VMware Newsletter 6.20

From the editors virtual desk

Hi everyone, hope you have had a good week. Finally making progress on my VCAC and ITBM learning. I managed to get some time this week to do some setup and things are going well.

This week I have published a list of courses for the Australia and New Zealand region. This is a fairly long list which can be found on the VMware MyLearn website. I am very focused on training as many of you know so I wanted to give you all the opportunity to see the courses that are still available and and at the time of writing still had seats available.

Have a chat to you TAM or Account Manager and get yourself booked on one of the courses below.

Have a great week everyone.

Virtually Yours

Neil Isserow

Senior Technical Account Manager

VMware Australia

Local Training Classes

Course Name	Start Date
Auckland
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5]	05/26/2014
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5]	06/05/2014
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5]	06/09/2014
VMware vCloud Automation Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.0]	06/09/2014
Brisbane
VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting Workshop [V5.5]	05/26/2014
VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V5.5]	06/02/2014
VMware vSphere: What's New [V4.x to V5.5]	06/09/2014
VMware Horizon View: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.2]	06/10/2014
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5]	06/16/2014
Canberra
VMware vCloud Automation Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.0]	05/26/2014
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5]	06/02/2014
Melbourne
VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting Workshop [V5.5]	06/02/2014
VMware vCloud Automation Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.0]	06/02/2014
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5]	06/05/2014
VMware vSphere: What's New [V4.x to V5.5]	06/12/2014
VMware Horizon View: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.2]	06/10/2014
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5]	06/16/2014
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V5.5]	06/16/2014
Online
VMware vCenter Configuration Manager for Virtual Infrastructure Management [V5.x]	05/26/2014
VMware vSphere: Skills for Operators [V5.1]	05/29/2014
VMware vCenter Orchestrator: Develop Workflows [V5.1]	06/02/2014
Perth
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5]	05/26/2014
Sydney
VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting Workshop [V5.5]	05/26/2014
VMware View: Design Best Practices [V5.x]	06/02/2014
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5]	06/05/2014
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5]	06/02/2014
VMware vSphere: Design Workshop [V5.x]	06/11/2014
VMware vSphere: What's New [V4.x to V5.5]	06/12/2014
VMware vCloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5]	06/11/2014
VMware vCloud Networking and Security for vSphere Professionals [V5.5]	06/16/2014
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5]	06/16/2014
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V5.5]	06/16/2014
VMware vCloud Automation Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.0]	06/16/2014
VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V5.5]	06/16/2014
Wellington
VMware vCenter Operations Manager: Analyze and Predict [V5.x]	06/16/2014
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5]	06/16/2014
VMware vCenter Operations Manager: Advanced Usage and Dashboard Design [V5.x]	06/18/2014

VMware Bloggers

VMTN Blog: VMworld 2014 US & Europe Blogger Passes (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/?p=8425)Each year we provide blogger passes to both the VMworld US and the VMworld Europe conferences. The program is simple, if you are a blogger or have a publication then you should apply for a complementary blogger pass to one of the conferences. We provide the pass, you provide the transportation and hotel accommodations. The blogger passes are full conference passes so you will still be able to register for sessions just the same as a regular conference pass difference is these are free of charge. Since…
VMware Cloud Ops Blog: New Technical Roles Emerge for the Cloud Era: The Rise of the Cross-Domain Expert (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=924)By Pierre Moncassin Several times over the last year, I have heard this observation: “It is all well and good to introduce new cloud management tools — but we need to change the IT roles to take advantage of these tools. This is our challenge.” As more and more of the clients I work with prepare their transition to a private cloud model, they increasingly acknowledge that traditional IT specialist roles need to evolve. We do not want to lose the traditional skills — from networking to storage to…
VMware End User Computing: The Evolution of VMware’s 3D Graphics Capabilities (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=5788)by Geoffrey Murase, Solutions Marketing, End-User Computing VMware’s goal with 3D graphics-enabled virtual desktops is to deliver the performance required for different customer use cases in the most cost-effective manner. The 3D graphics capabilities with VMware Horizon continue to evolve and have opened up a new wave of use cases for desktop virtualization. With Horizon 5.0, we introduced Soft 3D technology which enables leveraging a host server’s CPU to perform graphics intensive computations. …
Team Fusion: VMware Fusion Technology Preview May 2014 (http://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/?p=1874)Today the VMware Fusion team is providing public access to the VMware Fusion Technology Preview. We would like to get feedback from individuals using a wide range of hardware and software configurations. The VMware Fusion Technology Preview includes: VMware Hardware Version 11, including improved CPU support and upgraded USB 3.0 controller New icons in the library show state of VMs Ability to configure per-VM hotkeys Support for configuring the amount of graphics memory for each VM Updated support for…
VMware Hands On Labs Blog: Hands-on Labs: Seeding the Clouds (http://blogs.vmware.com/hol/?p=967)This is the first part of a post that I have been promising for quite some time. We have large amounts of data that we need to replicate to many locations. For the 2013 Hands-on Labs “season,” we used two methods to move our data. One of them is generally applicable while the other is more specialized and tailored to our use case. In this post, I will cover the more general use case because that process is used when we must “seed” a new cloud. I think the more specific use case is the more…
VMware Virtualization Management Blog: You Want to Deploy a Private or Hybrid Cloud – But Where Do You Start? (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=3733)by Rich Bourdeau According to a recent 2013 Cloud Computing Study by the InfoPro, a services of 451 Research , 60% of the study’s respondents view cloud computing as a natural evolution of IT service delivery and 69% expect their spending to increase in both 2013 and 2014 compared with the prior year. If you are like most of your peers you likely have come to the realization that you need to become quicker and more efficient at delivering infrastructure and applications to the business. Your…
VMwareTV: VMware Technical Support Offerings (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:GUYJ_f9pcSY)VMware Technical Support Offerings Overview of VMware Technical Support, the levels of support options for our customers and partners and the world-class organization that supports them. http://www.vmware.com/support. From: VMware Views: 119 0 ratings Time: 03:32 More in Science & Technology
Workstation Zealot: VMware Workstation Technology Preview May 2014
The VMware Workstation team is providing public access to the VMware Workstation Technology Preview to gather feedback from users on a wide range of hardware and software configurations. The VMware Workstation Technology Preview includes changes to the core virtualization engine and new capabilities we are exploring. We would appreciate feedback in the following areas: New OS support including the latest versions of Windows, Ubuntu, Fedora, RHEL and OpenSUSE VMware Hardware Version 11 including improved…
VMTN Blog: VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast 278 – The Last Waltz / The Show Must Go On @jtroyer (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/?p=8420)Hosts John Mark Troyer, VMware @jtroyer Mike Gordon Laverick, VMware @Mike_Laverick Guests Eric Nielsen, VMware Eric Siebert, @ericsiebert Tom Howarth, @tom_howarth News Pivotal and VMware Accelerate Enterprise Application Time to Market With Hybrid Cloud Platform-as-a-Service Navicure, Inc. Speeds Development of Web-Based Healthcare Payment Solutions With VMware vCloud Suite VMworld 2014 – Get ready for an exciting time! In with the in-cloud: Joe Baguley, VMWare Around the Community …
VMworld Blog: Save with Early Bird Pricing- Register Now for VMworld 2014 US (http://www.vmworld.com/blogs/vmworld/2014/05/21/save-with-early-bird-pricing-register-now-for-vmworld-2014-us)Time is running out to attend VMworld 2014 US in San Francisco on August 24-28, 2014 at a discounted rate. Register now and save $300 with Early Bird pricing . You can’t afford to miss this VMworld—showcasing the latest products and offering the practical sessions to improve your working knowledge base to help you and your business succeed. Why you can’t miss VMworld 2014 US this year: • Access to over 350 technical and content-rich sessions and labs covering the latest in virtualization…
VMware vCloud Blog: VMware Service Providers – Enhance Your Monthly Usage Reports with vCloud Usage Meter 3.3! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=3566)Attention VMware Service Provider partners! In case you missed it, last month we announced new improvements to the vCloud Usage Meter with the launch of version 3.3. We’ve enhanced the “Monthly Usage” report to improve reporting efficiencies and accuracy of reporting down to the precise numbers of VMs hosted and under management – providing valuable information to improve future VSPP product offerings. One such reporting improvement includes Usage Meter 3.3’s ability to report product usage data…
VMware for Small-Medium Business Blog: VMware Online Webcast Schedule for SMB IT Pros Now Available (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=2819)Join us this month for our upcoming live and on-demand online webcasts! Find out what’s new with VMware Horizon, and take a technical deep-dive into disaster recovery in the cloud or vSphere Data Protection Advanced. Sign up today to reserve a spot, and be sure to check back, as some webcasts may also become available on-demand. What’s new with VMware Horizon DaaS: Desktops as a Cloud Service Thursday, May 22, 2014, 10:00 AM PDT Cloud-hosted desktops or desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) is an excellent…
VMware Company Blog: Leadership Perspectives: Carl Eschenbach, Part Two (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmware/?p=2541)Carl Eschenbach, president and chief operating officer at VMware, is the third executive we’ve interviewed as part of our Leadership Perspectives video series. He had so much great insight to offer that we couldn’t narrow our interview down to just one video! You saw Part One here on the VMware Company Blog last week. In […]
VMware Virtualization Management Blog: David Davis on vCenter Operations – Post #9 – Right-Sizing Virtual Machines with vC Ops (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=3670)In my last article in this series, Understanding vCenter Operations Badges , I covered one of the most important things that you need to know to use vC Ops – the vC Ops Badge system. It only takes a few minutes to understand how the badges work and, once you do, you’ll be able to quickly tell if any piece of your vSphere infrastructure has a problem, or if everything is running great. In this post, I’ll cover the first thing that new vC Ops admins take advantage of as soon as they install vC Ops…
VMwareTV: Leadership Perspectives: Carl Eschenbach, Part 2 (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:7-ZDmE_8fBA)Leadership Perspectives: Carl Eschenbach, Part 2 In Part Two of a two-part series, Carl Eschenbach, President and Chief Operating Officer talks about The EMC Federation, what he's learned from his role at VMware and what he's looking forward... From: VMware Views: 8 0 ratings Time: 03:32 More in Science & Technology
VMware for Small-Medium Business Blog: Announcing vCenter Log Insight 2.0 (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=2815)This blog originally appeared on the VMware Cloud Management blog . We’re pleased to announce the release of Log Insight 2.0, VMware’s premier Log Management product. You can read the press release here. The binaries will be out in Q2 2014. To be notified when the bits are available, sign up here. Log Insight represents the next generation in log management technology from VMware. For this release, we focused on three main areas: Performance, Windows, and Machine Learning. We have exciting new…
VMware Education & Certification Blog: Americas: Save 50% on Two VMware BETA Courses (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=4155)Save 50% on two new BETA courses: With the release of Horizon 6, we’re excited to introduce VMware Horizon View: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.0] – BETA . Gain practical experience through the completion of hands-on labs and build your skills in installing, configuring, and managing the Horizon™ View™ component of VMware Horizon™. This 4-day course is ideal for system administrators and system integrators responsible for deploying the VMware® virtual desktop infrastructure. Save 50% towards…
VMware Virtualization Management Blog: Announcing vCenter Log Insight 2.0: Scalable, Fast Log Management that does Windows (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=3661)We’re pleased to announce the release of VMware® vCenter™ Log Insight™ 2.0, VMware’s premier Log Management product. You can read the press release here. (The binaries will be out in Q2 2014. To be notified when the bits are available, give us your info here .) Log Insight represents the next generation in log management technology from VMware. For this release, we focused on three main areas: Performance, Windows and Machine Learning. We have exciting new features in all 3 areas. Performance To…
VMware Company Blog: Unveiling VMware vCenter Log Insight 2.0 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmware/?p=2536)By Sajai Krishnan, vice president of product marketing, Cloud Management Business Unit, VMware Today, we’re proud to announce the launch of VMware vCenter Log Insight 2.0, a major release of our big data log management and analytics solution (read today’s press release). With vCenter Log Insight 2.0, we introduce a one-two punch of new machine-learning […]
VMware Virtualization Management Blog: EMC IT Accelerates Application and Database Delivery (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=3718)by Rich Bourdeau I came across this case study about EMC’s IT’s Database-as-a-Service deployment and ITaaS reference architecture. Below is a quick summary, but there is an incredible amount of insights and lessons learned that can be gained from reading the full paper. Regardless if you have already deployed, are in the middle of deploying, or just thinking about deploying a private or hybrid cloud infrastructure I encourage everyone to take a few minutes to read this paper. You will not be…
VMware vSphere Blog: vSphere Hardening Guide 5.5 Update 1 Beta released (https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=12621)Hi everyone, It’s that time again! Actually, it’s the first time that I’m aware of that the vSphere hardening guide has been updated between major releases! Please head on over to the Security and Compliance VMware Community and download the beta of the vSphere 5.5 Update 1 Hardening Guide. This is a beta release of the guide and as such, I would very much appreciate your prompt feedback. Please reply here or in the Community THIS WEEK. I’d like to release this for General Availability next week. …
VMware Education & Certification Blog: Bookmark this List of VMware Certified Instructors’ Blogs (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=4128)VMware Certified Instructors aren’t just experts in their field, they train new experts in the field via the courses they teach. But did you know that many of these experts are so passionate about their subject that they share useful tips and advice on their personal blogs? Don’t miss this list of VMware instructor blogs that keep you current with news as well as expert advice, invaluable study tips, and a few jokes. vLore Blog The vLore blog is your source for virtualization knowledge featuring the…
VMware Consulting Blog: vCloud Automation Center 6 Certificates A to Z (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=1457)By Eiad Al-Aqqad, Senior Consultant, VMware Professional Services While working on delivering vCAC 6 engagements, I have noticed that getting all the required certificates in place has always involved jumping across different information sources, from VMware documentation and blogs to other consultants’ work. I have created the following guide to make the process easier. This is the first of three posts that cover the certificates process for a new vCAC 6.x installation from A-Z, beginning with how to…
VMwareTV: VMware vSphere Distributed Switch (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:m65TgcWfOJg)VMware vSphere Distributed Switch VMware vSphere Distributed Switch concepts. From: VMware Views: 803 15 ratings Time: 03:14 More in Science & Technology
VMware vCloud Blog: Cloud Backup for VMware Service Providers – Register for the 5/20 vmLIVE Session! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=3564)On May 20 th at 9:30am PST , our next vmLIVE session will show how Service Providers can leverage VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) to deliver profitable cloud backup and recovery services to customers. VDP features WAN-optimized, encrypted replication, efficient backup deduplication and advance recovery technology. With vSphere Data Protection, you get: Efficient, Reliable Backup Faster, Assured Recovery Simple, Integrated Management Application-Aware for Physical and Virtual Don’t miss this…

VMware Company Blog: Weekly News Recap, May 16, 2014 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmware/?p=2522)VMware News In VMware news this week, Virtual SAN won the Best of TechEd 2014 awards in the virtualization category at Microsoft TechEd North America 2014. The awards recognize the innovative products and services showcased at the annual technology conference for IT Professionals and Enterprise Developers. More than 225 products were nominated and each were evaluated based on strategic importance, […]
VMware Accelerate: Why the “3 Cs” Are Vital to IT When Deploying a Private Cloud (http://blogs.vmware.com/accelerate/?p=2005)By Joe Chenevey Last year, a colleague and I worked with an enterprise IT organization to develop a private cloud strategy. As with many other enterprise IT organizations we’ve worked with, this organization was faced with customers demanding IT infrastructure faster than traditional methods were allowing and increasingly looking outside internal IT. The organization wanted to provide its internal customer base with a viable alternative to creating workloads in the public cloud (where IT has both less…
VMware Education & Certification Blog: Question of the Week: (vApp) (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=4143)This week’s question comes from the VCP5- Data Center Virtualization practice exam . A) Physical host B) Resource Pool C) VM D) vApp Click through to the comments for the answer and learn more here . Follow @VMwareEducation on Instagram to see more #TechTrivia every Friday and visual updates from the VMware Education and Certification community.

External Bloggers

VMware Fusion 7 Technology Preview Now Available (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2639-guid.html)
VMware Workstation 11 Technology Preview Now Available (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2638-guid.html)
Get One Flex-IO License Completely Free (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2637-guid.html)
New Training Course - VMware Horizon View: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.0] - BETA (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2636-guid.html)
Latest Fling from VMware Labs - WebCommander (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2635-guid.html)
One versus multiple VSAN disk groups per host (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=14931)I received two questions on the same topic this week so I figured it would make sense to write something up quickly. The questions were around an architectural decision for VSAN, one versus multiple VSAN disk groups per host. I have explained the concept of disk groups already in various posts but in short this […] " One versus multiple VSAN disk groups per host " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.
VMware Trademark Guide (http://www.boche.net/blog/?p=4936)Are you a technical writer? Blogger? Presenter? If so, this could be a handy resource for you. It’s the VMware Trademark Guide. Probably more important for VMware employees and their partners, with varying or less importance to bloggers. …intended to provide guidance regarding the VMware brand names that tend to draw the greatest interest I’ve [...] Post from:boche.net - VMware Virtualization Evangelist Copyright (c) 2010 Jason Boche. The contents of this post may not be reproduced or…
Some Useful Markdown Tools for OS X (http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=3454)Here are some tools and applications that I've found useful in working with Markdown on OS X. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org . Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Some Useful Markdown Tools for OS X

Microsoft TechNet– Download & License Keys Reminder (http://techhead.co/?p=7881)As many of you know, Microsoft have decided to retire their TechNet software download and licensing subscription service, with the last day being the 31st August 2014. This is a real blow to the many IT Professionals out there who use TechNet to keep their Microsoft product skills honed, and who also use it to […] The post Microsoft TechNet– Download & License Keys Reminder appeared first on TechHead and was written by Simon Seagrave . Why not take a look at my other related posts?: End of the…
Hurry – voting for VMworld 2014 sessions closes on Sunday (http://www.vreference.com/?p=2235)I just realized I hadn’t thrown up post about this. No time like the present. Voting for VMworld 2014 sessions closes this Sunday (18th) at midnight. Be sure to get your voice heard and tell VMware which sessions you’d like to see this year. I’ve submitted 4 distinct breakout sessions this year, each of which [...]
Book review – Learning Veeam Backup & Replication for VMware vSphere (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=34951)I know Veeam’s product insight out as I’m an early adopter, but by reading through Christian’s book I found out some areas which I discovered even further. This article is no mean to be in-depth detailed review, but rather a look for what an average enterprise admin who is managing business critical production systems running […] Read the full post Book review – Learning Veeam Backup & Replication for VMware vSphere at ESX Virtualization . Free Trial VMware vSphere: Download Here!
Free Study Guide – Microsoft Certification Exam 74-409: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=34939)In case you’re in preparation for 74-409 Microsoft Certification exam, you might want to check out this Free Study Guide - Microsoft’s certification exam 74-409: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center, written by Orin Thomas (@orinthomas). The guide has 8 chapters to learn about server virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and starts with the […] Read the full post Free Study Guide – Microsoft Certification Exam 74-409: Server Virtualization with Windows Server…
VMware vSphere Management Essentials – Book Review (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=34931)I recently got a hand on a new book published by PACKT publishing called VMware vSphere Resource Management Essentials by Jonathan Frappier. This book is up to date guide for VMware administrators willing to start learning VMware technology from the ground up. Jonathan Frappier is an experienced IT professional who holds an advanced VMware certifications like […] Read the full post VMware vSphere Management Essentials – Book Review at ESX Virtualization . Free Trial VMware vSphere: Download Here!
VMware vCenter Log Insight 2.0 – faster with machine learning capabilities (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=34900)VMware has announced a new version of VMware vCenter Log Insight 2.0. More robust and faster, with speedier log analysis time up to 80 %, and overall speed resolution times up to 50 percent. Fully HTML5 based Web UI. The product also adds clustering approach where several instances of vCenter Log Insight configured in cluster […] Read the full post VMware vCenter Log Insight 2.0 – faster with machine learning capabilities at ESX Virtualization . Free Trial VMware vSphere: Download Here!
My first look on VMware VSAN observer (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=34882)After my recent installation of VSAN cluster I wanted to get some more deep information about what’s under the hood as vSphere web client itself does not give you much insights. I also wanted to see if the installation and configuration VSAN Observer performance and statistic tool is about. I already saw some posts about […] Read the full post My first look on VMware VSAN observer at ESX Virtualization . Free Trial VMware vSphere: Download Here!
Virtualizing SQL Server with VMware – book to have (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=34877)If you’re enterprise admin and running VMware vSphere in your company, you might be interested in following book by VMware press – Virtualizing SQL Server with VMware: Doing IT Right. This book written by Michael Corey, Jeff Szastak and Michael Webster is currently in pre-order and the pre-order price allows you to save 19% of […] Read the full post Virtualizing SQL Server with VMware – book to have at ESX Virtualization . Free Trial VMware vSphere: Download Here!

VMunderground Opening Acts with #vBrownBag (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=4512)As has been intimated on Twitter and through teasers on the vCommunity Podcast, the #VMunderground and #vBrownBag teams have joined forces for 2014 to bring a new type of community-driven event to anyone willing to come into San Francisco for VMworld 2014 a little bit early. While it’s true that the mission of the two […]
#vBrownBag Follow-Up Virtual Network Lab Setup with Byron Schaller (@byronschaller) (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=4509)On this episode of the #vBrownBag, Byron Schaller shows you how to create a virtual lab to prepare for various Cisco certifications or even just to better understand network concepts. Video You can find Byron on Twitter @byronschaller, his blog http://vbyron.com/blog which includes some useful follow-up reading such as http://vbyron.com/blog/networking-virtual-cisco-juniper-routers-vsphere/ and http://vbyron.com/blog/brocade-vyatta-5400-virtual-router-vsphere/ Sign up for […]
#vBrownbag EMEA VCDX Prep Special (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=4507)The EMEA #vBrownbag will be running a one off (maybe more if this is popular) special webinar around VCDX Prep. This will include four presenters/panelists who have been going through preparing for the VCDX recently and will be covering some of the following: What we did to get to the point of submitting our designs. […]
#vBrownBag was at OpenStack Summit Atlanta (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=4505)We had a great week in Atlanta last week making TechTalk videos at the OpenStack summit. You can checkout all the videos on this YouTube playlist. It was great to hang out with Josh and Damian, my long time #vBrownBag brothers. Also to do some real duties with Jeramiah who joined the crew this year. […]
Deploying JumpSquares with Chef Cookbooks (http://kendrickcoleman.com/index.php/Chef-Cookbooks/deploying-jumpsquares-with-chef-cookbooks.html)Over the past week, I started learning Chef . There are a few different configuration management toolsets out there such as Puppet , SaltStack , and Ansible. But Puppet and Chef have majority amount of market share and use Ruby as its code base so it made sense for me to start there. There's no point in starting a project unless you have a goal to accomplish so after I read more about Chef cookbooks, recipes, attributes, etc it seemed like making a JumpSquares cookbook would be a good place to start. …
Chef Cookbook and Recipe for Thin + Nginx with Rails (http://kendrickcoleman.com/index.php/Chef-Cookbooks/chef-cookbook-and-recipe-for-thin-nginx-with-rails.html)For simplicity, I deploy thin + nginx for most of my rails applications. Thin is lighter weight than Passenger and the combo makes it more favorable than running Apache. I began learning Chef and saw nothing for thin existed so I attempted to make a cookbook. If you don't want to read any more about this, then jump over to the code on github chef-thin_nginx. This cookbook will install thin as a gem and complete a configuration. While ' nginx ' will be installed from package and…
OpenStack Summit – Attendees and Sessions (tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819640694385843490.post-2536105100943481675)Well the OpenStack conference has come and passed, and I promised that i would share some of my thoughts, so lets start with the first two. I plan to make these as short as possible. (Let me first say that i have only ever been to an international... This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!..
OpenStack Summit - Some Thoughts (tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819640694385843490.post-1796727612619080354)Friday, the Georgia World Congress Center – and there is still a buzz all around. The official OpenStack User summit is over – and the only ones who left are the developers and operators – and we will be here the whole day until 18.00. This week... This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!..
VMware KB Digest – New KB articles published for week ending 5/17/14 (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/?p=2341)In our effort to provide our viewers with up to the minute information on VMware related news and topics, we’re posting the following list of new KB Entries for this week, direct from VMware Support. The VMware Knowledge Base is kept current with frequent edits and additions. Stay up-to-date on the latest by reviewing the [...]
Password security in the age of Cloud (http://www.v-wiki.net/?p=599)How many passwords do you have? Do you remember them all? Do you use a password manager tool? Are your passwords complex and secure, or easy to guess dictionary words? What is your weakest point? I bet that last question threw you a bit. Your entire security and identity could be tied to your weakest […] The post Password security in the age of Cloud appeared first on Virtual Wiki .