Monthly Archives: January 2014

#SNLDD Episode 3: I FUD you, You FUD Me.

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Gabriel

This week lets talk about FUD (Fear Uncertainty & Doubt) and why its still deployed so often, how to answer it, when and if you should respond. Then of course we can talk about anything else as well. Perhaps I’ll … Continue reading →

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vExpert Weekly Digest – January 27th 2014

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Gabriel

New this week. Greg goes to FurCon and Chad gives Dave a shoutout. Brian’s paying it forward for the VCDX Bannanas, Chris overwhelms with a Tech Blast, Hans reads the Back of the Napkin, and well, well just read the … Continue reading →

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#SNLDD Episode 2: Rise Ye Unicorns

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Gabriel

So given that I’ve yet to edit/convert the first one of these things, I figured in the spirit of doing instead of thinking about doing, I’ll be hosting another Episode of Saturday Night Live Deep Dive. This week, I’ve invited … Continue reading →

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vExpert Weekly Digest – January 13th 2014 – Death Stars!

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Gabriel

Continuing with updates for the year 2014, this week brings us a fine collection of links and discussions, and Death Stars!. Of special note, the VUPASS podcast asks “Do you have to be Monogomous?”, David Davis and Scott Lowe are … Continue reading →

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Do you use KVM ?

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Gabriel

So in my haste to get the Hypervisor survey up and running, I left out KVM as an option. To note, I have really zero experience with KVM but have been meaning to start working with it this year.Thanks to … Continue reading →

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Survey Two: Which Hypervisor are you using in production?

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Gabriel

So I’m late to listen to the older VUPAAS podcast episodes (which you should be listening too) and in Episode One, there was a quick discussion about upgrade path for ESXi, do you hop on the latest release right when … Continue reading →

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How are you managing vSphere – C# vs WebGUI

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Gabriel

Per a tweet put out by Trevor Pott. This got me thinking as well. The WebGUI has been out for a while, We all know that the new feature functions leverage it in 5.X, yet when I talk to a … Continue reading →

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OMG! Learn about vSAN and Hyper-Converged Offerings, win the Deathstar!

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Gabriel

OMG indeed, if you didn’t see the tweet by David Davis or Scott Lowe (aka OtherScottLowe) they are doing a vendor neutral webinar on vSAN as well as Hyperconvergence and the Datacenter of the Future.  January 30th, 2014 – 2:00pm … Continue reading →

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vExpert Weekly Digest – Happy New Year 2014 Edition

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Gabriel

So this week finds us in a New Year, with a good collection of year end review posts to run through. Hope you enjoy the content, and remember to share with a friend. 2014 will find me running around the … Continue reading →

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SNLDD Episode #1: Saturday Night Live Deep Dive

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Gabriel

Crazy idea came to mind while listening to GS and Discoposse on the VUPAAS podcast this morning while out hiking, Saturday Night Live Deep Dive. Not sure what will come of this,but my thought was to do a simple tech … Continue reading →

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