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#123 – Announcing the 5th edition of the IT Ops mgmt guidebook

Duncan Epping · Jul 20, 2026 · 6 Comments

For this episode, I invited Iwan Rahabok to talk us through the recent announcement of the 5th edition of the IT Ops Management Guidebook. As I mentioned during this episode, this isn’t just a book, this is a Resource Kit! You can listen to the podcast via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.

What changed with the 5th edition?

  • 1000+ pages, and 4 parts. Lots of additional content & corrections compared to the 4th edition 2 years ago.
  • Deeper, more technical.
  • Leveling up to support private cloud architect.
  • A booklet written for higher up management chain
  • New troubleshooting flows. Done in DrawIO so you can tailor for your needs
  • Two brand new calculators
  • VCF Ops vCommunity adapters. Built by ⁠Onur.
  • An agentic AI website: https://isvara.io/ built by Samir.

What does not change:

  • Still free.
  • Still editable. So you can customize to your own organisation!

Download in the usual place: https://broadcom.ent.box.com/v/OpsYourWorld

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  1. Ser says

    21 July, 2026 at 07:43

    Are you planning a book in this format?

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    • Duncan Epping says

      21 July, 2026 at 08:24

      You can download all the word documents here: https://broadcom.ent.box.com/v/OpsYourWorld

      Reply
      • Ser says

        22 July, 2026 at 07:09

        Thank you Duncan, are you planning a vSAN book in the same format?

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        • Duncan Epping says

          22 July, 2026 at 10:19

          There are no plans to do this, but we did make the book super cheap recently so that hopefully everyone can afford buying it: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2S9T76K?_encoding=UTF8&linkCode=li2&tag=yellowbricks-20&linkId=1497011336d55d74a7f08716dba0efe0&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il

          Reply
  2. PolakMike says

    29 September, 2026 at 18:13

    The link is broken, is there a new url to download this 5th ed ? First time reader and just found this blog. Thanks.

    Reply
    • Duncan Epping says

      29 September, 2026 at 18:23

      https://isvara.io/download#books

      Reply

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Duncan Epping is a Chief Technologist and Distinguished Engineering Architect at Broadcom. Besides writing on Yellow-Bricks, Duncan is the co-author of the vSAN Deep Dive and the vSphere Clustering Deep Dive book series. Duncan is also the host of the Unexplored Territory Podcast.

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