2016 (1)

• 29/03 - Thoughts on the Docker Datacenter training course (beta)

2015 (12)

• 13/11 - My DockerCon Europe agenda
• 30/08 - VMware certification exams – 25% discounts (2015 offer)
• 23/07 - Physical patching – down the wormhole with a borescope!
• 02/07 - Chromecast causing wifi interference – resolved
• 23/06 - A new challenge…joining VMware
• 29/04 - WordPress connectivity issues (Jetpack and XML-RPC failure)
• 27/04 - InTechWeTrust episode 32 – Netapp, containers, AWS and more
• 27/04 - The tech.unplugged conference – containers, containers, containers
• 23/04 - The vSphere v6 Webclient – hints and tips
• 20/04 - Does it matter how we define ‘hyperconverged’?
• 25/03 - vRealize Orchestrator 6.0 – deployment gotchas
• 15/01 - The VMTN subscription is back (via VMUG Advantage)

2014 (11)

• 16/12 - VMware’s hybrid cloud – a discussion with customers
• 08/12 - Transitioning away from vCloud Director – the unspoken plan
• 01/12 - Visio diagram of an Autolab environment
• 24/11 - Wifi problems with TP-Link’s Powerline Starter Kit (WPA4220)
• 18/11 - Thoughts on VMware’s EVO:RAIL
• 27/10 - Reflections on VMworld 2014
• 13/10 - VMware certification exams – 25% discounts (2014 offer)
• 30/09 - Making the most of VMworld Barcelona 2014
• 26/09 - Thoughts on VMware’s NSX ICM course
• 09/06 - Evolution of the IT Pro (staying relevant in 2014 and beyond)
• 04/06 - Moving to pastures new – ‘old’ Jersey!

2013 (19)

• 26/11 - Pluralsight training – is it any good?
• 19/11 - An introduction to Puppet
• 28/10 - VMworld 2013 Barcelona wrapup
• 28/10 - Nexus7 tablet power issues resolved
• 16/10 - VCAP5-DCD Official Cert Guide – my thoughts
• 14/10 - VMware certification exams – 50% discounts (2013 offer)
• 08/10 - Storage Field Day #4 – who will you see?
• 09/09 - Converged infrastructure: an introduction
• 03/09 - VMworld 2013 – Is it just me?
• 02/09 - IP Expo or VMworld Europe?
• 02/07 - Cloud spells the end for Microsoft Technet software subscriptions
• 14/06 - Netapp ONTAP 8.2 and SnapManager compatibility
• 23/05 - Is cloud computing a fungible commodity?
• 13/05 - Twelve weeks is a long time in tech!
• 16/04 - Spring has sprung and it’s LonVMUG time again!
• 06/03 - Automating vSphere with Cody Bunch – book review
• 19/02 - BetterWPSecurity – a great WordPress plugin but proceed with caution
• 04/02 - Is storage a fungible commodity?
• 21/01 - My ‘chinwag’ with Mike Laverick

2012 (44)

• 31/12 - Enterprise storage is in for an exciting few years
• 10/12 - Netapp OnCommand System Manager 2.1 available
• 03/12 - Here’s what you missed in 2012 (LonVMUG)
• 28/11 - Zerto’s Virtual Replication 2.0 – first looks
• 22/11 - Home labs – a poor man’s Fusion-IO?
• 21/11 - Easing the pain of a VMware audit
• 24/10 - Supermicro teething troubles and voltage warnings
• 22/10 - Home labs – a scalable vSphere whitebox
• 16/10 - Storage Field Day #2 – I’ll be there!
• 15/10 - VMworld 2012 Barcelona wrapup
• 10/10 - VMware certification exams – 50% discounts
• 20/09 - Online virtualisation labs come of age
• 05/09 - Federated login failures – the LSA cache
• 05/09 - Home labs – the Synology 1512+
• 29/08 - VMworld 2012 – The hare and the tortoise?
• 20/08 - Federated identity and Horizon Application Manager
• 13/08 - vRAM drives customers to Enterprise+
• 11/08 - Another one bites the dust – VCAP5-DCA passed!
• 08/08 - My unique cloning project – Zachary Grigson!
• 06/08 - VMworld 2012 – what will we see?
• 27/07 - VMworld Europe 2012 – Hotels on a map
• 11/07 - The London VMware usergroup (19th July 2012)
• 11/06 - VCAP5-DCA – my exam experience
• 09/05 - Netapp and vSphere5 storage integration
• 08/05 - VCAP5-DCA study – getting started
• 08/05 - VCAP5-DCA study notes – section 1.1 Implement and Manage Complex Storage Solutions
• 01/05 - Which VMware certifications should you invest in?
• 16/04 - Using vCenter Operations v5 – Capacity features and conclusions (3/3)
• 16/04 - vExpert 2012 – so what next?
• 12/04 - VCAP5-DCA – What’s new?
• 12/04 - Using vCenter Operations v5 – What’s new (2/3)
• 10/04 - Using vCenter Operations v5 – Introduction and deployment (1/3)
• 30/03 - VCAP-DCD Design workshop – my thoughts
• 06/03 - vBenchmark – what can it do for you?
• 02/03 - NexentaStor CE – an introduction
• 25/02 - VCP5 – done and dusted!
• 20/02 - Adding a custom PowerCLI brush for syntax highlighting on WordPress
• 17/02 - vExpert 2012 – the mutual benefit of the 1%
• 16/02 - Space: the final frontier (gotcha upgrading to vSphere5 with NFS)
• 23/01 - Preventing Oracle RAC node evictions during a Netapp failover
• 19/01 - VCAP5 exams – on your marks….
• 06/01 - PowerCLI v5 – gotcha if you use guest OS cmdlets
• 04/01 - Is the HP power setting impacting your performance?
• 02/01 - Error adding datastores to ESXi resolved using partedUtil

2011 (44)

• 30/12 - Netapp daily checks – available inodes/maxfiles
• 28/12 - NVRAM problems on Netapp 3200 series filers
• 16/12 - The London VMware usergroup (26th Jan 2012)
• 12/12 - Why I blog (and maybe you should)
• 31/10 - Container shipping and virtualisation – a potent analogy
• 19/10 - VMworld Copenhagen – Day one summary
• 18/10 - I’m on TV, TV Soup to be precise!
• 18/10 - Netapp certification – the NCDA
• 08/09 - vCenter Operations 1.0 – Pros and Cons
• 08/08 - Mindjet’s new iPhone app reviewed
• 04/08 - PowerCLI Reference book – my review
• 29/07 - Netapp Powershell Toolkit 1.5 released
• 25/07 - Gunfight at the ‘OK’ Corral: could you change hypervisors?
• 18/07 - vSphere5 licensing – the good, the bad, and the ugly
• 28/05 - VCAP-DCA and it’s value to me
• 27/04 - VCAP-DCA study notes completed!
• 21/04 - VCAP-DCA Study notes 5.1 – Implement and Maintain Host Profiles
• 21/04 - VCAP-DCA Study notes – 3.4 Perform Capacity Planning in a vSphere environment
• 21/04 - VCAP-DCA Study guide – 6.4 Troubleshooting Storage Performance and Connectivity
• 20/04 - VCAP-DCA Study notes 6.2 – Troubleshoot CPU and Memory Performance
• 18/04 - VCAP-DCA Study guide – 6.3 Troubleshooting Network Performance and Connectivity
• 17/04 - VCAP-DCA Study guide – 6.5 Troubleshoot vCenter Server and ESX/ESXi Host Management
• 16/04 - VCAP-DCA Study notes – 3.5 Utilize Advanced vSphere Performance Monitoring Tools
• 16/04 - VCAP-DCA Study notes – 3.3 Implement and maintain complex DRS solutions
• 16/04 - VCAP-DCA Study notes – 3.2 Optimise Virtual Machine resources
• 16/04 - VCAP-DCA Study notes – 3.1 Tune and Optimize vSphere Performance
• 16/04 - VCAP-DCA Study Notes – 1.3 Complex Multipathing and PSA plugins
• 01/04 - VCAP-DCA Study Notes – 2.4 Administer vNetwork Distributed Switches
• 01/04 - VCAP-DCA Study Notes – 2.3 Deploy and Maintain Scalable virtual networks
• 31/03 - VCAP-DCA Study Notes – 2.2 Configure and Maintain VLANs and PVLANs
• 31/03 - VCAP-DCA Study notes – 2.1 Implement and Manage Complex Virtual Networks
• 30/03 - VCAP-DCA Study notes – 6.1 vSphere Log Files
• 11/03 - VCAP-DCA Study notes – 1.2 Manage Storage Capacity
• 11/03 - VCAP-DCA Study notes – 1.1 Implement and manage complex storage
• 02/03 - VCAP-DCA Study notes–7.3 vShield Zones
• 02/03 - VCAP-DCA Study notes 7.2– Configure and Maintain the ESX Firewall
• 02/03 - VCAP-DCA Study notes 7.1 – Secure ESX/ESXi hosts
• 02/03 - VCAP-DCA Study Notes – 4.2 Deploy and test VMware FT
• 02/03 - VCAP-DCA Study Notes – 4.3 Supporting MS Clustering in vSphere
• 15/02 - VCAP-DCA Study notes–5.2 Complex Update Manager environments
• 11/02 - VCAP exams on vSphere 5 – worth waiting for?
• 28/01 - VCAP-DCA Study notes – 4.4 vCentre Server Heartbeat
• 19/01 - Why I take Oracle’s virtualisation licencing policy personally
• 14/01 - VCAP-DCA study notes–4.1 Complex HA solutions

2010 (8)

• 14/11 - VCAP-DCA Study notes–9.2 Plan and execute scripted ESX builds
• 08/11 - VCAP-DCA Study notes – 9.1 Installing ESX with custom settings
• 29/10 - VCAP study notes – 9.3 Configure vCentre server Linked Mode
• 22/10 - VCAP study notes – 8.2 VMware Orchestrator
• 06/10 - VCAP study notes – section 8.1, PowerCLI
• 04/10 - VCAP study notes – 8.3 vMA
• 17/08 - VMworld – why San Fran is the place to be (not Copenhagen)
• 16/08 - Welcome to yet another technology blog…