Monthly Archives: August 2013

Update Freezer for VDI

One of the important tasks in optimizing a master image for a VDI deployment is working out how to do updates. If the desktop VM is going to be disposable we don’t want the VM to do it’s own updates.  … Continue reading

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VMworld USA 2013 – Day 1 and 2

My main activity for day 1 was the VMware Certified Instructor (VCI) day.  Having been a VCI for seven years I still know relatively few other VCIs, so it’s always good to meet up and get to know some of … Continue reading

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VMworld USA 2013 – Day 0

After a busy Saturday morning in Tauranga I took the shuttle to Auckland to start my journey. For me VMworld is all about meeting up with people, the rare in person part of my involvement in the VMware community. This … Continue reading

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Time to start thinking PluralSight

For those who missed the news TrainSignal has been acquired by PluralSight who are also in the business of web delivered training. It seems to me that this sort of online training as a service is going to be a … Continue reading

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Dell community and VRTX

I haven’t had a lot of contact with Dell gear recently, where customers have Dell gear I haven’t been called on to do any host deployments or troubleshooting. That might be a good sign, the best products for customers are … Continue reading

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Disaster Recovery Compliance

The last few years have seen a huge leap forward in disaster recovery for many IT organizations.  The use of Virtualization and lower cost replication has seen DR move from being a nightmare to a standard business service.  As a … Continue reading

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