ProfessionalVMware - vBrownBag

Kendrick (Kenny) Coleman shares his knowledge of vCloud Networking www.kendrickcoleman.com

This week we had David Davis of TrainSignal back to talk vSphere 5 and VCP5 training. Check out the video below:

In our last BrownBag Damian Karlson hosted Harley Stagner (Blog) and talked about vSphere Design

This week our illustrious host Damian was joined by Sean Crookston, Chris Wahl, and Bill Hill who Deep-Dived into designing vSphere environments as well as the vSphere Storage Appliance.

This time around we had Wade Holmes (@wholmes | blog) on to talk about the vCloud Architecture Toolkit 2.0. The session was facilitated by the always amazing Damian Karlson.

Woot! This was yet another outstanding session led by Damian Karlson, this time starring Jason Boche talking about Objective 1 of the VCAP-DCD. This, is the follow-up post, both with video, slides, and notes.

So, I’ve still only managed to get through about 15 minutes of this total. Frankly, I will need to listen to it at least two or three times to process the entire Bus Full of Awesome that Frank & Duncan brought around. Special thanks to Damian Karlson for hosting these over the next bunch of weeks.

Woot! Excellent BrownBag, Excellent Presenter, Excellent Participation. Sorry the follow-up post took a bit longer than usual. We covered VCAP-DCA objective 2 - Networking, with live demos some good lecture, slides, and follow-up resources. Links Sean Crookston — original author of the VCAP-DCA study guide, plus VCAP labs. http://www.seancrookston.com/vcap-dca/ Damian Karlson — took over Sean’s VCAP guide and updated it. http://damiankarlson.com/vcap-dca4-exam/ Ed Grigson’s VCAP Study Guide — http://www.vexperienced.co.uk/vcap-dca/ Eric Sloof’s VCAP practice questions (also a bunch of great VCAP related videos, too) — http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/1585-Looking-for-VCAP-practice-questions-Here-they-are….html Kendrick Coleman’s VCAP-DCA resources — http://kendrickcoleman.com/index.php?/Tech-Blog/vcap-datacenter-administration-exam-landing-page-vdca410.html TrainSignal’s Troubleshooting course — http://www.trainsignal.com/VMware-vSphere-Troubleshooting-Training.aspx Summary All and all an excellent BrownBag. If you liked what you saw, have a topic you would like to see, or have any comments about the BrownBags, feel free to drop a line in the comments.

So, TrainSignal FTW! That is all. About 3 weeks back now we had David Davis on the BrownBags, and while the Video has been up on Vimeo I’ve been lax in getting it posted. One of those things that if I don’t take care of it right away I seem to forget. Not that David is forgettable… far from it. In fact, if you listen closely, at the end of the BrownBag we get an awesome sound byte too!

On 8/3 we talked vSphere performance as it relates to the VCAP-DCA exam. Specifically objective 6.2 on the exam blueprint. We also had special guest Hersey Cartwright along for the ride. The Links Generating Load (Load Storm): http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2010/04/09/generating-load/ HCL (for searching for hot-add supported guest OS): http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=software http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10129 http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10066 http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10179 http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/PowerCLI41U1/html/Get-Stat.html

The Summary! No, it’s not that I was too lazy to fill out the template for the post, really. In fact, it was an excellent call with Julian Cates from NetApp. All in all a pretty good discussion.

IOPS? No, it’s not where you go to get pancakes. Last night we were joined by two all-stars in VDI sizing and had an awesome audience conversation around VDI and it’s potential impact on storage. What follows is the video and some selected bits from the chat. The Links Well, honestly, when I wrote the post I thought they were there. Seemingly gotowebinar ate them. If you were on the BrownBag last night, drop a line in the comments with any of the formulas and sizing links (raid penalty’s etc) that you found useful. Sorry.

The Links Not too many: http://nickapedia.com/2011/02/16/virtual-selection-cloud-constructs-for-rapid-prototypingtesting/ http://nickapedia.com/?s=uber

First a huge thanks to Glenn & the other authors of the PowerCLI Reference. If you don’t have a copy… you are doing yourself a disservice. Another thanks to those who attended live and continue to make these valuable for everyone. The Links The Book - http://amzn.to/hIPPzi Glenn’s Site - http://get-admin.com/ Luc’s Site - http://www.lucd.info/ Alan’s Site - http://www.virtu-al.net/ The Book Page - http://www.powerclibook.com/ Jonathan’s Site - http://www.jonathanmedd.net/ Summary We ran well past our 60 minutes, and likely could have run further. It seems, like security, PowerCLI is an area that needs some more attention. If you would like, drop a line in the comments, or fill out the survey here to tell me what y’all want to see.

The Links: Ed’s Site - http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/ Ed’s vSphere Security Book Ed on Twitter Summary: First, I seem to have misplaced the chat logs. There were a few good links shared. If y’all still have them handy, please drop them in the comments. As you watch the video you’ll notice how quickly we roll from minute 1 to over time. Virtualization security is a pretty broad topic, one that we could easily waste days on. However, with this BrownBag, Ed’s book and some of the other resources mentioned during the video, you’ll have a good start. As always, drop a line in the comments if you have questions, concerns, or would like to see something specific in a future BrownBag.