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Not much in the way of show notes otherwise this weekend.

Tonight we’ll be having the man, myth, and legend that is David Davis on to cover Objective 5 of the VCP5 blueprint.

About David:

David Davis is the author of the best-selling VMware vSphere video training library from TrainSignal. He has written hundreds of virtualization articles on the Web, is a vExpert, VCP, VCAP-DCA, and CCIE #9369 with more than 18 years of enterprise IT experience. His personal Website is VMwareVideos.com.

Register:

Date/Time: 2/8/2012 @ 7P CST
Register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/918511944

The Video:

Some Notes (From #BrownBag on twitter)

• @DuncanYB: New Article: Creating an IP-Pool for VC Ops – http://bit.ly/yKSLdM
• If you’re up in 6 hours, join @DemitasseNZ for an APAC version http://t.co/ZSCLaX9O
• Another great VCP5 resource can be found on @mwpreston’s blog: http://bit.ly/wAh5aU
• Synch MSCS/AD with common NTP server, and disable host based time synchronization http://bit.ly/rIl4X
• You can use VMware’s OSPs ( http://www.vmware.com/download/packages.html )
• Res Mgmt Guide http://bit.ly/zNqhVq
• Jason Langer @jaslanger has a GREAT VCP5 study resource at http://bit.ly/x2rKYJ

More BrownBags

You can find all our past recordings for both the VCP5 series as well as every other topic we’ve covered (50+ hours) here: http://professionalvmware.com/brownbags/

Long at last, the follow-up post. Sorry it took so long this time, I was traveling and on a crummy connection, and then well, family first. That said, to the folks in the BrownBag family, here is the VCP5 Objective 2, Networking BrownBag video featuring Scott Lowe (blog) along side our own Damian Karlson.

Video

Show Notes

Port mirroring with vDS
http://blogs.vmware.com/networking/2011/08/vsphere-5-new-networking-features-port-mirroring.html
http://jasonnash.com/2011/08/11/vsphere-5-how-to-series-vds-port-mirroring/

VMware whitepaper covering the migration from vds to vss
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere-vnetwork-ds-migration-configuration-wp.pdf

http://www.valcolabs.com/2011/09/18/objective-2-3-%E2%80%93-configure-vss-and-vds-policies/

Note: There were no slides this time… Scott is just that hardcore, and worked directly from the Blueprint.

About the BrownBags

You can find all our past recordings for both the VCP5 series as well as every other topic we’ve covered (50+ hours) here: http://professionalvmware.com/brownbags/

You know… it’s that time of week again. The time of week where you will do the most awesome, career advancing, personal enrichment, raise producing thing you do all week. That is, you will come join VMware expert Scott Lowe (twitter / blog) as we cover section 2, vSphere Networking, on the VCP Exam Blueprint. Even if you aren’t studying for your VCP, and just want to know more about networking in vSphere 5, this is sure to be educational.

About Scott Lowe

Scott Lowe has been in the IT industry for more than 17 years, and has worked as an instructor, a Microsoft Certified Trainer, systems administrator, IT manager, systems engineer, consultant, and technical lead for the virtualization practice at ePlus Technology. Scott currently works as CTO of the global EMC vSpecialist team where he specializes in the intersection and integration of VMware, Cisco, and EMC solutions, products, and technologies. Scott is also a published author, and has written or co-written four books on VMware vSphere.

Register Here

Date/Time: 1/25/2011 @ 7PM CST
Register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/918511944

Also, past BrownBags (VCP, VCAP, etc) here

You can find all our past recordings for both the VCP5 series as well as every other topic we’ve covered (50+ hours) here: http://professionalvmware.com/brownbags/

Video

Slides

Notes

• Thin on Thin? Where should you do Thin Provisioning ñ vSphere 4.0 or Array-Level? http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2009/04/thin-on-thin-where-should-you-do-thin-provisioning-vsphere-40-or-array-level.html
• Calculating Capacity of a VSA Cluster with RAID10 Configuration http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsa.doc_10/GUID-8941D7EA-A876-4630-A165-80C46D81E219.html
• http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2011/02/18/blocksize-impact/
• vStorage APIs for Array Integration FAQ http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1021976

Coming to a BrownBag near you! Last week Damian (@sixfootdad) kicked off the VCP5 Study Group series with Objective 1 from the VCP BluePrint. Join us again this week as we have Shane Williford (aka @coolsport00) to cover Objective 3: Plan and configure vSphere Storage.

Register for the BrownBag

Date/Time: 1/18/2012 @ 7PM CST
Register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/918511944

About Shane

Shane Williford works as a Senior Systems Administrator for a local credit union in the Kansas City area. He’s a VMware Zone Expert on Experts-Exchange.com, is a VMware VCP 3/4, and a VMware vExpert for 2011. He plans on taking the VCP 5 exam at the beginning of February 2012. You can read more about Shane on his VMware vExpert Spotlight.

This week Damian kicked off the VCP5 BrownBag series with Blueprint objective 1. What follows are the video, slides and notes:

VCP5 Objective 1 – BrownBag Video

ProfessionalVMware BrownBag – VCP5 Objective 1 from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.

Slides

Notes

Auto-deploy:
http://vmwaretips.com/wp/2011/12/27/vsphere-5-video-series-vmware-vsphere-50-auto-deploy
http://www.virtualnetworkdesign.com/2011/11/20/vmware-auto-deploy/
http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2011/08/25/using-vsphere-5-auto-deploy-in-your-home-lab/

VMFS3 & VMFS5:
http://www.boche.net/blog/index.php/2011/07/21/vmfs-5-vmfs-3-whats-the-deal/[

Virtual machine hardware versions:
http://www.vtesseract.com/post/10203477023/vmware-virtual-hardware-progression

After some time off from an amazing 2011, the BrownBags are back. This time with a series tracking the VCP5 Blueprint and timed to coincide with the VCP4 to VCP5 upgrade timeline. So if you are upgrading (or studying for the first time) be sure to sign up!

BrownBag VCP5 Series Details:

Days / Time: Wednesdays at 7PM CST from now until 2/29/2012
Registration: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/918511944

Damian Karlson (aka @sixfootdad) will again be kicking off this series and will have many folks from the community kicking in to cover all aspects of the VCP5 Blueprint. Also, if you can’t make it in person, the BrownBags will be available here, on iTunes, or via the RSS feed.

About the BrownBags

BrownBags are a series of online webinars held using GotoMeeting and covering various VMware & VMware Certification topics. These BrownBags are held live at various dates and times around the globe and each covers a different bit of VMware related specialization.

Check out Brad’s Video.

No, there is not a bias for beards, just the other winners have not yet responded to making their videos public.