In vChat Episode 22 (aka “the late one”) David Davis, Simon Seagrave, and Eric Siebert talk about… VMworld Europe 2011 in Copenhagen including vSphere Client for iPad announced with vMotion and vCenter Operations Manager release at VMworld Europe VMworld 2012 in Barcelona Home Labs including HP Microserver, Iomega PX Series, and virtual vs physical VCP5 and how to prepare for it using TrainSignal’s vSphere 5 and Scott Lowe’s Mastering vSphere 5 book Last day to upgrade your VCP4 to the VCP5 is F...
Jan 17, 2012•51 min
In vChat Episode 20 David Davis, Simon Seagrave, and Eric Siebert talk about what we have been up to the last couple of months and –> VMworld 2011 (pre-VMworld!) This is a fun podcast where David talks about his vSphere 5 video training being released, Eric talks about working at HP, Simon talks about the VMworld hands-on labs and much more! vChat is a regular virtualization video chat covering VMware vSphere, Cloud Computing, Virtualization News, and maybe some geeky humor. Regular contribut...
Sep 01, 2011•17 min
In vChat Episode 19 David Davis and Eric Siebert talk LIVE from the VMware vSphere 5 Launch in San Francisco about what’s new in the VMware Cloud Infrastructure Suite launch and what it was like to attend the launch in person. We cover things like vSphere 5 Storage DRS, Profile-Driven Storage, host-based replication with SRM, VMware Data Recoveyr 2.0, and the controversial vRAM pooled pricing. You can find links to everything we discuss about the new VMware products on this VMware.com page . vCh...
Jul 15, 2011•17 min
In vChat #18, Simon, Eric, and David discuss Simon using Twitter at Mt Everest basecamp, the new Iomega PX4, HP Discover, HP TouchPad, Uber EMC VNX VSA, the Denver VMUG, the VMware Cloud Infrastructure Launch Event (July 12), VMware vExpert program, VMworld 2011, and new TrainSignal VCA-DT and Security products. vChat is a regular virtualization video chat covering VMware vSphere, Cloud Computing, Virtualization News, and maybe some geeky humor. Regular contributors are 3 vExperts – Simon Seagra...
Jul 08, 2011•51 min
In vChat #17, Simon, Eric, and David discuss VMworld submissions, EMC World news, Charlotte regional VMUG streaming, VMware books, new Train Signal videos, Home labs, and, not to be forgotten, iPads (of course). vChat is a regular virtualization video chat covering VMware vSphere, Cloud Computing, Virtualization News, and maybe some geeky humor. Regular contributors are 3 vExperts – Simon Seagrave ( TechHead.co.uk ), Eric Siebert ( vSphere-Land.com ), and David Davis ( VMwareVideos.com ). Sponso...
May 05, 2011•51 min
In Episode 16 of our vChat series, I was honored to talk to Josh Duncan of Zenoss about virtualization management, real-world cloud computing, and a little about my home state of Texas. (Don’t worry – Eric and Simon will be back on our next edition of vChat!) CONTEST – WIN ZENOSS PRIZES! Sign up for my VMwareVideos email newsletter between now and March 31 (on the right hand side) and you’ll be randomly selected to win a Zenoss tshirt and squishy zebra. Good luck! I will email the winner and pos...
Feb 23, 2011•25 min
In Episode 15 of our vChat series, we have a couple of special guests with us whom I’m sure you would have heard of or if not met before, Frank Denneman and Duncan Epping . These guys embody almost all things deep-dive when it comes to vSphere and with the recent release of their new book VMware HA/DRS Deepdive and we take the opportunity to ask about the background behind the book, whether an electronic version is in the pipeline along with their plans for any future publications. We discuss VM...
Feb 06, 2011•34 min
In Episode 14 of our vChat series is a special Holiday Edition! In this vChat, Eric Siebert, Simon Seagrave, and David Davis talk about their year in review and what they want, as VMware Admins, for Christmas. It’s great fun so tune in below! vChat is a regular virtualization video chat covering VMware vSphere, Cloud Computing, Virtualization News, and maybe some geeky humor. Regular contributors are 3 vExperts – Simon Seagrave ( TechHead.co.uk ), Eric Siebert ( vSphere-Land.com ), and David Dav...
Jan 04, 2011•31 min
In Episode 13 of our vChat series Eric Siebert, Simon Seagrave, and David Davis talk VMware Certifications – VCP, VCAP, & VCDX. They cover their own experiences with certification and their path to where they are today. Additionally, they cover a ton of VMware Certification links and tips (and, you guessed it, even talk about iPads). The full list of VMware Certification links discussed in this episode is found below the video (scroll down). vChat is a regular virtualization video chat cover...
Dec 04, 2010•35 min
In Episode 12 of our vChat series David Davis interviews Jason Boche (of Boche.net and @jasonboche on Twitter), vExpert, VCP4, and VCDX about what it was like to go though the elite VMware VCDX certification process. In this video, filmed at VMworld 2010 SF, Jason provides exclusive VCDX preparation tips that you won’t find anywhere else. vChat is a regular virtualization video chat covering VMware vSphere, Cloud Computing, Virtualization News, and maybe some geeky humor. Regular contributors ar...
Nov 25, 2010•32 min
In Episode 11 of our vChat series Eric Siebert and David Davis are joined by Doug Hazelman ( @VMDoug on Twitter) of Veeam Software. In this vChat, we announce the results of our top free vSphere Tools survey and answer viewer questions about vSphere. The full rankings of the free tools and tons of links related to viewer questions are found below the video (scroll down). vChat is a regular virtualization video chat covering VMware vSphere, Cloud Computing, Virtualization News, and maybe some gee...
Nov 16, 2010•38 min
In Episode 10 of our vChat series Simon Seagrave and David Davis are joined by Duncan Epping of VMware and Yellow-Bricks.com and Kendrick Coleman of KendrickColeman.com LIVE at VMworld 2010 in Copenhagen! We recorded this live episode of vChat from the VMworld news desk with special thanks to John Troyer and Luke Kilpatrick of VMware for allowing us to record and for tech support. Also BIG THANK YOU to Duncan for doing his first video interview and BIG THANKS to Kendrick for agreeing to join in ...
Oct 26, 2010•17 min
Note: This is a repost of this post but I wanted to make this an official vChat so that it would be published via our iTunes feed. While at VMworld Europe 2010, I was honored to meet Mr John Arrasjid, VCDX001, and sit down to do a video interview. For those who don’t know, John is a Principal Architect at VMware and is one of those responsible for designing, documenting, and evangelising VMware’s Cloud Computing Architecture. I attended his sold-out session at VMworld 2010, MA7140 – vCloud Archi...
Oct 25, 2010•13 min
In Episode 8 of our vChat series, Eric Siebert, Simon Seagrave, and David Davis welcome VMware’s own John Troyer to announce the vSphere-Land.com Virtualization Blog Awards for 2010. PLUS, we have a special introduction from VMware’s CTO Dr Steven Herrod! WOW!! vChat is a regular virtualization video chat covering VMware vSphere, Cloud Computing, Virtualization News, and maybe some geeky humor. Regular contributors are 3 vExperts – Simon Seagrave ( TechHead.co.uk ), Eric Siebert ( vSphere-Land.c...
Sep 27, 2010•24 min
In Episode 7 of our vChat series, Eric Siebert, Simon Seagrave, and David Davis discuss moving from ESX to ESXi, the new HP MicroServer and Cool vSphere iPad Apps. The full list of links discussed in this video can be found below… vChat is a regular virtualization video chat covering VMware vSphere, Cloud Computing, Virtualization News, and maybe some geeky humor. Regular contributors are 3 vExperts – Simon Seagrave ( TechHead.co.uk ), Eric Siebert ( vSphere-Land.com ), and David Davis ( VMwareV...
Sep 13, 2010•24 min
In Episode 6 of our vChat series, Eric Siebert, Simon Seagrave, and David Davis are recorded LIVE at VMworld 2010 in San Francisco. In this live episode of vChat from the CUBE at VMworld we discuss our experince at the VMworld, the keynotes, sessions, and announcements of the week. It was great to finally be able to record a vChat where we were actually all in the same physical location. Thanks to everyone who showed up in the Social Media/Blogger lounge to watch the live recording of this vChat...
Sep 09, 2010•20 min
In Episode 5 of our new vChat series, Eric Siebert, Simon Seagrave, and David Davis discuss VMworld San Francisco 2010 and the things to see and do including a few tips for VMworld first-timers. NOTE : The video looks awesome this time! The screen hydration issue has been resolved! The full list of links discussed in this video can be found below… vChat is a regular virtualization video chat covering VMware vSphere, Cloud Computing, Virtualization News, and maybe some geeky humor. Regular contri...
Aug 26, 2010•31 min
In Episode 4 of our new vChat series, Eric Siebert, Simon Seagrave, and David Davis are joined by special guest Rich Brambley from VMetc.com, VirtuMania and Veeam . NOTE : Episode 4 of vChat experienced intermittent video outages so you may want to listen to the video and multitask to get some work done (we’re just trying to help you out). The video includes more technical details about proper string hydration. Here are links that we discussed in this episode: Rich’s Blog – VMetc.com VirtuMania ...
Aug 25, 2010•36 min
In Episode 3 of our new vChat series, Eric Siebert, Simon Seagrave, and David Davis discuss VMware vSphere Home & SMB Labs. This is a topic that Simon (of TechHead.co.uk) and Eric (vSphere-Land.com) will be discussing at VMworld (along with Simon Gallagher of vinf.net). Here are links that we discussed in this episode: Eric Siebert will be speaking at VMworld – session V18268 ” Title: Deep Dive on Virtualization – How stuff works in virtualization and session” Eric Siebert, Simon Seagrave, a...
Aug 12, 2010•41 min
In Episode 2 of our new vChat series, Eric Siebert, Simon Seagrave, and David Davis discuss whether or not vSphere ESXi is Ready for “Prime Time” as well as: New vSphere 4.1 Power Monitoring Features Eric’s useful VMworld justification Letter iPhone 4 Signal Issues Wyse pocket cloud application for iPad and iPhone VMware ESXi transition course Wiliam Lam’s 8 character security article with vSphere 4.1 and associated VMware KB 1024500 vChat is a regular virtualization video chat covering VMware v...
Aug 02, 2010•34 min
In our first ever vChat (episode 1 / “The Pilot”), Simon Seagrave and David Davis discuss the new vSphere 4.1 and its top 15 killer features . vChat is a regular virtualization video chat covering VMware vSphere, Cloud Computing, Virtualization News, and maybe some geeky humor. Regular contributors are 3 vExperts – Simon Seagrave ( TechHead.co.uk ), Eric Siebert ( vSphere-Land.com ), and David Davis (VMwareVideos.com). Sponsored by vSphere Video Training from TrainSignal.com The post vChat – Epi...
Jul 14, 2010•24 min
