This post aggregates all of my “VCDX Deep-Dive” content since April 2014, which amounts to more than 70 articles.

VCDX Deep-Dive Series (39 Parts)

1. VCDX – Recipe for Success
2. VCDX Study Plan – Networking
3. VCDX Study Plan – Security
4. VCDX Study Plan – Storage
5. VCDX Study Plan – BC/DR
6. VCDX Study Plan – Compute & vSphere
7. VCDX – The Submission
8. VCDX – The Presentation
9. VCDX – D-Day
10. VCDX – Think like a Panelist
11. VCDX – I passed, now what?
12. VCDX – Design Scenario Strategy
13. VCDX – Troubleshooting Scenario Strategy (this section is retired from the blueprint)
14. VCDX – Mock Design Scenarios
15. VCDX – Mock Troubleshooting Scenarios (this section is retired from the blueprint)
16. VCDX – Learn to speak “VCDXese”
17. VCDX – How do I measure if my Customer Requirements are being met?
18. VCDX – Logical & Physical Design Blueprints
19. VCDX – Study Group Etiquette
20. VCDX – Supporting Documentation
21. VCDX – Ask, Listen, React
22. VCDX – Recoverability impacting Availability Explained
23. VCDX – How to Start Your Design
24. VCDX – My Journey
25. VCDX – Skills Matrix
26. VCDX – Bad Design
27. VCDX – Great Logical Design
28. VCDX – Proportion and Balance
29. VCDX – Implementation Plan
30. VCDX – Pressure Testing
31. VCDX – Submission Breakdown
32. VCDX – I FAILED, now what?
33. VCDX – Multi-VCDX Success
34. VCDX – Advice to Employers
35. VCDX – Mentoring
36. VCDX – “Go-To” Logical Designs
37. VCDX – Journey to Triple VCDX (with NPX)
38. VCDX – The 60m Multi-VCDX Defence
39. VCDX – Pricing Increase

VCDX Design

• VCDX Design with vSphere 6.0
• Enterprise NAS with vSphere 5.1, EMC VNX VG8 & Symmetrix VMAX 20K
• End-to-End Network QoS for vSphere 5.1 with Cisco UCS and Nexus
• EMC FAST-VP & PowerPath/VE with Storage DRS & Storage I/O Control
• Host Design – Scale Up or Scale Out?
• PCI-DSS Compliance with vSphere
• NSX-v – Design Deep Dive
• Nutanix XCP Deep-Dive – Part 12 – ESXi Design Considerations
• vSAN Design Considerations

Architecture & Strategy

• Evolution of Storage – What is your strategy?
• Data Center Facility Strategy
• Enterprise Architecture – Do you have one?
• Promoting Cloud Automation within your Organisation
• The Process of Mastery

VCDX Education & Training

• VCDX-NV Explained
• NSX Link-O-Rama
• VCDX Link-O-Rama RSS File
• VMworld 2014 – VCDX Academy, Game On!
• VMware Education – VCDX-NV, but no VCAPs
• VMworld 2014 – VCDX Program Announcements

VCDX Miscellaneous

• “So You Wanna Be a Fighter?”
• #vBrownbag #VCDX series – Art of Infrastructure Design
• vBrownbag VCDX session “What is required in a #VCDX Submission”
• vBrownbag VCDX Panel Discussion
• PhD. in Architecture Design?
• The Next Elite Architecture Certification
• VUPaaS – start listening to it!
• EMEA vBrownbag VCDX Preparation Special
• “Hardening” the Architect
• Rise of the Super Architect
• Evolution of the Super Administrator
• Next track – VCDX-SAA
• IBM PowerVM Design for a VCDX
• Tech101 – VMware vSphere ESXi
• VCDX – Network Hardware Performance

Information Technology Transformation Series (6 Parts)

1. IT Transformation – Part 1 – The 90-Day Plan
2. IT Transformation – Part 2 – The “A-Team”
3. IT Transformation – Part 3 – The Baseline
4. IT Transformation – Part 4 – The Target Architecture
5. IT Transformation – Part 5 – The Five Year Strategy
6. IT Transformation – Part 6 – Communication