vCloud Director….Now What?
One thing that was missing from VMworld…to many of us it was blatantly missing….was discussion of vCloud Director. Sure, VMware announced v5.5 but it’s a very minor revision and there was no talk of a...
View ArticleVarrow and VMware vCHS Deep Dive Events This Week!
My plan was to get this post up sooner but between a surprise attack from kidney stones, end of quarter, holidays, and PTO…plus a few more excuses I can’t think of right now…that didn’t happen. So my...
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VSAN Session Slides from Varrow Madness
At Varrow Madness 2014 I did a session on VMware VSAN and several people have asked me for my slides. Just a note here. I didn’t create this slide deck. This was done by Rawlinson Rivera of VMware....
View ArticlevExpert 2014s Announced! Varrow Hits Double Digits!
Today the first batch of VMware vExperts for 2014 was announced! You can see the full list here. I’m very humbled and honored to get it for my 5th year in a row. What I’m most excited about and...
View ArticleWho Made Your SSDs and Why It Matters
Things like VSAN, Pernix Data FVP, XtremSW and ScaleIO from EMC, and ioVDI and ioTurbine from FusionIO have put a lot attention on flash in servers. The problem that a lot of people are finding is...
View ArticleThoughts on VMware’s Expert-Level Certification Plan
This week I’ve had the privilege of sitting in a new program being introduced by VMware to create a new expert-level certification. Before we get in to the program itself I want to talk a little about...
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A Look at VMware’s vCloud Hybrid Service – Disaster Recovery
Yesterday VMware officially released their DRaaS offering, vCloud Hybrid Service – Disaster Recovery (vCHS-DR). This is a simple service that allows you to replicate VMs from a vSphere environment to...
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“The task was canceled by a user.” Error When Deploying OVA From Web Client
Just a quick note as I’ve seen other people hit this. There are a couple of reasons that can cause an OVA deployment to fail when using the Web Client on vSphere 5.5. Two solutions are here and here....
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Impact of VSAN on Memory Utilization in a Home Lab
This weekend I’m working on standing up and configuring VMware NSX in my home lab. While doing so I started to cut down the amount of RAM assigned to some VMs to free up resources. This got me...
View ArticleDouble VCDX and the New VCDX-NV
This morning I got some great news, that I’m now a double VCDX. My first one was the VCDX-DCV (Data Center Virtualization) certification that I received in 2010 and now the VCDX-NV (Network...
View ArticleAnnouncing a New Course with PluralSight! VMware NSX: Intro and Install
It’s about time! When word got around that I was working on this course I’ve been asked a hundred times when it was going to be out. Well, it’s out! This is the first of three planned courses for...
View ArticleNutanix and Acropolis: Should VMware Be Worried?
This week Nutanix officially announced Acropolis, their hypervisor based on KVM. As expected there has been a lot of fanfare and hype about this release….but should VMware, the obvious incumbent in...
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VSAN Session Slides from Varrow Madness
At Varrow Madness 2014 I did a session on VMware VSAN and several people have asked me for my slides. Just a note here. I didn’t create this slide deck. This was done by Rawlinson Rivera of VMware....
View ArticlevExpert 2014s Announced! Varrow Hits Double Digits!
Today the first batch of VMware vExperts for 2014 was announced! You can see the full list here. I’m very humbled and honored to get it for my 5th year in a row. What I’m most excited about and...
View ArticleWho Made Your SSDs and Why It Matters
Things like VSAN, Pernix Data FVP, XtremSW and ScaleIO from EMC, and ioVDI and ioTurbine from FusionIO have put a lot attention on flash in servers. The problem that a lot of people are finding is...
View ArticleThoughts on VMware’s Expert-Level Certification Plan
This week I’ve had the privilege of sitting in a new program being introduced by VMware to create a new expert-level certification. Before we get in to the program itself I want to talk a little about...
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A Look at VMware’s vCloud Hybrid Service – Disaster Recovery
Yesterday VMware officially released their DRaaS offering, vCloud Hybrid Service – Disaster Recovery (vCHS-DR). This is a simple service that allows you to replicate VMs from a vSphere environment to...
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“The task was canceled by a user.” Error When Deploying OVA From Web Client
Just a quick note as I’ve seen other people hit this. There are a couple of reasons that can cause an OVA deployment to fail when using the Web Client on vSphere 5.5. Two solutions are here and here....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Impact of VSAN on Memory Utilization in a Home Lab
This weekend I’m working on standing up and configuring VMware NSX in my home lab. While doing so I started to cut down the amount of RAM assigned to some VMs to free up resources. This got me...
View ArticleDouble VCDX and the New VCDX-NV
This morning I got some great news, that I’m now a double VCDX. My first one was the VCDX-DCV (Data Center Virtualization) certification that I received in 2010 and now the VCDX-NV (Network...
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