Automating vSphere: With VMware vCenter Orchestrator

Acknowledgments

Before we delve into vCenter Orchestrator, I want to acknowledge the folks who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make this book a reality. First and foremost, my wife, Julie, my sun and stars; without her tireless efforts to herd our small litter of kittens to give me the time needed to write this book, well, it’d just not exist.

Up here, somewhere between first and second, is this space... first and a half or so, and in it I want to thank my parents for their tireless support and for putting my seventh grade “He’ll never do anything worthwhile in his life” English teacher into his place while encouraging me to keep doing what it is I do.

Second, I want to thank Thomas Corfman, Christophe Decanini, Burke Azbill, and all the ...