The Catalog for partner exchange 2012 has been released I will be presenting the below sessions and have listed some of the cloud sessions I will be attending too. Session 1269: Upgrading the vCloud Solution Stack in an End to End Environment Abstract: Although there are many individual guides on upgrading the different components on a vCloud deployment, none take into account the overall process. This session is intended to outline the entire process in a four phase approach. This process was devleopmed in house at VMware and already used at other customers successfully. Although the process was developed around moving from 1.0 to 1.5, the process as outlined can be used for other major upgrades that will be coming from VMware. Presenters: Chris Colotti and David Hill Session 1359: Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure Abstract: This session will discuss the various design considerations when architecting the foundation for every solid cloud environment: vSphere 5.0. We will start with […]
London VMUG 26th January
I will be presenting at the London VMUG on January 26th 2012, alongside my colleague Aidan Dalgleish (@aidersd) We will be presenting the session Chris Colotti and I gave at VMworld. Session abstract: Enterprises globally are enthusiastically embracing Cloud Computing as both a way of reducing costs and improving the quality of service IT provides to its end customers. To achieve this, enterprises are looking to VMware and its partners to help them deploy VMware vCloud Director-based Private Cloud environments. For a VMware vCloud Director-based Private Cloud to be successful and operationally sustainable, an absolutely critical first step is developing a solid vCloud architecture. This session will help partners address this critical first step by exploring the proven, practical activities and considerations VMware has defined, based on experience, for developing a vCloud architecture. A participant in this session will leave with a deep technical understanding of the guiding principles underlying […]
vCloud Architecture Toolkit (vCat)
A couple of people have pinged me on twitter this week asking if I knew where the vCloud Architecture Tool kit otherwise known as vCat is located. I thought I would provide the link to help people out. http://www.vmware.com/cloud-computing/cloud-architecture/vcat-toolkit.html
Partner Exchange 2012 Catalog released
The Partner Exchange 2012 Catalog has been released. Click Here to view the full content listing. I have listed details around the sessions I will be presenting at PEX 2012 with my colleagues. Session 1269: Upgrading the vCloud Solution Stack in an End to End Environment Abstract: Although there are many individual guides on upgrading the different components on a vCloud deployment, none take into account the overall process. This session is intended to outline the entire process in a four phase approach. This process was devleopmed in house at VMware and already used at other customers successfully. Although the process was developed around moving from 1.0 to 1.5, the process as outlined can be used for other major upgrades that will be coming from VMware. Presenters: Chris Colotti and David Hill Session 1359: Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure Abstract: This session will discuss the various design considerations when architecting the […]
VMware Chargeback Manager 2.0 released
I have just realised that VMware Chargeback 2.0 has been released. A quick point to note is that vCenter Chargeback is now known as Chargeback Manager. From a vCloud perspective, this is what we have all been waiting for. Chargeback Manager 2.0 provides support for all the features in vCloud Director 1.5 and vSphere 5.0. To read the full release notes click here This is some of the important features I think will interest people: Charge thin and thick provisioned virtual machines differently Tier based Storage costing Complete support for vSphere 5.0 and vCloud Director 1.5 Support for overage charging for org vDCs in the Allocation Pool model of vCloud Director Support for burstable billing or 95th percentile billing for the external network traffic in vCloud Director New cost models and billing policies for vCloud Director Complete support for vSphere 5.0 and vCloud Director 1.5