NPP training I had a small amount a free time the last couple days. So I decided to work my way through the NPP training. I have completed my online training and I hope to take the NPP exam sometime tomorrow. I will write about how I did later. Early I was talking to a… Read More: NPP online training »
When life puts on the brakes This week has been interesting. A lot of stuff has happen. Enough said. Last night my body just gave in. My body decided there was not way that I could work another 3 hours on a VCDX design. All it wanted to do was find a blanket and relax. After… Read More: When life puts on the brakes »
VMware vExpert I was planning to write about my VCDX progress and what I have going on. Then work happened. I am not going to get into it. OK enough about that. Why would you want to apply to be a VMware vExpert? My first question is why no? Last year I asked my self… Read More: VMware vExpert »
Nutanix and VCDX OK I have to admit it, I got a little side tracked today. After months of digging and asking the correct people, I found out that the Nutanix NPP and NPX are completely free. With the NPX you still will have to travel to the Nutanix headquarters to defend your design. So… Read More: Nutanix and VCDX »
Essential or Indispensable In a stand up meeting I was asked if I was essential or indispensable to the current business. I had to think about it. So here is my take on what was really asked. Let’s start with the definition of each word. Essential absolutely necessary; extremely important. Indispensable absolutely necessary Interesting enough they both… Read More: Essential or Indispensable »
VCDX Design Day 2 vDM30in30 A couple of days ago I started my design document. At my previous employer I designed the virtual infrastructure. I had to create infrastructures to support multiple environments. Production, test, train, company, and DMZ. So I started to put everything I previously design on paper. I will be using vSphere 5.5… Read More: VCDX Design Day 2 vDM30in30 »
vDM30in30 Day 1 This will be my first post. I have seen that some people out there do not like when the 30 days for 30 blogs challenge starts. These people believe that the associated post(s) will cause a lot of unneeded and unwanted content. I see it as a way to help people to start… Read More: vDM30in30 Day 1 »
vCenter Database is Full I couple of days ago, I received a call from a customer who had a problem his vCenter server. The drive that hosted the vCenter was full. From the phone call it sounded like the full recovery opinion had been turned on. vCenter server was on Windows 2008 R2 and had the default… Read More: vCenter Database is Full »
Broken Promises in the Workplace I think that broken promises in the workplace are the number one reason that employees start looking for other means of employment. I look at it like a care dealer. If you are fair and truthful, I will be back again to buy another vehicle. If you lie and will… Read More: Broken Promises »
High-Level Architecture, Part 1 This blog post will start a series of posts describing my endeavor to gain more knowledge about Network Sky X (NSX). If anyone knows what NSX really stands for, post a comment. NSX, in my opinion, is great component of the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC). VMware has formally asked the vExpert Community to… Read More: Learning NSX: High-Level Architecture, Part 1 »