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VRO – XML work

Sooner or later you are going to have to work with XML in Ochestrator. Orchestrator can be challenging with XML because it’s based upon E4X plugin not more current plugins. You can find some specific[…]

VRO Enable lockdown mode

I have been reading the VMware validated design documents of late. I cannot recommend them enough they are awesome documents. It’s really worth the deep read. I noticed one of the design choices is to[…]

Why modernize your datacenter if you are cloud first?

There has been a growing trend in enterprise to move all IT into the cloud. Many executives have been drinking this cool aid as the best way to solve their agility issues. Gartner surveys have[…]

Public Speaking Help

I recently asked who needed help with public speaking on Twitter and was surprised by the number of people who reached out. I wanted to give some personal tips that work for me with the[…]

VRO to delete lots of virtual switches in NSX

I created a workflow to create 5000 virtual switches in NSX… which was cool. But it did create 5000 virtual switches which now needed to be deleted. So I created a new workflow to delete[…]

Your IT shop is Ugly! Part 3

This is part 3 of a multi-part article series see other articles here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Perfect requires …. If you are still reading allow me to reward you with some[…]

Your IT shop is Ugly! Part 2

This is part 2 of a multi-part article series see other articles here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Innovation is your chaos monkey! (Bob’s your uncle) Innovation and agility are buzz words I[…]

Your IT shop is Ugly! Part 1

This is part 1 of a multi-part article series see other articles here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Big News everyone! Your IT shop is ugly! Good News everyone’s IT shop is ugly. As[…]

Will FaaS mean the end of servers?

A few years ago there were many articles about how containers would mean the end of servers. From a technical standpoint Function as a Service (FaaS) and containers both run on servers. So simple answer[…]

Learning basic vRealize Orchestrator Video

I recently posted a video to help people learn basic vRealize Orchestrator. Here is the video let me know if you have any questions or comments: