Category Archives: General

Today’s workshop was for the Datacenter Administration exam, the toughest VMware exam I’ve sat. Below are the links I used. First of all the certification page www.vmware.com/certification The vBrownBag home page www.professionalvmware.com/brownbags/ vBrownBag VCAP5-DCA Playlist on YouTube Greg Robertson’s VCAP … Continue reading →

One of the presentations I do a bit is about preparing for the VCAP certifications, I’ve done this at vForum Sydney and at the Sydney and Melbourne VMUGs and it always seems to be valuable to people. This week I’m … Continue reading →

I’m a fan of the web site www.lifehacker.com and particularly enjoy their “this is how I work” articles. I originally wrote this as an audition piece for LifeHaker but decided to stay with writing about Enterprise tech for now. Location: … Continue reading →

In the AutoLab build we’re using a lot of PowerCLI, the whole DC and VC build is migrating into PowerShell and there are a few places where we use PowerCLI. On big issue I have had with PowerCLI is the … Continue reading →

You probably know that VMware has been rationalising it’s product lines into Datacentre Virtualization (DV), Cloud and End User Compute (DT in the certification names but EUC everywhere else).  The certifications have also been aligned to the products, with VCP, … Continue reading →

The first Auckland vBeers for 2013 will be on March 20th at the Northern Steamship on Britomart from 5pm. As always vBeers is a chance to talk with other virtualization professionals and enjoy a relaxing refreshment after a long days … Continue reading →

I just had my memory refreshed about the playlists that Nick Marshall generated for some of the vBrownBag content that we generated last year.  These are playlists for specific VMware certifications, covering VCP5, VCAP5-DCD and VCAP5-DCA certifications there is a … Continue reading →

This week is going to be a busy week with Podcast hosting. On Wednesday night I will again be hosting the APAC Virtualization podcast as we bring together some of the speakers who will be at the VMUG user summits … Continue reading →

Now that the summer holiday is over and I’m on my way to Perth for my first paying gig of the year it’s time to look forward.  The first big thing I’m looking forward to is the two Australian VMUG … Continue reading →

I was lucky enough to finish work on the Wednesday before Christmas and make an extra day in Auckland. The extra day enabled me to catch up with Carl Hansen of HP, who bought me coffee and lent me a … Continue reading →