Quick & dirty post: If you ever need to demonstrate ESXi 5’s new swapping to host cache feature, I’ve found the easiest way to do that is to create two VMs that over-commit the host memory (and have very little disk allotted). You can power on the VMs, open up each VM’s console and boot […]
Guest Presenter on VCAP-DCA Brownbag
Recently, Cody Bunch asked me if I was interested in being a guest on a VCAP-DCA BrownBag on ProfessionalVMware.com. The BrownBag webinar is an innovative, community driven opportunity to get together with like-minded folks to learn about a number of VMware and VMware certification topics. I had the pleasure of being the guest presenter on […]
Quick tip: PowerShell here-strings don’t like whitespace
Today I was writing a bit of raw XML to be used as a SOAP message. Being a person who enjoys writing easy to read code, I declared my variable using here-string notation, pasted in the appropriate XML between the @” and “@, making sure to indent everything along the way including the last “@. […]
My Review on TrainSignal’s VMware Troubleshooting course
If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve probably seen me mention that I’m (finally!) preparing to sit the VMware VCAP-DCA exam in about a week. I took the recommended troubleshooting class about a year ago, but recently decided to review the material by taking the VMware vSphere Troubleshooting course from TrainSignal. I’m about halfway into […]
VCP5 vs VCP4: Comparing exam blueprints
Tuesday July 12th was a big day for VMware. They announced the VMware vSphere 5 product suite, restated their plans for enabling and accelerating private & public cloud adoption, revealed a change in licensing, and announced the VCP5 beta exam. I wasn’t surprised that VCP5 was announced, but I imagine that some of you (like […]