Yellow Bricks

by Duncan Epping

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Essential Virtual SAN book, rough cut online now!

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A couple of weeks back Eric Sloof broke the news about the book Cormac Hogan and I are working on: Essential Virtual SAN. As of this weekend the rough cut edition is (back) online again, and you can see some of the progress Cormac and I have been making over the last couple of months. As we speak we are working on the final chapters… so hopefully before the end of the month the rough cut should be complete!

Note that this is a rough cut and that means the book will go through tech review (by VSAN Architect Christos Karamanolis, and VMware Integration Engineer Paudie O’Riordan), than editing and a final review by Cormac and I before it will be published. So expect some changes throughout that whole cycle. Never the less, I think it is worth reading for those who have a Safari Online account:

http://my.safaribooksonline.com/book/operating-systems-and-server-administration/virtualization/9780133855036

Want a free digital copy of the vSphere Design Pocketbook?

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I just noticed that PernixData is offering free copies of the vSphere Design Pocketbook. Only thing you will need to do is register here. I believe at VMworld they handed out roughly 1500 copies of these, and they have been very well received. For those who don’t know, this book was “authored by the community” with people like Frank Denneman, Cormac Hogan, Jason Nash, Eric Sloof, Vaughn Stewart and I deciding which consideration was in and which was one out. (Somehow we needed to ensure message weren’t conflicting or potentially “damaging” to an environment.)

Hopefully PernixData will have some more physical copies in Barcelona, but just in case they don’t… sign up for the free e-copy!

Reminder: Free Kindle copy of vSphere 5 and 4.1 Clustering Deepdive

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Just a reminder, if you want your free Kindle copy of the vSphere 5.0 Clustering Deepdive or the vSphere 4.1 HA and DRS Deepdive, make sure to check Amazon (US Kindle Store) today and tomorrow (Wednesday June the 5th and Thursday June the 6th)! You can download the Kindle copy of both these books for free, yes that is correct ZERO dollars.

So make sure you pick it up either before the promo expires…

** Note I have linked the US Kindle stores, it is also available for free in local Kindle stores, just do search! **

 

Free Kindle copy of vSphere 5.0 Clustering Deepdive?

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Do you want a free Kindle copy of the vSphere 5.0 Clustering Deepdive or the vSphere 4.1 HA and DRS Deepdive? Well make sure to check Amazon next week! I just put both of the books up for a promotional offer… For 48 hours, Wednesday June the 5th and Thursday June the 6th, you can download the Kindle (US Kindle Store) copy of both these books for free, yes that is correct ZERO dollars.

So make sure you pick it up either Wednesday June the 5th or Thursday June the 6th, it might be the only time this year it is on promo.

Can I get your book for free?

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Well not from me, but CloudPhysics has a nice book give-away going on at the moment for the VMworld Barcelona attendees! So what do you need to do?

How To Win

  • Email us at info@cloudphysics.com with a subject of “Book”. No message is needed.
  • Register at http://www.cloudphysics.com/ by clicking “SIGN UP”.
  • Install the CloudPhysics Observer vApp to activate your dashboard.

Eligibility

  • You are attending VMworld Barcelona.
  • You are a new CloudPhysics user.
  • You fully install the CloudPhysics ‘Observer’ vApp in your vSphere environment.

That is an easy way of getting the book for free right? So I suggest you head over and sign up to make sure you are part of the first 150 users that gets a free book!