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Here we go again. After a prolonged break, we're back with a new one! This is episode 60, which is a decent number by any standard. No guest, just us three hosts shooting the breeze. Bonus points if you remember Paula, no bonus points if you have to listen to figure out what we're talking […] The post vSoup #60 – Doesn't Anyone Remember Paula? first appeared on vSoup.

A while back we recorded one with Simon Eady, and then vanished into a black hole of laptop crashes and corporate access. After Ed did some extensive digging, and probably some undisclosed felonies, we've managed to our hands on the recording, so here it is! Lazy bullet list of topics: Unsupported configurations Death of C# client […] The post vSoup #59 – Snapchat IT and a Sack Full of DevOps first appeared on vSoup.

This time we got Amit Panchal to spend some time with us, and since we recorded it, we might as well just publish it. Right? We also get into Christian's new job, and how he suddenly got his VCAP-DCD. How about that VMworld thing, who is going? Oh, and VMware made some announcements right when this […] The post vSoup #58 – Pre-dirtied low hanging fruit first appeared on vSoup.

We're back! The plan is to release one monthly episode in 2016, and impressively enough we are right on track. At least so far. Since it's been a good 6 months since the last one, we went commando. Perhaps commando is a feature of Hipster- and bipolar-IT? Are we trendsetters now? Anyway, we touch on […] The post vSoup #57 – Bipolar Hipster-IT first appeared on vSoup.

Minding my own business yesterday a wormhole opened up on my desktop and an MP3 popped out of it. The episode you are about to hear is the contents of that file… you have been warned !   A little about what was going on in the world at the time – EMC Had just […] The post vSoup #56 – Shakeweights first appeared on vSoup.

We've gone full circle, sort of, with a return of the wonderful Bob Plankers as our guest. You know, The Lone Sysadmin guy. The hosts enjoy is blog posts, and we sure do enjoy having him as a guest as well. After all, he was a guest in our fourth podcast back in 2011 as well. […] The post vSoup #55 – Bob's Your Uncle with Plankers first appeared on vSoup.

No we are not quite dead yet, we're just pining for the fjords. We're joined by Matt Brender, a “community-centric marketer. Developer Advocacy @Basho“. We have no idea what that means, but at least Matt tries to explain it to us. Of course, we get into Open Source, and the people aspect of it, and does […] The post vSoup #54 – But Mom, I Don't Want to be a Developer with Matt Brender first appeared on vSoup.

So, lets get 2015 started with an episode recorded way back in 2014. We're sorry about the delay, but this one needed some time to simmer. After all, one of our guests ends up singing. To find out which of our two guests, Julian Wood and Matthew Northam, channel his inner Beyoncé, you'll just have to […] The post vSoup Filer Swinger Parties #53 first appeared on vSoup.

We got the double VCDX Chris Wahl, and we got him to spill the beans on where the VCDX-NV's came from. And no, it is not from the Iliad. We talk certifications, and answer the age old questions; “Is is wise to try to certify when you are hung over?” and “Can a server actually […] The post vSoup Double Dippin' the Wahl #52 first appeared on vSoup.

We got Frank'd, and that is not a bad thing.  Frank Denneman joins us for a discussion about travel, writing and publishing books, dogs with ebola and HA/DRS Deepdives. How´s that for a rather mixed bag of nuts? Since Frank is an evangelist for PernixData, they get a mention too, but this one is decidedly very […] The post vSoup Who Let the Frank Out? #51 first appeared on vSoup.

Our regular guess Mike Laverick is back, this time talking about EVO:RAIL which clearly is his new thing. As we all know, Mike is a man of many words, and EVO seems to be one of the new ones added to his vocabulary, and he sure knows how to use it. Kidding aside, this entire fiftieth […] The post vSoup Mike goes EVO #50 first appeared on vSoup.

Three men left behind in Europe during VMworld US. There is no way anything good can come of this, right? While you ponder that little conundrum, why not give the latest episode a listen. Chances are that you will have forgotten about the question once you get to the end of this no-guest edition of vSoup. Some, […] The post vSoup Things Can Only Get Better #49 first appeared on vSoup.

We are joined by Brian Knudtson, (blog: knudt blog) for a mostly hyperconverged chat, including a car analogy. Yeah, we know you should never trust a car analogy, but we went there anyway. After all, who knows how we will deal with hyper-converged infrastructures a few years down the road (See what we did there?). We […] The post vSoup A Most Peculiar Test Drive with Brian #48 first appeared on vSoup.

This time we welcome Mike Laverick back, where we  finally give him a platform to promote his Feed Forward VMUG initiative. Jokes aside, it's worth a listen if want to know what Feed Forward is all about and how to get involved. We also give our listeners a quick intro into how Mike works after a […] The post vSoup Feeding Frenzy with Mr. Laverick #47 first appeared on vSoup.

Finally, we have a guest again. David Owen joins us again, for a good 45 minutes of topic jumping and general discussion. We touch on quite a few topics, including Storage Field Day 5 (and it's fallout/aftermath), SMBs, Mojo Stealing, FeedForward, disturbing mental images and Single Glass of Pain. Random? Nah, not us. It's all […] The post vSoup Single Glass of Pain #46 first appeared on vSoup.

  No guests, just hairy wizards. If that doesn't scare you, give it a listen as we ramble on about things like the Swiss Navy, VMware Airwatch, Simon Long moving to the US and adaptation rates on new technology. We even talk about tablets, and the Top vBlog Vote 2014. Thanks everyone for voting us #2 […] The post vSoup Hairy Wizards #45 first appeared on vSoup.

What a feeling, being's believing! This time we have Vaughn Stewart from Pure Storage. As since this, thankfully, is audio-only we have no idea if he was wearing leggings or not. Just like Irene Cara we have moved past that awkward third album phase, and discuss a few topics ranging from epic bus rides, all […] The post vSoup Flashdance #44 first appeared on vSoup.

Once in a blue moon, when the stars align just right over the northern hemisphere, wonderful things happen. We don't know if that was the case here, all we know is that we are joined by Matt Northam from Nutanix. Naturally we talk about the pending VSAN release, converged infrastructures and Nutanix.  Has virtualisation reached […] The post vSoup Convergsation #43 first appeared on vSoup.

Once again we go commando, that is without a guest. We get into the Wardrobe malfunctions and public speaking and the FeedForward VMUG initiative. Monster VMs, and 1 to 1 virtualization, is it really an option, and why? A little storage discussion regarding RDMs, NPIV and Christian shares a story about 3Par / StoreServ reclamation […] The post vSoup Commando Monday #42 first appeared on vSoup.

Another naked one, with just the three of us. Budgets and accounting, and Christian kind goes on a rant. And this podcast thing, does anyone really care/listen to them? Oh, and Google buys a bit of hot air/smoke Nest, is that an internet of things or an internet of Google? And we couldn't resist, should […] The post vSoup Nested Accountants #41 first appeared on vSoup.

Yay, we turned 40. Collectively that is. For the first recording in 2014, we do it like the last time; Three guys hosting, no guests. Except for General Purple that is. Other than that, we talk a bit about Chris' career change, business travel, hypervisor footprints, Windows Server Clusters and filer appliances. Also, does virtual […] The post vSoup General Purple is better than Agent Purple Any Day #40 first appeared on vSoup.

Reloaded, huh? What does that mean? Well, basically we have decided to refresh ourselves a little bit, and change a couple of things. It only took us 38 recordings over nearly three years to decide to change things up. This episode has no guests, and that might just be how we roll in the future, […] The post vSoup Reloaded #39 first appeared on vSoup.

In this special VMworld Europe recording, we are joined by Craig Waters from the APAC Virtualization Podcast and our usual VMworld stand-in, Ed Griegson. For once, Christian managed leave Norway and join the party, but this time Ed is missing. This is decidedly the most ghetto recording we have done; Recorded on Craig's iPhone connected to Christian's […] The post vSoup Special Edition #6 What? No Potato?! first appeared on vSoup.

Chris Hoff. Better known (at least on Twitter) as Beaker is our guest in this one. How we managed to pull that off, is still beyond us, but hey, it all worked out beautifully. Just like his Twitter stream, this one is a constant barrage of fun, knowledge and insight (and some random things, after […] The post vSoup Somebody's Watching Me With Chris Hoff #38 first appeared on vSoup.

Two canadians. What could possibly go wrong? At least that´s what we thought when we had Trevor Pott and Josh Folland as our guests. Turns out, nothing did! How aboot that, eh? Naturally we get into Podcasting for Cancer, which so far has had way more donations than anyone would have thought when it started. […] The post vSoup Bristlenose Plecostomus #37 first appeared on vSoup.

No guests. Yes, Seriously, no guests. Just the three of us. Naked. Imagine that, or wait, perhaps not. Anyway, here it is – Enjoy it if you got that mental image out of your head. If not, things might just get a bit weird. Topics: VMworld – Observations from people who were not present Hands-on Meth-Labs? […] The post vSoup A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal #36 first appeared on vSoup.

We are joined by Gurusimran Khalsa (vbrowncoat), “GS”, this time around. We´re not sure if it´s the summer holiday mode, or perhaps just general delirium, but for some reason this one goes off on a bit of a tangent. Dutch Caravans? Really? Other topics: VCDX Designs Troubleshooting difficult problems Is PernixData chocolate ice cream? VMworld 2013 […] The post vSoup Nefarious Images with Gurusimran Khalsa #35 first appeared on vSoup.

Two thirds of the Geek Whisperers Podcast join is for a decidedly non-techie serving of vSoup. For some reason John Troyer snubbed us, but hey, we can´t really complain since both Amy Lewis and Matthew Brender graced us with their presence. Naturally we get into a social media, the good, the bad and the ugly. […] The post vSoup Shouting with the Whisperers #34 first appeared on vSoup.

Guess who´s back? Yes, yet again we get to philosophize with Mike Laverick. Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K, and perhaps we´re all suffering from a mild form of hysteria, but this is a fun one! Listen to this dude Rufus, he knows what he's talking about. Our most excellent list of topics include: […] The post vSoup Mike Lavericks Most Excellent Adventure #33 first appeared on vSoup.

Do we need Puppet for People? Will we all turn into Geppetto in the end? Nick Weaver explains it all, in this 32 minute quickie. Nick, who blogs at nickapedia.com is as quick with his mouth as he is with his blogging, so you´re in for a real quickfire episode! I´m sure we have missed […] The post vSoup On a Bender with Nick #32 first appeared on vSoup.

Greg Ferro who runs the Packet Pushers Podcast and etheralmind.com, joins us to try and explain what Software Defined Networking really is. Does he succeed? We´ll leave that up to you, the vSoupheads, to decide. Show linkware: Free-Form Discussion on Hybrid Switching, OpenFlow, and SDN with Cisco VMware NSX Network Virtualization OpenStack An unusually short list, perhaps […] The post vSoup Bandwidth Envy with Greg Ferro #31 first appeared on vSoup.

Maish Saidel-Keesing, you know, the don´t vote for me guy who came in at a very respectable #41 place in this years top VMware & virtualization blog vote, was voted our favorite guest for Episode #30! We go on and on about CloudCredibility and gamification, but we also get to poke around a few other subjects […] The post vSoup Credibility Maish-up #30 first appeared on vSoup.

Finally we get one of the worlds most popular saffas Gregg on! While he has been lurking in the shadows before, this is his first time. First time on vSoup that is, considering that his wife is very pregnant… And on that bombshell, on to the content: VMware PEX Conferences in Vegas: Is it a […] The post vSoup Pulling a Pope with Gregg #29 first appeared on vSoup.

What´s better than to celebrate the holidays with your favorite grandpa? That´s what we thought too, and this time we have Darren Woollard as our esteemed guest (we returned him safely home after the recording was done). Since the mayans were wrong after all, we´re happy to present vSoup Episode #28, which also marks the […] The post vSoup Grandpa Woollard #28 first appeared on vSoup.

Sorry for the delay, but here we are again, this time with Joep Piscaer freshly crowned VCDX #101. Since we´re a bit on the slow side releasing this one, we´ll just get right to it. Quick summary of topics: VCDX design and defense and Joeps experiences Joeps new website vcdx101.com Tablets, Phones and Horizon Mobile […] The post vSoup VCDX aaaight! #27 first appeared on vSoup.

Live from VMworld Europe 2012, it´s another special video edition episode of vSoup! Listen to, and view, Ed Czerwins vBrownbag Tech Talk: “Virtualizing workloads in the face of Disaster” For more background information, read Shanghai… we have a problem… on vNinja.net. The post vSoup One Man Parties: Ed Czerwin – Virtualizing workloads in the face of Disaster first appeared on vSoup.

Like last year, two thirds of the vSoup chefs are present at VMworld Europe. And, unfortunately Christian is still the odd one out, missing VMworld yet again. Anyway, on with the live recording which, by popular demand, features Ed Grigson who still blogs at vexperienced.co.uk. Watch live streaming video from vmwarecommunitytv at livestream.com And yes, […] The post tvSoup #3 – Live from VMworld Europe 2012 first appeared on vSoup.

Our guest this time is John Walsh who manages the OS/Virtualization/Storage/HPC Teams at Northwestern University and a fellow vExpert. As far as topics go there is no way around New- vs Old-school storage, and as the title reflects, should “server huggers” be afraid of the Software Defined Datacenter? Other topics covered in this episode: John […] The post vSoup Server Huggers Beware! #26 first appeared on vSoup.

We´re back, and so is Mike Laverick and this time he brings along his book writing buddy Barry Coombs! Of course, their new book Building End-User Computing Solutions with VMware View is the hot topic of the day. We do get into other topics as well, check out the list: VMWorld Mikes new role at […] The post vSoup Weird is Back! #25 first appeared on vSoup.

We´ve been graced with the presence of Mr. Joe Onisick, Cloud and Datacenter Guru and all around nice guy (If you agree with him, that is). So, topics? We had a few: Dell Quest Acquisition VMware DynamicOPs Acquisition Multi-Hypervisor Data Centers Amsterdam TechEd – How does it compare to VMWorld Conference arranged parties – are […] The post vSoup Virtology with Joe #24 first appeared on vSoup.

Finally a new episode, that is way overdue because of Ed´s Asian Adventures. This weeks guest is PowerShell and PowerCLI Guru Hal Rottenberg, and in no particular order we get into: VMworld sessions Forum usage When was your Powershell ‘Moment of Clarity'? Mac use and associated challenges Splunk and vSphere usage Splunk + development in […] The post vSoup Better late than never #23 first appeared on vSoup.

In this special edition of vSoup we welcome Bas Raayman to have a little chat regarding the new VCDX Wannabe website. Naturally we talk VCDX certification, including defenses, the VCAP certifications and Bas spills the beans on the VCAP-DCA beta exam. The post vSoup Special Edition #5 : VCDX Wannabe first appeared on vSoup.

Guess what? We have a guest this time too! Michael Poore, yet another englishman who´s recently visited the US of A, finally graces us with his presence! Now, tell us, how large is your shower head? Seemingly a random question, but hey, this is vSoup after all. Is it possible to work towards the VCDX […] The post vSoup Poore the vSoup #22 first appeared on vSoup.

Once again we bring you David Owen. For some reason he seems to be a returning guest, we only wish that the listener numbers would reflect it! David was recently one of the Virtualization Field Day 2 – Silicon Valley delegates, and finally gets a chance to tell the world what it feels like to […] The post vSoup Cats and Nazis #21 first appeared on vSoup.

Philip Buckley-Mellor, a video on demand infrastructure consultant is our guest. Since he, unlike the hosts, is used to tackling big things we get into scalabiliy, Splunk, vCOPS 5. For some reason, augmented reality also makes an appearance, and traffic in Vietnam. And, can anyone guess which series of movies would be the best de-duplication […] The post vSoup Big Things with Phil #20 first appeared on vSoup.

Welcome to a guest-less episode of vSoup, where the hosts find themselves left all alone in the big world pondering what hit them in 2011 and what's going to hit them in 2012. We get into all sorts of topics like Christian's new job, Volkswagen shutting off off hours email, Ed's Hyper-V to vSphere experience, […] The post vSoup Has it Been a Year?! #19 first appeared on vSoup.

Duncan Epping, VCDX #007 with a license to pimp VMware, is our guest. A promising young lad that might just have a future in the virtualization space, if he plays his cards right. We talk about Duncan's next project, vShield App, Hairy Security Guys, and we get the answer to the ultimate question “What is […] The post vSoup Marketeering with Duncan #18 first appeared on vSoup.

For the first, and quite possible the last time, vSoup goes video! Recorded live at VMworld Europe 2011, with special guest Ed Grigson who blogs at vexperienced.co.uk. Ed and Chris are both present in the studio, but Christian, who can't be at VMworld this year, is back home in Norway. Thankfully his presence is emulated […] The post tvSoup #1 – Live from VMworld Europe 2011 first appeared on vSoup.

Arjan is one of the rather huge dutch virtualization army, and a really nice guy as well. We get into all sorts of topics, like P2Ving Domain Controllers, Christian's new job, Ed's possible Asian rim job, and can you, as a consultant, really say to to a client/customer? Also, for some reason we get into replacing Christian (at VMworld Europe) with a potato, and the possibility of having Chris wandering around Copenhagen wearing a green bikini. VMware Workstation 8 gets some more well deserved attention too, including running Hyper-V in it. The value of conferences gets mentioned and so does the conference parties! The post vSoup A/S/L #17 first appeared on vSoup.

Once again the vSoup crew get involved with extreme sports, and get three guests all at once. Lugi Danakos, Chris Cicotte and Tim Oudin from the vCommunity Trust joins us to explain just what they are up to, and why! The post vSoup Ball Slinging #16 first appeared on vSoup.