In my constant strive to learn new technologies I have decided to create an unofficial study guide containing my notes for the VMware Specialist: vSAN Digital Badge exam. The Study Guide can be found here .
Written by Christopher Lewis on October 4, 2017 .
I have worked in “the industry” for the last 17+ years, so picking up new technologies and learning as much as I can (or at least as much I need to know to be dangerous) has become second nature to me. If I was just starting out in IT today, I’m not sure where I would start. I know when I started back in the day with software packaging with WISE Package Studio, Networking was a dark art.
Written by Christopher Lewis on September 25, 2017 .
Wednesday night is PARTY night at VMworld Barcelona and who better to party with than friends, fellow #vExperts and the Kaiser Chiefs! Here is a selection of photo’s from the party. The Kaiser Chiefs were a lot better than expected!
Written by Christopher Lewis on September 18, 2017 .
I am working away a lot at the moment in Paris, so this week was going to be one of the only opportunities I’m going to get to take exams before Christmas (scary fact - there is only 100 days left!) . So, after a jam packed 4 days at VMworld, I decided to end my week by taking the newly released VMware Certified Advanced Professional 7 - Cloud Management and Automation Design (3V0-732) exam.
Written by Christopher Lewis on September 15, 2017 .
Day 3 is the day after the VMworld Party and it is normally a very quiet day around VMworld. There is no General Session and a lot of people either do not attend any sessions or just leave the conference early. Personally, I only tend to minimize the sessions I go to on this day and spend some time in the Hands On Lab and just walking around the Solutions Exchange.
Written by Christopher Lewis on September 14, 2017 .
For the second day running at VMworld 2017, I decided to sit outside of the General Session and watch it on the screen whilst sitting at table with my laptop. General Session The General Session on day 2 started with an attendee Q&A session with Pat Gelsinger, Sanjay Poonen and Ray O’Farrell. The questions covered all sorts of topics, including: VMware in the age of the cloud? - Pat and Sanjay gave a consistent message around VMware’s vision of any cloud, any application and any device.
Written by Christopher Lewis on September 13, 2017 .
Day 2 of VMworld 2017 in Barcelona kick off with another General Session . Following the General Session, I attended the following sessions: Session 1 - #LHC1882BE - Service Overview for VMware Cloud on AWS This session, with Marc Umeno, covered how to delivery VMware Cloud on AWS “As A Service”. Marc re-introduced the current vision of **VMware Cloud on AWS **platform before highlighting the different responsibilities of both VMware and the Customer.
Written by Christopher Lewis on September 13, 2017 .
Here is the links to all of my blogs covering VMworld 2017 in Barcelona: VMworld 2017 – My Schedule VMworld 2017 – My Tips For First Timers VMworld 2017 - Getting there and Getting registered VMworld 2017 Day 0 - Partner Exchange VMworld 2017 Day 1 - General Session VMworld 2017 Day 1 - Sessions VMworld 2017 Day 2 - General Session VMworld 2017 Day 2 - Sessions VMworld 2017 Day 2 - VMworld Party!
Written by Christopher Lewis on September 13, 2017 .
After a good evening at the #vRockstar event, Partner Exchange (PEX) day was kicked off early for me with a session a couple of sessions. Session 1 - #PAR4376BE - NSX Assessment Led Selling The purpose of this session, with Atif Qadir and Dan Watson, was to get partners to think about how to position VMware NSX by understanding the IT and Business problems of a customer’s physical network. This is initially delivered by completing a VMware Virtual Network Assessment (VNA), but is not just about selling VMware Network Log Insight (vRNI).
Written by Christopher Lewis on September 13, 2017 .
Day 1 of VMworld 2017 in Barcelona kicked off with another General Session . Following the General Session, I attended the following sessions: Session 1 - #MMC1532BE - Using VMware NSX Cloud for Enhanced Networking and Security for AWS Native Cloud With Amol Tipnis and Percy Wadia This session concentrated on how VMware NSX Cloud can be used to provide a single pane of glass across multiple public clouds. Note: Currently VMware NSX Cloud is only available in AWS but development for MS Azure is on going.
Written by Christopher Lewis on September 12, 2017 .
- Zero2Hero - Using Aria Automation to Deploy Multiple Machines with Multiple Disks - Part 5
- Zero2Hero - Using Aria Automation to Deploy Multiple Machines with Multiple Disks - Part 4
- Zero2Hero - Using Aria Automation to Deploy Multiple Machines with Multiple Disks - Part 3
- Zero2Hero - Using Aria Automation to Deploy Multiple Machines with Multiple Disks - Part 2
- Zero2Hero - Using Aria Automation to Deploy Multiple Machines with Multiple Disks - Part 1