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VMware vCloud Architecture Toolkit – vCAT Book released

By admin on August 21, 2013 in Cloud Computing

I am pleased to announce that my first book I co-authored has been released on Amazon. This is really exciting news, which I am extremely pleased about. The book is titled VMware vCloud Architecture Toolkit (vCAT): Technical and Operational Guidance for Cloud Success. This has been quite a long journey for a lot of us, and we have spent many a long hour writing or editing for this book, and the paper version available on vmware.com. The vCAT book synopsis: The complete vCAT printed reference: knowledge, tools, and validated designs for building high-value vCloud® solutions The vCloud Architecture Toolkit (vCAT) brings together validated designs, tools, and knowledge for architecting, implementing, operating, and consuming modern vCloud infrastructure based on the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC). vCAT has already helped hundreds of VMware customers succeed with vCloud. Now, pioneering VMware architect John Arrasjid has integrated essential vCAT information into a definitive printed […]

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Suggested vCloud VMworld sessions

By admin on July 13, 2012 in VMworld

I have been looking through the VMworld content catalogue today. There are over 250 sessions this year, covering a variety of topics. Something for everyone as they say. For me working in the vCloud space, I thought it would be good to create a list of sessions that I think will be beneficial to people wanting to learn more about the vCloud products, and how they can further enhance there current vCloud environments. Lets start with the most important session, mine 🙂 INF-VSP1168 – Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure This session will discuss the various design considerations when architecting the foundation for every solid cloud environment: vSphere 5.0. We will start with sizing and scaling and end with some operational guidance. Different examples will be used to show the impact design considerations can have on the availability of your services. Presenters: David Hill, Chris Colotti and Aidan Dalgleish INF-VSP2448 – Automating Bare […]

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VMworld public voting open

By admin on May 29, 2012 in General

Its that time of year again where the VMworld session voting is open to the public. I have submitted two sessions this year that I think will help pass on some of the information I and my colleagues have learnt over the year. The sessions I have submitted are: Session 1166: Monitoring a vCloud Infrastructure: Presenters – David Hill and Andy Troup Abstract: For a VMware vCloud to be successful and operationally sustainable, an absolutely critical step is developing a solid monitoring solution. This session will help customers address this by exploring the proven, practical activities and considerations VMware has defined, based on experience, for developing a monitoring architecture. A participant in this session will leave with a deep technical understanding of the guiding principles underlying a VMware vCloud monitored architecture utilising VMware VCOps and VMware Hyperic. In addition to the technical aspects, this session will also provide the participant with […]

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VCAP: Datacenter Design Exam Tips

By admin on February 25, 2011 in General

After passing my VAP-DCD Exam this week, I thought it might be good to write some tips on what to expect. These are very high level, so as not to give away any in depth clues. The exam generally has a nice feel to it, with a mixture of multiple choice single answer and multiple answer questions, drag and drop questions and some diagram creation. One thing I would recommend is make sure you allow enough time to complete the diagrams. It is a long exam, but you will need all the time. Each diagram can take around 30 minutes depending on its scenario. Diagram creation – You need to understand the principals behind how to create diagrams. These are all part of every day design documents, and is critical you are able to create these on the fly. Consolidation Ratios – You need to be able to understand consolidation […]

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Codespaces is a reminder to us all, not just cloud consumers

By admin on June 19, 2014 in Cloud Computing

How tragic, Codespaces.com is no longer a viable business. This is tragic, and a massive shame. It does serve as a critical reminder that security of our services and data is essential. It is the most important piece of running any IT service. Personally, I find it very sad that we live in a world where this kind of thing can happen. The note on codespaces.com website made me feel extremely sad and angry, but its the world we live in. As an ex-business owner, this was always my biggest worry. Someone trying to hold me or my business hostage, just for money. Most people run businesses (especially small or medium businesses) for the passion of what they are doing, and money is a by-product of that passion. To see this on the screen is extremely sad: However, it does prove to us all that security is key. When I […]

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