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Due to high demand, here’s the combined AAA deployment!

I think this may be the highest requested post I’ve had so far. After creating the Dynamic deployment of the App Authoring Agent (AAA for the rest of this post) on Linux using SSH, the demand for a windows, or

Posted in AppD, Application Director, Application Services, EB, Event Broker, powershell, vCO, vRA, vRA 7, vRealize Automation, vRO

Dynamic install of the app authoring agent

Today in our next Event Broker introduction piece we are going to walk through configuring it to dynamically install the agent needed for Application Authoring (ie our Software components option in the enterprise editions). So what does that really mean? Two

Posted in EB, education, Event Broker, vCO, vRA, vRA 7, vRealize Automation, vRO

Enabling the Event Broker

Welcome to 2016 and my first in-depth post about the new Event Broker in vRA7. As you will see through out the coming posts I’m VERY excited by the Event Broker. The power and flexibility that it will provide can

Posted in EB, Event Broker, vCenter Orchestrator, vCO, vRA, vRA 7, vRealize Automation, vRO

UPDATED FOR VRA 7: How bout we let users set their default admin or root password?

Well happy new year and welcome to 2016! Between automation releases and cloud native applications activity, it’s going to be a very exciting year for all of us in IT. Ever since I posted it, the “How bout we let

Posted in EB, Event Broker, vCO, vRA 7, vRealize Automation, vRO

Getting More Out Of VMware Webcast Series On Demand

Getting More Out Of VMware Webcast Series VMware’s technical team will help you gain maximum value from your VMware solutions. These sessions, led by VMware Cloud Specialist Systems Engineers, help you learn about and more effectively utilize VMware vRealize™ solutions,

Posted in education, vCAC 6, vCAC 6.2, vCenter Orchestrator, vCO, vRA, vRA 6.2, vRealize Automation

Motorcloud returns to VMworld

That’s right Motorcloud 2.0 is going to be on display this year with Jay Marshall (now with google) and myself presenting some great devops strategies for your private, hybrid, and public cloud consumption. We will highlight using the automation tools

Posted in Automated Build, cloud native, cna, developer, education, lightwave, open source, photon, vCAC 6, vCAC 6.2, vCenter Orchestrator, vCO, VMworld, vRA, vRA 6.2, vRealize Automation

Getting More Out Of vRA – Session 6 (Final live session till Q4)

Getting More Out Of VMware – Webinar VMware’s technical team will help you gain maximum value from your VMware solutions. These sessions, led by VMware Cloud Specialist Systems Engineers, help you learn about and more effectively utilize VMware vRealize™ solutions,

Posted in education, vCAC 6, vCAC 6.2, vCenter Orchestrator, vCO, vRA, vRA 6.2, vRealize Automation

Getting More Out Of vRA – Session 5

Sorry to all my followers… I missed the live date, but the benefit is you can register and watch the session recording anytime. Getting More Out Of VMware – Webinar VMware’s technical team will help you gain maximum value from

Posted in education, vCAC 6, vCAC 6.2, vCenter Orchestrator, vCO, vRA, vRA 6.2, vRealize Automation

VMworld 2015 Public Voting

Early last week public voting opened up for VMworld Sessions and I would appreciate your support for the sessions I submitted. These sessions will be engaging and exciting and most importantly WILL include live demonstrations! 5990: Providing a Platform for DevOps Motorcloud 2.0

Posted in Automated Build, cloud native, cna, developer, education, lightwave, open source, photon, vCAC 6, vCAC 6.2, vCenter Orchestrator, vCO, VMworld, vRA, vRA 6.2, vRealize Automation

Getting More Out Of vRA – Session 4

Getting More Out Of VMware – Webinar VMware’s technical team will help you gain maximum value from your VMware solutions. These sessions, led by VMware Cloud Specialist Systems Engineers, help you learn about and more effectively utilize VMware vRealize™ solutions,

Posted in education, vCAC 6, vCAC 6.2, vCenter Orchestrator, vCO, vRA, vRA 6.2, vRealize Automation