VMware Certified Professionals (VCPs) must recertify. We’ve extended the initial expiration date to May 8, 2015. Don’t let your company become at risk for losing their program benefits. Already recertified? The good news for you is that you get to update your VCP to version 6 at a […]

   

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  HP ConvergedSystem 200-HC EVO:RAIL (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1682)Watch this video to find out how you can leverage this new solution to deliver applications and services faster and more efficiently than ever before. Help your customers lower IT costs with this new all-in-one solution that simplifies virtual machine (VM) deployments.

   

  
  

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  VMware Online Technology Forum April 15 (http://www.mikelaverick.com/?p=6042)We are excited to launch the first VMware Online Technology Forum in EMEA; the place to discover how the latest software-defined technologies, approaches and industry best practice can help drive IT success. You can sign up now to this free online event where they can join their peers for technology updates and self-paced hands-on labs […]

   

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  VSAN 6.0 Part 7 – Blinking those blinking disk LEDs (http://cormachogan.com/?p=4857)Before I begin, this isn’t really a feature of VSAN so to speak. In vSphere 6.0, you can also blink LEDs on disk drives without VSAN deployed. However, because of the scale up and scale out features in VSAN 6.0, Continue reading →

   

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  VSAN 6.0 Part 6 – Maintenance Mode Changes (http://cormachogan.com/?p=4809)There is a subtle difference in maintenance mode behaviours between VSAN version 5.5 and VSAN version 6.0. In Virtual SAN version 5.5, when a host is placed into maintenance mode with the “Ensure Accessibility” option, the host is maintenance mode Continue reading →

   

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  PowerCLI 6.0 and vCloud Air (http://www.virtu-al.net/?p=3349)One of the great enhancements in the recently released PowerCLI 6.0 is the ability to connect to vCloud Air and vCloud Air Networks, Massimo has already started doing a great write-up on these over... PowerCLI 6.0 and vCloud Air is a post from: Virtu-Al . Virtu-Al is one of the authors of VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference: Automating vSphere Administration" Buy it now from: Amazon USA Amazon UK Sybex

   

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  Registering NSX Manager to the New vSphere 6.0 Lookup Service Port (http://wahlnetwork.com/?p=13019)A simple Lookup Service configuration fix for those upgrading to vSphere 6.0 in an NSX environment. The post Registering NSX Manager to the New vSphere 6.0 Lookup Service Port appeared first on Wahl Network . Related posts: Working With NSX – Deploying NSX Manager Tips for Deploying Palo Alto Networks’ VM-Series Firewall with VMware NSX Creating NSX API Calls with PowerShell Optimizing the Cisco UCS Manager Interface A Caveat to Multi-Cluster VDS Design with NSX

   

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  VMware EMEA Online Technology Forum 15th of April (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16111)Advertise here with BSA On the 15th of April there is an awesome online event planned called the “Online Technology Forum“. During this day you will hear all about what is new with vSphere 6.0. What can you expect: Sign up now to this free online event where you will be able to engage in a live Q&A with […] " VMware EMEA Online Technology Forum 15th of April " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Pre-order my upcoming book Essential Virtual SAN…

   

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  ForceAffinePowerOn what is it? (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=16105)Advertise here with BSA I’ve seen a lot of confusion around the ForceAffinePowerOn setting, and even the VMware documentation is incorrect around what this feature is / does. First and foremost: ForceAffinePowerOn is an advanced DRS setting (Yes I filed a doc bug for it). I’ve seen many people stating it is an HA setting, but it is not. […] " ForceAffinePowerOn what is it? " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Pre-order my upcoming book Essential…

   

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  Simple Gmail Hacks That I Use Daily (http://kendrickcoleman.com/index.php/Tech-Blog/simple-gmail-hacks-that-i-use-daily.html)Email is the thing we all love to hate. However, if we can't use Slack , then Gmail is by far the next best thing. Having been a user for Gmail since its early early beta days when you need an invite, I've grown fond of it. The spam filters, the style, the  responsiveness, and the access from anywhere is what I love. There are some hidden "features" that many don't know about. I'm going to highlight some that I use daily.   In true Google form, everything always seems to be in a…

   

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  Top vBlog 2015 Full results (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5743)So the voting has ended, the results have been tabulated and here they are. There were almost 90 new blogs on the ballot this year and 3 new blogs to make the top 25. This year there was over 2200 votes compared to around 1400 last year. You can read more stats about this years voting … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  Announcing the Top vBlog 2015 results (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5729)Below are the results for the overall voting for the Top 25, full results will be published soon: And below are the winners of the individual categories:   [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  What Virtual Volumes does not support (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5732)VMware finally released the list of supported and non-supported vSphere features and VMware products with their new Virtual Volumes  (VVols) storage architecture. I’ve been looking for this in their documentation for VVols and have not found it so I’m glad to see it’s finally available so you can see exactly what is supported and more … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  And the winners of Top vBlog 2015 are… (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5719)…not ready to be revealed yet, you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to find out. I’ve tabulated all the votes and applied points to the votes and have computed the results. We’ll announce the winners on a special live Google Hangout tomorrow with David Davis, Rick Vanover, Simon Seagrave, John Troyer and Scott Davis from Infinio. Go here … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  Watch the Top vBlog 2015 Results Show Live! (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5689)Join the vChat gang, Eric Siebert from vSphere-land, David Davis from Virtualization Software and Simon Seagrave from TechHead along with special guests Scott Davis from Infinio and John Troyer from TechReckoning as we countdown the top 25 bloggers based on the results from my annual VMware/virtualization blog survey. This event will be broadcast live via Google Hangouts at 9:00am … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  VMTurbo is giving away a great home lab just for watching a webinar (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5683)Register for the VMTurbo 5.1 Release Webcast and get THREE CHANCES to win a Turbostack Home Lab, valued over USD $1,600.00! Now I would encourage you to watch the webcast even if they weren’t giving away a pretty cool home lab kit (that’s what they call it in the UK) as VMTurbo makes a great … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  New paper on VMware Virtual Volumes (VVols) from Evaluator Group (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5670)Want to know more about VMware Virtual Volumes (VVols) and get an analyst perspective of this exciting new VMware storage architecture? Well you can, Evaluator Group has a new paper entitled “Evaluation of HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage with VMware VVOLs” that details their experience and opinions after some hands-on experience with VVols running on 3PAR. The … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  vBlogger Spotlight: William Lam (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5674)Follow @lamw While we wait for the Top vBlog results I thought I would shine the spotlight on several prominent bloggers in the community to give you some insight into their experiences with blogging. Today’s spotlight is on William Lam, automation wizard extraordinaire and voted last year as the #2 vBlogger in the world. Let’s face … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  VMworld 2015 Call for Papers now open! (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5663)  It’s that time of year again, time to submit your best session ideas for VMworld for that oh so slight chance that it might get accepted. Below are the timelines for the whole CFP process. Call For Papers opens March 24, closes April 28 June 12 (+/- a few days) Speaker Resource Center opens … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  Upcoming round-table panel discussion on Virtual Volumes (VVols) hosted by Taneja Group (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5659)I’ll be participating as one of the panelists in an upcoming round-table discussion on Virtual Volumes (VVols) that is being hosted by Tom Fenton of the Taneja Group. Click the image below to sign-up and hope to see you there. VMware Virtual Volumes – What impact will they have on the datacenter? Thursday, April 2nd at 9:00 … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  When it comes to implementing Virtual Volumes (VVols) you better be on time (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=5655)I was conversing with one of our VVol engineers today after he mentioned that we have seen customers experiencing problems with using VVols due to time sync issues in their vSphere environment. These problems could of easily been avoided with some simple RTFMing. VMware’s New Virtual Volumes (VVols) architecture has a lot of moving parts … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

   

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  Top vBlog 2015 results are out (http://vcdx56.com/?p=5372)A few weeks back the yearly top vBlog voting hosted by Eric Siebert at vSphere-land and sponsored by Infinio started and this Tuesday, (March 31) the results were announced during a live session which you can watch here in case you missed it.   Simon Seagrave, John Troyer  and Scott Davis partivipaded in the live session were the … Continue reading »

   

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  vCenter Orchestrator workflow search result not complete (http://vcdx56.com/?p=5289)Today i ran into a situation i have not seen in the past. I was using the vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) version 5.5.2 and the vCO plugin vCenter Orchestrator Plugin for Horizon View version 1.1 which can be found here When configuring the connection between vCO and Horizon View you need to run the workflow “Add Delegated … Continue reading »

   

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  Storage vMotion fails with error Already disconnected (http://vcdx56.com/?p=5337)This blog post applies to vCenter Server version 5.5. U2d and ESXi server version 5.5 U2a. A few days back i got involved in a virtual machine migration (VM) issue. The VMs were suppose to be migrated from one vSphere cluster to another without any chance of mounting one of the vSphere clusters datastore(s) to the other … Continue reading »

   

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  VMware vSphere: A Great Place to Run Enterprise Databases (http://longwhiteclouds.com/?p=10727)I saw a tweet today (shown below) that reminded me of 27th August, 2012. This was the day that VMware published this article, which demonstrates how VMware vSphere (5.1 at that point) could achieve 1 million IOPS in a single VM. Things have undoubtedly gotten better in vSphere 5.5, and even more so with vSphere […]

   

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  Configuring Scalable Low Latency L2 Leaf-Spine Network Fabrics with Dell Networking Switches (http://longwhiteclouds.com/?p=10603)In December 2014 I got an early Christmas present from Dell. They shipped me the latest 40G and 10G S series (Force 10) switches so that I could begin to test, validate and document the integration and reference architectures between Dell Networking and Nutanix. I’m starting with a L2 MLAG (Multi-chassis Link Aggregation Group)  configuration […]

   

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  vSphere 6: Using VMCA as a Subordinate CA (http://longwhiteclouds.com/?p=10693)vSphere 6 includes a new certificate authority that issues certificates for all of the different components within your environment to ensure communications are secure. If you want to use VMCA as a Subordinate CA from an Enterprise CA in your environment you need to change the VMCA Root Certificate on the Platform Services Controller (PSC) […]

   

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  Publishing vSphere 6.0 VMCA Signing Certificate (http://www.derekseaman.com/?p=2774)Advertise here with BSA As mentioned in my vSphere 6.0 installation series, you can configure the new VMCA to be a subordinate to your enterprise CA. This is great, and opens up new certificate management options for organizations that wish to use trusted SSL certificates. However, you may run into a situation where this new root certificate is not […] The post Publishing vSphere 6.0 VMCA Signing Certificate appeared first on Derek Seaman's Blog .                     Related Stories vSphere…

   

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  vSphere 6.0 Pt. 12: PSC Machine Certificate (http://www.derekseaman.com/?p=2745)Advertise here with BSA Back in Part 11 of this series we configured the VMCA to be a subordinate CA to our enterprise CA. This ensures that all certificates which get used by vCenter components are automatically trusted. But as previously mentioned, not all organizations can use the VMCA. The US Federal Government would be a prime example, where […] The post vSphere 6.0 Pt. 12: PSC Machine Certificate appeared first on Derek Seaman's Blog .                     Related Stories vSphere 6.0…

   

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  vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 11: VMCA as Subordinate (http://www.derekseaman.com/?p=2675)Advertise here with BSA As mentioned in my vSphere 6.0 install part 3, VMware has introduced a new certificate option in this release. You can now make a built-in VMware certificate authority (VMCA) a subordinate to your enterprise CA. This is great news, as it will allow some automation of the certificate deployment process. However, there are certainly some […] The post vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 11: VMCA as Subordinate appeared first on Derek Seaman's Blog .                     Related…

   

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  Top vBloggers Announced! (http://www.derekseaman.com/?p=2732)Advertise here with BSA Each year Eric Siebert from vSphere-Land.com has an annual voting for the top vBloggers in the world. Competition is fierce and back in 2013 I was honored with getting position #24, for which I was thrilled. Then came along more SSL woes with vSphere 5.5, and my vCenter Toolkit was born. In 2014 I then […] The post Top vBloggers Announced! appeared first on Derek Seaman's Blog .                     Related Stories vSphere 6.0 Pt. 9: SSL Templates 

   

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  vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 10: Install VCSA PSC (http://www.derekseaman.com/?p=2693)Advertise here with BSA New to my vSphere installation series is using the pre-packaged vCenter appliance (VCSA). Now that the VCSA is on par with the Windows vCenter server, I suspect more and more people will migrate to the appliance. So to that end, let’s install an external PSC using the VCSA. If you are using a Windows-based external […] The post vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 10: Install VCSA PSC appeared first on Derek Seaman's Blog .                     Related Stories vSphere 6.0…

   

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  vSphere 6.0 Pt. 9: SSL Templates (http://www.derekseaman.com/?p=2709)Advertise here with BSA VMware has provided new SSL template guidance for vSphere 6.0. New to vSphere 6.0 are machine SSL certificates, solution user certificates, and using the VMCA as a subordinate CA. If you are using an enterprise Microsoft CA, then this article is for you. I’ll show you how to create the new templates and publish them […] The post vSphere 6.0 Pt. 9: SSL Templates appeared first on Derek Seaman's Blog .                     Related Stories vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 8:…

   

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  vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 8: Toolkit Configuration (http://www.derekseaman.com/?p=2662)Advertise here with BSA Now that we have the PSC installed, it’s time to configure the variables for the Toolkit script, and also make sure we can download our root certificates. Depending on your configuration, you may need to manually download your root public certificates. VMware needs certificates in a specific format, and they need the full certificate chain. […] The post vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 8: Toolkit Configuration appeared first on Derek Seaman's Blog .    

   

  
  

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  The Secret Origins of RTFM (http://www.datacenterdude.com/?p=2729)We lament over and over about how no one reads anymore, but we are also often just as guilty. Victims of our own hubris and overconfidence.

   

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  #74 Cloud Storage and International Standards (http://www.datacenterdude.com/?p=2589)We take a look at the latest from Amazon Cloud Storage, Microsoft Cloud adopts an International standard, and we go over all of your emails!

   

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  Cloudy with a Chance of Explosive Growth (http://www.datacenterdude.com/?p=2575)The infrastructure of today is almost drowning in choice. There are countless competing platforms and ecosystems that each offer their own unique attributes. The problem with this landscape is simple. Organizations are struggling to realize the economic and competitive advantage that these ecosystems provide for one simple reason. They are far too busy running their business to fully investigate these opportunities. They have fallen into the trap of simply keeping the lights on. This is a travesty for…

   

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  #vBrownBag Follow-Up What’s New in vSphere 6 vCenter Server Appliance w Emad Younis (@emad_younis) (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=5372)Emad Younis covers the new features, functions, and installation options for the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) including updates such as IPv6 support, feature parity with the Windows vCenter, and scripted versus manual installation. What’s new with the VCSA 6 You can follow Emad on Twitter @emad_younis and his blog http://emadyounis.com Originally published at http://ProfessionalVMware.com […]

   

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  NLVMUG UserCon 2015: Presentations are available for download (http://www.viktorious.nl/?p=5266)The post NLVMUG UserCon 2015: Presentations are available for download appeared first on viktorious.nl - Virtualization & Cloud Management . On Thursday March 19 the NLVMUG UserCon 2015 took place at the 1931 Conference Center in Den Bosch, The Netherlands. More than 900 VMUG members attended the event. With Joe Baguley as a keynote speaker, four different parallel tracks and more than 20 sessions it was the biggest VMUG UserCon in Europe. A big thank you to everyone involved in the organization…

   

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  First Nutanix .NEXT event (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=15098)Nutanix is a well know hyper-converged company founded in 2009 with the vision of bringing the benefits of web-scale IT to the masses. They have changed the rules of traditional storage (on 2009 mostly SAN based) and become the pioneer of concepts like no-SAN and no-LUNs, hyper-converged and web-scale storage. Recently they have also reach five years of history, were they have made significant progress in their products and solution (and also partnership). And some months ago they have also announced their…

   

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  E2EVC 2015 Berlin (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=14174)After the E2EVC 2014 Brussels and E2EVC 2014 Barcelona events, the next European E2EVC event (and the first one for 2015 year) will be in Berlin: The next Spring E2EVC Virtualization Conference in Europe in summer 2015 will take place in Novotel Berlin Mitte Hotel, Fischerinsel 12, 10179, Berlin, Germany. E2EVC Virtualization Conference is an independent, non-commercial, virtualization community event build from experts to experts. Started in 2003 with just 4 people and after 23 very successful events grown…

   

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  VMware certification roadmap v6 (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=16127)With the announce of vSphere 6.0 there are of course a new bunch of certifications, changed not only in the version, but also in some other details. I’ve wrote about the new VMware certifications some weeks ago, and also on the upgrade rules from vSphere 5 based certifications. But finally, with the announce of the VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization, now available in beta (so this is the first VMware public beta for an exam?) a new column is going to populating the new…

   

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  APAC #vBrownbag – Mirage overview (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=16118)APAC edition of #vBrownbag is managed by my friend Alastair Cooke (the creator of AutoLab) and actually he is covering the VCP6-Desktop blueprint. One big news of the new version of this certification is the part related to VMware Mirage: the entire section 5 is dedicated to Install, Configure, and Manage VMware Mirage. How don’t know how much will impact the related exams (I’ve not took it yet), but for sure mean a more End User Computing perspective rather that something related only to the View part.…

   

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  April 2015 IT events (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=15806)Interesting European IT events: 1st IEEE Conference on Network “Softwarization” NetSoft 2015 – London (April, 13-17) Hadoop Summit Europe - Brussels (April, 15-16) EuroSec 2015 – Bordeaux (April, 21) TECH.unplugged – London (April, 22) Apps World Germany – Berlin (April, 22-23) London VMUG Meeting – London (April, 23) SDN & NFV 2015 – London (April, 29) See also: April 2014 IT events European IT events calendar Disclaimer: usually in this list are not included webinars (because they are…

   

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  Top virtualization blog 2015 results (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=15916)Finally the results of the annual contest Voting for the 2015 top VMware & virtualization blogs are out on vSphere-land web site, after the usual live show where the top 25 were announced. My guess (but I suppose was almost from all) about the first is confirmed (and cannot be different)… fair enought for the first of each category (it’s a pity that in those case there can be only one… a top 3 for each category could be a good idea for the future). This content is become a big reference for all…

   

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  VMware vExpert 2015 benefits (http://vinfrastructure.it/?p=15230)The primary reason for becoming vExpert certainly should not be related to any possible benefits of the program. And once confirmed (for me is the sixth year in a row) you have to think more about what you can give rather to what is to be expected. But I’d be a hypocrite to deny that there are also practical advantages in being a vExpert! Officially, VMware, according with the vExpert FAQ, say that the biggest benefit of the award is the public recognition as a VMware vExpert Award winner. But benefits…

   

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  Not just Hypervisor Agnostic, Hypervisor Version Agnostic! (http://www.joshodgers.com/?p=3376)Its well known that Nutanix is Hypervisor agnostic supporting ESXi, Hyper-V and KVM, but what most people either don’t know, or haven’t considered, is the fact the Nutanix Operating System (NOS) version is not dependant on the hypervisor version. What … Continue reading →

   

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  In-Kernel verses Virtual Storage Appliance (http://www.joshodgers.com/?p=3355)Let me start by asking, What’s all this “In-Kernel verses Virtual Storage Appliance” debate all about? It seems to me to be total nonsense yet it is the focus of so called competitive intelligence and twitter debates. From an architectural perspective … Continue reading →

   

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  Are You A CCIE? Start Your Path To VCDX-NV (http://www.chriscolotti.us/?p=4708)I will admit I just learned about this today for some reason, but if you are a CCIE did you know that you have a slightly quicker way to get off the blocks on the path to VCDX-NV?  Simply put I wanted to make sure that as many current CCIE’s out there knew about this ... The post Are You A CCIE? Start Your Path To VCDX-NV appeared first on Chris Colotti's Blog .               Related Stories Online VCDX Workshop Feedback June VCDX Defense Contingency Plan For Desktop and Cloud How Are Your…

   

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  My 2015 Speaking Engagements (http://www.chriscolotti.us/?p=4678)As we close the first quarter of 2015, which in itself is simply amazing that it is gone, I wanted to start tracking my 2015 speaking engagements which include a mostly some VCDX Workshops, but it also looks like I will be at a VMUG or two presenting a Keynote.  I wanted to provide the ... The post My 2015 Speaking Engagements appeared first on Chris Colotti's Blog .                 Comments Always comes down to budget by Chris Colotti I sure would like you to have one here in SoCal. Think of…

   

  
  

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