Monthly Archives: November 2011

ESXi installer for HP hardware

I’m a big fan of pre-failure warnings in my ESXi servers and that’s the single biggest reason for deploying my hardware vendor’s management tools.  Since my lab currently runs on HP Proliant servers that means I want Systems Insight Manager … Continue reading

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vSphere Lab, White Box ESX

This is my third article on building a lab to study for VCP5, the first was about using a computer you also use for other things  and hosted virtualisation, the second was about retired servers. This one is about dedicating … Continue reading

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Training and Test Lab, Retired Servers

Following the interest at my Certification Quickstart sessions at vForum Sydney I am doing a series of blog posts about studying for the VCP5 exam.  One of the big things I believe you need to become a VCP (and good … Continue reading

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VCP5 Exam

Today I sat and passed the VCP5 exam.  This is the fourth version of VCP I’ve taken in the five years since I started teaching VMware courses and the fifth VMware certification I’ve sat this year.  Consequently I didn’t do … Continue reading

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vBeers Auckland, 15 November 2011

After a long pause between vBeers we will return for another get together. A great chance to catch up with other Virtualisation geeks, maybe even make some new friends.  Location: Bluestone Room Address: 9 – 11 Durham Lane , Central … Continue reading

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