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How The Nicira NVP ESXi vApp Works

Earlier this week, I posted a primer on the Nicira Network Virtualization Platform (NVP), but something William Lam pointed out that I updated with a note was that the Open vSwitch for ESXi is not “Integrated” into the hypervisor.  This is in fact true, but that being said there is …

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2013 VTUG Winter Warmer – Save the Date!

This is just a quick note that not only is the VTUG Fall Forward event happening on October 24th, 2012 but the giant Winter Warmer date for Gillette Stadium has been ear marked.  Save the Date for January 17th, 2013 and watch the VTUG website for more details or follow Chris Harney …

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Team Beachbody Canada Is Here!

Dear friends in Canada, the largest Fitness and Nutrition company in the US is coming your way.  That’s right, the Team Beachbody Canada is coming to you.   For some time folks in Canada have been able to purchase the Team Beachbody Programs through the United States channels even from …

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Nicira NVP Virtualized Networking Primer

I have long since said that I am almost never the smartest person in the room.  However, when it comes to new technology I do believe I learn what I need to quickly and efficiently so that I can at least understand the concepts of any new technology.  In the last …

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vCloud Director Allocation Model WhitePaper Published

I just learned today from Rawlinson Rivera that the whitepaper on vCloud Allocation Models was posted a couple of days ago on VMware.com.  This is the paper that was being written by myself and Frank Denneman and the VMworld Session presented by myself and Rawlinson Rivera, (OPS-CSM1167 Architecting for VMware …

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How To Install CentOS 6.3 KVM on vSphere 5.1

In the course of building my lab for my Nicira NVP role, I needed to install various hypervisors, in particular Linux KVM so I could install and test the Nicira NVP setup.  Of course I did not want to do this on bare metal and I have no intention of trying to …

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The Start Of My New Job Role At VMware – Nicira

Wait……What……Say That Again Colotti?  Yes, you heard it right I am not joking.  After VMworld US 2012 I decided to take on a role that has some incredible potential to be bleeding edge.  After the past couple years doing vCloud and helping folks with everything vCloud, it seemed time for …

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VMworld 2012 Day 1 Recap

VMworld 2012 Day 1 for me I knew was going to be the busiest day by far of all the days.  I had three speaking sessions along with the general hallway madness of drive by conversations.  Prior to VMworld Day 1 I made sure to take in a little time …

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