Year: 2015

Time Management for the Easily Distracted

My brain is a bit like a mosquito on coke – all over the place.  I have things that I need to do but with so much going on, I buzz from topic to topic on a whim.  This is great when you are free-styling a new idea and brainstorming how to improve said concept and make it happen.  Not so good when you have a bunch of stuff that needs to delivered sequentially and on schedule.

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“So You Wanna Be a Fighter?”

This is my take on the career and skill development blogs that were recently posted by Duncan Epping, Jonathon Frappier and Chris Colotti.

For those of you who follow the UFC, in particular, “The Ultimate Fighter”, UFC President, Dana White, is famous for the line “So you wanna be a fighter?  Well, you gotta fight!” (paraphrased sans expletives).  The same is true in our “vWorld”.

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vSphere 6.0 – ESXi Strict Lockdown Mode

This post will explore the new ESXi Lockdown feature “Strict Lockdown Mode” where the DCUI is disabled and you can only manage each ESXi 6.0 host from vCenter Server.  If you use “Strict Lockdown Mode”, you need to make sure that you recognise and mitigate the operational risk of vCenter Server failure through availability and recoverability design.

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vBrownbag #VCDX series – The VCDX Submission

Last night we had the second vBrownbag VCDX session “What is required in a #VCDX Submission” with Gregg Robertson and myself.  The first session of the series is here.

During March 2015, the VCDX series will be completed with a two part “Art of Infrastructure Design” session with John Arrasjid and Mark Gabryjelski.  Follow @vBrownbagEMEA and @vBrownbag to be updated on the latest vBrownbag sessions.