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VMware vExpert 2019 Two Subprograms Are Now Open!
VMware vExpert 2019 Two Subprograms Are Now Open! A few days ago, the vExpert 2019 second half application. Now the vExpert Cloud Management and vExpert NSX subprograms are open. Please note this is based on your past year contribution on the two specific categories namely NSX and Cloud Management. This year Cloud Management is new…
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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,…