In this week’s Unexplored Territory Podcast we VMware’s CTO Joe Baguley as a guest. We talk about various topics like how Joe became the CTO of VMware, what the McLaren announcement means, why Joe is passionate about ESG, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, and much much more. Listen to the full Unexplored Territory Podcast episode via Spotify (https://spoti.fi/3ajyyuS), Apple (https://apple.co/3zazXyj), your favorite podcast app, or the embedded player below!
VMUG Advantage Homelab Group Buy Discount offer 2022!
Yes, here we go again, the VMUG Advantage Homelab Group Buy Discount offer is available again! I’ve had multiple folks asking throughout the year if I had a code, and unfortunately I don’t have codes to distribute, but I do know that if you fill out this survey, you will get access to a code. The minimum discount you get is 12% and this can go up to 15% when the number of participant goes above 300. What do you get when you sign up and buy a 12 months subscription?
- 365-day Evaluation Licenses
- Including vSphere, vCloud Foundation, vSAN, NSX, vRealize, Workstation, Horizon, and more!
- 20-35% discount on training
- Access to “test drive“
- Advantage members receive a $ 100 USD VMware Explore discount (not stackable)
The VMUG Advantage Program comes at a cost of 200 USD. Last year the discount was 15%, which means the price ended up being 170 USD for a full year. If you have just one training course planned per year, the VMUG Advantage Program will have already paid for itself (20% discount on a 3000+ USD training course). Yes, I have been talking about USD so far, but of course, this offer is available to all our community members globally (Europe, APJ, Africa, Middle East, etc). Now, again, the discount percentage you get will depend on the number of people signing up for this year’s promotion. The ranges look as follows:
| Quantity | Discount | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1-199 | 12% | $176 |
| 200-299 | 14% | $172 |
| 300+ | 15% | $170 |
If more than 1000 people sign up, VMUG HQ will also do a raffle and give away some cool VMUG Advantage “swag”. Can’t wait? Sign up for the discount code here, and join the program!
Where do I download the vSAN File Service OVA?
Last few weeks I had this question at least three times, surprisingly as I thought it wasn’t too difficult to find. The question was if my vCenter Server has no connection to the internet, where do I download the vSAN File Service OVA file that I can use to setup vSAN File Service manually? The UI provides the option to manually load it, but doesn’t provide a pointer to the location on the website where you can download it.
And actually, it is fairly simple, you go to vmware.com/downloads. You pick “VMware vSAN” as the product, then click on the “Drivers & Tools” tab, and then unfold “VMware vSAN Tools, Plug-ins and Appliances” and you should see the OVAs listed for the various versions. After you download the OVA, you can simply upload it from your desktop via the vCenter Server UI and continue the configuration of vSAN File Service.
Unexplored Territory 16: Google Cloud VMware Engine featuring Wade Holmes!
In this week’s Unexplored Territory Podcast we have our long time friend Dr. Wade Holmes as a guest. We’ve bumped into Wade a few times over the past couple of years, first at a VCDX defense where Wade became the first VCDX certified person outside of VMware. Of course Wade also worked at VMware for years, and now the past years Wade has been at Google, which made him the perfect person to have this discussion with on the topic of Google Cloud VMware Engine, multi-cloud, hybrid-cloud, and security implications. Listen to it via Spotify (https://spoti.fi/3NfOxIz), Apple (https://apple.co/37SXOaI), our website, or your favorite podcast app!
New book: VMware vSAN 7.0 U3 Deep Dive
Yes, we’ve mentioned it a few times already on Twitter that we were working on it, but today Cormac and I are proud to announce that the VMware vSAN 7.0 U3 Deep Dive is available via Amazon on both ebook as well as paper! We had the pleasure of working with Pete Koehler again as a technical editor, the foreword was written by John Gilmartin (SVP and GM for Cloud Storage and Data), the cover was created by my son (Aaron Epping), and it is once again fully self-published! We changed the format (physical dimension) of the book to be able to increase the size of the screenshots, as we realize that most of us are middle-aged by now, we feel it really made a huge difference in readability.
VMware’s vSAN has rapidly proven itself in environments ranging from hospitals to oil rigs to e-commerce platforms and is the top player in the hyperconverged space. Along the way, it has matured to offer unsurpassed features for data integrity, availability, space efficiency, stretched clustering, and cloud-native storage services. vSAN 7.0 U3 has radically simplified IT operations and supports the transition to hyperconverged infrastructures (HCI). The authors of the vSAN Deep Dive have thoroughly updated their definitive guide to this transformative technology. Writing for vSphere administrators, architects, and consultants, Cormac Hogan, and Duncan Epping explain what vSAN is, how it has evolved, what it now offers, and how to gain maximum value from it. The book offers expert insight into preparation, installation, configuration, policies, provisioning, clusters, architecture, and more. You’ll also find practical guidance for using all data services, stretched clusters, two-node configurations, and cloud-native storage services.
Although we pressed publish, sometimes it takes a while before the book is available in all Amazon stores, but it should just trickle in the upcoming 24-48 hours. The book is priced at 9.99 USD (ebook) and 29.99 USD (paper) and is sold through Amazon only. Get it while it is hot, and we would appreciate it if you would use our referral links and leave a review when you finish it. Thanks, and we hope you will enjoy it!
Of course, we also have the links to other major Amazon stores:
- United Kingdom – Kindle – Paper
- Germany – Kindle – Paper
- Netherlands – Kindle – Paper
- Canada – Kindle – Paper
- France – Kindle – Paper
- Spain – Kindle – Paper
- India – Kindle
- Japan – Kindle – Paper
- Italy – Kindle – Paper
- Mexico – Kindle
- Australia – Kindle – Paper
- Or just do a search!
