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The South Florida VMUG User Conference
This is out of the norm for me as I normally don’t write about VMUG Conferences, however the South Florida VMUG Conference on April 3rd is going to be epic. Okay, maybe epic is a little over the top....
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How to Deploy the vCOPs vApp in an Essentials, Essentials Plus or Standard...
Many of you have heard of vSOM which is vSphere with Operations Management. This week I was tasked with deploying a VCE solution and no, it wasn’t a vBlock. I was implementing an EMC VNXe 3150, a few...
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VMware Tools Is Filling Up My Event Log
As part of my VCE implementation that I wrote about in my vCOps vApp deployment article, I also ran into two separate issues related to the deployment of VMware Tools. The first is a common issue and...
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Sizing your View Connection Server for a POC… and Beyond
As I was building the View Connection Server for our lab environment and editing the virtual machine so that it had the required 10GB of RAM, I had a thought but I’ll get to that in a second. The...
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An Introduction to the vCloud Hybrid Service (vCHS)
I was able to attend the vCHS (vCloud Hybrid Service) technical overview webinar today. First, I must say that I’m excited about the service as it will open up another set of doors of opportunity for...
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Challenge Accepted
I must say the past week has been one of the most challenging weeks for me. As the post title indicates, a new opportunity was presented to me and I accepted. In a little over a week I will begin...
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Indianapolis VMUG Demo Days
For the 6th time, the Indianapolis VMware User Group (@IndyVMUG) will be hosting it’s annual conference. The conference takes place on Thursday, July 25th at the Indiana Convention Center located in...
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Charging Up…
It’s been a while since I last wrote an article. Well, that’s not entirely true. I did post my first article as a guest blogger on vDestination. I’m a huge fan of PCoIP which is the protocol used...
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VMware’s New Certification Level
VMware has announced a new level of certification for aspiring VMware administrators, users or tech junkies. The Associate level (VCA) is now the introductory certification level for DataCenter...
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Cincinnati VMUG User Conference
After a one-year absence, the Cincinnati VMUG will be hosting a User Conference on Thursday, November 7th at the Sharonville Convention Center. Details of the event can be found here. The Cincinnati...
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Automating Anything and Everything
As always, I’m late to the game. As you probably already know vCloud Automation Center (vCAC) 6 went generally available yesterday. Most of you probably saw your first glimpse of vCAC 6 at VMworld –...
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The Scoop – Middle of January Edition
It’s that time of the year. It’s cold outside, black Friday and the holidays have come and gone and you’re taking care of kicking off 2014 projects. In my role, I interact with customers on a daily...
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The Scoop – March Edition
Wow, it’s the end of February already. VMware Partner Exchange has come and gone and we’re in the thick of some major announcements. Those announcements include the VMware acquisition of Airwatch and...
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Two VCAPs in Two Months
I recently challenged myself to attempt both the Data Center Administration (DCA) and the Data Center Design (DCD) certification exams that make up the VMware Certified Advanced Professional...
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What’s so Suite about Horizon 6?
So, what is so Suite about Horizon 6? Today, VMware announced updates to their solutions that help enable end-user computing (EUC). So where do we start? Let’s start in the most obvious place, with...
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The Scoop – April Edition
The snow has finally melted and spring has arrived. It’s been an exciting month at VMware that included the announcement of Horizon 6 as well as the release of vCHS – Disaster Recovery (RaaS). There...
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The Scoop – May Edition
I know, I know, it’s June. I couldn’t let the May edition of the Scoop slip by though. It’s been a busy month. I’ve done quite a bit of traveling to meet with customers as well as working hard on my...
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Your VMware Insurance Company
Over the past few weeks I have become more involved with Support Requests that have been opened by my customers with VMware Global Support Services, often times referred to as GSS. Almost all of the...
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vCenter Operations Manager Management Pack for NSX
First, if you’re not aware of the many management packs available for vCenter Operations Manager (vCOps), please visit the Solution Exchange and check out the many management packs available. A quick...
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The Scoop – June Edition
I know, I’m a few days late. With the end of the quarter wrapping up, the EMC Redefine Possible launch and the holiday weekend here in the US, I was unable to find time to put together my monthly list...
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