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Thursday @VMworld
VMWorld Certification Experience So I woke up at 6AM this morning, I had a lot of anxiety about the test so definitely wasn’t ready or well-rested for it. However, I was determined to get a good start into the foray of certifications after I talked with the education people yesterday. Its definitely intimidating to walk…
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Wednesday @VMworld
VMworld Tips(AGAIN) First remember that you are on your feet for almost the entire time you’re NOT in a session and in some cases a bit when you’re in there. The continual mantra that comfortable shoes need to be your first item to pack is totally true. HOWEVER: There are definitely other tips to give…
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Tuesday @VMworld
San Fransisco! I decided to write a bit about the town, I came from a 105 degree Texas over to the west coast. Considering the only “West Coast” thing I knew was a swing dancing step known as the West Coast 3-step(I met my wife Swing Dancing). ITS COLD. Yeah ok so lows in the…
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Monday @VMworld
Note: For the sessions I’ll embed the videos once they are released. Similar to the general session. General Session Big announcements Acquisition of Pivotal and Carbon Black Project Tenzu with Project Pacific bringing native Kubernetes into the vSphere space running Kubernetes on ESXi and stating that it can run over 8% faster than bare metal…
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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…
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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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The Positive Side of Failure
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 2)
In this part two, we have an endpoint with your vcenter, we have a fabric group to consume those resources, now that the infrastructure is prepped, it’s time for the squishy element….those dang humans. In my previous post, we brought in AD, so users can be utilized from the domain to populate groups. These groups…
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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…
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