Category Archives: VMware
VCAP-DCD Tips and Exam Experience
September 13, 2011 
Sean Crookston 
This morning I successfully completed the VCAP-DCD exam and although I read about 30 people’s reviews on the exam, I was definitely not prepared for the questions that were asked, or rather I should say they were a bit different
Tags: VMworld Experience Day 3 #VMworld
Day 3 was a busy one. I attended a few sessions on vCenter Operations, SRM, and the VCDX defense panel. I was eager to learn more about vCenter Operations and clarify some of its capabilities with tying into other management
VMworld Experience Day 2 #VMworld
The day started off with Steve Herrod presenting some of the finer details of the newly announced products, and particularly diving much deeper into their desktop virtualization products. There is a lot of information out there and you can catch
Design Considerations for the VMware VSA
Just a quick write-up on some things to consider when designing a solution involving VMware’s new Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA). I am personally very excited to see an offering of the like as many customers are currently using other VSA
VMworld Experience Day 1 #VMworld
This is my first VMworld and it has definitely been an enjoyable experience so far.For those not in attendance I thought I ‘d share some quick thoughts daily. Labs, Labs Labs I focused the day on vCloud Director for
Expecting the Unexpected : Assessing Risk in Your Design
Yesterday’s Earthquake just outside of Richmond, VA got me thinking about all the unexpected things that could happen. When talking specifically about designing a virtual infrastructure it is important to acknowledge risks, even if they are not something that can
#vMeetup VMware Design Study Group
Design Study Group Meetup at VMworld Are you interested in meeting some of the members of this group in person at VMworld? I’ve scheduled a vMeetup for Tuesday 8/30 from 2:30-3:00 p.m. If you think you would be able to
How do you protect vCenter?
vCenter is more and more becoming a critical piece to remain online at all time. By no means am I saying that it wasn’t always nice or a good idea to protect vCenter, but more and more products outside of
To Wait or Not ? : The vSphere 5 Certification Debate
One of the hard parts of getting certifications is when it comes time to renew them. As a consultant I have quite a few now and it seems like something is always out of date or on its way out.
Separate VMware vSphere Cluster For Management ?
One design decision I have heard more and more about this past year is the use of a vSphere Management Cluster, i.e. a separate cluster used entirely for management functionality such as vCenter, AD, DNS, etc.. Why create a separate
