Disclaimer: This isn’t another Mental Health post. I’ll share that part of my story sometime later. This is going to be raw, so if you can’t read this, don’t. I am not looking for empathy or sympathy. These experiences brought me to where I am and I don’t resent them. I want this to be something that helps …
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Automation: Getting started with vRealize Automation (Part 1)
Acronyms used: vRA = VMware vRealize Automation vRO = VMware vRealize Orchestrator vROPS = VMware vRealize Operations I was hit with a shocking realization this past week. During a conversation with a VMware representative about automation and the success that we have found within it, he stated, “You know we could sell the cloud suite license …
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Terraform: A Noob continues…
Ok, so you have Terraform installed, well… neat. Remember this is from the perspective of a guy learning Terraform, so come along with me and let’s learn together. Let’s get into the nitty-gritty and start learning what this whole ‘infrastructure as code’ is really all about. The first thing we are going to do is …
Terraform: The Noob Starts
brew install terraform
The Challenge of DevOps
Disclaimer: I am not an expert in this area, this is just a blog over difficulties and conflicts created in the search for DevOps. I will go through some fallacies that will make each group look bad, so stick with it if you can. I really would like to get conversations started where they weren’t. The …
More HomeLab Pitfalls
This is going to be another one of those blogs of the pitfalls I’ve ran into. I really want to get into how to fix specific errors and troubleshooting. However, since I’m trying my hardest to get this lab setup to dig into the new releases that came out a couple weeks ago, VUM – …
HomeLab Rookie – Networking Mis-steps-stakes
So going along with last post about how I am really not great with the administration of vSphere, or the setup(last time was 5.5). Its time to look at the more fundamental stuff, and how bad I am with the Network component. Addendum: I hope these help someone out there grow themselves. I know I’m …
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A Good Adjustment
I’m busy working on the homlab trying my best to duplicate a homelabber and failing miserably. But more information will be coming on that later. For now I found a great KB that needs some sharing! VMware has been known for some great pointers to fix issues. This one fell into my lap from an …
The Life of a Home Lab…Rookie
Normally my blogs are more technical and at least get the information accross about how to do different things within VMware’s toolbox. Today, I’m starting a series(ish) on doing a homelab. Yes this is new for me and i’m working through some basic things i havn’t had to do since ESXI 5.5. SO there is …
VRealize Deployments: Part Two – The Network
So this is FAR overdue.. Sorry about that. In Part one we basically looked through setting up an AD structure for the computer object and setting the machine to install and join domain. Basic stuff really, but going from a purely manual build to this process pretty sweet. Here is the next part. IPAM, and …
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