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Who is Chris Wahl? • VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) #104 ▫ Data Center and Network Virtualization
• Tech, Lab, Certs, Reviews, Videos ▫ WahlNetwork.com
• CCNA Data Center & vCloud Courses ▫ Pluralsight.com
• Virtualization User Podcast as a Service ▫ VUPaaS.com
Networking for VMware Administrators Paperback, Kindle, eBook, EPUB, MOBI, PDF, Klingon*
100% of my profits go to Alzheimer’s Association
MineSweeper (mīn′swēp′ər) n. A person who employs a manual process to execute a common operation in a repetitious manner
Why did we put up with this? • Closed, proprietary systems • Lack of (affordable) social coding • Data graveyards • Firefighting! • Lack of SDK / APIs • The 80 / 20 rule
One vendor’s quote to me “We are not shipping a single feature out the door unless it has a well documented API to accompany it”
But it’s not about … Being fully software defined
Being “the best”
Being a programmer
Being into eating sandwiches (optional)
Wide variety of choices • The power of “P” ▫ PowerShell (version 3+) ▫ PowerCLI (version 5.8) ▫ Python (version 2.7.8)
avoid version 3.x.x ▫ Puppet (open source)
• Many others! ▫ Ansible, Chef, SaltStack, Jenkins ▫ vCenter Orchestrator is a hidden gem
The 10,000 hour rule • Do I believe this? ▫ Arbitrary? ▫ Practice certainly helps
• Regardless… ▫ Start now! ▫ Learn ▫ Improve ▫ Share ▫ Grow
Noticeable trends • App/Dev teams are … ▫ Coding around infrastructure ▫ Building distributed applications ▫ Demanding responsive feedback loops ▫ Able to get this from off-prem sources
• Infrastructure teams … ▫ Must adapt to these needs ▫ Must add value to the SDLC
“I don’t need this stuff at my work”
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PowerShell • “Monad Shell” • .NET Framework • Primarily a Windows tool • Desired State Config (DSC) • Version 3 or better ▫ I prefer version 4
vCenter Orchestrator • GUI-like framework • Little code required • Plug and play • “Free”
• Check out vcoportal.de by Jörg Lew ▫ (superb resource!)
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Thank you for a great session! For more goodies, check out these resources:
Visit WahlNetwork.com for Deep Dives, Home Lab Tips, Reviews, and More!
Check out “Networking for VMware Administrators” by VMware Press
Over 25 hours of my video training content is on Pluralsight.com
Nearly 100 free HD videos on the WahlNetwork YouTube Channel