In preparing for my recent VCDX Defense, I read a great deal of articles and a few books to better understand how to properly document and justify the design decisions I was making. One book in particular provided valuable insight that has helped me not just with the VCDX certification, but also in becoming a better Infrastructure Architect.

In this blog post, I will cover the approach taken when preparing my VCDX documentation with regards to providing insight and justifications for the design decisions made within my VMware Integrated OpenStack architecture.