I have long since said that I am almost never the smartest person in the room. However, when it comes to new technology I do believe I learn what I need to quickly and efficiently so that I can at least understand the concepts of any new technology. In the last …
Read More »vCloud Director Allocation Model WhitePaper Published
I just learned today from Rawlinson Rivera that the whitepaper on vCloud Allocation Models was posted a couple of days ago on VMware.com. This is the paper that was being written by myself and Frank Denneman and the VMworld Session presented by myself and Rawlinson Rivera, (OPS-CSM1167 Architecting for VMware …
Read More »How To Install CentOS 6.3 KVM on vSphere 5.1
In the course of building my lab for my Nicira NVP role, I needed to install various hypervisors, in particular Linux KVM so I could install and test the Nicira NVP setup. Of course I did not want to do this on bare metal and I have no intention of trying to …
Read More »The Start Of My New Job Role At VMware – Nicira
Wait……What……Say That Again Colotti? Yes, you heard it right I am not joking. After VMworld US 2012 I decided to take on a role that has some incredible potential to be bleeding edge. After the past couple years doing vCloud and helping folks with everything vCloud, it seemed time for …
Read More »VMworld 2012 Day 1 Recap
VMworld 2012 Day 1 for me I knew was going to be the busiest day by far of all the days. I had three speaking sessions along with the general hallway madness of drive by conversations. Prior to VMworld Day 1 I made sure to take in a little time …
Read More »How to Build a vCloud vApp DMZ
Okay I admit sometimes I spend too many late nights coming up with some goofy ideas. However this one actually panned out as a real work vCloud Director Networking example you can use to see how flexible vCloud Director Networking could be. The idea started from me wanting to rebuild …
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