I got assigned to write the lab guides for the Nexus 1000v. Not being a huge VMWare guy, I’ve had a massive learning curve. Dicking around with VMWare is not the same thing as administering VMWare in a vSphere environment and troubleshooting issues with it.
Also, since the Nexus 1000v is so new there just isn’t a lot of good supporting documentation or user groups. When I’d search Cisco or Google for error messages I’d be lucky if even got a hit or two – and usually it was some poor bastard having the same problem without being able to find a solution for it.
So my days stretched out and my hours got long. I think I’ve been averaging about 14 hours a day on this stuff. That includes working on the weekend because there just isn’t a whole lot to do when you are hanging out of town for a while.
But finally, I’m about ½-way done with writing the lab guides for this course. It’s not something I normally do. Design it? No problem. Implement it? No problem. Write lab guides or courseware? Umm….can we get someone else? Nobody ever likes the lab guides anyway.
But I have found a little bit of time here and there to enjoy a nice meal or hit the beach for a bit. Of course the beach was cold both times I got there, which was a nice relief considering it’s still hovering in the 100’s back home.
My g/f flew out for the weekend and we had a good time checking out Sausalito, Pescadero, Los Gatos, and a few other places. There is a really cool toy store in Sausalito. Someone with a warped sense of humor obviously buys their toys. Like this nifty Deluxe Jesus Action figure.
Genius.
They also had the Lunch Lady action figure, which my g/f found highly amusing.
And, Dream Theater is playing out here next week so I have to go see them as they aren’t playing any Texas dates this year. If I am lucky I’ll be going home after that and getting a little downtime. Five / Six weeks on the road is a bit much……
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