Overview and DEMOnstration of vPI for the RASPBERRY PI

whois Sean Duffy (@shogan85) 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 Credit: http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2008-09-12/

Raspberry Pi What 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

vPi Community supported Image for Raspberry Pi Main focus is on VMware Integration “Management toolbox” solution Perl 5.14.2 + CPAN 1.98 VMware vSphere Perl SDK 5.1.0 build 780721 Python 2.7.3 Ruby 1.8.7 & 1.9.3 + Rubygems 1.8.24 Ruby 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 repository ESXCLI 5.1 (a special ARM compiled version allowing it to run on the Raspberry Pi hardware) vmkfstools 5.1.0 Misc. software: ngnix-light, PPTP Client, ifstat, iftop, subversion client, tmux

What can we do with vPi? Manage VMware Infrastructure Report Script Automate Monitor Integrate

Demo

Home Lab environment

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