Monthly Archives: February 2011

APAC Virtualization Roundtable – Storage: Myths, Mistakes and miracles? – Wed 2 March

This week I will be talking storage with Otto Le Roux of Datastor, a New Zealand storage distributor with plenty of virtualisation focus. SMB Storage Unified storage value Common design & implementation issues iSCSI vs FC vs FCoE. The broadcast … Continue reading

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ESXi Network Based Build infrastructure

Now that ESXi is replacing ESX classic it’s going to be really important to be able to maintain ESXi more simply than ESX classic.  One of the things that held VMware back from deploying ESXi internally was the lack of … Continue reading

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APAC Virtualization Roundtable – Xangati Virtualisation management – Wed 16/2

Xangati burst onto the Virtualisation radar around VMWorld last year.  What does the product do and how can it help you? My guest will be Jagan Jagannathan who is the Chief Technology Officer as Xangati so bring your best questions. … Continue reading

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PowerCLI course in New Zealand

In my continuing quest to run VMware’s advanced courses in New Zealand I am attempting to get enough students to run the Automation with PowerCLI course run in New Zealand in the next couple of months. If you are interested … Continue reading

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VMware Advanced Certification testing in New Zealand

I am please to be able to confirm that Auldhouse are now able to administer the VCAP exams in New Zealand.  The exams are available at either the Auckland or Wellington sites, both closer to me than the Pearson centre … Continue reading

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Replacing vCenter Server Certificates

This week I’m doing the instructor readiness preparation for the vSphere Manage and Design for Security course, I’m due to teach it in Auckland later this month. One of the labs is to replace the insecure self signed certificates that … Continue reading

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APAC Virtualization Roundtable (SNIA, Storage: Standards, Interroperation and education) – Wed 2/2

SNIA lead the storage industry worldwide in developing and promoting standards, technologies, and educational services to empower organizations in the management of information. Hear from local SNIA general manager Paul Talbut about SNIA in Australia, what they do and what’s … Continue reading

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