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My VCDX Journey (and stumbles along the way) # 2
If you missed Part 1, here it is. So I was in SFO for VCDX defence. My wife and kid joined me on the trip. She has family in Cali, she went to see them, I stayed back. I was nervous, didn’t know if I...
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Whats next after VCDX ?
This was the question asked the most in the last couple of days. Whoever thinks that getting VCDX is the end of the road is delusional. I am sure most of the current VCDXs would agree that VCDX is the...
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XtremeIO – Part 1 – Adding Hosts and Datastores
I’ve been running a new POC for XtremeIO AFA in the last couple of weeks. To say that its easy to provision storage and manage is an understatement. This hardware (and software) makes every other...
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Things that need to be changed on vSphere for Xtreme IO
Xtreme IO is the newest and fastest (well EMC say so) All Flash Array in the market. I have been running this in my “lab” running a POC which is quickly turning into a major VDI refresh for one of the...
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Performance Tuning VDI Environment – My Opinion
This year is the “year of the VDI” as was last year and the year before that. There are very few environments which are as simple but still complex to design and manage as a VDI environment. vSphere...
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VCDX Troubleshooting Scenario: Metro Cluster problems.
Here’s a good way to get involved in Troubleshooting scenarios and think like a #VCDX. This is a real life scenario which has been fixed and NOT a part of the official VCDX Troubleshooting scenario One...
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VCDX Troubleshooting: Diagnosis and Solution
Following on from the previous post, this post will concentrate on finding the solution to the symptoms mentioned below: Symptom 1: Cross site vMotion doesn’t happen on Metro Cluster. Symptom 2: DRS...
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Fear of failure should be a driving force
I read this blog from Chris Colotti about the VCDX fear of failure. So I thought I’d share my thoughts on that issue. As someone who has failed VCDX on the first attempt (Spoiler alert) Here is what I...
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Certifications – Educational Aspirations ???
On twitter today, a medium where most conversations happen, I happened to post this tweet in relation to the companies not respecting and nurturing VCDX (including mine to some extent, although I am...
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Using CI or HCI for VCDX? Read this.
Disclaimer: These are my personal thoughts and not the representation of any of the vendors mentioned in the blog below. If I have misquoted a technological aspect or misrepresented any vendor, please...
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New Generation Storage Arrays
I recently read a blog by Josh Odgers about the the requirement for hardware support specifically availability of the storage controllers or lack thereof (link:...
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Vendor Certs – Is it really as hard as doing Masters or PhD?
Disclaimer: I intend no disrespect to any VCDX or CCAr or any high level Vendor Certificate holders !! Rene no disrespect to you either my friend. I just recently saw a blog post by Rene (VCDX 133)...
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Upgrading to vSphere 6: Part 1 – How & What to plan for.
So vSphere 6.x is now here. A lot of blog posts have covered whats new and the new limits for the new Suite. A quick recap of whats new is (abstract from Duncan Epping’s Blog): vVols(Virtual Volumes)...
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VCDX-CMA or VCDX-DCV. What are the cool kids doing these days ?
I have been seriously thinking and prepping for #VCDX-Cloud. It couldn’t have been more different to think about CMA than when I was starting with prep for VCDX-DCV. Having said that, came across an...
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Why a cloud POC should never be “productionised”
Its been a while since my last post. Truth be told, I have been busy with work mostly during the last few weeks. But my little one has been having some medical issues owing to which I havent been able...
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Following on from the previous post, this post will concentrate on finding the solution to the symptoms mentioned below: Symptom 1: Cross site vMotion doesn’t happen on Metro Cluster. Symptom 2: DRS...
View ArticleFear of failure should be a driving force
I read this blog from Chris Colotti about the VCDX fear of failure. So I thought I’d share my thoughts on that issue. As someone who has failed VCDX on the first attempt (Spoiler alert) Here is what I...
View ArticleCertifications – Educational Aspirations ???
On twitter today, a medium where most conversations happen, I happened to post this tweet in relation to the companies not respecting and nurturing VCDX (including mine to some extent, although I am...
View ArticleUsing CI or HCI for VCDX? Read this.
Disclaimer: These are my personal thoughts and not the representation of any of the vendors mentioned in the blog below. If I have misquoted a technological aspect or misrepresented any vendor, please...
View ArticleHow to lose a cloud by doing 10 things wrong..
There was this awesome session abstract that was submitted for this years VMworld by Will Huber (@huberw, VCDX #81) and Tim Gleed (@timgleed, my manager ) titled “How to lose a cloud in 10 days”. I...
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