Summary = I'm already very excited about vCOPs and have multiple customers using it. Seeing the mass of additional data points we can now pull in from the storage array excites me even more. Matt Cowger - vCenter Operations and EMC Stuff VMAX Adapter It works! Go to config tab and add adapter. See front … Continue reading EMC Bootcamp Notes – vCenter Operations & EMC – VMware Partner Exchange
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Session Notes – VCDX Prep Session – VMware Partner Exchange
Summary = it's doable but a long hard road. Note: as with all my session notes this is a mix of what's on the screen, what the presenters are saying, and my own thoughts. If something doesn't sound like what the presenters would say, assume it's just my opinion. 😉 Or ask in the comments … Continue reading Session Notes – VCDX Prep Session – VMware Partner Exchange
Session Notes – VMware vSphere 5 Storage Troubleshooting Boot Camp – VMware Partner Exchange
Summary = great design considerations around VDI and awesome deep dive by Mostafa -- buy his book when it comes out. Presenters = Mostafa (VCDX #02) for Troubleshooting and Jeff Whitman & Jim Yanik (both Senior SE's) for initial VDI part. Note: as with all my session notes this is a mix of what's on … Continue reading Session Notes – VMware vSphere 5 Storage Troubleshooting Boot Camp – VMware Partner Exchange
VMware Partner Exchange Schedule
So I'm currently sitting at VMware Partner Exchange in a deep-dive Storage Troubleshooting session (very good 4 hour session) and realized I never posted my schedule. While I overlap a good bit with other Varrow-ites (surprise surprise), I wanted to put out what I'm attending. Sunday and Monday I'm in pre-conference bootcamps…so no nice schedule … Continue reading VMware Partner Exchange Schedule
VCP5 Study Recommendations
So I realize everyone and their brother has blogged on VCP 5 study recommendations….but I thought I'd just put mine out as well as I passed back in December. I was planning to study up over Christmas/New Year's until I discovered that most testing centers in my area were shutting down for 3 weeks….so I … Continue reading VCP5 Study Recommendations
Fantastic Citrix Workshop
Andy Whiteside and Paddy Harrington put on a fantastic Citrix workshop in Charlotte today -- see below for some notes. They're by no means comprehensive -- what caught my ear when not stuck on calls or replying to urgent emails. The bolded titles below are for the various modules we covered today. Random Load Manager = … Continue reading Fantastic Citrix Workshop
LAS4001 Lab Architecture Session: Cloud and Virtualization Architecture
Speakers = Clair Roberts (Sr. Product Integration Architect), Curtis Pope (Chief Global Architect) Summary at the top = fun session, Clair is very engaging and has lots of anecdotes/deep dive details about various pieces of the lab infrastructure. Great session to end VMworld on.
VSP1708 VCDX Defense Prep
Literally 20 people in the room…..got here late b/c only heard about this off of Twitter. Design Role Play Scenario #1 Consolidation Scenario -- sample info about consolidation physical to virtual but not enough. I/O Scenarios Asking about application scenarios is a good method. Ask about peak I/O characteristics per VM See Windows XP -- … Continue reading VSP1708 VCDX Defense Prep
VSP2247 10Gb & FCoE Real World Design Considerations
Got here a bit late as stayed to talk with Bryan Kuhn and Chad Sakac after the last session….discussion around NFS for VDI, etc. Speaker = Don Mann from ePlus Two Approaches Throttling - examples… vSS - throttle egress (outbound) traffic from VM vDS - throttle ingress/egress to/from VM HP FlexFabric - FlexNICs - 4 … Continue reading VSP2247 10Gb & FCoE Real World Design Considerations
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