VMware and Cloud do not normally seem synonymous or, in fact, near each other. VMware is still viewed as the on-premises solution that is used for hypervisors, and then the cloud is viewed as a regional solution in multiple locations. VMC on AWS has changed that landscape, and the landscape continues to be changed. Dell …
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VMworld 2020 Networking and Security – Early Blogger Access
As a vRealize user I’ve always been extremely interested in Network Insight. The ability to map traffic from one point to the next is well worth the time investment. Especially in an environment that is new, or one that you do not fully understand. I’ve been in both situations myself. The roughest is when you …
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VMware’s Master Certified Cloud Native Badge – Test Prep
This is a really weird blog for me to write. I am not great at this test. I really don’t think that I’m the best person to write this information. Let me be straight, I took this test 3 times. That’s 750$. If you just passed the CKA and you think you can do this …
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Certified Kubernetes Studies and Test
NOTICE: This information will be out of date in 9/2020 when the test is updated. Most of the information i put it here should be in-step with the new test but since the test isn’t out yet, I cant say for sure. I decided a while ago that I wanted to go for the Certified …
Top 5 Blogs I frequent
So the first part of this blog topic was about the people that made me love the things I love, and be who I am in my career. I’m going to extend this half of the topic to the people that keep me in touch and help me grow. This list will be focused on …
Terraform Certification – How I passed
In this blog, I want to take the time to help anyone interested in getting the Terraform Associate Certification from Hashicorp. The test runs abbout 60 mins, has 57/58 questions, and although there is no definite answer to what a passing grade is, I’m betting it is around 70%. The certification itself is pretty young …
Top Blogs that Changed my life
I’m going to divide this topic into two parts. The first will list blogs that changed my career and by extension into my personal life. The next will be info on blogs I currently visit to keep up to date. A lot of bloggers out there think they send their words out into the void, …
The 8.1 Release of vRealize Automation and vRealize Operations
For the automation operator that utilizes vRealize Automation, 8.0 was a huge update. Moving away from those dreaded IAAS components built on Windows made everyone cheer. Unfortunately, what we found on the other side of 7.6 was an empty house that once held many functions we had all grown to love. The lack of multi-tenancy, …
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Sunday OTW and @ VMworld 2019
The Trip Sitting here in a quiet terminal is slightly surreal. I’m not used to silence or the singular sound of roller bags one at a time going through. Its peaceful… too peaceful. I got here too early. I’m a stickler for rules. I don’t know why, but if I’m told to be at the …
Automation: Getting Started with vRealize Automation (Part 3)
So at this point you should have the following: Endpoint connection with your VCenter Fabric Group allowing the resources to be granted Business Groups allowing specific group of users access to.. Reservations setup to grant resources to business groups Reservation policies to allow specific Reservations to be called Network Policy to allow specific IP pools …
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