Monthly Archives: October 2011

The simplest home lab to study for VCP5 certification is a single PC with at least 8GB of RAM and running VMware Workstation, Fusion or Player.  The benefit here is that you may already have all the hardware you need … Continue reading →

This is the first in a series of articles about building your own lab to study for the VCP510 exam or the VCAP-DCA exam.  I will look at a few options for building a home lab but first we need … Continue reading →

At the start of September I began an experiment to track the disk growth of View Composer Desktop that was not recomposed or refreshed for a while. The initial article last month covered the first month of growth and wasn’t … Continue reading →

At vForum Sydney 2011 I presented three Certification Quick Start sessions on preparing for the VCP510 exam.  A number of session attendees asked whether the slides would be available for download, I haven’t been able to get an answer to … Continue reading →

Today is the first time since vForum Sydney I’ve sat down at my desk and stopped to think about the event.  It was a huge event, six thousand attendees across two days.  That’s nearly as large as VMworld Europe! I … Continue reading →

The usual crew will be along to talk about vForum Sydney and VMworld Europe. Hopefully we’ll have a special guest who can talk about the management products that were announced last week. All the details are on the podcast blog … Continue reading →

vForum 2011 Sydney is over, the dust is settling.  This year, like last year, one of the last sessions at the show was the End User Computing Experts Exchange, a panel discussion around issues in EUC.  David Wakemen again recorded … Continue reading →

I am very pleased to announce that Coraid have joined our illustrious sponsor list.  Friends of the podcast will recall that I have spoken to ChipBrodhum from Coraid a couple of times and find their etherdrive storage technology very interesting. … Continue reading →

As I write this there are only five places left for the VMDownUnderground party on Tuesday night next week.  To make sure nobody misses out I’ve put up additional tickets for vStandby, I hope to be able to get these … Continue reading →

Join us for a look at what to expect from vForum 2011 Sydney as well as forward to the Australian VMUG User Summits in December.  The usual crew will be joined by VMUG leaders along with the sponsors of the … Continue reading →