This has been an awesome week. I’ve visited London for the first time in my life and I really enjoyed my trip over there. Getting to London was a bit problematic because London City (the airport I flew on) was closed on Sunday. This had to do with the amount of snowfall and clearing the runway.
During the flight I was advised by my neighbor to buy an Oistercard. These cards are similar to the Dutch public transportation cards and enable you to use all London’s public transportation including the light rail and the tube. You just put an amount of money on it and scan your card during entering and leaving the tubes. I didn’t take a taxi whole week and really enjoyed riding the Tubes. At rush hour they can be a bit busy though, no personal space left then.
From Monday to Wednesday I’ve delivered the vCloud Design Best Practices training course. This 3 day workshop prepares you for the recently released Cloud Infrastructure Design (VCAP5-CID) exam and also give you the ability to design vCloud environments. One of the students was my old buddy Mike Laverick who used work as a freelance VCI but has switched over to VMware to work as a vCloud evangelist. I must say one thing – he really kept the discussion going. Here’s a picture of Mike taking over my class. Eventually he has earned his well-deserved certificate.
On Thursday I was invited by the London VMUG to join their event. I’ve asked Jane Rimmer if it would be possible that I presented a session at the London VMUG and see was able to squeeze me into the agenda. In the end I was scheduled three times but unfortuanatly I had to cancel he last two sessions because I lost my voice and got hit by the man-flu. My complete session was recorded on video and will be made available online trough YouTube later. For people who can’t wait to get their hands on the slides here’s a link to “VMware HA Deep Dive”. This presentation will show you the inns and outs of HA admission control and isolation.
