This post aggregates all of my “VCDX Deep-Dive” content since April 2014, which amounts to more than 80 articles.
If you are following the NPX certification, my NPX Study Guide Link-O-Rama is available.
VCDX Deep-Dive Series (44 Parts)
- VCDX – Recipe for Success
- VCDX Study Plan – Networking
- VCDX Study Plan – Security
- VCDX Study Plan – Storage
- VCDX Study Plan – BC/DR
- VCDX Study Plan – Compute & vSphere
- VCDX – The Submission
- VCDX – The Presentation
- VCDX – D-Day
- VCDX – Think like a Panelist
- VCDX – I passed, now what?
- VCDX – Design Scenario Strategy
- VCDX – Troubleshooting Scenario Strategy (this section is retired from the blueprint)
- VCDX – Mock Design Scenarios
- VCDX – Mock Troubleshooting Scenarios (this section is retired from the blueprint)
- VCDX – Learn to speak “VCDXese”
- VCDX – How do I measure if my Customer Requirements are being met?
- VCDX – Logical & Physical Design Blueprints
- VCDX – Study Group Etiquette
- VCDX – Supporting Documentation
- VCDX – Ask, Listen, React
- VCDX – Recoverability impacting Availability Explained
- VCDX – How to Start Your Design
- VCDX – My Journey
- VCDX – Skills Matrix
- VCDX – Bad Design
- VCDX – Great Logical Design
- VCDX – Proportion and Balance
- VCDX – Implementation Plan
- VCDX – Pressure Testing
- VCDX – Submission Breakdown
- VCDX – I FAILED, now what?
- VCDX – Multi-VCDX Success
- VCDX – Advice to Employers
- VCDX – Mentoring
- VCDX – “Go-To” Logical Designs
- VCDX – Journey to Triple VCDX (with NPX)
- VCDX – The 60m Multi-VCDX Defence
- VCDX – Pricing Increase
- VCDX – Enhanced Blueprint
- VCDX – Throwing Bones
- VCDX – Enhanced Design Decisions
- VCDX – VMware Premier Partner Level Requirement?
- VCDX – Exam Techniques
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
- vRA Design Considerations
- vSphere 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
- Career Certification Strategy
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)
- IT Transformation – Part 1 – The 90-Day Plan
- IT Transformation – Part 2 – The “A-Team”
- IT Transformation – Part 3 – The Baseline
- IT Transformation – Part 4 – The Target Architecture
- IT Transformation – Part 5 – The Five Year Strategy
- IT Transformation – Part 6 – Communication
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