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vPiOVERVIEW AND DEMONSTRATION OF VPI FOR THE RASPBERRY PI
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whois• I blog / write in a few different places…
• shogan.co.uk• hobbyistcoder.com• Simple-Talk.com
• I live in the UK, but am originally from South Africa
• I am a VMware/Virtualisation evangelist/enthusiast and have vExpert status for 2012/2013
• I am actually qualified as a Graphic Designer, but left the industry to work in IT
• Working as a Consultant / Developer at Xtravirt Limited
• I <3 memes
Sean Duffy (@shogan85)
Credit: http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2008-09-12/
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Raspberry PiWhat exactly is the Raspberry Pi?
• It is not a dessert• It is, a credit card sized computer,
capable of many things• Model B has 700 MHz default clock
speed with 512 MB RAM
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vPi• Community supported Image for Raspberry Pi• Main focus is on VMware Integration• “Management toolbox” solution
Perl 5.14.2 + CPAN 1.98VMware vSphere Perl SDK 5.1.0 build 780721Python 2.7.3Ruby 1.8.7 & 1.9.3 + Rubygems 1.8.24Ruby vSphere Console 1.1.0 (http://labs.vmware.com/flings/rvc)vGhetto Scripts – built as DEB package from William Lam. Includes a custom vGhetto update script to easily update the scripts from William’s Sourceforge repositoryESXCLI 5.1 (a special ARM compiled version allowing it to run on the Raspberry Pi hardware)vmkfstools 5.1.0Misc. software: ngnix-light, PPTP Client, ifstat, iftop, subversion client, tmux
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What can we do with vPi?• Manage VMware Infrastructure• Report• Script• Automate• Monitor• Integrate
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Demo
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Home Lab environment
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Questions• Feel free to raise hand / ask now
• Xtravirt forums (xtravirt.com/forums)• Twitter (@shogan85)
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