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Presenting @ Austin VMUG

By on March 11, 2014 in VMUG

I have been asked to present at the upcoming Austin VMUG covering the topic of VMware vCHS. The conference is scheduled for March 20th 2014.  You can register by clicking here. AT&T Conference Center 1900 University Ave Austin, TX 78705 Im really looking forward to presenting in Austin, it is one of my favourite cities, and will be good to get to go back. I already know a few people from the community who are attending, but will be great to meet new people and see old friends.  Please don’t hesitate to come and talk to me. The agenda is looking pretty packed. The full agenda can be read by clicking here. TIME EVENT LOCATION 7:30 AM – 8:15 AM Registration | Breakfast Ballroom Foyer 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM VMUG Welcome Salon ABC 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM VMware Update – Eddie Blackwell Salon ABC 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Virtualization […]

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Change of focus

By on March 4, 2014 in Randomness

Most people who read my blog will have noticed the change of domain names.  I wrote a brief article on the change here Quite a few people on my travels over the past few weeks have asked why I changed?  What was my thinking?  Why the change of focus? Well, the main reason for changing domain names (I touched on it in the article announcing the change) was that I want to start writing articles that are just not virtualization focused.  Why you may ask?  Well for me, I find writing down my thoughts on topics that interest me very valuable.  It allows me to consider my options, and gives me a way of thinking while I write.  So for example, one of my other favourite topics outside of virtualization is cars.  I know a few people appreciated seeing my article about a Mercedes C32 AMG vs BMW E46 M3 […]

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Top vBlog 2014

Top vBlog 2014

By on February 27, 2014 in VMware Posts

Wow! The voting for Top vBlog 2014 is now open! I didn’t blog as much over 2013 as I wanted, but have been able to pick back up after changing roles and I hopefully have some content that people will find interesting, so 2014 will be an exciting year for me personally.  I hope people over the past year have enjoyed the small articles I wrote.  Please note: If you kindly vote for me, my site is listed under my old domain name virtual-blog.com. One of things I wanted to do was list some of my favourite bloggers, that I read regularly and feel are worth a mention. Duncan Epping Kendrick Coleman Chris Colotti Eric Sloof Cormac Hogan Rawlinson Rivera William Lam Alan Renouf Frank Denneman Massimo Re Ferre Eric Siebert recommends to keep the following in mind when voting for your top blogs: Longevity – Anyone can start a blog but […]

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Configure vCHS Endpoint in vCAC

By on February 21, 2014 in Cloud Computing, vCloud Air

Looking to configure vCHS endpoint in vCAC? I have been asked this question quite a few times since I published my Home Lab design. How do you do it? Well anyone who has used vCAC knows its not just 4 clicks, it requires some thought around how you are going to setup and consume the resources on the endpoint. I use vCAC to deploy to these endpoints in my home lab: This really great video has just been released that has a complete walk through on how to do it. Its worth a watch if you are trying to configure vCHS endpoint in vCAC. VMware has lots of other videos available on vCAC.  Click here to see them all

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Host Microsoft Exchange in a hybrid cloud

By on February 13, 2014 in Cloud Computing, vCloud Air

After a crazy few days at PEX, and lots of conversations with people, one of the questions that kept coming up was how can I design and host Microsoft Exchange Cloud in a hybrid cloud model. Great Question!! This is a great use case for the hybrid cloud.  One of the easiest answers is You could split up your exchange design however you see fit.  Client Access Servers could be hosted on vCHS providing the public facing part of Exchange, with the backend Mailbox servers on Premise perhaps, or split across multiple clouds for DR? Anyone who knows exchange, will be thinking now of all the different possibilities you could have. In my opinion Exchange is the best product to come from Microsoft.  They have advanced it tremendously with every release, and with Exchange 2013 you have all the built in Disaster Recovery and Disaster Avoidance features that really make […]

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