VMworld 2013 US/EMEA – VCM4875: Getting Started with vCenter Orchestrator

I am very excited to announce that I had a session accepted for presentation at both VMworld US and EMEA this year!  I will be presenting with my good friend Thomas Corfmat (@tcorfmat), Senior Product Manager at VMware.  This session will take you through the steps for deploying/configuring vCO, along with some good day-to-day use cases.  Here is the abstract:

VMware’s push for the Software-Defined Datacenter brings some interesting challenges to the desk of the VMware Architects, Engineers, and Administrators. In order to drive innovation we need to be able to automate certain aspects of our jobs within the virtual infrastructure. VMware vCenter Orchestrator is a tool that can do this. A daunting task at first but with this session you will see that it is very simple to get started with some basic tasks. In this technical session, we’ll go through installation workflow creation/modification, and day-to-day use cases.

I am honored to have this opportunity to present at such a great conference!  I hope to bring some awesome content for everyone to show that within the Software-Defined Data Center automation/orchestration are key to the success of this shift.  We will also be giving away some goodies too!  So be sure to come join me for this awesome session!  See you there!

Export/Import vCloud Director 5.1 OrgNetworks with PowerCLI

I decided to provide an extension on the last post I did, Creating OrgNetworks in vCloud Director 5.1 with PowerCLI.  I had a need for being able to export OrgNetworks from a vCD 5.1 environment and be able to replicate/rebuild/recreate the OrgNetworks from the exported list.  Due to this need I attempted to create a PowerCLI script to do this for me.  Here is what I came up with, mind you it isn’t the sexiest script in the world but it worked for my needs and can be easily adjusted to fit yours.   Continue reading “Export/Import vCloud Director 5.1 OrgNetworks with PowerCLI” »

Create OrgNetworks in vCloud Director 5.1 with PowerCLI

So I know I haven’t posted in a little while anything truly useful…well, hopefully, that changes with this one.  I was approached by a colleague with a need for creating OrgNetworks with PowerCLI.  Knowing that things changed from earlier versions when you could create new OrgNetworks with New-OrgNetwork in vCD 1.5, I needed to see how to do it the new way with Cloud Views.  So first, let’s look at what information we need in order to make this work:

VMworld 2013 Session Voting Open

Ladies and gentlemen, the VMworld 2013 Session Voting has begun!  I have submitted a couple of sessions both by myself and with some fellow colleagues.  You will need a VMworld ID in order to vote.

Bilal Hashmi (cloud-buddy.com) and I will be presenting Session ID 4873, vCenter: The Unsung Hero, where we will dive into the importance of the availability of vCenter and how it affects the services around it that tie into it.  We will touch on some best practices and other solutions to aid in building a resilient vCenter.

Dan Mitchell (vCO Sr. Product Manager) and I will be presenting Session ID 5703, Supercharging vSphere Web Client with vCenter Orchestrator (vCO), where we will dive into how to extend the functionality of the vSphere Web Client with the awesome-sauce of vCO.

Lastly, I will also be presenting Session ID 4875, vCenter Orchestrator: A Beginner’s Guide, where I will embark on the journey of what vCO is and how you can use it to extend your cloud automation and orchestration.  I will be taking the stance of presenting in a manner that will bring light to anyone who is new to vCO!

Here is a screen of the sessions: VMworld 2013 Sessions

If you are interested and want to learn some cool stuff then go vote for the sessions, it would be greatly appreciated!  You can vote by going to VMworld 2013 Public Voting and clicking on the “Thumbs Up” icon by the session name.  Be sure to filter by either Session ID or my name to get the above list.  There are quite a few awesome sessions this year and hopefully, with your help, I will bring some of that awesomeness to the table!

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