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Datadog part 1: Who let the dogs out?
TL;DR Datadog is a SaaS monitoring solution with an impressive list of integrations, including vCenter and AWS. Their agent is open source. They have impressive dashboarding and now feature logging and APM. As part of my newly won freedom from vendors this year, I am looking at some options to manage your VMware environment. Of…
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Tips on public speaking
At the VMware User Group NL conference we just had a vExpert lunch with Amy Lewis (@commsninja). She gave a great talk with tips on public speaking. One of the problems we touched upon is “imposter syndrome”. Joep Piscaer gave a separate talk about this, which I will link to when the video is published.…
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Home lab is up and running again…
… with my favourite tools.. vRealize Operations, vRealize Orchestrator and just installed the vRO plugin for vRops to link them. Expect some blog posts or talks coming! #vExpert
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NetApp management pack and full stack demo
A while ago I recorded this video of how I show a demo of the Blue Medora management pack for VMware vRealize Operations. I think it can still benefit people to have a look at it. In the recording I show the 3 most important features of Blue Medora management packs: no agents to install,…
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Leaving Blue Medora…
This post is more of a marker than anything else. My contract with Blue Medora has been terminated January 2nd. I will be free to pursue other opportunities at the end of the month. I will of course continue to write about VMware vRealize Operations and other monitoring and cloud provisioning tools. I might even…