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Improving the Processes – Journey
Gartner is holding their Infrastructure and Operations Management Conference this week. As valuable as this conference would be to my career, I did not choose to go this year, but I did attend...
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NetApp RTP Visit
Last week I had the great pleasure of visiting the NetApp campus in Research Triangle Park. I had previously missed out on the opportunity to take part in an EBC trip with our reseller when we became...
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ESX or vSphere Host Not Responding
We just discovered one of our older host servers was in a non-responsive state in vCenter. After successfully confirming network connectivity of the host server and virtual machines, we determined...
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VMworld 2012 Schedule Built
VMworld 2012 is right around the corner and yesterday VMware launched the much-awaited Schedule Builder. It appears they will stick with the approach they have most years – one must register for a...
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#vBrownBag Wednesdays
I’m super excited about VMworld! Fueling that excitement has been taking part in the Wednesday night vBrownBags hosted by Cody Bunch and team over at professionalvmware.com. The guys are currently...
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Cloudy trip to VMworld
Here I am flying well above the cumulonimbus clouds over Nevada on my way to VMworld, the quintessential virtual and cloud conference of the year hosted by VMware. Yes, the adventure is beginning and...
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VMworld 2012, Day 0
Since VMworld scheduled events on Sunday this year, I felt compelled to fly out yesterday which allowed me some time to kill earlier today. I ended up heading to the Golden Gate Bridge for a little...
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VMworld 2012, Day 1 – Keynote
The opening act for VMworld was the usual keynote by Paul Maritz and Steve Herrod. This being Paul Maritz’ last week as CEO of VMware, he took the opportunity to introduce the incoming CEO, Pat...
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VMworld 2012, Day 1 – Sessions
After the opening keynote session, I immediately headed over to the Hang Space. This is such a cool concept for the conference. Great place to kick back, take a break, catch up with folks, meet new...
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File Lock on Full VMFS Volume
We just recently had a VMFS volume become full due to over-provisioning which caused the VMs on the datastore to stop responding. Typically the solution is easy – free up space on the volume by...
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Welcome back!
Wow… I’m back from the blogging black hole. Nothing posted since last October, but so much has happened. It’s probably fitting for me to start afresh. I recently relocated to Cary, NC from the DC...
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Back again…
Wow, the black hole has been unrelenting. The last several months have been exciting in my new role, but I’ve shared nothing! Time to change that. Between engagements that have forced me to dive...
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VCAP5-DCA Prep
I can proudly say that after a year or so of poking at the content of the VCAP5 exams, I’ve finally gotten myself into gear and have been faithfully in hot pursuit of the esteemed VCAP5-DCA cert. And...
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VCAP5-DCA Experience
So I took the VMware VCAP5-DCA exam last week. I studied rigorously for this one, especially in the final weeks leading up the exam. I had to reschedule a couple times due to scheduling conflicts...
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VCAP5-DCA Results!
Wow! Results came in seven days from the day I wrote this exam. I expected my wait to be the normal 14+ days so I was stunned when I woke up this morning to see the email from VMware with my VCAP5-DCA...
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VMworld 2014 – Day 0
The week of VMworld started with an opening act to put all other opening acts to shame (except one of course!). The big vEarthquake, which registered 6.0 (or was it 6.1?) on the Richter Scale 40 miles...
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VMworld 2014 – Day 1
The day started off in a very different way than all other VMworlds that I’ve attended. Scott Lowe had organized a very informal Christian meet-up for anyone who wanted to gather and offer up any...
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VMworld 2014 – Day 2
I started the day again meeting up with Scott Lowe and other faithful attendees. After that and some breakfast, I headed back to the hotel room to lay low for the morning. My TechTalk was coming up at...
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VMworld 2014 – Day 3
Wednesday was incredibly productive. After a good start to the day with Scott Lowe and the gang, I headed to breakfast and then into the “What’s new in vSphere?” session. This was mainly about...
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VMworld 2014 – Day 4
Thursday was the final day of the conference and thus it was the last day to meet up with Scott Lowe and the other believers I had met this week. I also had the pleasure of meeting Scott’s wife Crystal...
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