Recently I was asked an interesting question about vCloud Director Windows 2008 vApp Temaplates and the use of the WDDM Driver. There is an older VMware KB Article I was referred to when being asked the question and it specifically states: Note: Unless there is an explicit requirement for enhanced …
Read More »VMworld 2012 Session OPS-CSM1167 – Architecting for vCloud Allocation Models
Hey everyone! VMworld is going to be here sooner than you think so I wanted to give a brief overview of what the heck this session with myself and Frank Denneman is going to be all about. First off here is the published abstract: “In this session Frank Denneman and …
Read More »How To Define vCloud Service Levels
Last week I spent the day at the New England VMUG in Maine, and I was asked to be one of the keynote presenters. However, I was also asked to come up with a brand new shiny out of the box presentation that was not the usual vCloud Director stuff. …
Read More »Cloud Infrastructure Suite Feedback Needed
Friends, Romans, Countrymen….Lend me your Ear! Wait, that was something completely different, BUT the premise is the same. As part of my role at VMware I will be attending an internal summit in Palo Alto later this month. Being a “Cloud Guy” I have been asked to gather some candid, …
Read More »[INFO] vCloud Director Fast Provisioned Catalog Virtual Machines
A while back I was messing around with Fast Provisioning in vCloud Director and I noticed something I wanted to dig a little deeper into. My Co-Worker Cormac Hogan (@VMwarestorage) also wrote a little about this as well which does a great job showing the linked clone aspect. Also William …
Read More »Building Your Cloud With vCloud Director
Below is a recording of the session I did in January 2012 at Gillette Stadium with Paul Lembo called “Building your cloud with vCloud Director”. I finally got a copy of the session and wanted to share it for those that did not make that event. It was well received and thanks …
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