My VCDX Spotlight is up!
Thanks Gregg for doing these, always a great read and happy to see mine up! : ) If you haven’t seen it already you can read my VCDX Spotlight entry here: http://thesaffageek.co.uk/2012/08/02/vcdx-spotlight-mike-brown/ Mike
Fourth time was the charm, VCDX
Yesterday I received the news I’ve been working towards for nearly two years, I have finally obtained VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) certification. I don’t know my number yet, but by looking at the VCDX Directory there are now 75 VCDX’s so I’ll be somewhere between 69 and 75. I’d like to thank my family for believing in me through…
VCDX Defense – Germany
I’ve just returned to my hotel room my from VCDX defense here in freezing cold Germany (I’ve been in Houston, TX for so long I had forgotten what anything under 50 F feels like). Not really much I can say about it as it’s all under NDA, but I have to say that I feel better about my performance during…
Prepping for my VCDX defense
So the last few weeks I’ve been nose down in my lab and my design going through all the scenarios that I can think of that would possibly come up during my defense. Been spending a lot of time white boarding and going through my opening presentation. Since I’m defending almost the exact same design I did in Singapore I’m…
My VCDX Journey Continues – Off to Germany!
I’ve received the email that I’ve been waiting on today. “I am happy to inform you that you achieved a high enough score to allow you to proceed to the defense stage of the process.” Germany here I come! It’s going to be a fun couple of weeks, VCDX defense in Germany then off to Partner Exchange in Vegas the…
VCDX, My Journey So Far
My journey towards VCDX certification started back in mid 2010. After completing the prerequisite exams I submitted a Virtual Infrastructure 3.5 design that I designed and implemented at the company I was working for before going back to consulting. My design was accepted and I defended in Boston in November. I didn’t know what I was in for, I thought…
TKG with Multiple vCenters and VMC pt. 2
When I wrote this post I didn’t anticipate there would be a part 2. In that last post I got stumped trying to split a TKG cluster across multiple vCenter Servers, one being VMC’s hosted vCenter Server and the other vCenter Server I installed on VMC to manage remote ESXi hosts. Well I’m happy to report with some help from…
Autism in Tech..
At VMware we have a private slack channel for neurodiverse employees. One day someone asked if anyone in the group was at a P5 or higher (these are professional levels inside VMware). Unfortunately it was only myself and one other individual who said they were. I’m a P7 (Senior Staff), the other happened to be a VP. I was asked…
My VMworld US 2018 Sessions
Despite the fact that I’m on paternity leave for this dude for the summer, VMworld still marches on. This year, I’ll be presenting the following sessions with some other great individuals. If you’re interested in the VMware Validated Designs, NSX-T and a little Cloud Foundation check out these sessions. If you’re a TAM customer I’ll also be presenting on the…
