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All three of us again talking with Matt Simmons (@standaloneSA): Banter about banter Where does the name "standalone sysadmin" come from? What does Matt do? Jack of all trades Challenges of an educational environment Automation "Axe sprayed beginner" Benefits of working on everything surrounding vSphere What Matt's team is like and why he feels comfortable going on vacation The imposter effect/imposter syndrome IT - @sfoskett's escalator analogy Why can't Chris call people ignorant? How much caffeine is in Rockstar/drip coffee/espresso? How to get started presenting? Speakers high If you like the show please tell a friend and leave us reviews on iTunes. If you have any comments or would like to be or suggest a guest, please tweet at us or send us an email. Thanks for listening!

All three of us talking with Jacob (@JakeAPennington) and Todd (@tlewey) about: Options for keynotes vBrownbag at VMUGs Getting more of the user in VMUG Driving participation in VMUG And much more If you like the show please tell a friend and leave us reviews on iTunes. If you have any comments or would like to be or suggest a guest, please tweet at us or send us an email. Thanks for listening!

All three of us chatting with Trevor about: Trevor is a VCE transformer CCIE Datacenter - live lab experience CCIE lab vs. VCAP-DCA Not passing exams the first time What is DevOps? - "DevOps is about doing your job right" The DevOps book Is DevOps new? Phoenix Project Josh works "willy nilly" into the show Ways to get started with DevOps (and keep growing) If you like the show please tell a friend and leave us reviews on iTunes. If you have any comments or would like to be or suggest a guest, please send us a tweet or email. Thanks for listening!

All three of us chatting with Alastair about: Perspectives on VCI Chaos monkeys How Alastair is not a "Warm bag of meat to regurgitate powerpoints to Me" Alastair's new endeavor - and details on his first course on operating a vSphere environment The value of certifications - basic/VCP level and advanced/VCAP We all weigh in on certifications expiring AutoLab - and all the awesomeness contained therein If you like the show please tell a friend and leave us reviews on iTunes. If you have any comments or would like to be or suggest a guest, please send us a tweet or email. Thanks for listening!

In this show I have a chat with Rene Van Den Bedem - (@VCDX133) about: Challenges of virtualising in the Middle East, how to make it happen Vendor selection in the Middle East Employee training and cross skill issues Automation - vCO and SharePoint as a vCD alternative Monitoring options - vCOps & ManageEngine Customers don't care about CPU utilization The coolness of vCOps First times presenting at VMworld and path to get there Hybrid cloud - why/why-not VCDX - paying it forward Use cases for NSX Possible fits for VSAN VDI choices - Citrix vs View AIX to VMware migration AppHA - usage and compatability DR - Application level protection Plans for next time If you like the show please tell a friend and leave us reviews on iTunes. If you have any comments or would like to be or suggest a guest, please send us a tweet or email. Thanks for listening!

The three of us talking with Joey Ware (@joey_vm_ware) about: Presentation at VMworld vCD vs VCAC Chargeback vs ITBM - experiences with pricing - showback vs chargeback Internal IT competing with external providers Stretched clusters with dark fiber and controller updates Jumbo frames - why or why not - how network virtualization changes things - IPv6 to save the day? Challenges with networking The lab of your dreams Documenting your updates Hypervisor choices and higher education Learning to present - using vBrownbag and VMUG as practice VMworld plans Naming your kids Mute jokes If you like the show please tell a friend and leave us reviews on iTunes. If you have any comments or would like to be or suggest a guest, please send us a tweet or email. Thanks for listening!

All three of us talking with Stacy Carter (@virtualstace) about: Datacenter moves vMSC, alerts and teamwork Where does automation fit Why American's don't like public transportation Snapshots and scripting How to get started with automation/orchestration Incentivizing users to speak at VMUGs We try to bully another guest into speaking at a VMUG Josh introduces the "memecat" VMworld plans If you like the show please tell a friend and leave us reviews on iTunes. If you have any comments or would like to be or suggest a guest, please send us a tweet or email. Thanks for listening!

Just me and Chris talking this week about: GS quitting pursuit of VCDX Certifications VMworld vBrownBags and VMUGs - and other places to present your session VMUG customer webinars PowerCLI and SRM

This episode it's GS, Chris and Josh talking to Graham French about: VUPaaS can get a car Who is Graham? How far apart can the Architect/Stakeholder aims and ambitions be from operations teams ability to support? Challenges to operations from architects How do users stay current? The Phoenix Project Hot Pockets Tape vs Replication - The chickenbolt Job security and prison torture

This week Chris and GS talk to Steve Kaplan about: vCAC - Getting started with it and using it with vCO Importance of time zones and time synchronization Deploying a VM is easy - after the fact configuration is hard Understand when you're building something that you're usually not building it for yourself Building error handling up front How do vCAC and vCO fit together NSX - using it to get rid of hardware and other ideas vCO & NSX vCO workflows and SharePoint Non-IT challenges with vCAC Future plans for vCAC Updates, patching, etc SSO 5.1 hating Burning down and starting over vs. upgrading

In this weeks episode GS, Chris & Josh talk with Ed Czerwin about: Backups from remote sites, Seeding designs/challenges, How to get your budget approved, Best disaster recovery story yet, Worst datacenter/server closet yet?, P2V's with a gun to your head, Backup to cloud, P2V choices, Remote sites arrays and VSAN, Awesomeness of public betas, What doesn't kill you makes you stronger and Chinese RedBull Thanks for listening! If you like the show please tell your friends and give us a review on iTunes. If you have any comments or would like to be or suggest a guest, please send us a tweet or email.

This week GS and Josh talk to Joel Gibson (@empiricvirtual) about: Linked mode Web client/C sharp client VMA Upgrades Levels of redundancy Importance of process Timing of upgrades Test labs Challenges and solutions with multiple environments Monitoring - vCheck script, vCOps Challenges with product justification Staying current Certifications (VCAPs, VCDX) Blogging and giving back Backup design and features

This is a special bonus episode I recorded with Brian Annis while I was at the NY/NJ VMUG conference last month. I'm hoping to do more of these when I'm attending VMUGs. Reach out if you're interested. In this show I talk with Brian about: VMUG Social media Automation DR Thanks for listening! If you like the show please tell your friends and give us a review on iTunes. If you have any comments or would like to be or suggest a guest or topic, please send us a tweet or email. Thanks for listening!

GS discusses: Who is Trevor What defines a SMB? SMB challenges related to storage The future of the SMB admin Synology, Iomega, WD? Virtual Storage Appliances Hypervisor based storage (this was pre-VSAN) Appliances - infrastructure vs. tools for running your business Licensing (promise not too long) Challenges of VMware entering the cloud provider space The loss of "ease of use"

GS talks with Larry (@lesmithjr) about: Exadata Upgrading vSphere Test environments Distributed virtual switches Management clusters Small clusters at remote sites Moving VMs site-to-site DR planning & strategy P2V & V2P for DR DR testing Backups - agent vs. VM Automation/orchestration IPAM

GS Talks with Bob about: Bob's getting started in virtualization story New greenfield environment Blade storage arrays DR and SRM New to blades & blades vs. racks Converged networking - challenges for virtualization admins Where to find help? The challenges of a standalone environment GS's odd vSphere Replication issue Security hardening challenges Getting started with configuration management (Chef, Puppet, etc) The Phoenix Project

GS talks with Mike Laverick (@Mike_Laverick) about: VMUGs – are they doing enough for users? Are members doing enough for User Groups? What has the VMUG done for Mike Laverick? Speaking in front of groups The approaching datacenter zombie apocalypse

GS and Chris talk with Gabe Maentz (@gmaentz) about his incredibly high host to admin ratios and: Upgrades (ESX to ESXi, virtual switch to distributed virtual switch Importance of monitoring, interactions with other groups Presenting to a VMUG DR - what does Gabe do? Provisioning/orchestration - new term “Sunrising" VMworld - what made it worth it? And how to get it approved A real world use case for a multi-hypervisor environment Some VDI awesomeness

Chris and GS talk this week with Christian Mohn (@h0bbel) about life as a Datacenter Virtualization “Tech Champion": - What to look for in a consultant? - Healthchecks & free tools - When do you upgrade? - How to transition to a consulting role Thanks for listening! If you like the show please tell your friends and give us a review on iTunes. If you have any comments please send us a tweet or email. Cheers!

All three of us together again. No predictions, no year in review, just: - Multi-hypervisor experiences - yes? no? why/why not? - Musings on network virtualization, Cisco ACI, VMware NSX and what to look forward to - Our current ideas on the unicorn that is storage virtualization - vSphere upgrades - Josh & Chris upgrade their home labs (Angelo Luciani's poll) - No MS Technet - what does it mean for home labs? - VMTN update what's next? - Chris’ rage against Web client/C# client Thanks for listening! If you like the show please give us a review on iTunes. If you have any comments please send us a tweet or email