The Phoenix Project
I actually read The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford last year some time, but it’s definitely worth the mention on this blog. This book is actually a fictional account of an IT director and his …
I actually read The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford last year some time, but it’s definitely worth the mention on this blog. This book is actually a fictional account of an IT director and his …
Often people forget that there are those out there that are just getting started with virtualization. Many of us have moved on to more complicated paths including other products and multiple sites, but what kind of resources are out there …
Just Getting Started with VMware Virtualization? Read More »
Interested in learning more about PuppetLabs? While they’ve always had learning resources available they’ve really gone above and beyond with some of their recent education objectives. The new and improved Puppet Learning VM is much easier to deploy and comes …
Last week a customer of mine was told to upgrade to UCS 2.2(1d)a in their environment which runs VMware vSphere 5.1. So the customer diligently upgraded the UCS Fabric Interconnects and immediately saw a problem with their vCenter VM as …
Upgrading to UCS 2.2 and VMware vSphere Problems Read More »
Gartner just released their first ever magic quadrant on converged systems with VCE listed as the leader. Cisco-Netapp and Oracle were a close second and third while Nutanix, IBM, HP, and SimpliVity were listed as visionaries in this space. It …
Disclaimer: I’m part of the following vendor IT communties: Cisco Champions, EMC Elect, VMware vExperts, and PernixPros. For the last few years I’ve been a part of one vendor community or another. I’ve seen some amazing things and met brilliant …
IT Communities – Unpaid Marketeers or IT Enthusiasts? Read More »
A few weeks ago there were major rumors of HP buying SimpliVity, a startup focusing on hyperconvergence in the data center. Just a few days ago it was also announced that Nutanix will be partnering with Dell. This doesn’t mean …
Hyperconverged Startups Teaming Up with the Classics Read More »
I recently read Networking for VMware Administrators by Chris Wahl and Steve Pantol. There is some awesome content in this book for VMware administrators of all levels. It starts with a primer on general networking and then dives a …
Believe it or not I still read books! I thought I’d create a little section in the VirtualizationAdmin.com blogs to talk about some of the recent and current books I’m reading. Some have been recommended by others, some I’ve read …
June 19th VMware released the newest version of their Horizon product (including Horizon with View). This is a major release with a few really cool new features. They are now offering application delivery which is something that was sort of …