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VMworld 2009 Sunday Night Warm Up Extravaganza!

2009-07-15T18:50:24Z

Looking for the 2010 Party?

If you're looking for information regarding the 2010 rendition of this event, please go here.

Thanks!

Important Updates

Make sure to read Update 1,Update 2, Update 3, and Update 4 in this thread as you RSVP. Seriously. We'll wait here while you go read them now. No for real. Go read them. Also, time permitting, please review the latest happenings at http://www.vmunderground.com

The Sunday night before my first VMworld I had nothing planned. I didn't know the area, and I wished there was something organized to do. Sunday night has always been about vendor dinners and vendor parties. As every small customer out there knows, not everyone makes the invite list. I was looking for a more open, community focused event to look forward to. A way to start talking with others about what they're doing with the technology and relax after a long day of travel.

So for the last two years, I've helped organize an alternative venue to meet up and do just that. (I guess those crazy kids call it a tweetup now) It's been great to meet other attendees, make new friends, drink a few pints, and see what people are looking forward to in the coming week.

Two years ago in San Francisco, we met at Johnny Foleys Irish House . Last year in Vegas it was at The Nine Fine Irishman. Same great idea, good turnout.

This year we're looking to break the mold. I've enlisted a crack team of party planners to help me get this under control. We also have a fantastic group of vendor sponsors pitching in to put this over the top. Head over to our main page for all the details.

Same simple rule as last year:

Technology talk and networking with your peers is strongly encouraged, however if you're talking about a product you sell, you're buying drinks (sponsoring vendors excluded of course), We will hear no excuses (seriously, we've worked out a deal for you to work it off in the kitchen). Vendor engineers are excluded from this rule again this year as they tend to be extremely funny after a few pints, and can't help themselves.

Please add your contact information in this thread and write how cool the "VMworld 2009 Sunday Night Warm Up Extravaganza" is going to be. And because we think dropbox (shameless link) is so awesome, if you submit your "statement of cool" in limerick form, you'll get two entries in the grand raffle instead of one.

Party Details and info can be found here: http://www.vmunderground.com

To much cool for one thread? We think not.

-Theron

Party Navigation

VMworld 2010 (San Francisco) - Who's the band?

2010-07-22T20:58:58Z

So, you're heading to VMworld 2010 (Sand Francisco)...or still waiting to register.
You might be wondering -- who's the band at the party this year?

Reply to this thread with your guess (limit one guess per person). The first 2 people with the correct band name will each win a "Meet and Greet" the band pass to use during the VMworld party.

For more details and qualifications, please view the blog post.

cheers,
Tony

Sessions made public

2008-09-30T12:44:23Z

Anyone know when the sessions will be made public so we can watch them on-line? I have a couple I would to go over again.

Hotel Recommendation for VMworld 2010?

2010-03-03T14:45:29Z

I will be attending VMworld for the first time this year and was curious if seasoned attendees had any recommendations for Hotels that are located near to the Moscone Convention Center? I thought it might be advantageous to book the Hotel in advance of Early Bird registration unless VMware has some sort of good package deal for the Conf and Hotel?

Cheers the Brit

Jono

The Venetian - VMworld 2011

2011-04-08T20:06:52Z

So, I'm just wondering...with all the seemingly 'space' issues with last year's event (breakout session bottlenecks, etc.), and since I've not yet been to Vegas, is The Venetian big enough to accommodate VMworld? i.e. is it bigger than the San Fran Conv Ctr?

Thanks,

~coolsport00

VMworld doesn't scale!

2010-08-30T20:19:21Z

This is my fourth VMworld and it's probably my last. The lines are ridiculous and people are forced to attend something they aren't really interested in or nothing at all. Is your experience different? If so, let me know your secret because I don't want to spend half the time here waiting in line.

Amature Photographers - VMworld 2010

2010-08-06T14:15:26Z

There were a bunch of discussions, walking tours, and photography projects last year and I wanted to kick off a discussion for 2010. Are there other photographers interested in getting together at VMworld again this year?

I am very excited to have just recieved my new Canon 7D this week, and want to break it in while at VMworld.

Am I the only one? VMWorld 2010 Schedule Builder.

2010-08-03T20:23:50Z

I can not remove anything from my schedule in the builder. I can continue to add things, but I cannot remove anything. I see that it is some Java Script function, but it does not seem to do anything.

I have tried it in, Firefox 3.5x (Windows and Linux), Chrome 5.0.375.125 (Windows) and IE 8. All of them show the exact same behavior which is that nothing happens at all when clicking the "Remove from Schedule" link.

I have also tried this from two different sites that utilize different service providers.

Anyone else seeing the same thing? Sure is frustrating.

Thanks,

-Landon

Intel Virtual Booth Giveaway - VMworld Europe 2009

2009-02-10T18:28:40Z

Welcome to the Intel® Virtual Booth Giveaway where we are giving away an ACER* Netbook to the lucky winner who posts on this thread and is selected by random drawing.

Please post your entries for the Intel® Virtual Booth Giveaway inside this thread only. Entries will be closed at 14:00 hrs. on February 26th. The drawing will be held at the Intel Booth (#97). Drawing details available at the Intel booth information desk. Each registered user on VMworld.com should submit only one entry please.

For your entry to qualify, please reply to this discussion with the following information:

1. Would you like to register for the Intel® Premier IT Professional program?

2. Have you ever visited our Intel.com online server community?

3. Would you like to register for Intel® Software Dispatch?

4. May Intel and its trusted affiliates communicate with you via e-mail or regular mail regarding product services, training, or event information that may be of interest to you?

AND send a private message with the following info:

1. VMworld Account username

2. Full Name

3. Title

4. Company

5. Number of employees

6. Phone

7. E-mail

VMworld 2008 Sunday Night Warm up

2008-09-09T17:57:08Z

If you're looking for the 2009 rendition of this party, head over here: http://vmworld.com/thread/2995

Last year, the night before VMworld started, a bunch of folks from the vmtn boards linked up and had a few drinks at Johnny Foleys Irish House. I got a chance to talk with some people, make some new friends, drink a few pints, and see what people were looking forward too in the coming week. Now, I know that a bunch of you are going to be attending one, or maybe more vendor parties Sunday night. Fantastic. The rest of this message isn't for you lot.

The rest of you downtrodden, jet lagged souls are welcome to head down to the Nine Fine Irishmen. It's going to be as informal as it gets. If you're interested in talking about VMware, hop utilization rates, whatever, there will be a few of us attendees down there Sunday night around 7 PM.

To add to the festive atmosphere, everyone coming down needs to simply adhere to a simple agreement. (added this year for entertainment value only) If you start talking about a product that you a) own b) work for c) have financial interest in, or d) sell, you're buying the next round. VMware engineers are excluded from this as they tend to be extremely funny prior to and after a few pints.

If you're planning on coming, please just reply in this thread so I have an idea of how many additional folks might show up.

Look forward to seeing you there.

-Theron

Message was edited by: Theron Conrey to add the year

VMWorld 2010 in San Fran again.. Why?

2009-08-06T20:35:02Z

According to this post... http://www.vmworld.com/blogs/vmworld/2009/08/06/an-update-from-the-vmworld-team

VMWorld 2010 is scheduled for September 2010 in San Francisco, again.

Why does VMware insist on staying on the West Coast for VMworld? I thought Vegas was at least a step in the right direction (literally). Couldn't the conference alternate from west to east every other year? It would be great to see VMWorld in Boston, New York, Orlando, etc. and would certainly help for us east coast folks who are having difficulty getting travel across the US approved right now.

Just curious if this was ever even considered...

Band Announced

2011-08-01T20:04:33Z

Looks like The Killers will be the band playing at the party this year. How do you feel about that?

Intel Virtual Booth: Netbook Giveaway@VMWorld 2009

2009-08-25T17:47:27Z

Welcome to the Intel® Virtual Booth: Netbook Giveaway, where we are giving away an Asus* Netbook to the lucky winner who posts on this thread and is selected by random drawing during VMWorld 2009 in San Francisco, CA. You must be a registered user at VMWorld.com and be present at the Intel Booth at 5:30 pm on September 1st to win.

Please post your entries for the Intel® Virtual Booth Giveaway inside this thread only, starting at 5pm. on Aug. 31st. The contest closes at 4pm. on September 1st. Any entries submitted before 5pm on Aug. 31st or after 4pm. on Sep. 1st are not be eligible for the drawing. The drawing will be held at the Intel Booth (#1602) on Sep. 1st at 5:30pm. Each registered user on VMworld.com should submit only one entry please.

For your entry to qualify, please reply to this discussion with the following information:

1) Would you like to register for the Intel® Software Dispatch? (yes/no)

2) Would you like to register for the Intel® Premier IT Professional program? (yes/no)

3) Intel Vice President Doug Fisher's keynote increased your awareness of how Intel collaborates with VMWare on cloud, client and servers. (decreased. same, increased)

4) Doug Fisher's keynote increased your preference for Intel®Xeon® Processor based products for VMware virtualization solutions?(decreased, same, increased)

5) After watching Doug Fisher's keynote, I'm more driven to virtualize my corporate systems for unrealized cost savings?(decreased, same, increased)

AND send a private message to VM09Intel@gmail.com with the following info:

1. VMworld Account username

2. Full Name

3. Title

4. Company

5. Number of employees

6. Business Phone

7. E-mail

Good Luck to All !!

Build Your Schedule

2011-07-19T16:52:53Z

New this year, attendees must pre-register for sessions. Without pre-registration, you will not be given access to any breakout sessions.

If you are registered for VMworld, view a full listing of sessions, organize your days, and sign-up for the sessions you want to attend. Most sessions will be repeated at least once and we will be adding additional sessions based on popularity, so if it is full, check back.

If you are not yet registered, what are you waiting for? Register now and build out your schedule.

During VMworld, you will be able to add a session to your schedule up to an hour prior to the start. Session rooms will open approximately 25 minutes before the start of a session and close at the start of the session. Only attendees who have pre-registered for the session will be allowed in the room. There will be NO stand-by line, so please make sure to register for the sessions you plan on attending.

Hands-on Labs will be available on-demand and can be taken at any time throughout the event. You can add Lab time to your personal schedule, but will need to visit the Labs at VMworld to sign-up.

Lab Hours:

Sunday 2:00pm – 8:00pm

Monday 8:00am - 3:00pm

Tuesday 10:00am – 10:00pm

Wednesday 8:00am – 6:00pm

Thursday 8:00am – 4:00pm

These sessions are full ... need more repeats.

2011-08-05T18:10:41Z

CIM1940 - 10 Best Free Tools for vSphere Management in 2011

CIM2452 - vCenter Operations Technical Deepdive

GD04 - Memory with Kit Colbert

GD11 - Architecture Design with Mike DiPetrillo

GD16 - vCenter CapacityIQ, vCenter Orchestrator, vCenter Chargeback, vCenter Operati...

GD18 - vSphere Platform and ESXi with Kyle Gleed

GD26 - vCenter Operations with David LaVigna

GD42 - Performance Metrics with Ravi Soundararajan and Krishna Raj Raja

VSP2227 - vCenter Database Architecture, Performance and Troubleshooting

VSP2365 - Overview of ESXi 5.0 – Core Concepts, New Features and Benefits

VSP3866 - Performance Best Practices and Troubleshooting

VSP3867 - Top 10 Virtualization Support Issues

VSP3868 - vStorage Best Practices

Thanks.

Presentations from VMworld 2011 (Vegas)

2011-09-09T18:23:51Z

Also looking for the presentations from VMworld 2011 (Vegas); really guys, it's been a week.

If there was going to be this much delay, you should have made them available at the conference.

VMworld 2012 Excitement

2012-03-09T15:54:33Z

I know it's only now March, but is anyone else getting excited about VMworld? This will be my 3rd yr. I have met so many amazing folks there - Steve Herrod, Duncan Epping, Frank Denneman, Tom Howarth, Jason Boche just to name a few.

I love SF and hope to do a couple extra things this yr I didn't get a chance to do in '10 - go to Sausalito, as well as do a 'fun run' over Golden Gate. If you have not had the opportunity to take a ferry ride around the Bay to Golden Gate and Alcatraz, I recommend doing so. It's awesome! Also, a 20 or so minute bus ride west all the way to the beach is recommended (well, not 'all' the way...there will be about another 10-12min walk). There is this neat restaurant there along the 'mile-long beach' (I think that's the actual name of the beach). Really cool atmosphere.

So, some of those things, meeting up with old friends, meeting new ones, "tweeting up", networking, sessions, & labs...yep, I'm ready for a great VMworld2012! Hope to see some of you there!

-Shane
twitter: @coolsport00

Where do we get slides from the sessions?

2010-09-01T04:02:11Z

I keep hearing mention of slides and etc being available ... any idea where they're located?

Goodies !!!

2009-09-01T04:47:11Z

that's just what i took have u more ? post here

Are you headed to our booth for the swag or .......

2008-09-10T19:12:50Z

.. the latest technical information on our products and services ? Be sure to include a photo in your response so we'll know to aim the swag gun at you !

VMworld 2011 Fun Run?

2011-07-19T22:19:32Z

Hi,

having enjoyed the VMworld Fun Run the last 2 years, I was just wondering if

anyone knows if VMworld Fun Run will happen this year?

Thanks!

Enrico

Any other new to VMWare attendees this year?

2011-07-06T14:54:03Z

Looking to start a discussion and see who else is new to VMware like myself and see who's planning what and what their expectations are.

Foreigner @ VMWorld 2009

2009-09-03T08:48:03Z

I had the pleasure of standing about 10 feet from the stage with my Nikon D300 and 70-200mm f/2.8 VR lens (I was the guy with the striped fedora). I really enjoyed the concert and came away with a ton of awesome photos. Here are several I uploaded to Flickr. Comments are welcomed!

Ariston Collander

Ariston Collander Photography

http://www.aristoncollanderphotography.com

ariston@aristonphotography.com

Ferris Bueller's Day Off.. (SF things to do)

2009-08-09T16:45:50Z

So in the memory of John Hughes, I thought I would start with the famous quote from Ferris Bueller's day off"

"Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

Here is my list of things I can think of that are pretty fun in the Bay Area, which would make a nice day off. I will try to list the time it would take to accomplish them, plus if you would need a car. I believe the cool thing about Ferris was the number of cool things he got done in one day off. =). For some of these, you will need a car, you can pick up a zip car in the morning and do some of the further away spots. Zip cars are great and rent by the hour, easy to pickup/drop off in various spots around SF. http://www.zipcar.com

1. Alcatraz - take a ferry to the small island which is now a state park, and do the audio tour. With headphones on walk the prison and hear sounds of prisoners cat calling you, bars clanking and a riot in the kitchen. They got old guards to tell stories as you walk through each sections. It is by far the best physical/virtual tour I've been on. Without the audio tour, Alcatraz is so so, but for the extra 5.00 it is amazing.

TIME: 4 hour, Cost: 40.00, Car: No. Link: http://www.alcatraztickets.com/

2. SF Maritime museum - A walking tour along the warf of old schooner sailing ships, 2 large ships, one cargo ship that has cargo in the hold with stations with audio/signs. Interesting to see how frieght was moved back in those days. This is an easy thing to see, they have 3-4 other big boats, and a few littler ones. A few blocks up, for another 10.00 you can take a tour of a WWII sub, with an audio tour. Again audio tours are worth ever cent.

TIME: 2.5 hours. Cost: 20.00 Car: No Link: http://www.maritime.org/index.htm

3. Golden Gate Bridge - This one you would think is kinda standard, but really, the damn bridge is so impressive and the view so stunning, it's worth it to try and get this in. The nice thing about this one, is you can squeeze it whenever you have some time and a short taxi ride to the far side allows you to walk it back and then get a taxi back to the city. Wear something warm, the ocean is cool, and the wind strong, but you will like this one. There a small park at the far end of the bridge, a great drop off point and check out the redwood tree chunk. TIME: 1.5 hours Cost: 0.00 Car: No Link: http://www.goldengate.org/

4. Peir 39 Seals - Peir 39 is a tourist peir along the water, but the

interesting thng is, a herd of seals have for the past 10 years made

the docks at the end their home. They have a observation deck, and you

can just walk out and watch them do their thing. There are alwasy a few

of them jocking for control of a give dock.. 4-6 females will lay on a

section of dock, and a male will be their defending their dock

position. If you know what to watch, it's interesting to see a smaller

male circle and try to sometimes jump up on a dock that has a larger

male. TIME: 1.5 hours Cost: 0.0 Car: No Link: http://www.pier39.com/index.cfm

http://www.goldengate.org/

5. SF Ocean Beach - Like all california beaches, the water is cold, the

waves are big and when the sun comes out you get warm and it's nice.

Best time to hit the beack is noon - 3:00, after that the warmth of the

sun starts to leave. Make a sand castle along the edge, and see how

long you can defend it before a few big waves win. Relaxing and always

something (surfers etc) to watch. The beach is a taxi ride from SF, so

you can get some nice ocean time in.

TIME: 2 hours Cost: 0.0 Car: No Link: http://www.parksconservancy.org/visit/park.asp?park=68

6. Muir Woods - If you like huge redwood trees, this one is a must. It's the nearest large redwood stand near SF, and it has nice paths to walks and a visitor center. You cet the feel of a large redwood forest when you walk it. It's free to walk and only about 45 minutes north of SF. If you don't want to drive a car, you can buy a ride on a tour bus to this place.

TIME: 3.5 hours COST: 0.0 CAR: Yes Link: http://www.nps.gov/muwo/

7. Jelly Belly factory tour - If you are wondering why I list this one, then this is probably not for you. =). But the factory is about 1 hour north and they give tours. It's interesting to see how they make them, and they give samples. Although if you have discover channel "how things are made" I guess factory tours are no longer needed, just watch it on the show. But if you want to see the real thing, well.. you can now. TIME: 3.5 hours COST: 0.0 CAR: Yes Link: http://www.jellybelly.com/visit_jelly_belly/california_factory_index.aspx

8. Campus Walks: Stanford, UC Berkeley - I prefer stanford, its' just a

beatuful campus, and you can walk "this dish" and get a great

excercise. But, for the Berkeley guys, which I am also affilliated, I

need to mention them. But for me Berkeley ( a great comp-science

school) is less interesting a place to visit. But someone can post what

they like and I will edit this document. Ok.. Stanford tour: Walk the

places that Steve Jobs walks and hung out taking classes, see the hils

he walks and see where Mendall teaches at. (founder of VMware) . Things

to get in while doing stanford:

a. Walk on campus and make your way to the campus book store, its very big and beautiful. They sell Macs

b.Get food at the on campus pizza shop, just very yummy.

c. Walk west and up, find the "lake" and walk around it. It's west and up from the book shop. Ask someone.

d. If you are a hiking person, head south and west and find the

entrance to the "dish walk" and walk up to the huge Antenna dish, you

can see if from a lot of places and it's up on top of a hill that looks

down on the 280.

e. Make your way to "pete's coffee in the town and country mall, here

is where loads of VC's sit and discuss ideas. (I'm sitting here now

posting this) Get a free wifi code fromt he counter and surf while you

drink it. Town and country is about 1 block east of the Standord

stadium. (yes I went to stanford) . but also did work at Berkeley. =)

Time: 4 hours Cost: 0.00 Car: Yes Link: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/visitorinfo/

9. Best thing is the Monterey Bay Aquarium, excellent and special. But 2 hour drive south, but worth it.

If you have never done this one, you should if you have a day. Sea otters, right on the coast, and a

very cool town to walk around and get dinner.

Time: 8 hours Cost: 0.00 Car: Yes Link: http://www.montereybayaquarium.org

10.. Giarahdelli Square, in SF near the marina muesum fudge sunday ice cream shop is excellent

11. SF Giants game downtown, look up the schedule, new stadium is pretty and just makes for a

great game. Wind tunnel tested to shelter people from windy SF. Don't do bleacher seats unless

you like wind.

12. Santa Cruz boardwalk, roller coasters, rides, beach.. 30.00 a day gets you an all day ride

pass 1.30 minute ride south

13. Just drive south along the coast road (highway 1 to santra cruz) the road and views are stunning.

Do that with number 12.

14. Napa wine tasting trip, head up to Napa and find some vineyards to visit and taste wine, there are plenty. Get a nice luch

in Napa. This is kinda low key, but if you love wine, you will like this. You can do this with Muir woods, as they are both in the

same direction.

20. VMware campus: Ok we will see how long this one stays up, I can imagine someone is going to tell me to take this item off the list. But, if you are totally into VMware, like i am, this one is kinda neat. It turns out Dianne Greene the founder of VMware really did live up to her last name. She built the VMware campus from scratch, and made it very very green. It's one of the prettyiest campus I've worked at. Maybe I will orgainze a tour, post if you are interested and I will get a count. Feature of the campus include vaulted natural lit areas, all glass walls that tranisition to outside, making being inside feeling like your outside. Built into the side of a hill, great to do this one, with the Stanford one since they are both within a mile of each other.

TIME: 4 hours Cost: 20.00 CAR: Yes Link: http://www.slac.stanford.edu/

Questions: Send the to me: Eric Nelsen, VMware Communities, enielsen@vmware.com

SESSION'S ARE NOT ONLINE (yet)

2010-09-21T10:53:31Z

I was able to view all the 2010 content online, finally.

Go to Virtual Pavillion

Click on Concourse

Click on 200

You will see a list of sessions

Click on View

Correct this - thought was I was viewing was the 2010 :( Message was edited by: mrehere

VMworld 2012 - back to San Francisco

2011-08-30T00:36:57Z

Well guys, enjoy Las Vegas while you're here. Next year it's back poor service and lunch meat on a hard roll.

Rick Jackson says that Las Vegas can't handle such a massive event. Seriously? I know he's a marketing guy but between that one and explaining how great vRAM entitlements are for the customer I'm starting to get a little skeptical.

VMworld 2010 Sunday Night Warm Up Extravaganza!

2010-06-03T17:43:24Z

If you're looking for the vmworld US 2011 rendition of this event please follow this link.

Get Ready.

For the last few years, a small, unofficial crew has been organizing a small event to meet up, have a few drinks, socialize, network, and generally get psyched up for vmworld the night before it all gets started.

This will be the fourth year we've organized this event, the second year we've looked for sponsorship help, and the first year we're going to claim we have any idea what we're doing.

Sponsors are lined up. Location is booked. Check the vmunderground website for more details!

Thanks,

-Theron

http://www.vmunderground.com

Problem downloading sessions

2011-11-16T17:21:07Z

I was wondering if anyone else is having problems downloading the sessions?

I can download one, successfully then I get the following error.

Regards,

David Ostler

Don’t Miss VMworld 2011: Early Bird Rate Ends 6/24 and More

2011-06-20T17:52:21Z

VMworld 2011 is only 10 weeks away and you don’t want miss out.

“Why?”

For many reasons, including the ability to learn about the latest VMware offerings and see solutions from over 200 exhibitors in the Solutions Exchange.

Here are just some of the other reasons why you should register today for VMworld:

1) Hear from VMware visionaries and cutting edge customers at the General Sessions.

2) Content Catalog is live - learn about the over 175 unique breakout sessions and 23 labs—featuring topics that will cover everything from virtualizing business critical applications, to scaling virtual desktop infrastructure, to unifying private and public cloud resources with consistent security, compliance and management.

3) Schedule Builder goes live mid-July - by registering now for VMworld 2011, you will be notified first. Build your conference schedule and reserve your spot in the breakout sessions you care about most.

4) Participate in the “Refer Your Colleagues” program and receive an Apple iPad 2. Simply tell your friends and colleagues the value of VMworld and invite them to attend. See details of the program here.

5) Save $600 - Early Bird rate ends Friday, June 24. Don’t miss the chance to save your company some money.

VMworld offers the tools to deliver unprecedented IT simplicity, agility, flexibility and cost efficiency. You’ll define owning the Cloud as something that will do more than just support your business. It will set it free.

This is VMworld 2011. This is your Cloud. Own it.

Hurricane Irene?!?!

2011-08-27T15:11:02Z

Well even though my flight was scheduled to leave today from Newark Airport (ahead of the storm), it was cancelled, as well as all flights on Sunday. I might have a seat on a flight out on Monday.

Anyone know what provisions VMworld has for those of us who may not be able to make it? I realize the hotels are allowing changes/cancellations, etc but what happens with the conference fee? I really want to attend VMWorld but I'm a little concerned given these cancellations.

Thanks.

LAB PDF's Now Posted!

2007-09-20T07:13:15Z

Hi Guys,

The LAB Manuals are now posted with the streaming presentations. To get the pdf's, just choose the lab session from the sessions service. At the top left you will see a Related Resources column, and the lab pdf is available in that column.

Enjoy.

Eric

VMworld 2010 memories

2010-09-08T12:33:14Z

Some pictures from the epic event:

Is DAS (Direct Attached Storage) a problem in VMware???

2010-08-06T19:15:56Z

http://blog.stormagic.com/

CLICK THE IMAGE TO SHARE YOUR OPINIONS

2011 VMworld VIP Package Giveaway!

2011-06-23T15:03:02Z

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· The VIP experience includes two round-trip, first-class airline tickets, round-trip airport transportation, six nights in a suite at the luxurious Venetian Las Vegas hotel, one full VMworld conference pass and one guest pass, a gourmet dinner with a Quest virtualization expert, and a $500 American Express gift card.

· The experience also includes a once-in-a-lifetime Las Vegas Motor Speedway driving event, in which the winner will choose two exotic cars from a group that includes a Ferrari, Lamborghini, Audi, Aston Martin and Porsche, and drive around a real race track for up to 10 total laps.

· Qualifying downloads include vRanger Standard Edition, vRanger Pro, vEssentials, the Quest SMB Data Protection Pack, or the recently launched Quest® Total Virtual Data Protection suite, which combines vRanger with the Recovery Manager family (Recovery Manager for Active Directory, Recovery Manager for Exchange, and Recovery Manager for SharePoint Basic Edition).

· The promotion ends July 31, and the winner will be drawn at random and announced on Aug. 5. For more information and complete details, visit www.quest.com/vmworldvip.

Message was edited by: Michelle Radlowski

Sessions content

2011-09-06T14:49:11Z

I heard that content from the sessions was going to be put up online..............anyone find it?

VMworld Registration Question

2012-05-12T01:57:10Z

I recently submitted a paper to speak at this year's VMworld, but I am a little confused as to how that relates to the registration process. If I end up not being selected, then I won't find that out until after the Early Bird registration is over, however, if I register now and am not selected to present then I won't find that out until after the deadline for 100% refund has passed. So, my question is, is there an exception for someone that has a paper accepted so that they can get a full refund after being notified?

Thank you for any assistance.

Jesse

Any news on the VMworld Party this year?

2011-07-22T02:57:02Z

Has the entertainment for the evening been announced yet?

General Session on the Brain

2011-09-03T20:25:39Z

I found the 3rd general session fascinating and would love to see it again. Does anyone know if it is going to be avaiable for viewing?

How to Change Ip address of a Virtual Machine

2009-01-30T05:19:38Z

i am using vmware server 2, and created a virtual machine. i need to change the ip address of the virtual machine before booting up the virtual machine using vmware SDK API's. I tried adding some fields to vmx file but it failed. Whether it is possible to change the ip address of the virtual machine (i have already assigned a ip address and i need to change the ip address) before booting up the virtual machine

Convince your boss...

2012-05-15T14:08:18Z

Last year the VMworld site had a link to a template document that outlined the benefits to send someone to the conference. You could use it to convince your boss/company to pay for the fees. Does anyone know where that document is?

vmworld sessions

2011-06-10T15:37:16Z

Hi Guys,

Do we need to register for sessions that we will attending at vmworld? What is the vmworld email address for asking these types of questions?

Thanks!!!!

Bob

Caught in the act of reading the vmworld program guide Sunday evening.

2008-09-15T21:42:58Z

No moments will go un-documented when my coworker considers himself HA to make fun of his colleagues.

Registration 2012

2012-04-19T17:00:37Z

Looks like they are starting registration a little later this year. I believe last year was beginning of April?

VMworld 2010 - Overall Impression

2010-09-03T04:24:22Z

Let me start by saying that VMworld 2010 was my third time attending the conference - I attended the 2007 and 2009 conferences, obviously both were in San Francisco. I am yet to walk away feeling disappointed from any of these conferences, this year included. I must admit that I was a little worried about how the breakout sessions would go this year considering no pre-registration - while I did miss a couple of sessions because they were full by the time I got to the class (in some cases 30 minutes early), I will say that I still had a worthwhile conference. Obviously, we will all have access to all the presentations soon, but there is a certain degree of value in just 'being there' at a particular session. I do wish that VMware brings back pre-registration, but I won't let this stop me from attending a future conference if it doesn't happen.

I thought the lab setup was slick - while crowded at times, you have to admit that the lab staff did an amazing thing in terms of labs completed, VMs created, etc. That was impressive...

If I have a complaint, it would be this - the Solutions Exchange Welcome Reception was nearly impossible to navigate through on Monday night. Obviously with 17,000+ attendees, this was bound to happen. I didn't get a lot of value out of the reception Monday night, I ended up meeting a friend and we essentially hung out on the sidelines of the reception because it was just too packed. Not really sure how that can be addressed in the future..

The party - I had a blast - I really enjoyed that it was back at the Moscone Center again, makes it easy when you can walk back to your hotel and not have to hop a bus with 17,000 other people trying to get back to their hotels. I'm probably a little biased regarding the band because I love INXS - also really enjoyed Foreigner last year.

I was only able to take advantage of the hot meals one day this year, but I really appreciate their availability this year - I've never been a fan of the sandwich/side/apple/desert combo plate we were offered in years past so having fried chicken and biscuits (on Wednesday) was a welcome change.

So VMware, thank you for another conference - hopefully see you in Vegas in 2011!

Harrah's

2011-08-21T14:11:55Z

Anyone staying at the Harrah's or know anything about the hotel?

Hard Drive with all the sessions delivered..

2007-09-27T06:02:59Z

Hi,

We are one step closer to having all the sessions posted, the vendor shipped us a drive with all the captured sessions. We had over 280 cdroms that had to be loaded individually, and that was going too slow. Now that we have the sessions on a drive, we should be able to get them up on the site very quickly.

We also have all the pdfs now, and mp3's... which are now all on the same drive. I'm hoping to have all the content up this week.

Eric

Unable to view 2010 content

2010-10-01T00:32:01Z

My account dosen't have access to the 2010 content even though I attended VMWorld in SF. I am only able to view the Super Session content. I have sent numerous messages using the support web form but haven't heard from anyone. Can someone from VMWare help? This is rather frustrating.

Thanks.

Registration for VMworld 2012 US is Now Open

2012-05-11T14:33:27Z

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Bootcamps before the main event?

2012-05-04T03:12:59Z

Hi,

Does anyone know if bootcamps are likely to be run at all in the days leading up to the main event? Or if this information & the program schedule hasn't been finalised yet, when will it be? These were run at PEX this year and at the moment I'm holding off on booking my flights incase something similar is run at VMworld.

Thanks

Tim

Have to ask....is VMworld worth it?

2010-08-25T23:30:54Z

So I'm looking at going to VMworld 2010 and the feedback I got from a coworker was that he didn't like VMworld in 2009. His complaint was that he didn't like that you needed to pre-register for the sessions (which I heard they fixed for this year) and he didn't like the way the labs were set up where you had to share with people. He felt like he didn't get a lot out of going to the conference.

I think our learning styles are a little different so I wanted to ask here for people that have been to it, what did you think of it? Was it valuable enough for you to go back to? What did you get out of going to the conference?

VMworld Fun Run returns - Version 2.0

2010-08-06T19:52:11Z

VMworld Blog - VMworld 2010 Fun Run

http://www.vmworld.com/blogs/vmworld/2010/07/30/vmworld-2010-fun-run

Registration Site - VMworld 2010 Fun Run

http://www.active.com/running/san-francisco-ca/vmworld-fun-run-2010

Speakers at VMworld

2012-03-06T03:06:47Z

Last year the deadline was mid-April. Any news on deadlines for this year, tracks, etc.?

Thanks,

Need a VMworld fix? Webinar replay available Now! 'Virtualization as your Foundation for Cloud'

2010-07-21T19:13:28Z

If you are like me you cannot wait to get to VMworld. Just thought I would share a webinar that took place on June 28, 2010. 'Virtualization as your Foundation for Cloud'. It is sponsored by VMware, Intel Xeon and IBM. The replay is now available if you missed it.

Full link: http://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=lobby.jsp&eventid=221351&sessionid=1&partnerref=redirect&key=C33133475BA63F279FB2BAD2249C15B9&eventuserid=39093489


Optimizing Virtualization as your Foundation for Cloud



Event Date: 07/28/2010 01:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time



You are virtualizing your infrastructure and are now looking to expand and optimize that environment. Did you know that effective deployment of virtualization technologies will provide a foundation for private cloud computing? Register now for this July webcast and discover how you can use virtualization technologies from IBM® and other industry leaders to enable your infrastructure for the journey to cloud computing. IBM and Intel® are working closely with VMware on unique capabilities to enable powerful, virtualized environments. You can achieve the highest levels of availability and responsiveness for applications and services with VMware vSphereM and IBM System x® servers based on new Intel Xeon® processors. Decouple your business-critical applications from underlying hardware for unprecedented flexibility and reliability. Learn about the potential benefits of optimizing virtualization as your foundation for cloud: Create an optimum virtualized environment Applications best suited for the cloud, including business-critical applications The IBM Cloudburst™ offering that can help you get started more quickly Stay ahead of the virtualization curve. Join us online for the IBM webcast, Optimizing virtualization as your foundation for cloud. When: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 1:00 PM EDT

Updated replay URLs by: Cliff Kinard

Intel's Core i7 processor

2009-02-11T08:18:37Z

Can you provide more information on the Core i7 processor? For example, what performance benefits will Intel VT features such as Virtual Processor Identifiers (VPID) have on a system that is hosting VMware?

VMworld 2011 LV - Group Discussions

2011-10-10T11:35:56Z

I attended a great session with Jags Ramnarayan from GemFire (GD31 - GemFire/SQLFire with Jags Ramnarayan ). Whilst I took a lot of notes, I would like to review the discussion offline. Are there any plans to publish these sessions?

Thanks

Allan

OK, who else came home sick?

2010-09-08T17:55:12Z

seriously, i've been in bed sick almost the entire time since I got home friday night... what the heck - someone was passing out germs somewhere.

ChipPC giveaway... too good to be true?

2008-09-29T19:27:04Z

In both labs I attended, the instructors were plugging ChipPC... Go to the booth, get a free Jack PC or Extreme PC (excuse me, Xtreme PC) thin client. Of course the booth was swamped and there was a paper sign-up sheet making the rounds through the mass of people.

Finally received my email and I should have known it was too good to be true... Here's the fine print:

"I acknowledge I will send a PO value zero from my company and credit card details to cover shipping & handling fees"

Hey now- nobody said anything about shipping and handling or purchase orders! WTH? If you're going to a venue like VMworld and advertise giving away free whatever, you better have the capacity to meet the demand- at least be up front about shipping costs. Also gimme the option to pay the shipping online instead of hassling w/ a sales person before I demo the unit. ~Jason

VMworld US 2011 Sunday Night Warm Up Extravaganza!

2011-03-18T16:40:54Z

Vegas Baby.

For the last few years, a small, unofficial crew has been organizing a rapidly growing event to meet up, have a few drinks, socialize, network, and generally get psyched up for vmworld the night before it all gets started. This started as a community effort and we remain true to our roots this year.

This will be the FIFTH year we've organized this event, the third year we've gotten FANTASTIC sponsors. This year boys and girls, it's going to be over the top.

So get ready. Our sponsors are lined up, and a location has been booked.

Be sure to check in on the vmunderground website for more details! Updates will also be posted on twitter as we did last year so be sure to follow the crew:

Looking forward to seeing you all in vegas this year, stay tuned for more details!

-Theron

http://www.vmunderground.com

unofficial vmworld party as a service provider

any date on schedule builder opening?

2011-07-12T14:17:08Z

does anyone have a date yet when schedule builder is available? if vmworld is going back to reserving sessions, I want to make sure that I get in when it opens.

VCP Rate for VMworld

2010-06-28T21:22:16Z

Does anyone know how to get the VCP rate when registering for VMworld?

Thanks,

The Coffee Booths are way too expensive

2010-08-31T15:44:18Z

After checking in yesterday, the only coffee I saw was being sold by a vendor in a booth there on the lower floor fo Moscone South. They claimed to sell Startbucks coffee, so I asked for my usual venti cup of bold. First of all, they did not know what I was talking about. Then I finally got someone else to tell me they sold Starbucks coffee, but did not have the Starbucks cups, just small and large and they only had regular, not bold. So I asked for two shots of espresso to go in the large coffee. They put the espresso in a tiny cup and charged me $4.25. I repeated my order for the espresso in the large coffee and they wanted to charge me another $2.50 for the coffee, so I just left.

I went to a real Starbucks later on at the Yerba Buena next door to the convention. They sell the venti bold for $1.90 and $.65 for each shot of espresso. If you want just espresso, it is $1.65 for the first shot and like $1.90 for two. Later, I foune that VMware was nice enough to have free Starbucks coffee outside the breakout sessions. I will not patronize the Moscone Center coffee vendor again.

Vmworld 2011 Bag Image "Leaked"

2011-08-18T01:34:42Z

What do you think?

Attendees running Nextgen EMR/EPM Virtual??

2011-08-24T12:16:55Z

If there are any other attendees who are running Nextgen in a virtual environment I would be interested to meet up and discuss environments at Vmworld.

Post here if this applies.

Thanks

All Flights Cancelled...How can I cancel?

2011-08-27T17:41:10Z

OK, so on the FAQ section, there's a general way to cancel, states "via email" but nowhere lists an email address. In fact, there is NO WAY LISTED to contact anyone from VM world.

If you want to ignore us here on the east coast and take our 1500 bucks, that's fine. But it will be something that I consider when evaluating VM infrastructure in my company.

It's a rather large hurricane, and you should do something other than send out the phone numbers for your three hotels in an email.

VERY, VERY poor showing wmworld team.

Regards,

Recorded Sessions are up but I just want the slides !

2011-09-16T16:23:30Z

So I see the recorded sessions are posted but still can't find just the slides?

Anyone else find just the slides?

Network configuration

2011-02-09T16:08:39Z

How do I setup a private network between all the guest machines. I don't want any guest machine to be a part of existing physical network.

Day 1 complete. Still don't know what a cloud is.

2010-08-31T04:05:29Z

Can someone share the secret. WTF is a cloud. I am not seeing the difference in a cloud from my dr site that I have on the otherside of the country.

It would be great if vmware had a session the first day that was called. Cloud computing and what it is.

Virtual desktop manager and pano

2009-01-21T13:28:51Z

Hello Experts,

I am new to this technolgy , can someone please provide the information for virtual desktop manager and Pano device. If possible , please share some links or nuggests about Pano manager and Pano client

Thanks

Jas

Netbook VMware Image?

2010-10-18T09:47:15Z

Hi,

I'm trying to create VMware images of a Netbook which can be run on 'normal' desktop PCs. I've tried creating VM images on a desktop and then manually tweaking the screen size and resolution settings to match that of a Netbook but, when passed to other users, the image renders at a default size and resolution on the end users machine.

Does anyone know if there's a way to create or take an image of a Netbook which can be run on any other type of PC, rendering at the same screen size and resolution as on the Netbook itself? It's literally just the correct screen size I'm after, I don't need to worry about the actual OS or specs apart from this.

Thanks,

Matt

VMworld 2011 VMware Certification Exams (VCP, VCAP, VCA)

2011-08-02T00:56:20Z

Dont know how many people knew this already. I just finished an email thread with the great folks over at certification@vmware.com aka EduOps. I asked about if there were any certifications I could get at VMworld 2011 and if so what site would I register under when I go on Pearson VUE. The anwser is they are not doing certs this year.

Here is the meat of the email:

From: EduOps-WWCertification [mailto:certification@vmware.com]
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 7:30 PM
To: The Wondernerd

Subject: RE: Question if VCP, VCAP, etc. exams will be available at VMworld 2011 [ ref:00D49hQR.5008G8Bc9:ref ]

The reason you cannot find any testing information associated at VMworld is that this year we do not have any plans to offer Certification Testing during either VMworlds.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Regards,

VMware Certification

I also requested that it be posted somewhere obvious either on VMworld.com or on the cert pages. I know I've seen several people asking about it on twitter and other social media.

Cheers,

The Wondernerd

VMworld Barcelona 2012

2012-04-23T14:19:01Z

I am planning my trip to the event in Barcelona and would like to know the complete address of the exact location of the event.

Thanks !

Intel and IBM Chip Chat Podcast: IBM and VMworld discussion with Bob Zuber

2010-08-31T13:05:25Z

Intel® Chip Chat - Special Episode
Bob Zuber from IBM previews what the company will be demonstrating at VMworld - an Intel® Xeon® processor based system featuring MAX 5* memory scaling technology.

Click on the image or link below to access.

http://bit.ly/bFnzBV

Guest Pass

2010-08-18T17:07:00Z

Anyone here willing to add me as a guest so I can buy a guest pass?

Education pricing

2012-04-20T01:25:11Z

I noticed last year, there was education pricing for vmworld 2011. I do not see education pricing for vmworld 2012.

VMWorld Mobile Apps

2011-08-24T00:37:03Z

Android: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bredir.boopsie.vmworld2011

iPhone: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vmworld-2011/id457505463?mt=8

Not sure if there are apps for any other platforms (BlackBerry & WinMo)...

Where can I find the keynote address from VMWorld SanFrancisco?

2011-01-15T23:09:48Z

Hello,

I'm looking for a recording of the Keynote Address given at the VMWorld 2010 San Francisco Conference. Does anyone know where i can find one?

Thanks!
LFactress

I have a question on Vmware FT technology.

2012-05-13T22:04:50Z

I have a question on Vmware FT technology

1) Does FT VMs required reserved hardware...such as CPU & Memory.

2) Does FT secondary VM required same resource as primary FT VM ( Example: 1CPU and 4 GB RAM )

3) Does second VM utilize the resources of its host in FT state

4) What if primary FT VMs fail and secondary VM's host doest not have enough resources to allocate as primary.

5) Does FT Primary VM simulate network failure and make seconday as primary.

Thanks.

Syed

What's up with the missing sessions?

2011-09-22T13:49:07Z

I'm in particular looking for the slides for CIM3218: Performance Management in a Heterogeneous Environment. It doesn't appear to be anywhere in the CIM section of published sessions.

Music playlist

2010-09-05T02:56:56Z

Maybe weird question...anybody know the names of the songs that were being played in the room before the start of each breakout sessions?

What is the registration cost for VMworld 2010 in SanFran?

2010-04-14T13:23:08Z

What is the registration cost for VMworld 2010 in SanFran? Is it only available at registration time? I need to submit for approval at work, and I need the costs in order to submit.

Thanks.

Does anybody know sessions list ?

2011-05-30T07:50:51Z

Does anybody know sessions list for Copenhagen? Or where could be find the results of "votes for papers"?

Are you staying at New York Hotel ??

2011-08-17T16:28:48Z

Are you staying at New York Hotel ??

StorMagic / VMware Virtual Storage Comparison

2012-05-11T09:10:49Z

Visit StorMagic at VMworld San Franscisco & Barcelona

SvSAN / vSphere Storage Appliance Comparison

Unlocking the benefits of VMware high availability, vMotion and DRS is often missed as the traditional shared storage required can be too complex, inflexible and expensive.Storage Virtual Appliances (SVAs) are the most flexible, robust and cost effective alternative shared storage solution for virtualized environments.

Cost Effective Storage for The Branch Office

"StorMagic's SvSAN™was the product that met all of our requirements in terms of functionality, performance, reliability and cost effectiveness" Torsten Kurz, CreditPlus Bank

VMware's vSphere Storage Appliance was announced in 2011 and with that announcement generated plenty of interest into the technology and other similar solutions.

This created many question marks around how they compare and essentially which is the best suited solution for them. With that, StorMagic compiled this FAQ comparison of SvSAN and VMware's vSphere Storage Appliance based on the existing VMware FAQ. Please see the attached Document

Download your free evaluation of SvSAN to experience all these benefits for yourself

VMware Developer/Administrator (devops) Meet up at VMworld Aug 30 12PM-1PM

2011-08-19T01:39:57Z

As part of the VMworld #vMeetups in the Community Lounge, this developer/administrator (a.k.a. devops) meet up will take place on August 30^th from 12PM to 1PM at VMworld Community Louge, located just outside the entrance to the solution exchange. Because it’s lunch hour, please feel free to bring your lunch.

This event offers you a unique opportunity to meet and network with other professionals who create or use VMware APIs and CLIs for integration and automation.

The topics include, but not limited to:

·vSphere APIs/SDKs with Pablo Roesch, Mahesh Ramachadran

·vSphere Java APIs with Steve Jin

·PowerCLI / AutoDeploy/Image Builder with Alan Renouf and Luc Dekens

·VI Perl with William Lam

·vCLI/vMA/esxcli with Kyle Gleed

·vFabric with Carter Shanklin, Justin Murray

·Java on vSphere with Emad Benjamin

·SaaS architecture with Gilbert Lau

·vCO with development team

·Service automation tooling with Budianto Bong

·Any other devops topics on your mind

Please mark your calendar and join us! For other community lounge events, please check here (http://www.vmworld.com/docs/DOC-5499). Many thanks to John Troyer, Alex Maier, and Tony Dunn for hosting the event in the community lounge!

Also, please feel free to leave your comment! I will also update this with more info along the way.

Last Day!! VMworld Early Bird Discount until August 5th!

2010-07-26T21:28:30Z

If you haven't registered for VMworld yet, you still have the opportunity of getting the early-bird rate of $1495.

Use this link to register so you are guaranteed this rate: www.vmworld.com/registration.jspa?sponsorCode=VIZI

INXS at VMworld 2010 Party

2010-08-30T01:58:48Z

On Wednesday evening (7-10pm) Metreon, Moscone North and Yerba Buena Gardens will convert into a party atmosphere that will get you on the road to happy! Journey to the Tilt Arcade to play over 100 games, roll around inside of a human sphere (ever hear of Zorbing!) or fling 25 feet in the air on a bungee. Keep the momentum going by watching break dancers blow you away or skateboarders on a half pipe amaze you, before getting something tasty to eat and drink at the many food areas. Dance at the rock concert where Elastic Skye gets the crowd ready for the excitement of our headline band: INXS! (Band details and video clips)

VMworld 2008 - Illustrations: Sven Huisman

2009-10-27T21:59:09Z

Pricing question

2011-05-12T21:13:46Z

I see that the registration cost is $1495 for alumni. Is that only good for a certain amount of time (early bird time frame)?

Welcome girls

2009-09-01T04:42:24Z

Thx to them all to put a little bit of light and fun in this male event

u're just cool

PS : sorry i miss the arbitree girls whose i supposed was gone to the fun race

Activity on Monday 29th Aug after 2:45 PM

2011-08-08T23:56:51Z

Hi,

I am trying to understand, what are we going to do on Monday after 2:45 PM. On my scheduler, I can't make any changes after 2:45 PM. No labs no sessions...

Any ideas ?

Thanks

VMworld 2010 Copenhagen Interview - Scott Lowe

2010-10-15T20:00:48Z

VMworld 2010 Copenhagen - At the labs with Xangati

2010-10-15T19:55:39Z

SvSAN Achieves VMware Ready™ Status for vSphere 5

2011-12-09T14:00:16Z

Great to say that Stormagic's SvSAN has passed Vmwares certification testing, SvSAN is now certified VMware Ready on VSphere 4.1 & 5. Looking forward to VMworld next year where we will be doing live demonstrations.

Read the Press Release: http://www.stormagic.com/press_releases.php?item=12-07-11 http://www.stormagic.com/press_releases.php?item=12-07-11

Holding a webinar on Dec 14th on best practices when looking for the right Storage Virtual Appliance, will also be hearing why and how the German Armed forces chose and SVA for their Deployable Access Network: Learn More

Don’t Miss the VMworld Bike Ride and Fun Run while Supporting a Good Cause

2011-08-05T16:07:55Z

Join your fellow VMworld attendees in a special bike ride and fun run on Monday, August 29 in Red Rock Canyon (about 30 miles away from the Las Vegas Strip). You can enjoy either a 23 mile bike ride or an hour run/walk taking in the sights of the Las Vegas desert and towering cliffs of the canyon.

You will start the day meeting everyone at 5am, yes that is really early but you have to beat the heat, and be shuttled to the starting point. From there the groups will head out and be returned to The Venetian by 8:30, with time to shower and prepare for VMworld.

This is a great opportunity for you to meet some colleagues and network before hitting the ground running with education and all that VMworld has to offer.

There is a cost associated with the Bike Ride and Fun Run to cover shuttle costs, bike rentals and such, but all proceeds will be donated to the Friends of Red Rock Canyon, an organization dedicated to the preservation, protection and enrichment of the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

Visit the sign-up page for more information and we look forward to seeing you on the roads.

--The VMworld Team—

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VMworld 2010 Copenhagen - Kendrick Coleman

2010-10-15T20:01:26Z

VMworld Europe 2008

2007-09-17T06:58:31Z

VMworld Europe

Cannes, Feb 26-28, 2008

Going? Staying home? If you were at VMworld 2007, will you be at VMworld Europe?

VDI Comparisons - For all those who are still confused

2011-11-18T10:27:35Z

For all those who are still confused please read the info below and judge yourself ..

XenDesktop 5.5 VS VMware View 5

http://ahsantasneem.blogspot.com/2011/11/xendesktop-55-vs-vmware-view-50.html

VDI Comparison - Vmware, Microsoft, Citrix & Quest

http://ahsantasneem.blogspot.com/2011/11/vdi-comparison-vmware-microsoft-citrix.html

Can i directly load a VM without loading a os

2010-10-15T09:58:35Z

Can i directly load a VM without loading a os.

VMworld 2010 Party - BJÖRN AGAIN

2010-10-15T19:59:15Z

Application Virtualization Comparison - [XenApp vs App-V vs ThinApp vs Xencode vs Junkebox vs InstallFree vs Altiris]

2011-12-03T11:11:14Z

Each application virtualization solution has its own feature-set which is dependant off the version of the virtualization solution. This article describes all the features in a very detailed way

http://ahsantasneem.blogspot.com/2011/12/application-virtualization-comparison.html

Making conference plans.....any suggestions?

2012-05-16T00:44:26Z

Questions to anyone who has attended VMWorld in San Francisco in previous years....

Best hotel to stay at considering price and accessibility to conference?
Is there reasonable public transportation or should you consider renting a car?
Any other tips for navigating San Francisco?

Any tips are appreciated.....see ya in San Fran!

Please send the link to download VMware vSphere 5.0 Enterprise Plus for BL 685c G7 and vCenter 5.0

2012-04-11T13:27:37Z

Hi,

Anybody please send the link to download VMware vSphere 5.0 Enterprise Plus for BL 685c G7 and vCenter 5.0. I have downloaded the VMware vSphere 5.0 and vCenter 5.0 from VMware.com. But I want to download it from hp site. If anybody know the download link from hp site, then please let me know..

Thank you,

Vimal.

VMworld 2010 Sessions?

2012-01-24T13:19:53Z

Are the VMworld 2010 sessions still available?

VMworld 2010 Copenhagen – Sunday

2010-10-15T20:03:30Z

Datacenter Migration and Implementation using VMware

2010-04-01T21:42:04Z

whitepaper

Need to to migrate only the applications from physical server to virtual server

2012-04-05T15:44:16Z

Hi,

Please help me out this. I've a physical server on the place says 'A' and lots of applications running on it. Now I've an ESX server and want to create a new virtual machine at the place 'B' and need to migrate the applications only the applications not OS, from the physical server from 'A' to 'B' using VMware technology. How do I do that?

VMworld 2010 Copenhagen - Party

2010-10-15T19:56:21Z

Free Guest Pass

2011-08-17T16:03:56Z

I have a guest pass that I purchased but don't need it now.

Paid $275

Let me know if anyone wants it.

Who's planning to attend VMworld 2009 in San Francisco?

2009-02-03T10:01:14Z

Please share any info about yourself and perhaps why you plan to attend. Your input may be helpful to others considering the same reasons for attending.

Official VMware icons and diagrams to build your own

2009-02-24T09:41:59Z

If you have to prepare a presentation / report on your VMworld visit - use these official, top quality icons and diagrams on VMworld's sister site, VIOPS.

Library VMware Icons and Diagrams

If you are an architect, you'll want to download the Visio stencils too!

VMware Icons and Diagrams - Visio Stencils

Cheers

Steve from VIOPS

Complete disappointment with the session list just released!

2011-06-09T17:16:12Z

Earlier this year VMWare notified all Lab manager users that the product was being discontinued and we need to migrate to vCloud Director if we wished to continue with a service contract. I expected many sessions at the 2011 VMWorld conference to assist in this endeavor. To my disappointment there are only 4 to 5 sessions directly relating the vCloud Director. I did filter the sessions and review descriptions relating to infrastructure but only identified a couple more sessions that pertained to this product.

Since vCloud Director is replacing Lab Manager I had hoped that there would be sessions that demonstrate how we can best manage the migration and then utilize the new features. I will be able to attend other sessions that may be of use or interest but I am disappointed none the less.

Anyone else in the same boat?

Host connection failure - ESX, 4.0.0, 360236

2011-05-31T16:27:38Z

I have been having a very pecular issue with ESX servers with dual 10G NC522SFP and quad NC382i GB adaptors.

VMKernal ports are all setup in the 10G dual NIC (NFS, Service Console, vMotion) - with trunked backend on Cisco 7000 Nexus cores. So by design, network contencion should not be an issue.

The Quad ports are used as failover for vSwitch0 - which are setup Route based on the originating virtual port ID for load balancing and beacon probing for failover detection.

I was wondering if this is a known issue and what the resolution might be?

Thanks

Veeam Backup & Replication

2010-08-18T15:44:21Z

I've heard this solution works well with Veeam Backup & Replication...

VMworld 2010 Copenhagen Interview - Scott Herold

2010-10-15T19:58:23Z

VMworld 2010 Copenhagen – Monday

2010-10-15T20:02:09Z

The lucky Netbook winner

2010-10-15T08:21:50Z

Hi everybody!

I want to thank you for the great price I won on the last day (in the last minute) of the VMworld at your booth.

Unfortunately the HP Mini Netbook doesn´t boot up. The Display stays black. I will try to search for the reason myself. But if I have to use the warrenty I will probably some kind of "Bill" or something like that.

Is it possible to get a Bill ? Important for the warrenty is the date...

If you dont have my Email in your System (you should have it, cause I filled it out when I signed up for the win) then contact me through the thread.

Thank you very much. And I hope this post will still be read.

Thanks again

Christian Kretschmer

VMworld 2011 Registration Date?

2011-04-04T13:28:39Z

Is there a date set when registration will be opened for VMworld? I need to notify my Director as soon as possible (budget stuff).

Thanks!

VMworld 2010 Copenhagen – Unpacking the gadgets – The nComputing L300

2010-10-16T20:53:22Z

Recorded Labs and Sessions

2011-05-28T08:58:23Z

Can someone tell me if the recorded sessoins will run on an iPad?

Evolutionary Fabric, Revolutionary Scale, Cloud-Ready

2011-03-17T06:36:58Z

why VMworld 2011 Entry Fee is Expensive ??

2011-08-11T10:26:57Z

Why VMworld 2011 Entry Fee is Expensive and common for all the countries ?

Answer No 1 : Classify the Fee in 3 Tiers (like Tier 1 , 2 & 3 ), regions like APAC sub-continents cannot afford this kind of Fee.

Answer No 2 : Instead of Conducting VMworld Fest in Las Vegas & Copenhagen. VMware could have choosed two boundries like 1st even in UK/US and 2nd event in Austrilia / Singapore and balance the presence in these regions.

Regards.

Babu

VMworld 2011

2010-11-08T13:20:01Z

does anyone know of any dates and venues for vmworld tours in 2011

VMworld 2008

2007-09-17T07:04:53Z

VMworld 2008

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas? I don't think that applies to VMworld!

Who's going 'topless' in Vegas?

2011-08-27T05:59:58Z

This year, I am leaving Denver for VMworld without a laptop. I will be bringing just my iPad "classic" and iPhone 3GS (even older yet). To help ease the pain from "fat-client" withdrawl, I have loaded VMware View client for iPad and bought a Bluetooth keyboard to retain at least a virtual tether to my Windows 7 virtual desktop at the office. I just hope I can learn to function well enough without a mouse to make it through Thursday...

Is anyone else planning to go this minimalist route at VMworld? I would be interested in hearing your plans, what thin client/tablet enpoints you will be utilizing, and how you will be using VMware View to tie back into your corporate cloud infrastrcture to remain as functional as possible.

Please post your experiences and thoughts to this thread on how your solutions are working throughout the week.

Brian

Enterprise Plus upgrade special

2010-09-22T20:35:44Z

I was recently at VMWorld 2010 and at the end of one of the sessions, they mentioned a promotion for attendees of $295/socket to upgrade from Enterprise to Enterprise Plus. If anyone remembers what session it was or can verify I'm not crazy, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks!

VMworld 2010 Keynote Photo

2010-10-10T21:20:50Z

SF by night

2009-09-12T19:37:03Z

These are my best shoots from there but i think others should have better

just for sharing

What about hp data protector vaai integration and linux file level restore

2010-10-15T12:13:38Z

I actually use DataProtector on a mix virtual and physical x86 x86_64 and Itanium environment.

I have one agent for each virtual and Physical Machine and I don't want use VCB.

I heard something about VAAI integration for HP DP ( primary storage for Vmware is Clariion Cx4), and i'd like see

roadmap of integration and howto or white paper about linux file and image level backup restore.

complete_all not supported in vmware

2012-04-09T13:26:09Z

Hello all,

I am porting linux driver to vmware. complete_all is not supported in vmware. Please guide me

Opening Doors To Storage Virtualization

2011-06-14T09:53:57Z

Hi All

I thought I would post this discussion with the aim of getting some good feedback from end-users on their thoughts, experiences and opinions relating to Storage Virtualization. I may regret this discussion later on as it is a fairly loaded question.

I guess the reason I'm opening this up to floor is that I come across many end-users who still have reservations regarding Storage Virtualization, and for the most part I'm noticing that when you dig deeper concerns are more related to not fully understanding the technology and it's pro's or cons.

So I would be interested in hearing everyone's opinions in an open and honest discussion where I can understand everyone's thoughts and possibly answer any question you may have.

Feel free to look at our web site, we have some useful information on there as well regarding Storage Virtualization and some insightful case studies. http//:www.stormagic.com

IS AMD CPU compatible with 64 bit

2009-10-19T15:48:23Z

I would like to know is AMD good choice when it comes to virtualization.

How many VMs are you running our your physical servers?

2009-08-21T17:29:21Z

I'm interested in hearing about your experiences with regards to how you determine the number of VMs to run on a 2 or a 4 socket server. What factors do you consider? Is anyone running VMware on 8-socket servers yet?

Interested in VMware vSphere 4.1, vStorage API's & Virtualizing SAP? Check out this case study - BRAND NEW

2010-08-12T13:36:22Z

Are you working to virtualize tier-1 applications? If so what percentage of your applications are currently virtualized? What are some of the key challenges with virtualizing your business critical applications?

Xtium has worked through alot of these issues, specifically for virtualzing SAP for use in the cloud. Check it out and let me know what you think.

-Andrew

VMworld 2011 Social Media "Survival Guide"

2011-08-25T21:00:04Z

Download this guide

VBLOCK Discussions

2012-02-19T01:37:02Z

HI,

Please share tutorials to learn about vblock environment for private cloud

cisco ucs

nexus switches 1000v

vsphere5

Dell Minis at the Booth

2009-08-17T18:55:21Z

Seems that everyone loves to see these at the show as much as the Enterprise class hardware .... make sure to stop by the booth and see some, and maybe take some too

Breakout Session Attendance

2010-09-13T21:33:37Z

Does anyone know if it is possible to find out what sessions you attended on any particular day and time? I made the mistake of not writing down which ones I sat in on and was hoping that given the fact you had to have your badge scanned before sitting in on a breakout session that this information would be available to a user after signing in somewhere. Any help with this is appreciated.

VMworld 2011 Texas Hold 'em

2011-08-10T05:52:01Z

Anyone else interested in playing a little hold'em while we're in town? Perhaps we can get a rom at one of the casinos and have a good evening? If there's enough interest I'll try and plan something more official.

Is "unified" Storage a Gimmick?

2011-07-25T20:30:18Z

Hands-on Labs ready to open soon

2010-08-29T20:53:05Z

VMWare ESXi installation CD failure - Error code 22

2010-03-04T16:24:40Z

We are trying to install ESXi and are having absolutely no joy whatsoever. We have now tried the download and installation on four different computers (two PCs, one running Windows 2000, one running Windows XP, and two laptops, one running Windows XP and the other running Windows Vista). In all cases, we get through the process as far as the part where you have to insert a CD and click "Download & Install", after which it comes up with a message saying "Downloading and creating ESXi installation media...", and you are asked to select your disc drive and then click "Burn ISO".

There is where it all goes wrong. On three of the machines, this results in a message saying "not enough space on the drive to burn the file", and on the Vista machine it results in a message saying "Error code 22 returned". We have tried everything we can think of and have completely run out of ideas. There is a post on the main VMWare community forum from last autumn about this exact problem, which has never received a resolution (http://communities.vmware.com/thread/229404, for anyone who is interested).

We have tried two different types of CDs (definitely CDs, not DVDs), but both result in the same outcome.

Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

Access to VMworld 2011 sessions?

2011-10-03T13:24:12Z

Anyone know if coming VMworld Europe 2011 attendees should be able to access the 2001 US videos already?

I'm getting this error:

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

VMworld 2011 Sessions & Lab Access

VMworld 2011 Sessions & Labs are only accessible by paid attendees from VMworld 2011 or by VMworld 2011 Subscription owners. However, VMworld 2011 General Sessions and all Vmworld 2004 - 2010 Sessions & Labs are free.

If you purchased a VMworld 2011 subscription, please redeem your subscription.

If you were a VMworld 2011 paid attendee or purchased a subscription and should have access, please submit an account access question.

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

The wording above is a bit vague.. Should I be able to watch the 2011 sessions as a Europe participant?

I would say that I'm a "paid attendees from VMworld 2011" - eventhough it's Europe and not US...

-Jonas

Preregistration for session - :-(

2011-10-17T20:16:35Z

First most of the sessions will set to a new time, now all big sessions are fully - preregistration is not realy the best system.....

ITaaS-vCloud ?

2010-08-26T05:54:42Z

Brian Bosserman, CIO of Foster Pepper, at VMworld 2010

2010-10-09T01:59:19Z

CIO Brian Bosserman joins Wikibon's Dave Vellante on the Cube at VMworld 2010 and talks about virtualization, moving to the private cloud and some advice for his peers.

vmworld 2011 pre-session music playlist

2011-09-11T04:49:12Z

A weird question but does anyone know the names of the songs that were being played in the room before the start of each breakout session?

Badge Pickup

2011-08-28T21:43:36Z

This will be my first VM World and I have a quick question (for anyone who can answer).

If I show up after open registration on Monday, where can I go to get my badge?

Thanks

Are session slides available online?

2011-08-29T19:42:53Z

Where can I find slides from the sessions? I heard a tale that they were online...or will they be afterwards? Thanks!

VMWARE ESX 4.1 Intallation failed while loading the additional driver

2010-10-04T16:55:53Z

I am trying to install esx 4.1(downloaded the ISO from Vmware and then made Cd using NERO) and while it reaches to the point where it asks to load the additional drivers like NIC. I put the driver CD of NIC(qlogic Vmware supported) but it is not shown by clicking 'ADD' rather it gives message "The CD provided is not a valid VMWARE ESX SERVER driver CD". I went to the command mode issued the command ls -l /dev/cdrom but it says no such directory, please help I am very new to VMware. command such as EJECT also says /dev/cdrom no such a file or directory. Why the CDROM is not mounted while it is booted from the CD OR what is the reason of the message"The CD provided is not a valid VMWARE ESX SERVER driver CD".

Got JOB?

2011-08-29T23:30:48Z

Vmware / Storage engineer wanted to support company growth!

Servers are 99% Virtual. 1% Physical.

Salary DOE

Columbia Southern University, an accredited online university in Orange Beach, is seeking a full-time Systems Administrator. Responsibilities include, but not limited to Virtualization, Storage, Server hardware/software & network infrastructure. Participates in a highly skilled and motivated team. Requirements include minimum 6+ years of administration experience; VCP, MCSE & CCNA desired; additional certifications from SANS, HP, and Dell desired; ability to work independently; sense of urgency and ownership; effective verbal and written communication; high regard for potential effects of actions to the business and its customers; willingness to work after hours occasionally and share on-call responsibilities. Email a letter of interest and resume to jobs@columbiasouthern.edu.

Full job description @ columbiasouthern.edu/About-CSU/Careers/Full-time

Meet and greet with Steve Herrod

2010-10-15T19:54:55Z

Internal vs. External Cloud

2009-02-11T09:37:17Z

Are there efficiencies by running an internal cloud with an existing datacenter vs. external? Who are some customers running apps in an internal cloud solution and their cost savings?

Reply to this if you would still like to see more sessions.

2011-08-22T21:01:44Z

There are at least 20 different sessions that are all full that I would like to attend.

GD04

GD10

GD15

GD18

GD21

GC23

GD33

GD35

GD43

These are just the GD courses. Would be nice to fill some time slots on Wednesday and Thursday, can't play craps all day!

large or small hosts

2010-09-03T19:09:15Z

I have been asked an interesting question; is it better to have few larger esx hosts or more smaller hosts??? i.e. hypothetically, would 3 hosts carrying 4 quad cores and 256 GB Ram be better or worse than 6 hosts with 2 quad cores and 128 GB?

Any thought would be appreciated.

Seeking room to share for VMworld San Francisco 2012

2012-03-19T18:42:32Z

Last year I paid my own way to VMworld, and i ran out of annual leave, so the week of VMworld, i had to take as leave without pay! As much as I would love to go back this year, i don't think i can afford it.. unless, i can make some savings.

I figured there's 20,000 people there, surely some people must have rooms big enough to share, or some hotels have the same price for a room with 1 bed or 2 beds.

If you are feeling generous, you could book a room with 2 beds, and help myself and others make it there this year.

non smoker.. I don't mind a few beers, but the content at VMworld is too valuable to miss with a hangover.

Flying from Australia to SF, i'd be spending more time on a plane than i would in the room!

I know the VMware community is pretty awesome, so don't let me down.

@daunce_

Ends Tomorrow - VMworld Call for Papers Public Voting

2010-05-25T21:31:08Z

It's that time of year again! VMworld 2010 is just around the corner - and this year you can vote for your favorite session abstracts on the VMworld site. Don't forget to get out and vote! Voting is going on now, and is closed on May 26. To vote for your favorite sessions, do the following:

Log in to the Call for Papers Public Voting Site
When you find a session you would like to see at VMworld, just click the "thumbs up" icon next to the session description

This year, Vizioncore has FOUR entries open for voting:

Session EA8002: Optimizing Oracle Databases on VMware
Category: Enterprise Applications
Speaker: Scott Herold

Session TA8581: What is Normal? Performance Baselining and Remediation in VMware Environments
Category: Technology and Architecture
Speaker: Thomas Bryant

Session BC8645: Backing Up Your Virtual Environment - Best Practices
Category: Business Continuity
Speaker: Scott Herold

Session TA8648: Understanding the Impact of Virtual Infrastructure on End User Experience
Category: Technology and Architecture
Speaker: Mike Condy

PLUS, Quest Software also has three sessions open for voting!

Session TA7363: Ask the vExperts (Panel Discussion)
Category: Technology and Architecture
Panel Moderator: Cody Bunch

Session DV7906: Spectacular Failures: The Top Reasons why Desktop Virtualization Projects Wind Up in the Recycle Bin
Category: Desktop Virtualization
Speaker: Ken Cline

Session DV7908: Make Informed Decisions...A Deep Dive into the Costs and Benefits of Desktop Virtualization
Category: Desktop Virtualization
Speaker: Ken Cline

Don't miss out on having your voice heard - Vote today and spread the word!

VMWorld dress code

2011-08-15T20:38:05Z

Just curious, are shorts fair game at VMWorld? With the August temps sometimes pushing 100+ and staying a few Casino's down the strip, I was hoping to wear khacki shorts?

Hardware assisted virtualization

2008-01-16T23:00:37Z

I cannot find any official documentation explaining the usage of intel VT or AMD-V by ESX server 3.5. Is there any place where this is explained? Specifically, is hardware assist required for 64 bit hosts? And can 32 bit hosts use it as a choice or not?

Thanks.

Scale-Out vs. Scale-Up Data Storage

2011-08-01T18:10:36Z

Learn more about Scale Computing at www.scalecomputing.com

Impact by the numbers: Amazing results of virtualization with Cisco servers

2010-12-05T17:46:27Z

Refer a Colleague

2011-07-14T14:44:45Z

Does anyone have the link to the Refer a Colleague program. The site has a link to the term and conditions to the program, but it does not have a link to the page where you can send the actual emails.

Thanks

I need a solution for backing up prod servers to offsite vm servers in order to recover from disaster

2010-04-21T23:47:19Z

, can Idealstor do this

Access to powerpoint slides used in sessions (Copenhagen 2010)

2010-10-21T19:54:15Z

Hi.

Is it possible to get the powerpoint slides used in VMworld 2010 copenhagen somewhere on this website or is it only possible to access the virtual sessions (video recordings)?

/Christian

Presence of professionals from Brazil in VMWorld 2009

2009-09-08T18:40:23Z

Gustavo Tadeu (ATIVAS Data Center SA), Rafael Novo (EMC), Diego (VMWare) e Dênio Machado (EMC). A baixo, na sequencia, Rodrigo Comparini (Algar Tecnologia, Dênio Machado e Gustavo Tadeu,

Incorrect session flash vids linked vmw2011

2011-10-01T17:22:26Z

CAP2194 has the flv for CAP2366

TEX2833 has no flv, links to a 404 video not found.

Those have been the only two I've found. A few only have the pdfs still, but vmware got all the sessions available superfast and I'm thankful that I didn't have to go to vegas.

VMworld Europe 2012

2011-10-18T20:39:37Z

I know everyone is enjoying VMworld 2011 right now in Copenhagen, but I just wanted to confirm what I am hearing for 2012. :-)

Is this correct?

VMworld Europe 2012 will be held in Barcelona, October 16-18

Thanks!

Veeam Party on Sunday evening

2009-02-23T10:20:30Z

You can also have a look at this set at Flickr.com, or have a look at the complete VMworld2009 Europe collection Flickr.com

VMworld 2010 Copenhagen – Tuesday

2010-10-15T20:00:01Z

VMworld 2008 - Illustrations: Rick Scherer

2009-10-27T22:03:48Z

Link for VMWorld 2011 Mobile Schedule

2011-08-23T13:12:40Z

Does anyone know yet the URL to bring up your schedule on mobile devices as was available last year at VMWorld 2010? Or does that not get released until the conf week?

Cheers, Jono

Migrating Win 2000 server from ESX to ESXi

2012-04-06T14:42:35Z

Hi,

Can you please let me know this:

1. Are we able to migrate Windows 2000 servers from ESX to ESXi? If so then how? What are the necessary steps we need to do? What about the file systems we need to consider? Please let me know all the necessary steps to do the migration for Win 2000 server from ESX to ESXi...

VMworld 2012 Call for Papers Now Open

2012-04-18T21:03:12Z

Be a part of VMworld 2012 —the place for technology and business professionals looking to increase business value and competitive edge, while decreasing time and money spent supporting underlying infrastructure.

Tell Your Story
Have you integrated VMware solutions and technologies in an innovative or unconventional way? Share your story at VMworld 2012 by submitting your session today.

Describe your experiences and best practices. Include practical advice, key success factors, data points, an in-depth explanation of the challenges you've solved, and lessons learned on topics related to IT infrastructure, cloud operations, applications and end-user computing.

Helpful Hints
• Describe your session well –The title, abstract, outline, and top 3 session takeaways are key factors in determining whether your session is selected and can affect whether attendees visit the session.
• Be original – Attendees are looking for the latest innovation in technology. Share your unique perspective or story.
• Educate attendees; don’t pitch them – Attendees do not like being sold on your company. Be neutral and focus on the educational value of your presentation.
• Present a timely topic of interest to attendees – Make sure your topic is relevant to the audience you're targeting. Review the content topics to see where your session would best fit.
• Quality over Quantity – Take time preparing and reviewing your proposal before submission. Submitting multiple session proposals will not increase your chances of having a session selected for VMworld 2012.

What You Get
If selected to present, you will receive a complimentary full conference pass.

How to Submit
Visit VMworld 2012 Call for Papers for details on topics, submission guidelines, and helpful hints. Contact VMworld2012SpeakerSupport@vmware-events.com for more information, or visit www.vmworld.com for the latest news on VMworld 2012.

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Missing BCA2320

2011-10-10T19:29:34Z

Anyone else having this problem?

PowerCLI with Pablo Roesch

2010-10-15T20:02:47Z

I guess I'll start it ..... where are the parties this year?

2011-05-09T18:29:50Z

Where are the parties this year in Vegas? I remember last time in Vegas, the Double Take party was Awesome !!!

Which labs are Instructor led labs

2010-08-03T21:21:53Z

It only says we can sign up for 2 instructor led labs but how do we tell the difference from all the other labs.

Thanks

Coraid switch redundancy

2011-04-21T17:54:50Z

Were evaluating several SAN solutions for our ESX cluster, including a Coraid solution. Can there be switch redundancy with a single HBA or do you need multiple HBAs per host?

The NetApp Syncsort Integrated Backup Race to Recovery Challenge at VMworld 2011

2011-08-31T16:53:10Z

VMworld 2010 Copenhagen - Duncan Epping and Marc Sevigny on stage

2010-10-15T19:52:26Z

VMworld Party Registration?

2011-08-22T19:43:54Z

VMworld Team,

Is there a required registration for the Wed nite party? I saw on Twitter where someone said there IS a required registration, but 1. didn't see anything listed in Schedule Builder, and 2. didn't have to register in year's past. Is there registration required for attendees? Before, we only had to make sure we wore our badge to attend. Is the registration only for vendors, if there is even a registration at all?

Thanks in advance!

Shane

Cisco UCS : The server that IT organizations have been waiting for so long

2011-03-03T00:56:02Z

Later registration hours on Sunday?

2011-08-26T19:20:26Z

For those of us flying in late Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening (maybe even more with the hurricane effect) could the registration hours be extended until 10:00 pm?

This would be very helpful and appreciated!

Gene

Long lines for registration???

2011-08-26T20:16:55Z

I'm hoping to make the registration on Sunday, but wanted to check with any VMWorld alumni to see how long the lines are to register? I'm assuming there will be a fair amount of people registering on Sunday, but just in case I have to register on Monday morning, I was wondering how long the lines may be?

If the lines typically aren't too bad, I was thinking of parking at the Venetian and checking in, then heading down to my hotel,since I'm staying down the strip a bit to check-in and relax.

Any input is appreciated!!!

Will the lab PDFs be available for looking through for those that coul not get through all labs?

2010-09-02T20:31:56Z

Will the lab PDFs be available for looking through for those that coul not get through all labs?

VMWorld 2010 Pen from Solutions Exchange

2010-09-03T00:26:52Z

I'm sure most of you already know this, but if you didn't know it, unscrew the pen in the middle. Take a look at the top half and what do you find! Do it, I'm not telling you what it is.

-Ed

VMWorld Party / INXS Photos 2

2010-09-06T00:31:31Z

More pictures; Enjoy

SSO Card demo in the VMware Truck

2010-09-09T01:08:58Z

Hi,

Does anyone know what make and model the SSO card device was that was being used inside the VMware Truck in the exhibitor hall at VMworld 2010 please?

Thanks

Tim

Venetian already hitting CC bil. Anybody else

2011-08-15T16:48:49Z

The venetian has never hit my bill prior to a stay in the past. Anyone else get hit for a charge yet.

They have the correct arrival date. The charge hit on the 10th.

Devil inside or maybe Tear us apart

2010-09-14T17:02:20Z

More VMworld 2010 Party Pix

Mac versus PC?

2009-12-23T07:06:19Z

What are the best reasons to get a MAc, versus the second best reasons to get Mac? Is it true that Dells get over 50 million viruses a day worldwide?

Cisco UCS and VMware View 4.5 Desktop Virtualization Solution

2010-12-05T22:54:09Z

Green Monsters

2008-09-05T17:39:21Z

These used to be a great "summer" drink...until you tried to standup :D..

One (1) part Fresca

Two (2) parts Lime Vodka

Pour over ice the colder the better...

Tastes like Lime kool-ade

VMworld Party Arcade Area - Monster VM soon to KO Muffin Man

2011-10-19T22:48:59Z

Remote/Branch Office Challenges Solved

2011-11-04T14:17:31Z

Does your organization have multiple locations that generate mission critical data?

Are the requirements different from the “traditional" data center. Limited space for your IT infrastructure, limited or no onsite support personnel, consistent uptime and management complexity are just a few of the challenges multi-site environments face.

Learn how leading retailers, energy companies and many others have implemented robust VMware environments in their multi-site environments without the limitations of traditional approaches.

A European energy company implemented a virtualization strategy using StorMagic’s SvSAN “virtual SAN” technology into their wind turbine control systems, which brought the flexibility and simplicity they needed while still delivering high availability and performance to mission critical applications

Attend this informative 45 minute webinar to learn how you can begin testing your multisite configuration. We will discuss:

- Common issues faced in multisite environments

- Best Practices for virtualization in these environments

- Case studies in energy, POS and government sites

Join us on November 9th 2011: 12:00 pm EST

Register Here

Great add coverage shot.

2010-10-11T16:06:16Z

http://yfrog.com/jkg3dxj

newScale's presentation at the Solutions Exchange Theater!

2009-09-03T20:35:54Z

Thanks to everyone who attended our presentation! We really hope you enjoyed it! Now some pics!

VMworld 2010 Copenhagen

2010-10-15T20:20:42Z

When are the materials from the sessions going to be uploaded and where can I find them

2011-09-05T03:15:37Z

When are the materials from the sessions going to be uploaded and where can I find them

Breakout sessions presentations?

2011-09-02T22:22:04Z

Does anyone know soft copies of the breakout session presentations will be posted? I'm already getting deluged by co-workers about what did I see and learn @ VMworld. I didn't snap digital photos of the key slides I want for my trip report. I just have my "chicken scratch" notes...

Thank You

2011-08-25T18:54:36Z

Just wanted to extend my thanks to the folks responsible for organizing the VMware conferences. I think they did a pretty good job opening up additional sessions and options for all the people who wanted options for the most popular venues. I signed up late and was discouraged about the availability of certain sessions, but I was able to get mostly what I wanted (the VCP quickstart one seems to be popular, might just have to skip that).

Thanks Again!

removing a virtual disk partion

2011-02-28T15:26:37Z

one of the VMs hosted on ESX4.1 has wondows 2003 server installed and it has two partition one is system and another is just for Data partion. I want thedata partiion to be deleted and make the free space available to the ESX and to be utilized for another Vm. How can I do that without using VConverter.

On-Demand webinar: Virtualization with VMware and IBM: Enjoy the Ride, but Don't Forget to Buckle Up!

2010-09-02T19:32:03Z

Thinking virtualization then security must be up there high on your list. I just stumbled upon this recent webcast you might find interesting.

Enjoy!

On-Demand
Virtualization with VMware and IBM: Enjoy the Ride, but Don't Forget to Buckle Up!
August 5th 2010 9:00 AM Pacific Standard Time (GMT -08:00, San Francisco)
Organizations are under increasing pressure to deliver more functionality to their businesses and customers. At the heart of this transformation is virtualization. However, the ultimate success of virtualization is not simply dependent on energy efficiency, performance and ease of use. It must also provide these benefits without compromising the overall security, reliability and availability of the IT infrastructure.

Join VMware and experts from IBM Security as we examine many of the concerns associated with virtualization and help organizations better understand and prioritize these risks, as well as help you build a strong security posture that will positions your organization to reap the full rewards of this exciting technology.

View this webcast to find out about:
Involving the IT security team in the initial stages of virtualization projects
Maintaining compliance when adopting a virtualization solution
The limitations of traditional security in virtual datacenters, and how to mitigate security risks
Featured Speakers:
Bob Kalka, Director, Security Solutions, IBM
Ravi Kumar, Group Product Marketing Manager - Security, VMware

Link to Ondemand webinar

Intel Chalk Talks

2011-08-17T16:35:30Z

Does anyone know who else is scheduled to present at the Intel booth #738 during the Chalk Talks this year

I do know that Nexenta will be presenting about Simplifying Scale-Out Storage Infrastructure for a Private Cloud at 10:00am on Tuesday.

Pano Device

2009-08-29T22:18:29Z

Does this device apart from VMware Virtual Infrastructure, supports other VM Infrastructures?

VMworld 2010 Pictures

2010-09-14T16:47:55Z

VMworld 2010 Party

I call this one - Session Starter

2008-09-04T17:39:51Z

After a long night of vendor geek parties, mix this up to keep alert in the morning sessions :

2 parts Mt.Dew

2 parts Red Bull

2 parts Orange Juice

Enjoy !

Be Part of the VMworld Opening General Session. Lights, Camera, Action!

2011-06-30T19:42:05Z

Have you ever wanted to participate during the General Sessions at VMworld? Or, be seen by thousands of your peers and colleagues? Then, this is the opportunity you can’t miss.

This year we are inviting everyone to submit a video to help represent the entire VMware community. Simply shoot a brief video of yourself saying four key phrases in your native language and send it to us.

If selected, you will join other members of the community in a complied video played during the opening General Session of the US and European conference. Don’t miss this opportunity to represent the VMware community. Get more information on these special VMworld videos.

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So I was late joining vmworld 2011. But every 5.0 session is full ?

2011-10-17T06:12:10Z

Fair enough I am late, and can't expect to get first pick of the sessions..

But all the "whats new/pricing" 5.0 sessions are full. They should never be full or at least new sessions should be scheduled.

It's like going to a car show and after you buy the tickets, you are told you can only see last years models.

Please do add some more 5.0 sessions....

/Mads

Can't find Las Vegas 2011 Thursday's general session

2011-10-21T16:23:27Z

Hi,

somehow I cannot find Thursday's general session on the General Session Video site. I find the description but no video beneath.

Did anyone find it?

Raoulst

Are there some AOE Links.. I can follow

2008-09-09T06:37:43Z

What is your website,

Do you have a community?

What are the prices?

Hmm. I only ask because I happen to need storage for my own ESX servers and haven't got a clue what I should be using and who sells entry leve storage units for my Sun 4100 ESX boxes.

Thanks

Tom Georgens at VMworld 2010 on 3PAR and Integration with Best-of-Breed Partners

2010-10-09T01:56:36Z

NetApp CEO Tom Georgens talks about what the 3PAR action means to NetApp and NetApp's strategy to integrate with partner technologies (versus trying to do it all alone).

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Missing Session: BCA2096 Deploying an Integrated SAP and VMware Stack

2011-09-20T22:54:05Z

Where is the video or slides from this presentation?

Public vCloud ?

2010-08-26T05:58:20Z

Series continues Video #2 - Unboxing a Mysterious Gift from My Boss" IT-Steve Again!

2011-10-07T18:33:30Z

Funny way to introduce you to Bladecenter and learn more about how we can help customers with their VMware solutions...

See entire series as it releases or just learn more: http://www.ibm.com/systems/unboxing

Video:

VMworld 2010 Party Copenhagen

2010-10-17T11:11:36Z

A couple of photos from VMworld 2010 Party Copenhagen . . .

Those that didn't make it to VMWorld, REFUND????????

2011-09-09T20:02:46Z

For those of us that didn't make it to VMWorld because of the hurricane, are we going to get a refund or not? Since all planes were grounded in my area for that Monday, and I couldn't get a flight out till Tuesday at 9:30 am, I wouldn't have made to the conference until Wednesday morning. 50% was shot. So I'm assuming that we lost our money?

VMworld 2008 - Illustrations: Herco Van Brug

2009-10-27T21:45:50Z

Neverfail's stand-by server topology

2011-08-19T02:47:44Z

Wondering what makes the Neverfail Heartbeat solution so unique? Check out our high-level Neverfail Solution Architecture White Paper. This document covers the end-to-end solution, giving valuable technical insight into exactly how Neverfail protects you from both planned and unplanned downtime.

Coraid AoE with VMWare

2009-01-17T02:52:44Z

Can't Coraid be used under ESX using NFS shares for virtual machine disks? If so, is there any degradation in performance?

ESX network stack plugin? Is this possible? (Linux kernel question)

2011-02-04T14:49:14Z

Is it possible to use the Linux kernel netfilter utilities in conjunction with the ESX hypervisor?

I want to insert a Kernel Loadable Module, that leverages off netfilter capabilities, that will change the behavior of the hypervisor's network stack. It will register a nefilter hook and then ACCEPT, DROP, STEAL, etc....

Thanks!

RSVP

john@zavgren.com

or call 603-318-2009.\

SAP on VMWare

2010-12-20T01:15:18Z

Hi,

I am exploring the possibilities of installing SAP ECC and SAP Netweaver on two 64bit virtual machines on the same host server, and that after both machines could talk/ interchange data between them via RFC/ Idocs.

Since I am novice in the virtualization at that level, I would like if anybody could give me some advice on which product I should use for that, since I am overwhelmed by the vast range of VMWare products.

I believe VMware vSphere should be a good option, but I am not sure if two virtual machines created in vSphere could communicate between them via RFC or if I would need for that any additional product like Sphere server...

could it be SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware an option?

The purpose of that installation is a training system, so it will not be a heavy duty system.

I would be grateful if I could receive any guidance or if somebody could share some experiencies.

Thanks in advance.

Salvador Gimeno

Tech Exchange Licencekeys

2010-10-29T05:27:47Z

Hi folks,

did somebody get the licence keys for attending TechExchange?

Breakout Sessions - More Freedom. Less Formality.

2010-04-28T11:34:32Z

Breakout Sessions - More Freedom. Less Formality.
This year, we’ve eliminated the need to pre-register for sessions - giving you more freedom and greater control over your conference experience. Forget trying to plan your daily agenda around events you picked weeks ago -use Schedule Builder to view a complete listing of available sessions and then just show up to sessions that work best for you when you’re at the conference. Plus, we’ll be repeating most sessions at least once, so you have ample opportunity to attend your top choices.

I have mixed feelings about this change. If the time between sessions is limited, this could limit the sessions attended, forcing one to stand in queues for a seat.

Anyone have any thoughts on this change?

VMworld 2010 Europe Sessions

2010-11-18T09:22:48Z

A set of sessions from Copenhagen have been posted on VMworld.com (Sessions & Labs Theater) for attendees from VMworld 2010 (either U.S. or Europe) to view. These newly posted sessions offer video and slides mixed together in the recordings. For all additional sessions, the U.S. recordings are offered for any sessions or labs you may have missed during either event.

For more details, please read this blog.

Vmware VSA comparison

2011-10-05T09:16:13Z

Hi All

Thought I would share some recent material I put together comparing Vmwares VSA and Stormagics SvSAN Think you will find them and interesting read.

VMware VSA / SvSAN side by side comparison (Below)
VMware VSA / SvSAN FAQ comparison (Attached)

We're also going to be visting Copenhagen this year to attend and would be happy to meet up with anyone looking to discuss or learn more about SvSAN.

steven_santini@stormagic.com

click image to view

Stormagic.com

Version?

2009-09-09T08:21:20Z

What diference betwen lite pro and enterprice version?

Sincerely

Saulius Ravinskas

Beginner sessions

2011-06-21T16:24:44Z

Will there be labs/sessions appropriate for beginners that have little or no VMWare experience?

vCasino Royale - hosted by newScale and GlassHouse

2010-08-25T07:45:53Z

Join GlassHouse and newScale for vCasino Royale on Tuesday 8/31 from 6 - 8pm.

A VIP networking party for our customers, friends, and invited guests at VMworld 2010.

vCasino Royale

The Metreon

2nd Floor, Yerba Buena Room
101 Fourth Street >> Map
Tuesday, August 31st
6pm - 8pm

Hosted by GlassHouse and newScale

2-hour Open Bar ~ Appetizers Galore

Blackjack and Roulette Tables

AND....Your Chance to Win an iPad!

RSVP natalia.gaibor@glasshouse.com

#vCasino on Twitter

VMworld Europe Schedule Builder Live

2011-09-08T20:59:39Z

New this year, attendees must pre-register for sessions. Without pre-registration, you will not be given access to any breakout sessions.

If you are registered for VMworld Europe, view a full listing of sessions, organize your days, and sign-up for the sessions you want to attend. Most sessions will be repeated at least once and we will be adding additional sessions based on popularity, so if it is full, check back.

If you are not yet registered, what are you waiting for? Register now and build out your schedule.

During VMworld, you will be able to add a session to your schedule up to 30 minutes prior to the start. Session rooms will open approximately 25 minutes before the start of a session and close 3 minutes to the start of the session. Only attendees who have pre-registered for the session will be allowed in the room. There will be NO stand-by line, so please make sure to register for the sessions you plan on attending.

Hands-on Labs will be available on-demand and can be taken at any time throughout the event. You can add Lab time to your personal schedule, but will need to visit the Labs at VMworld to sign-up.

Lab Hours:
Tuesday   09.00 – 14.30
Wednesday   10.30 – 18.00
Thursday   10.30 – 16.30

Where to find the PowerCLI Posters, Stickers, Buttons Today (Wed)

2010-10-13T04:56:58Z

Folks,

We have been swamped with requests for more posters, stickers and buttons. We have gone through 1500 posters already !

Here is where you can find the goodies. Please note they are going fast, so hurry.

VMworld Labs Lobby - (ask anyone and they will be able to point you in the right direction)

PowerCLI Booth (you can also get a change to meet our PowerCLI Engineering team)

PowerCLI is for Administrators - (TA6944 Session - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM)

Easily manage large vSphere environments using PowerCLI

2010-10-13T04:21:30Z

This is for folks that are interested in learning how to easily manage large vSphere environments using vSphere PowerCLI - if yFor the folks that already know this please send this to someone that has never heard of PowerCLI.

What is vSphere PowerCLI ?
vSphere PowerCLI is a set of snapins based on Windows PowerShell that provide administration and automation for VMware vSphere. vSphere PowerCLI ships with over 200 commandlets (pre-built commands) to help administrators manage vSphere.

What can you do with vSphere PowerCLI ?
vSphere PowerCLI is built on the vSphere API. As a general rule you can do most things with PowerCLI than you can with the vSphere Client. This means that you can script common tasks to help you save time.

What sessions should I attend if you are attending VMworld 2010 Copenhagen ?

We strongly recommend you attend "vSphere PowerCLI is for Administrators" by Luc Dekens and Alan Renouf. TA 6944

You should also take the PowerCLI Lab 26 (If you hurry you can also get our very cool PowerCLI Poster at our Lab)

Is there someone that I talk to about PowerCLI and get more information ?

YES - We have flown our top POWERCLI engineers to VMworld to meet our customers to answer questions get your feedback. Please come and visit us at the VMware PowerCLI Booth

Cloud computing road trip - Journey to VMworld

2010-08-25T09:21:19Z

VMworld 2008 - Illustrations: Jon Wilson

2009-10-27T21:56:48Z

VMworld 2008 - Illustrations: Derek Niedermayer

2009-10-27T22:09:34Z

Any suggestions on organizations that provide the means to test or trial run VMware products?

2010-08-10T16:03:38Z

Looking at organizations that exclusively provide testing environments for VMware products and services. Could be remote hosted or provide hardware to specified locations.

This booth seems broken

2011-05-19T21:06:44Z

All I can do (using IE 8 64-bit version) is post a question.

High Availability over distance

2011-08-30T14:54:04Z

A question we get from customers all the time is how can they protect their VMware deployments from disaster but at the same time have the ability to seamlessly move Virtual Machines between sites for load balancing or if a migration from an old location to a new location is necessary

EMC VMware and Cisco demonstrated the geographic mobility of Virtual Machines at previous VMworlds and you may have seen the announcements around the release of VPLEX Geo in the last days

Working with VMware EMC is looking to deliver a set of new solutions that will take the current metro distance solution and stretch it out to previously unviable asynchronous distances

The two White Papers enclosed provide an introduction to using VPLEX technology with vSphere and the capabilities and current considerations

VMWare Trainers?

2011-04-20T16:14:38Z

We are looking for local VMWare trainers for a contract training role. We will ask you to conduct training on an 'as needed' basis. Please forward your resume, availability and your rate.

We are based in the Los Angeles area, in the Inland Empire.

The class is a vSphere 4.0 Install, Configure and Manage - for 3 days. What curriculum have you used for this class? Your prior training background in this course?

Thank you.

We look forward to hearing from you.

NetApp Syncsort Integrated Backup Customer Campbell Alliance at VMworld 2011

2011-08-31T19:09:43Z

What does acronym "SOE" stand for?

2011-09-07T00:35:02Z

I'm writing up my trip report and I wrote down this acronym "SOE".

It was used in the session "Lessons learned deploying and managing 3000 virtual desktops" on August 31.

It was mentioned as part of the summary of the project in this statement:

- Desktop SOE modified to suit virtualization.

Thanks in advance!

-Kevin

Veeam in a mixed environment

2011-04-15T13:28:40Z

I have a remote environment that is a mix of VMware and some physical servers. My client is not ready to virtualize the entire environment yet for a variety of reasons. From what I can tell, Veeam is designed for the virtualized environment but not a purely physical environment. Is that correct?

Followup question: what media types are supported for the backups created by Veeam?

Thanks,

Joe

Photos from VMworld 2009 / 2010 / 2011

2010-08-01T21:31:09Z

I have some pictures that I took from VMWorld 2009 last year that I never got a chance to share with the community. Photos of the mind-blowing FOREIGNER concert are towards the end of the set.

2009 Photos

-Jessy

I can't find GDT in Vmware

2010-10-08T05:48:42Z

I search GDT in vmware but I can't

I use SGDT instruction.

it return 0xffc07000. in windbg this address is paged. !?

how GDT be paged?

this is windbg's result
kd> !pte 0xffc07000 VA ffc07000 PDE at C0300FFC PTE at C03FF01C contains 0003A163 contains 00000004 pfn 3a -G-DA--KWEV not valid PageFile: 2 Offset: 0 Protect: 0

I use Visual C++ 6.0. this is my code
_asm { sgdt gdtr lea eax,gdtr mov ebx,dword ptr[eax+2] mov gdtbase,ebx }

in realmachine, gdtbase value is 0x80b95000. I think this value is normal.

hmm... Does anyone have an answer ?

Customer story: Acxiom, expands its cloud computing environment and virtualization capabilities

2011-08-21T02:45:19Z

Acxiom, a leader in marketing information services, cost-effectively expanded its cloud computing environment and virtualization capabilities with IBM System x3850 X5, an IBM ex5 enterprise system solution featuring the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series.

Whats new in vSphere API 4.1 - hear from Balaji Parimi

2010-08-10T18:58:09Z

Folks,

Thought it would to post a quick summary of what is new in the vSphere API 4.1, Balaji and our SDK API team will present sessions like this. Take a look at our Sessions hope to see you at Technology Exchange 2010

http://www.vmworld.com/community/conferences/techexchange

Price

2009-09-14T12:53:06Z

How much does HyperIP cost?

IBM photo and links from VMWorld Day 2

2010-09-02T15:30:06Z

More photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ibmsysxblade/sets/72157624864172428/show/

Navigating VMWorld...any tips???

2011-08-16T20:00:33Z

With VMWorld now expanding from the Venetian into the Wynn, I was wondering if anyone has any tips for navigating VMWorld. I am very familiar with Vegas and Casino's, but looking for tips on VMWare conference layout and tips for navigating the conference.

Is it more important to stay on track with scheduled courses, or is it better to break out to vendor booths and catch a missed class online at a later time?
Is there a better time during the week to hit vendor booths?
Any vendor booths you would recommend?
Are hands on lab's recommended?
Is conference wi-fi even usable?

Any tips or direction is appreciated.

More Steve the Server Guy: Will Provision for Food

2009-09-01T05:35:15Z

A few pics of Steve the Server Guy from the Welcome Reception!

Read more about Steve the Server Guy at this link: http://www.vmworld.com/blogs/newScale

api for unsupported RAID array

2010-09-04T20:11:12Z

The servers we are using with esxi have an unsupported RAID array and was wondering if we could create an API to fix the problem we are having with this raid array. I am desperate and we need a solution to fix our issue. The server works but we need to make it so the people in the field can setup it up with out dealing with a certain complication we have with the RAID. Basically the RAID does not see the virtual drive it sees both drives and sometimes works when you install it and sometimes it does not work. We need to make it so that ESXi sees one virutal drive and installs into that drive. Please let me know if this is possible at all

Storage Challenges for VMware

2010-07-23T22:13:49Z

Storage Switzerland's George Crump examines some of the challenges traditional SAN and NAS pose for VMware management and details why scale-out storage may be a better solution.

What's the cheapest fastest storage I can buy to test io performance?

2009-08-31T00:49:45Z

Several SSD's in an external array?

image with Vista Ultimate?

2009-06-08T21:32:11Z

How can I buy an image file with Vista Ultimate already installed as the OS?

How much does SAN-based snapshots and the replication software cost?

2008-09-21T10:16:14Z

How much does SAN-based snapshots and the replication software cost?

cisco

2010-09-18T15:02:30Z

can i practice cisco releated ?

ESXi 4.1.0 new install

2011-02-09T16:04:34Z

I've installed ESXi 4.1.0 new install and now setting up windows server on top of it.

How do I install the drivers on the host so every new guest can clone the drivers automatically.

vmworld alumni

2011-08-15T12:45:55Z

I am having one hell of a time getting vmworld to process my alumni status. I've been to vmworld the past 2 years and once before. My email addresses have been different each time because of relocation and domain changes by my company. I've called them 5 times and they've promised to take care of the issue each time. Is there anything else I can do or should I just pay the $500 extra even though I am an alumni? It doesn't seem fair to be treated this way. I am looking forward to vmworld.. Whoohoo!

Desktop Virtualization? What Does It Mean to You?

2010-12-05T17:51:14Z

VMworld 2010 Mobile App

2010-08-31T08:42:46Z

Launch the Mobile App at http://vmworld.com/mobile

Mellanox at VMworld Europe

2009-02-24T23:00:16Z

Yesterday, myself along with Motti Beck and Ali Ayoub (our main VMware software developer at Mellanox) diligently put together a very compelling demo that highlights the convergence capabilities of our BridgeX BX 4000 gateway that we announced last week.

We unpacked everything and got it all up and running in less than an hour (this after we sorted out the usual power and logistical issues that always comes with having a booth).

The slide illustrates the topology of the demo. Essentially, we have two ConnectX adapters cards in one of the Dell server running two different interconnect fabrics. One adapter is running 40Gb/s InfiniBand, while the other adapter is running 10 Gigabit Ethernet.

1. The 40Gb/s InfiniBand adapter is connected to our MTS3600 40Gb/s InfiniBand switch which then passes through the BridgeX BX4020 where we convert the packets to Ethernet. The packets then run through the Arista 10GigE Switch and then into the LeftHand Appliance Virtual Machine which resides on the Dell Server (which is running ESX 3.5 and our certified 10GigE driver over our ConnectX EN 10GigE SFP+ adapter). We are showing a movie from the iSCSI storage on the IB end-point (the Dell Linux Server).

2. The 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter connects directly to the BridgeX BX4020 where it converts the traffic to FC (effectively FCoE). The traffic then moves to the Brocade Fibre Channel switch and then directly to the NetApp storage. We are showing a movie from the FC NetApp storage on the 10GigE end-point (the Dell Linux Server).

If you are coming to VMorld Europe (or already here) come and see us in Booth #100 and we will be happy to walk you through the demo.

Linux Virtualization (humor)

2008-12-13T07:50:36Z

How many chances to win Dell Mini 10's???

2009-08-24T17:45:13Z

How many laptops are we giving away at this year's VMworld show?

2nd Opening keynote with Dr. Stephen Herrod

2009-02-25T11:52:12Z

You can also have a look at this set at Flickr.com, or have a look at the complete VMworld2009 Europe collection Flickr.com

Where can download the Lab. manual for reference?

2011-10-13T00:52:37Z

Dear Sir,

We did a couple of hours in Hands-on Lab. in VMworld 2011. It's pretty good!

Is there any one know where we can download Lab. manual for reference?

Stretched Cluster = SRM?

2011-10-12T13:54:31Z

Is there anybody can advise me that SRM (Site Recovery Manager) can create "Stretched Cluster" or not?

SRM is the must to create "Stretched Cluster" solution?

Copies of today's presentations

2011-10-18T20:39:55Z

Will copies of today's presentations during the event be stored on this site ?

NetApp Syncsort Integrated Backup in Focus at VMworld Europe 2011

2011-10-19T14:02:59Z

HP ProLiant DL785 G6 running Six-Core AMD Opteron processors posts another top score with VMmark

2009-08-26T20:02:28Z

WOOT! [http://bit.ly/183E3G]

Stay tuned, more to come...

Arrival on Monday

2009-02-23T21:41:11Z

Welcome to Cannes

vLab

2010-10-15T20:19:07Z

I attended Hands on LAB which was awasome with gr8 speed..Enjoyed

Unboxing Champion of the World - Steve and his new IBM BladeCenter

2011-09-27T16:47:51Z

Unboxing Champion of the World - Steve and his new IBM BladeCenter

See entire series as it releases or just learn more:http://www.ibm.com/systems/unboxing

Message was edited by: Cliff Kinard

IBM Virtual Server Protection for VMware

2010-09-24T09:44:58Z

Hi, are you also presenting the new IBM Virtual Server Protection solution?

Regards
Markus

Interested in PaaS? Lets connect at VMworld! #Platform-as-a-Service

2011-08-29T18:21:38Z

For those of you looking to roll out self-service application publishing to your internal app developers and consolidate the operations of those apps - you're probably studying up on private and public PaaS options like the new CloudFoundry project from VMware.

If PaaS is of interest, lets connect! My team works with large enterprises deploying the Apprenda PaaS internally and Id love to talk shop and hear what others are working on!

Feel free to post back or, better yet, DM me on twitter @watsondevon to connect at the show!

VDI

2010-09-21T11:38:35Z

Hello my name is Mr. Rahim.

I interested in VDI for Hosital looks like N computing or Wyse

New into VMware

2010-10-07T00:57:46Z

Hello guys. im zinan, fresh grad student n now promoted to working n i has been informed that i will dealing with VMware. So far i has review some materials from the net and its look like bit complicated to as a new bie in this area. Any one can provide me any link(s) so that i can get through it as a beginner?

(Is it ESX 3.0 compatible to ESX 4? for clone?)

I was wondering what companies use pano logic?

2010-02-06T14:09:21Z

I was wondering what companies use pano logic?

VMworld Fun Run - Photos 5

2010-09-01T20:34:17Z

VMworld Fun Run photo album 5

VMworld Fun Run - Photos 9 - Last

2010-09-01T20:44:17Z

VMworld Fun Run photo album 9 - THE LAST ONE!

Will Provision For Food

2009-09-01T18:01:00Z

newScale's got some very sweet shirts to give away. drop by our booth in the Innovators Pavilion (under the New Innovators banner) and see if you can score one before they're all gone!

Throughout VMworld, we'll be giving away prizes to people we see wearing our shirts! If you wear our shirt to our presentation at the Solutions Exchange Theater at 4:30pm on Wednesday, Sept 2nd!

Webinar: See How to Affordably Achieve Branch Office High Availability with an Integrated SVA

2012-03-19T15:08:44Z

Unlock VMware with a Storage Virtual Appliance

Wednesday April 4th 2012 at 11:30 am – 12:00 pm EDT / 16:30 pm – 17:00 pm BST – Register Now

VMware® users need a flexible, robust and cost effective shared storagesolution for their virtual server environment. Shared storage systems are required in order to leverage the real benefits of vSphere (such as VMware HA, VMotion TM and DRS TM), but are often seen as out of reach, too complicated or expensive for many organizations.

Prior to the development of Storage Virtual Appliances, customers needed expensive and complex external SAN solutions to enable high-value features such as VMware HA, VMotion and Dynamic Resource Scheduler (DRS). This server based storage typically costs a fraction of what an external SAN costs and is much easier to manage.

Join our Webinar and we will demonstrate:
• Fast deployment and creation of shared storage;
• Ease of use through vCenter integration ;
• High Availability and vMotion

As part of our discussion, we’ll highlight:
• The benefits of Storage Virtual Appliances and ;
• What makes SvSAN a favorite in SMB and multi-site environments

Who Should Attend:
This educational webinar is aimed at both IT professionals and business decision makers whose organizations have tens, hundreds, or thousands of locations.

Access Your Complimentary White Paper:
As a thank you for registering for our webinar, we are pleased to share our informative white paper, “Unlocking VMWare with a Storage Virtual Appliance (SVA).”

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How to decrease the size of your Virtaul Disk?

2008-04-18T02:56:08Z

Hello All

I have a question about decreasing the size of an existing VM's hard disk VMFS.

I converted a physical server to VM by using VMware Converter.

I have re-sized the partition using a partitioning tool but unable to decrease the size of the physical disk under Intrastructure Client.

While i know how to increase the disk, im unable to decrease the size.

Can anyone assist.

Im using Intrastructure client and not Virtual Center.

VMware ESX 3.5 Server.

Regards

Silicon Angle - IBM's Bob Zuber on Convergence and Migrating to FCoE

2010-09-13T20:22:19Z

Silicon Angle - IBM's Bob Zuber on Convergence and Migrating to FCoE Fiber Channel over Ethernet

Link to Video: http://www.justin.tv/siliconangle/b/269640549

Double-Take Cluster Funk?

2011-08-12T20:52:32Z

Are they going to play in Vegas during VMworld this year?

Avamar users -- How much for how much

2011-01-28T17:36:05Z

So I am trying to size this product and I would like to get some feedback from all the avamar users out there. What type of reduction ratios are you getting. For example if I want to protect 20TB of Windows and Linux servers how much storage in the avamar solution do I need?

What type of change rates are you all getting?

What do I need to watch out for?

What do you do with VMs with large data drives > 500Gb or so. ? Do you just back those up with the VM as well.

Are you doing agent or image based backups and why?

What about DBs (MSSQL and Oracle)?

Thanks in advance.

3-D Chalk artists brings the clouds to life

2010-08-31T22:20:16Z

Tracy Lee Stum does her magic with chalk at VMworld to illustrate how you can accelerate your journey to the Cloud....with CA Technologies you can! Learn more about how CA Technologies is participating at VM World at http://www.ca.com/us/events/item.aspx?e=242960&eis=1 or visit booth #1119. We are giving away iPads and a Smart Car lease!

EMC vSpecialist's Delight: VMworld 2010 Rap

2010-09-01T18:46:51Z

Have you tried newScale's Service Catalog for VMware yet?

2009-09-02T16:56:06Z

It's day two of VMworld, have you tried newScale's Service Catalog for VMware yet?

Created to complement your investment in VMware infrastructure and to maximize your ROI from virtualization, newScale's Service Catalog for VMware enables you to control self-service VM requests and prevent virtual sprawl, while maintaining control and visibility.

Now available for a 14-day free trial, newScale's Service Catalog for VMware allows you to set up a self-service portal, integrate to VMware vCenter, and begin managing requests and tracking the lifecycle for virtual machines in just a few hours.

There's still time to try us out! See a demo in the New Innovators Pavilion at VMworld or request your FREE TRIAL now at www.newscale.com/vmware

Outdated material

2009-08-26T00:49:34Z

I see a lot of Dell posts that are almost a year old. Can someone purge the outdated ones please?

Booth Theatre Presentation Topics -41 Sessions over 3.5 Days!

2009-08-25T15:00:54Z

We're getting excited for next week and Dell's experts are finalizing the following technical booth theatre presentations for you. Be sure to check your Dell bag insert for the schedule and stop by booth #1801 to participate in these discussions:

-10 Gigabit Ethernet in a VMware Environment

-Accelerating The Benefits of Virtualization

-Automated Disaster Recovery in the Virtual Data Center

-Dell |EMC Storage Solutions for the Virtual Enterprise

-Dell Open Systems Management

-Dell Solutions To Power the Efficient Enterprise

-Effective Backup and Recovery Using Backup Appliances

-Flexible Solutions for Virtualizing the Desktop

-Inside Dell's 11th Generation PowerEdge Servers

-Optimizing the Data Center to Maximize Return

-Quick Recovery of Microsoft Applications

-Using Dell's Online Advisor To Plan Your Virtual Infrastructure

-Virtual Servers Meet Virtual Storage

Dell EqualLogic Sizing Guide for Microsoft Exchange 2010 on VMware vSphere 4

2010-08-19T13:48:32Z

The Dell Storage Infrastructure and Solutions Lab presents a sizing guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 on VMware vSphere 4 and Dell EqualLogic storage arrays. Get the Dell white paper at http://dell.to/d7uCAH. Let us know what you think of this paper or drop us a note if you would like to have a technical conversation on this paper.

VCP exam discount

2010-08-17T21:38:42Z

Heard there was a $90 discount if the VCP exam is taken at vmworld. Anyone know how to obtain that discount? promocode?

Can all apps be virtualized? -- Turning up the contrast.

2009-02-24T03:51:08Z

So, building off Bob's post from September (http://communities.intel.com/openport/thread/1905), I contend that, at least from a performance perspective, with the new capabilities in the next generation of virtualized infrastructure coming this year, the answer is yes!

As we look at the availability of ESX 4.0 from VMWare and servers based on the Intel Nehalem-based Xeon servers with new VT features for CPU, chipset and IO later this year, we're not seeing any of the mainstream applications that can't be virtualized. In the past, some of the mainstream apps that (allegedly) couldn't be virtualized that we've consistently heard are SAP and other complex business processing apps, middle sized databases and large enterprise email systems like Microsoft Exchange. While it's a little early to declare victory, we're thinking the next generation of technology will be more than good enough to run these workloads in most environments. We're currently running testing on the lastest generation infrastructure software and not seeing any reason why most of these apps won't be capable of being virtualized over the next couple of years.

Anyone think differently? Why?

Note, other issues remain:

Even if I don't run the applications on the same physical server as other applications, is the virtual infrastructure secure and reliable enough to support these important applications?
And, if I try to consolidate the app with other apps, can I be guaranteed that the app won't interfere or be interfered with by other apps. Interference could be either unintentional resource contention or intential security attacks.
Do I have the tools and support infrastructure to do such a critical application in a virtual infrastructure.

I'm making no claims on whether these particular challenges have been solved but I would be interested in whether they are real issues for you.

What do you think?

Jim Blakley

VMworld 2010 ticket available

2010-08-19T16:48:47Z

I have an extra VMworld 2010 ticket available, at the early-bird price of $1,495.

It is fully transferrable and available now.

If interested, send a private message, thanks

Solve Remote/Branch Office IT challenges

2011-11-14T10:20:20Z

Did you miss our webinar on November 9th on solving challengins in achieving HA in Remote Office/Branch Office virtual Environments (WOW thats a mouthfull)?

Well, you can watch it again online at:http://stormagicuk.wordpress.com/

To arrange a demo or if you have any questions please visit our site at www.stormagic.com or email us info@stormagic.com

Live session format

2011-11-16T15:59:49Z

I really dislike the way that access to Live sessions here has been switched to a drop-down menu. This makes it very difficult to find the sessions I'm looking for even if I know the name and number of the session. Any chance that we could get a proper list with links like we've had in previous years?

VMworld 2010: What Does Cloud Computing Mean to NetApp?

2010-10-09T01:38:49Z

CEO Tom Georgens talks about the company's pragmatic view of the cloud, what it means to the data center and how NetApp has responded.

Win a FlipVideo @ VMworld

2009-08-20T16:59:24Z

Be ready to shoot video of all the great moments at VMworld in high def! We're giving away one flip video recorder each day. Register to win at Akorri's Booth #1432.

VMworld 2009 Portrait Project

2009-08-23T08:08:20Z

Anyone taking photos at the show?

Here's one project kicking off...

http://www.latogalabs.com/2009/08/announcing-vmworld-2009-portrait-project/

Post your own photos from the conference here on Photo Wall and be entered into our contest for best photo(s), videos, blogs and overall social media contribution at the conference...stay tuned for more details.

~Tony

The Labs Manuals

2011-09-09T15:11:02Z

I've enjoyed the VMworld 2011 event!!! It was amazing... However, I had not enough time to spend on the labs...

An interview at VMworldTV mentioned the the labs Manuals are currently available for download. Any idea where??

It also mentioned that the labs will go public on Jan 2012... Really looking forward for that as I need to upgrade my VCP4 to VCP5 before end of FEB 2012

VMWare 2008 Conference capacity is a joke!!!

2008-09-16T00:14:44Z

The conference being in Las Vegas is cool and all, but the ratio of people to space is rediculous. The coference rooms are too small, the hallways are too crowded, and people lined up for sessions is stopping traffice. How rediculous. Whoever planned this thing should be "taken out" old Vegas style. They were not even going to let me in a session because it was over capacity. How is that my fault? I paid to be able to sit confortably in any seat in any session at any given time. Now Microsoft TechEd knows how to have a conference and its on the scale of 60000 people. There are always snacks and stuff in the halls when the sessions are over....you never go thirsty or hungry. I have yet to see that kind of setup here. The sessions and hallways were NEVER overcrowded. I am VERY disapointed so far. I hope you all agree as well. Where can we go to complain?

VMworld 2010 - Dev Day BackPack - Technology Exchange for Developers 2010

2010-07-30T00:02:42Z

David F. modeling the Bag with the iPad you can win..

Why attend VMware Developer Day (Technology Exchange for Developers)

2010-07-29T23:30:29Z

Attend Technology Exchange for Developers - get the latest info on vCloud APIs, vSphere APIs.

http://www.vmworld.com/community/conferences/techexchange

VMworld 2010 Copenhagen – Alan Renouf and Luc Dekens on stage

2010-10-15T19:53:51Z

Visiting Vmware in Palo Alto

2011-03-13T17:53:58Z

I am writing on behalf of the Information Science Students Association. We are a group of 13 students at the conclusion of our study on the Faculty of Computer and Information Science from Slovenia (Europe) and we are supported by the Dean of our faculty and Slovenian IT companies. Our plan is to come to Silicon Valley and visit some of the IT companies and startups, with the intention to gather new knowledge, get an impression about the working atmosphere there, get familiar with the lifestyle of people and expand our social network. After our return to Slovenia we will also organize workshops to share experience with our colleagues. You can find more info about us on this link.

We would be extremely grateful if we could visit VMware and get an inside view on current and future work projects.

Is there someone on this forum that would be willing to help us?

Thank you for your help and time.

Matjaz Poljansek

Member of the Information Science Students Association

Email: dsi@fri.uni-lj.si
Skype: matty_np
WWW: http://zda2011.fri.uni-lj.si/p/about-us.htm

- Line 107: Duplicate element 'InstanceID'. ...?

2011-11-28T13:53:08Z

Hello All,

i want to convert .ovf into .vmx file to run in VMware vsphere client .so, i used ovftool to do the conversion ..

when i ran this " ovftool E:\ovfsource\Ubnutu_1.ovf E:\convertedvmx\target.vmx " i got following Error...

Opening OVF source: E:\ovfsource\Ubnutu_1.ovf

Warning: No manifest file

Opening VMX target: E:\convertedvmx\target.vmx

Error:

- Line 107: Duplicate element 'InstanceID'.

here i'm pasting part of my .ovf file where i'm getting Error..

can any one help me in resolving this problem .. please ..?

thank u ...

107 <Item>

108 <rasd:Caption>disk1</rasd:Caption>

109 <rasd:Description>Disk Image</rasd:Description>

110 <rasd:InstanceId>8</rasd:InstanceId>

111 <rasd:ResourceType>17</rasd:ResourceType>

112 <rasd:HostResource>/disk/vmdisk1</rasd:HostResource>

113 <rasd:Parent>5</rasd:Parent>

114 <rasd:AddressOnParent>0</rasd:AddressOnParent>

115 </Item>

Repeats and Increased Capacity

2011-08-17T19:52:44Z

We've increased the capacity for many of the sessions including all of the Lab Architecture sessions. We've also created the following repeats:

VSP1700 - VMware vSphere 5.0 Storage Features - Thursday 8/30 at 11am.

Cormac Hogan and Nathan Small; VMware, Inc.

VSP1823 - VMware Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler - Wednesday 8/31 at 8:30am

Anne Holler and Manish Lohani; VMware, Inc.

VSP1926 - Getting Started with VMware vSphere Design - Tuesday 8/30 at 5:30pm

Scott Lowe, EMC Corporation

VSP1933 - Storage I/O Control for Network-Attached Storage Datastores - Monday 8/29 at 11:00am.

Ajay Gulati, VMware, Inc.

VSP2296 - What Everybody Ought to Know About Reporting the VMware vSphere Environment with PowerCLI - Tuesday 8/30 at 4:30pm

Yavor Boychev and Vladimir Goranov; VMware, Inc.

VSP2347 - What's New with VMware vSphere 5.0 Tuesday 8/30 at 5:30pm

Mike Adams, VMware, Inc.

BCO3420 - Avoiding the 16 Biggest High-Availability and Distributed Resource Scheduler Configuration Mistakes- Monday 8/29 at 2pm

Greg Shields, Concentra

VSP2365 - Overview of VMware ESXi 5.0: Core Concepts, New Features and Benefits - Tuesday at 5:30pm

Alberto Farronato, VMware, Inc.

VSP2384 - Distributed Datacenters with Multiple vCenter Deployments: Best Practices - Wednesday at 4pm.

Deep Bhattacharjee and Ravi Soundararajan; VMware, Inc.

Stay tuned for more repeats coming soon!

Thanks,

Lauren

vmworld2010 pics [pushpal]

2010-09-03T03:52:44Z

Bye Bye VMworld2010....Cheers!!

Registration Day - sunday

2009-08-31T04:02:52Z

meet nice guys at the badge pickup

all is well organiszed for this start well done guys

tomorrow is the beginning !!!

Recordings... how to?

2010-09-07T17:35:07Z

Hey vmworld folks -- i hope you enjoyed because I know I did!

I'm looking for a solution to live record sessions at my own company's small conference using 1 lav microphone and the powerpoint slides with some live video mixed in between.

Havn't found an inexpensive way to do it. I kept forgetting to as the vmworld guys who were in every session, but I was too happy about actually getting into a session!

Thanks!

The AMD Booth is live!

2009-06-10T18:33:59Z

Stop by and sai hi and check out our blogs and videos. And stay tuned for updates on AMD's plans for VMworld 2009 in SF. We look forward to seeing you there!

What is special on the AoE driver for VMWare ESX

2008-09-30T08:26:02Z

Why do we need a special driver for VMWare ESX? If I remember correctly VMWare ESX is build on a Linux kernel. The AoE driver is part of the standard linux kernel for some time now. Dit VMWare disable the AoE driver or are they build on older kernels?

Gert

What's your favorite data-loss story?

2009-07-28T00:07:22Z

Do you have any favorite stories of end user data-loss? Lose an important email? Missing backup tape? Intern cut off the main power line? Even if it's brief, I'd love to hear it!

Accellion appliance

2009-03-04T03:45:31Z

Can you point me to more documentation on integration of your appliance with SANs? Was reading about integration with Outlook or other clients.

IBM eX5 Enterprise Systems

2010-03-02T17:21:04Z

Steve Herrod, CTO of VMware, discusses the new x86 architecture:

VMworld 2010 vTicket

2010-09-01T21:34:12Z

Dell AIM Demo

2010-10-29T23:49:42Z

[demo] Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager (AIM) with 3 Use Cases by Mahesh Natarajan

[wiki] Dell AIM Overview

VMworld Fun Run - Photos 4

2010-09-01T20:32:13Z

VMworld Fun Run photo album 4

Fusion-io at VMworld 2010: How is Server-class Flash Different from SSDs?

2010-10-09T00:16:51Z

At VMworld 2010, David Flynn, CEO of Fusion-io discusses his company's philosophy as it pertains to designing flash products. Flynn's philosophy is to engineer solutions to optimize the flash technology versus trying to emulate slower spinning disk drives.

AMD related sessions from previous VMworld Conferences

2009-04-16T00:17:13Z

View all AMD related sessions from past VMworld Conferences.

Don’t Miss “Backup & Disaster Recovery – How to Protect Systems and Applications Across Physical, Virtual, and Cloud Environments”

2010-08-24T14:05:25Z

Izzy Azeri of Acronis will be presenting on the 1st day of VMWorld, Mon Aug 30th in room 309 at the Moscone Center.

https://vmworld2010.wingateweb.com/scheduler/profile.do?SESSION_ID=10120

When and Where: Monday Aug 30 03:00 PM Moscone South Room 309

Session Details

Title: Backup & Disaster Recovery – How to Protect Systems and Applications Across Physical, Virtual, and Cloud Environments

Abstract: Protecting servers, desktops and applications in a datacenter is a critical component of guaranteeing uptime and the ability to leverage technology to drive business growth. However, two key technology trends are impacting customers’ ability to develop an adequate Business Continuity strategy: Virtualization and Cloud Computing.

To capitalize on the benefit these technology trends provide, and also protect systems and applications which are leveraging them, customers require a Backup and Disaster Recovery solution which can span across their complete environment, yet provide the functionality and dependability they have come accustomed to in their physical landscape. Best-in-class Backup & Recovery deployments provide organizations the ability to manage combinations of high-density virtualized and dedicated computing environments using a hybrid on-premise and cloud-based infrastructure that provides image-based, file-based, entire vm, or even files from a vm-based recovery.

This workshop provides a roadmap for such deployments.

US Speaker: Izzy Azeri Vice President Business & Corporate Development Acronis

Technical Level: Business Solution

Monday Aug 30 03:00 PM Moscone South Room 309

In The Trenches - Cloud Industry Experts Part II at VMworld 2010

2010-10-09T00:22:30Z

John Furrier sits down with Cloud experts to talk about how the cloud is changing the landscape for vendors and opportunities for emerging players.

Intel & VMware Demo on "World's First Flex Migration"

2008-06-27T18:57:22Z

Storage interface trend?

2011-10-11T13:42:52Z

As we know, there are NFS, iSCSI, FCoE, FC protocal for storage interface. Do you konw which one would be the trend for the near future?

Moscone - Outside

2009-09-07T03:59:36Z

Random photos of outside of Moscone Center

Jimmy Morgan

2011-09-07T17:02:36Z

This is Jimmy Morgan working as social engine marketing experts since last 10 years. Having worked in the online marketing for many years I have gain expertise in the following social marketing related niches which I want to share my knowledge kitchener moving companies, vancouver moving companies, ottawa moving companies, winnipeg moving companies, london moving companies

You can read other social presence on the following sites

http://www.iii.in/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=2807

http://electricgeneral.net/user_detail.php?u=watson322

http://www.nafwa.org/forum/profile.php?id=3664

http://forum.neovivi.com/profile.php?id=4101

http://howtoflirt212.blogspot.com/

Birth of Chrome

2009-08-23T10:05:10Z

VMworld 2008 - Illustrations: Jason Boche

2009-10-27T21:53:49Z

VMware with Equalogic

2009-09-03T16:57:02Z

How is the rollout of Vmsphere going?

Share VMware Discussions, Documents/Wikis and Product Communities

2011-08-27T07:56:54Z

Visit VMTN: http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn

VMworld 2008 - Illustrations: Lode Vermeiren

2009-10-27T22:01:56Z

Changed Jobs - updated work email address - alumni status intact?

2011-04-07T14:03:14Z

I recently changed jobs and my VMworld account was attached to my old work email address. I've updated it to my new email address however I am wondering if my alumni status still stays intact.

Anyone know?

Thanks in advance.

Dev Day - Bloopers video you were not supposed to see.. enjoy

2010-07-29T23:54:28Z

Folks our friends over at Jcut Films put this together,,, it was meant as a private joke but we loved it so much we wanted to share it with you..

Here is a plug for Jcut films,, Tell Joey Pablo sent you. 310 804-4162 www.jcutfilms.com

Hope to see you at Dev Day,, http://www.vmworld.com/community/conferences/techexchange

Deliverying VMware View leveraging Enterprise Flash Drive Technology

2011-09-01T07:06:48Z

As VDI continues to mature and desktop virtualization moves to a more wholistic approach in the form of End User Computing, the economics are becoming better understood. One of the key challenges is around storage and in some ways less often discussed the memory required in the ESX hosts to support multiple VDI instances

The per Virtual Machine cost of providing storage and memory can be enough to stop VDI deployments in their tracks as companies try and evaluate VDI against traditional ROI models

Many of the benefits form VDI come from operational efficiencies that lie outside the traditonal ROI models so a more radical appraoch to assessing the merits of dekstop virtualization may be required before a company can justify the investment

The enclosed White Papers offer a combination of a detailed Solutions Guide document and a more detailed Reference Architecture. The solution detailed documented in the white papers leverages technology from EMC and Cisco to deliverr cost effective VDI solutions and should be read by anyone interested in understanding the economics of deliverying compelling VDI solutions

HOW do I get to my Schedule ????????? ONLINE ???

2008-09-15T13:16:16Z

Where on VMWorld do I access my schedule I spent so much time creating? there are NO links

control+shift+enter

2010-10-07T18:31:35Z

I am using VMWare fusion on my Mac - I'm trying to enter an array function in excel, and the only way to evaluate the function is to type 'control+shift+enter'. However, when I hit this combination of keys, nothing happens. I've added this key combination in the Preferences of VMWare. But... still no luck. Ackkk! Help?

Heather

First timer question about parties

2011-08-22T15:38:44Z

This is my first year at the conference...all these parties going on, just curious, are spouses generally allowed to attend?

Round about SF - Part 1

2009-09-14T16:51:48Z

During my time up in San Francisco for VMworld I had the pleasure of doing a LOT of walking. Here is a selection of photos from in and around San Francisco.

If you live in the area and haven't checked out Jewels in the Square at Union Square, I highly recommend it...awesome stuff!

For Posting on the Promotions, Games and Contest Page

2011-08-26T19:24:19Z

Hi!

I'm from Radware, and we're really excited to get to VMworld.

We would like to post a contest we will run on the Promotions, Games and Contest Page wiki: http://www.vmworld.com/community/promos/

Here's the contest info:

Radware Virtual App Wars Drawing: Anyone who participates in our demo, “May The ADC Force Be With You,” can sign up for a drawing to win a limited edition Xbox/Kinect system. There will be one winner per day on 8/30, 8/31 and 9/1.

It will take place at the Radware booth #659 and you can use our Twitter handle @radware if you need anymore information.

Thanks,

-Radware team

Dell related sessions from previous VMworld Conferences

2009-02-06T11:12:31Z

Watch or download Dell related sessions from previous VMworld conferences.

*Search for these Sessions*.

What the #@%# is cloud computing?

2010-09-03T01:47:11Z

Akorri Announces BalancePoint 3.0

2009-08-17T18:55:07Z

Take a look at the latest announcement regarding BalancePoint 3.0 and view a short product overview at www.akorri.com/demo

Cisco Unified Data Center : A Path to the World of Many Clouds

2011-12-12T22:42:27Z

Any questions on Cisco UCS or Nexus 1000V Virtual Switch?

2009-08-14T09:27:07Z

There will be Cisco experts at their booth onsite and online at VMworld 2009 to answer your questions.

VMWorld Party & INXS Photos

2010-09-06T00:21:35Z

Here's are some picture I took at the VMworld Party on Sept 1, 2010.

StorMagic launches new Blog Page - Check it out!

2010-07-22T19:48:04Z

StorMagic has launched a new Blog page at http://blog.stormagic.com/

Take a quick peak and while you're there, let us know your thoughts on Affordable Shared Storage Solutions for VMware 4.1?

Regards,

The StorMagic Team

Last chance to enter SunGard's contest for a chance to win an iPod touch!

2011-08-04T01:39:43Z

It's going to be a ZOO at VM World! We'll bring the animals, you bring the names! Help SunGard's mascots on Facebook! http://ow.ly/5NaBE

What is the relationship between VMware snapshots and SAN-based snapshots?

2008-09-21T10:08:42Z

What is the relationship between VMware snapshots and SAN-based snapshots?

VMware knows how to do it!

2010-09-14T16:39:00Z

VMworld 2010 Pix

The window is always small VMPlayer

2011-01-11T09:39:50Z

I converted xp prof. with vmware converter. When I open it with VMPlayer I opened the screen at full size. When I open it at full size always show me the small window.
What to do to enlarge to full screen?

What do you need to know about windows 7 registry tweaks to fully customize your windows 7?

2011-01-20T10:31:46Z

The most effective way to tweak windows 7 is to do registry tweaks. These tweaks are meant to optimize the performance of windows and edit the windows features which cannot be edited using interface simply. One may say that registry allows a much greater range of changes than officially allowed by Microsoft. These tweaks can be done for multiple objectives; from changing the color of window boxes to reducing the time of often faced waiting screens. There’s a vast arena of changes which can be brought by registry tweaks.

Changing the size of ‘pagefile’ and its location can be changed by registry as well as system properties, however, you can change the environment variables of the files using registry only. By doing so, you can control the way pagefile is employed. This registry tweak can boost up the performance. Specially, it reduces the boot time of programs by using physical memory as primary source and virtual memory as secondary.

Registry tweaks are not always related to performance. There are edits in registry which can change the visual styles and colors of windows that are not permitted through the interface. It would be fun to play with these sorts of registry tweaks but you must make a backup of registry before setting to edit it.

Adding ‘copy to’ and ‘move to’ option in the context menu of files and folders can really ease our work. It can make working files and folders fast and saves our extra clicks. This tweak was popular with earlier versions of windows and this windows 7 registry tweak is becoming increasingly popular.

You must be annoyed when windows gives you an option to ‘search on internet’ for the file types it does not recognize. Everyone does indeed! The solution is to remove this option by playing a small trick with the registry. These tricks are given on a lot of websites and are these are not given here just not to slip away from the main subject. The objective here is to acquaint the readers with the as many tweaks as possible so that reader can have trouble free experience with windows 7.

Registry tweak can disable windows search feature which searches for the files and folders over and over again if it does not find the specified file. Disabling this feature can save a lot of time and CPU usage. This can be done by registry editing. All these tweaks are safe and are carried out frequently but care should be taken that registry back is made before setting to edit it for tweaking.

Is there anyway to install ESX in vmware workstation 7?

2010-12-02T18:09:26Z

I am reading a book called Mastering VMware Vsphere 4 and since I cant afford the expensive equipment to do the labs I installed VMware workstation 7 on my windows 7 machine 32-bit. Any tips for this newbie eager to learn?

VMworld Fun Run - Photos 2

2010-09-01T20:25:00Z

Continuation of photo albums from the Fun Run

VMworld Copenhagen – Technology Exchange Sessions

2011-09-29T17:49:12Z

Understand the direction in which VMware is moving - Bella Center, Copenhagen Oct 18-20 – Attend VMworld and get leverage your TAP membership.

You must pre-register for TEX sessions to ensure a seat.

Technology Exchange Sessions and Roadmaps: We have great Roadmap sessions lined up for your benefit. Registration is still open for the following sessions:

1. TEX3960 (ROADMAP SESSION) The Future of the VMware vSphere and VMware vCloud APIs - Ryan Sweet and Jeff Hu – Oct 18^th

2. TEX4062 (ROADMAP SESSION) vCloud Roadmap – Eddie Dinel – Oct 18^th

3. TEX3414 (ROADMAP SESSION) End-User Computing Roadmap ( )- Noah Wasmer – Oct 18^th

4. TEX2522 (ROADMAP SESSION) VMware View Roadmap – Mike Coleman – Oct 18^th

5. TEX2498 (ROADMAP SESSION) vFabric Roadmap – Charles Lee, Killian Murphy – Oct 19^th

6. TEX2112 – Securing VMware vSphere with vSphere APIs – Steve Jin - Oct 19^th

7. TEX2686 – Automating VMware View with PowerCLI – Laurynas Kavaliauskas – Oct 19^th

8. TEX1564 – Interfacing with vCloud Made Easy with API and SDK – Mahesh Ramachandran & Prasad Pimplaskar – Oct 19^th

9. TEX1827 – vSphere API Best Practices – Balaji Parimi – Oct 19^th\

VMworld Welcome Reception is on Tuesday, 18 October 17.30 – 19.30

VMworld Party is on Wednesday, 19 October 20.00 – 24.00

Other VMworld Gatherings and Parties - http://www.vmworld.com/docs/DOC-5669

Follow TAP team on Twitter - https://twitter.com/#!/VMwareTAP

What is the plan for the party this year? Anyone knows?

2011-06-27T20:30:54Z

Just wondering...

Certification Tests at VMWorld

2011-06-14T20:08:55Z

Can you write your certification test at VMWorld? I heard a few years back you could take the exam for free. I am looking towards writing my VCA4-DT

thanks

Ryan

Chad Sakac of EMC at VMworld 2010

2010-10-09T01:08:30Z

Chad Sakac talks briefly about EMCs new announcements.

Gully Wash aka Sky Juice

2008-09-08T23:50:36Z

1 part sweetened condensed milk
1 part coconut milk (traditionally, it would be the "juice" straight from the coconut)
1 part gin

Blend the above ingredients, adding the sweetened condensed milk

last. Serve over ice. Gully Wash is a Bahamian drink - not a tourist

drink, something enjoyed by islanders.

Solutions Exchange and other

2009-09-07T04:06:08Z

Solutions Exhcnage floor and other areas around VMworld.

NetApp CEO Tom Georgens at VMworld 2010

2010-10-09T01:37:37Z

Tom Georgens talks about NetApp's growth strategy, virtualization, VMware and integrated stacks vs. best-of-breed approaches to technology delivery.

half and half shaker

2008-09-12T19:55:06Z

2oz light rum

2oz dark rum

sugar

crush together pour over coke and a mint leaf.

Is anybody here?

2009-09-04T07:00:21Z

Is anybody here? It seems like a ghost town

VMworld 2010 Wrapup: VMware, Microsoft, Cloud, EMC, NetApp and Others

2010-10-09T02:04:11Z

A run down of the highlights from VMworld 2010. Couldn't attend the show? Check out these video highlights.

TA8218 Preview - VMware Storage Vision

2010-08-25T09:30:32Z

Fast growing company replaced traditional blade servers by Cisco UCS

2011-05-25T15:27:14Z

Consert , a fast growing company,created by GE and Verizon deploys a new data center based on the Cisco Unified Computing Systems - Todd Horsman - VP of Operations and Eron Nicholson - Senior Engineer share the reasons of moving away from the traditional blade technologies and the benefits of these new platform in their day to day operations

VMworld 2010 - EMC Preview

2010-08-25T10:51:55Z

EMC Video Preview for VMworld 2010 w/ Chad Sakac

2010-08-25T20:48:52Z

Sunday Registration

2009-08-23T13:08:00Z

Last year in Vegas I arrived on Sunday and was also able to complete my registration to avoid the lengthy line ups on Monday. Does anyone know if this will be the same this year?

Thanks

Heath

Backing Up Your Data with NTT Communications

2011-09-14T19:28:58Z

Backing Up Your Data with NTT Communications' Brian McCleery at VMworld.

Mobilkom Austria Group (MAG) in Copenhagen

2011-05-30T07:42:12Z

Hi, everyone! Does anybody from Mobilkom Austria Group members intend to participate in Copenhagen? What hotel are you planning to book?

From Velcom (BY) three of us are coming. Will be great to meet counterparts

VMworld 2008 - Illustrations: Ted Spero

2009-10-27T22:07:57Z

hi

2010-10-05T23:52:47Z

How much is a photograph worth to you?

2011-08-29T20:48:43Z

A Picture’s Worth a MacBook Air® or… iPad® 2

Now that we have names for our mascots, Olivia Octopus and Alex Alligator, we need tour guides to show them around Las Vegas! Take photos with Olivia and/or Alex around Sin City and post them to our Facebook Wall for a chance to win a MacBook Air® or… iPad® 2! See video for details!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWlZBv9aivo&feature=player_profilepage

Visit SunGard Availability Services Facebook page for official terms and conditions.

Virtual Desktop Considerations with Dell EqualLogic 10GbE and SSD Drives

2010-08-02T19:36:05Z

Andrew Gilman from Dell EqualLogic Solutions Marketing and Todd Day from Dell ASG Virtualization Solutions will discuss Virtual Desktop considerations with 10GbE and SSD drives. This is a preview of Dell's VMworld breakout session. The scheduled time is August 25, 2010 at 10AM.

http://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/22179

VMworld Accessibility

2011-05-09T13:36:53Z

So chaps, a question has come to my mind since I'm getting myself and my VMware admin ready to go to VMworld this year. We're both already registered but a concern comes to mind.

My VMware administrator hasn't been to VMworld before, but this will be my fourth year. I am transitioning most of the daily "care and feeding" of VMware to him as I move more to the expansion of the environment, hence why this concern didn't come up before.

The problem I am concerned about here is; he's blind. Believe me, he's fantastic at his job and I couldn't wish for a better admin for our environment. However, I'm wondering about a few things related to this and am just not sure because I never thought to look for these things at previous VMworlds.

Firstly, what kind of allowances will VMworld/VMware make for his condition? I can foresee a lot of problems with getting from session to session in particular. Although he's great at getting around places he's familiar with, it may be tricky for him to get around without assistance. I won't be able to help him much because most of my course track is going to be focused around upcoming technologies, disaster recovery and stuff like that while he will be focused on the care and feeding aspect of VMware. This means I won't be able to assist much.

Second, what about the labs? Are they even going to be able to figure out a way he can use the labs? I don't remember seeing a screen-reader installed on any of the lab environments but it seems to me that these kind of allowances should be made per ADA standards.

I realize this is probably going to end up being a conference call with myself and the organizers of VMworld with my admin on the phone. I want him to try to get the absolute max out of this conference, but at the moment I'm a little concerned about it.

Any thoughts from anyone here? Anyone who's dealt with this problem in previous years? I definitely seem to remember noticing a guy with a cane at VMworld 2009, but don't recall who he worked for.

11G Booth Theatre Presentation Just Finsihed-Listen In

2009-08-27T17:55:55Z

Hear Tom Cloyd's presentation for VMworld 2009 on 11G virtualization optimized servers and be sure to stop by the booth for a live demo and to meet with Tom in person!

https://www.brainshark.com/dell/vu?pi=782831856

So What Happens When Virtual Servers meet Virtual Storage Anyways?

2009-08-27T17:58:14Z

Listen to my upcoming booth theatre presentation and be sure to stop by booth #1801 next week for a live demonstration

https://www.brainshark.com/dell/vu?pi=223241428

Netware 6.x and OES Linux

2010-09-03T22:59:16Z

eed to vitualize Netware 6.x and OES Linux

[Chat] Dell TechCenter at VMworld on 08/23/11 at 3PM Central

2011-08-19T01:41:26Z

Please join the TechCenter on 08/23 at 3PM Central as we highlight some of the activities that Dell TechCenter & Dell will be doing at VMworld 2011.

BolognaPunch

2010-06-11T15:09:19Z

8 oz Seven UP

2 slices Bologna

4 shakes of pepper

3 Ice cubes

Blend at high speed. Serve with small sweet pickle.

vSphere 5 conflict with QNAP?

2011-12-30T14:18:36Z

Hi,

I am using vSphere4 on 6 to 7 host and vSphere5 on one of host. I am think vSphere5 is conflicting with QNAP and its also effecting others host on vSphere4.

I am using the partialy storage on NAS and ISCSI.

can someone guide me...that i am approching right towards issue.? if is´t really a conflict of vSphere and NAS then someone has tried any solution?

Thanks,

Zeshan

Frooty Biznitch

2010-02-12T04:54:05Z

1 oz Skyy vodka
1 oz peach schnapps
3 oz pineapple juice
3 oz cranberry juice

Shake and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a pineapple wedge and a cherry, and serve.

Server Virtualization project plan

2010-02-17T17:24:37Z

Is there a sample project plan that anyone would be willing to share for server virtualization using ESXi?

Smith Styan

2011-08-14T02:29:52Z

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Tools for backup and VCB environment

2008-09-24T03:00:39Z

Where can I get more info on how your features interact with consolidated backup and other VMware environments? Or maybe I just missed specific info in the presentation around the details of snapshots, cloning and replication.

No Stand-By Lines for Breakout Sessions

2011-07-23T14:02:54Z

If you plan on just walking into your breakout session of choice without registering for the session - Think again. This year you MUST register for breakout sessions or get turned away. Hands on Labs will still be available on demand. http://bit.ly/qZulHP

EpiForce support for ESX4

2010-04-08T14:41:46Z

I chatted to a representative yesterday, but I didnt get to ask the question about support for ESX4 (vSphere). your website mentions ESX3.5 but nothing about ESX4....

Partner Track Sessions

2011-07-27T22:23:07Z

Just a quick question - for VMware partners out there, are you able to see the partner track sessions? Apologies if this has been posted earlier.

Thanks in advance.

Johan

free wifi?

2011-07-30T12:50:48Z

Will there be free wifi at vmworld Las Vegas, or should I get a teather plan?

is vmworld attendence free?

2010-03-10T17:09:11Z

is vmworld attendence free?

VmWare Answers to Harvard Questions?

2010-08-29T07:48:06Z

GE deploys Cisco UCS for private cloud

2010-12-17T07:06:33Z

Clint Greenwood, System Engineer talks abouts the deployment of Cisco UCS and Unified Fabric for the General Electric cloud infrastructure

VMware Booth at VMworld 2010 Solutions Exchange

2010-08-30T23:28:08Z

ROOM CHANGE: MOSCONE WEST #2006 Due to popular demand, Izzy Azeri, VP of Business Development will be presenting again.

2010-09-01T00:01:11Z

Back by popular demand: Acronis presents “Backup & Disaster Recovery – How to Protect Systems and Applications Across Physical, Virtual, and Cloud Environments”

DUE TO A SELL OUT, WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN!!!

ROOM CHANGE:

MOSCONE WEST #2006

“Backup & Disaster Recovery – How to Protect Systems and Applications Across Physical, Virtual, and Cloud Environments”

Session Details

Title: Backup & Disaster Recovery – How to Protect Systems and Applications Across Physical, Virtual, and Cloud Environments

This workshop provides a roadmap for such deployments.

US Speaker: Izzy Azeri Vice President Business & Corporate Development Acronis

Technical Level: Business Solution

890213 - SQL Server 2008 failover cluster

2010-05-03T11:58:38Z

an ESX host is setup. i installed two nodes on it (Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Ed.). when i go to install SQL Server 2008 failover cluster, i get the following error:

Rule "Cluster shared disk available check" failed.
The cluster on this computer does not have a shared disk available. To continue, at least one shared disk must be available.

what's wrong? it seems that a virtual SAN is required. for this purpose i setup StarWind on the virtual domain controller (the 3rd, indeed the 1st vm) and may access it via the 2nd vm (first node). but the problem exists.

what can i do?

thx

VMworld Fun Run - Photos 3

2010-09-01T20:29:58Z

VMworld Fun Run - Photo Album 3

Where can I get info about intel core i7 processor

2009-09-02T06:53:35Z

Where can I get info about intel core i7 processor

Sessions still with missing slides and 404 errors

2011-10-06T16:30:45Z

Could someone from VMware please provide a little quality control on this site? This is pathetic.

Hello DataCenter

2009-09-08T20:36:59Z

Hello Business Infrastructure.

Proving Business Worth of VMWORLD

2011-06-09T20:40:33Z

I work for a pretty small organization of 45 employees. We are a community bank in Kansas. I am looking for some resources on proving the value to my extremely conservative boss. He is the president of the bank and has been for a long time and has gone from no computers to virtual servers. It is easy to convince them of savings on money they would spend anyway. Hard to convince them on conferences not related to banking.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Mark

VMworld 2010: Cloud VCs Follow The Money - Cloud is Hot

2010-10-09T01:07:25Z

John Furrier and Dave Vellante talk with top cloud VCs about where the hot areas in cloud. Guests: Pete Sonsini, NEA; Charles Beeler, El Dorado Ventures; and Ping Li, Accel Partners

Monster VM - There is no escape...

2011-10-20T17:26:01Z

Dell EqualLogic Sizing Guide for Microsoft Exchange 2010 on VMware vSphere 4

2010-08-19T13:52:27Z

Jeramiah Dooley, Peak 10, Talks About Cloud Deployments at VMworld 2010

2010-10-09T01:10:19Z

John Furrier sits down with Jeramiah Dooley of Peak 10, Inc. to talk about the reality of the cloud and the deployment scenarios.

Is the IBM x3850 compatible with version x of VMware? Compatibility matrix says...

2010-08-18T21:05:47Z

Link to current chart -->

VMworld 2010: Compellent Customers Talk Tiered Storage and SSD

2010-10-09T01:17:54Z

Jack Rahner, VP of IT at Alphastaff and Jason Glauch of Compellent talk about what they see as the future of tiered storage and SSD use cases.

Bill Haggard of the Dallas Cowboys Talks Virtualization at VMworld 2010

2010-10-09T01:32:14Z

Bill Haggard, Director - Enterprise Infrastructure for the Dallas Cowboys talks about how his organization is leveraging VMware to cut costs and speed deployment of services.

VMworld Europe 2009 Sunday afternoon pictures (from Jason Boche)

2009-02-22T18:41:08Z

http://www.boche.net/blog/index.php/2009/02/22/vmworld-europe-2009-sunday-afternoon-pictures/

vChat #5 - VMworld 2010 Special Edition

2010-08-26T17:48:07Z

In this special episode of vChat we discuss VMworld San Francisco 2010 and the things to see and do including a few tips for VMworld first-timers.

vChat is a regular virtualization video chat covering VMware vSphere, Cloud Computing, Virtualization News, and maybe some geeky humor. Regular contributors are 3 vExperts - Simon Seagrave (techhead.co.uk), Eric Siebert (vsphere-land.com) and David Davis (VMwareVideos.com).

Get the full list of links at: http://www.vmwarevideos.com/vchat-episode-5-vmworld-sf-2010-special-episode

(thanks to our sponsor - Train Signal and their vSphere video training)

HP's Dave Roberson and Paul Perez at VMworld 2010

2010-10-09T01:58:10Z

HP Storageworks Senior Vice President Dave Roberson and CTO Paul Perez join for a discussion.

Session power points..??

2011-09-19T21:09:45Z

I found the location to watch the recorded sessions on here but I was unable to locate the powerpoints themselves. Is there a place where I can go and download all the seesion powerpoints?

I apprecaite it,

Michael P

Desktops Reloaded

2009-08-23T09:43:23Z

Highly virtualized healthcare provider replaced traditional blade servers by Cisco UCS

2011-05-25T15:21:50Z

High Availability without vCenter?

2011-09-26T14:38:53Z

To achieve HA in ESXi one requires vCenter, correct?..........Wrong! not anymore.

By the end of September 2011 StorMagics SvSAN VSA will be providing High Vailability for VMware environments without the need for vCenter, not only is SvSAN very affordable the additional HA functionality will be a standardized feature.

What this means now is that High Availability will be achievable on FREE versions of ESXi as well as ESXi Essentials.

Learn more

Steven Santini

Stormagic

Veeam at Booth 413 at VMworld 2010

2010-08-25T20:35:23Z

Stop by and visit us at Booth 413 in the Solutions Exchange at VMworld San Francisco or visit www.veeam.com/vPower

VMworld 2008 - Illustrations: Eric Sloof

2009-10-27T22:05:26Z

Transaction-level Authentication for ePrescribing

2010-10-04T18:13:27Z

One Minute - User Workspace Management - Video

2010-08-03T20:27:54Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8tfzF7je9s

IT groups everywhere are faced with the challenge to centrally manage and secure their computing user’s access to a unique/personalized combination of data, applications, printers and user settings (the personal desktop/workspace) based on a combination of who they are, where they are, time of login and what they need to do (access context rules).

RES Software makes this possible by separating the components of the “personal workspace” and reassembling them at login based on the “access context rules” configured. Furthermore, we enable this capability across any mix of Virtual Desktop, Terminal Services and/or traditional IT infrastructures.

The result includes

Reduced IT complexity
Reduced Total Cost of Operation
Improved user productivity,
Managed use-policy adherence
Reduced data misuse or theft.

Why not watch this one-minute video and hear more?

Awareness of EMC's new Enterprise Storage Solution - the VMAXe

2011-08-28T19:10:46Z

As the scale of the requirements for deliverying Cloud services to Service Providers or large Enterprise customers begin to emerge with more clarity, there is growing interest in a category of storage solution that straddles the space between the traditional mid-tier dual Storage Processor approach and the massively scale out multi Storage Processor design of the Enterprise array

The VMAXe represents a powerful mid-point between these approaches by deliverying greater scalability in terms of servicing I/O, as compared to the Mid-Tier while leveraging many of the cost effficencies and new technologies such as flash drives and journal based replication that consequently place it in a different cost of ownership model to traditional Enterprise scale storage solutions

Linked in this post are two documents - the first looks at how this new storage solution integrates with VMware on a general level and the second then goes onto focus on a specific application Oracle 11g and how service levels can be deliverred against this application for business continuity using RecoverPoint and VMware's Site Recovery Manager

Really excited to be officially launching this at VMworld next week.

2010-10-05T11:33:35Z

TEX Sessions - Raodmaps Still Open for Registration

2011-08-27T22:41:43Z

TEX Sessions (Technology Exchange Sessions are being held at Wynn @ VMworld - Roadmap sessions and some other TEX sessions are still open for pre-registration. Roadmap sessions are restricted to only TAP program members. Most other TEX sessions are open to everyone.

https://vmworld2011.wingateweb.com/scheduler/newCatalog.do

8/30 @ VMworld - #TEX3960 (ROADMAP SESSION) The Future of the VMware vSphere and VMware vCloud APIs – TAP members ONLY

8/30 @ VMworld - #TEX4062 (ROADMAP SESSION) vCloud Roadmap by Eddie Dinel – TAP members ONLY

8/30 @ VMworld - #TEX3414 (ROADMAP SESSION) End-User Computing Roadmap - pre-registration still open -

8/30 @ VMworld - #TEX2522 (ROADMAP SESSION) VMware View Roadmap - pre-registration still open -

8/30 @ VMworld - #TEX2498 (ROADMAP SESSION) vFabric Roadmap - pre-registration still open -

8/29 @ Wynn 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM – #SUP1022 Partner Super Session – Register now - (For all VMware Partners)

8/30 @ Wynn @ 5:30 PM - #TEX1304 VMware vSphere Single-Sign-On Technical Preview - pre-registration still open (TAP members only)

DS3300 Vsphere 4.1 support

2010-09-22T02:19:13Z

The ds3300 is not listed in the HCL for vSphere 4.1. Will it be and if no why not?

Dear Dell TechCenter Members and Users: Meet up with the DTC Crew at VMworld!

2010-08-16T15:57:20Z

If you are a member of the Dell TechCenter Community or a Dell customer that would like more information about www.delltechcenter.com, we'd like to invite you to a meet up with the TechCenter Crew at VMworld on August 31st from 5-6PM. Exact details on the venue to follow shortly. We look forward to meeting up with you.

Please e-mail Pam Flores to reserve your seat.

Schedule Import Problem

2011-08-27T01:54:12Z

Hey All,

Is anyone else having any issues importing their schedule into a Mac using the iCal (ics) file option? I'm getting an error that my computer and iPhone can't read the file. I really don't feel like entering my entire schedule in by hand.

Thanks,

Jeff

nexus 1000v

2009-09-19T19:49:55Z

hi, do you have some more info on the nexus virtual switch

TierraCloud launches HC2 Open Source Project to Enable Enterprise Class Private Cloud Storage - Source Code Licensed under GPLv2, Contains BSD Licensed Code from Sun’s Project Honeycomb

2010-09-09T07:46:37Z

http://www.tierracloud.com/testing/company/press_release.html

VMworld 2011 Unofficial vParty / vEvent Schedule

2011-08-04T00:18:48Z

I am putting together a schedule of all the parties and events that are not part of the official VMworld 2011 schedule. Check out my blog post for the latest. Please let me know what I can add as I know I am missing A LOT! Thanks!

http://www.shawncannon.com/?p=32

Virtualizing an Exchange 2003 environment with 40.000 mailboxes

2007-09-19T12:08:42Z

Has somebody experience in running an large Exchange/W2K3 2003 environment with 20.000 or more mailboxes on ESX 3? At this moment we have 5 physical servers with 4.000 mailboxes each .

Gr.

Nico

Best Practices for vSphere 4.(1) on UCS

2011-01-18T14:44:56Z

Good Morning,

I come from previous VMWare/ESX experience, and that experience has always been with ESX hosts on stand-alone servers. I am getting ready to do a migration from ESX 3.5 to vSphere 4.1 on Cisco UCS hardware. My current ESX host configuration is made up of multiple 1GB and 10GB ethernet adapters (4x1GB for vMotion, Service Console, Guest Networks), and (2x10GB for Storage - NFS backended). While this is a good model, I want to know what is the BEST approach when going forward with Cisco UCS.

I know that our new UCS chassis will come with 10Gb interconnect modules, and also has the ability to carve out virtualized adapters for the ESX hosts. I want to know, if in UCS world -- it is better to use multiple virtualized 1GB adapters to segment VMWare protocols as I did in ESX 3.5 (with all the active-standby uplinks, etc). Or is it better to go with just 2x10GB interfaces and not segment the various VMWare type traffic? Or is there an even better way to take advantage of the new UCS networking? Another change for us, is that we're dropping NFS and going to HBAs for storage.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

r3dk1ng

Expo Pass Question

2011-08-02T20:20:29Z

Just a quick question relating to the various passes!

I Have an exhibitor Booth pass and an Exhibitor Expo Pass. Last year the Exhibitor Expo pass allowed me to attend the sessions, VMworld Party etc. and I have been told this year that is not the case and I will have to buy a 3rd pass (Standard Expo pass) to attend those aspects of the Expo.

Is that correct?

Patrick

Looking for 4 passes for today, can anyone help?

2010-08-31T13:30:40Z

Please advise....

latest updates

2009-10-04T14:02:37Z

Firing up VMware - Interesting discussion between Robin Bloor - Analyst/Blogger and Joe Jakubowski - Sr. Engineer Virtualization Performance at IBM

2010-08-30T20:33:34Z

Firing Up VMware - Q&A with Robin Bloor - Analyst/Blogger and Joe Jakubowski - Sr. Engineer Virtualization Performance at IBM

There’s a common perception in the server market-place that there’s little to distinguish the x86 commodity servers from the various server vendors. After all, they tend to use commodity components, build similar mother boards and then slide them into servers or blades. I discussed this view of the x86 server world with Joe Jakubowski, a Senior Engineer with IBM who leads IBM’s System x virtualization performance team. The conversation focused on virtual servers and their deployment. The following is an edited transcript of the conversation.

Bloor: So, with VMware deployments how is IBM’s System x different from the competition?

Jakubowski: IBM has been doing server consolidation for decades and has carried out many server consolidation studies for its customers. From these studies we understand the hardware utilization characteristics of the workloads that customers want to consolidate. We understand the workload type; email server, database server, file/print server and so on. We also understand the average and peak CPU, average and peak memory footprint, disk i/o and network i/o. From that we can develop profiles of these workloads and that give us a yardstick by which we can meaningfully characterize virtualization performance. From these profiles we can work out how many of these workloads can be virtualized on the same host.

Bloor: So how does that contribute to System x server design?

Jakubowski: One of the things that stood out from our analysis was that memory capacity is frequently a bottleneck in virtualization deployments. If you take a server that has two processors and only twelve DIMM slots it tends to run out of memory capacity before it runs out of cpu. So IBM has differentiated itself as a solutions vendor by tackling the memory capacity issue on a virtualization host. We’ve tackled that in two ways. One is to have more physical DIMMs, but a few other vendors have also done that.

The other way is that with our Intel Nehalem EX processor solutions we provide our MAX5 memory expansion drawer. On our two processor and four processor rack products we use QPI links from the Intel processors themselves to attach the memory expansion drawer. This provides 8 additional memory channels and 32 additional DIMM slots. In effect, on two processor servers with 32 DIMM slots in the server we can increase the memory capacity by 100 percent. Through our proprietary silicon we also have 8 additional memory channels, which means we have a memory controller in our MAX5 memory box. That’s a major differentiation.

And by the way, it may also boost the performance of some non-virtualized workloads such as high-end OLTP database applications.

Bloor: Do none of the other vendors do anything like this?

Jakubowski: Not in the way that IBM has done it. The only thing even close to it is what CISCO has done with their Unified Computing System. It’s a totally different approach. They don’t use QPI links. It’s limited to their Nehalem EP products and only in the two sockets space. What UCS does is if you look at the 3 memory channels that come off each EP processor what they have done is they have added what I call a “mux buffer” that multiplexes 4 DDR3 subchannels on each memory channel and expands it from 3 DIMMS to 8 DIMMs. They get memory expansion through a different type of architecture, but it’s limited to their EP products. And with CISCO UCS you have to add processor sockets to scale memory capacity. With IBM’s QPI-based method of memory expansion, it is not necessary to add processor sockets to scale memory capacity.

If you study Intel products and the memory RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) characteristics of the EP line versus the EX line, the EX line has vast superiority in memory RAS features. If you’re a customer and you want to expand memory capacity, you should be concerned about memory RAS features. I would choose the EX processor family over the EP processor family every time.

Bloor: It occurs to me that this “memory starvation problem” is only going to get worse in terms of each new generation of processors having more cores than the previous one. Is that right?

Jakubowski: You’re correct. But you have also to look at memory technology itself. If you observe what’s happened over recent years with memory technology going from megabit to a gigabit to two gigabit and now four gigabit technology, what we’ve seen is some correlation between processor power, memory DRAM technology and memory footprint. Memory footprint doubles on about a 3 year cycle as does DRAM technology density. So we may go from an 8 core to a 16 core processor but memory is almost keeping pace. This helps mitigate some of the problem, but it doesn’t solve it all.

Looking to the future, IBM regards the memory expansion drawer as today’s solution. We’re looking at other approaches. We’re always looking to innovate.

Bloor: So how savvy are the buyers of x86 servers. How much technical knowledge do they really have of this kind of issue? My impression is that not many do.

Jakubowski: Customers certainly know that memory capacity is a potential bottleneck in a virtualization deployment so it’s an easy conversation to have with customers. It’s especially the case when they don’t want to pay a premium for 8 or 16 gigabyte DIMMs. If they want to stick with 2 gigabyte or 4 gigabyte DIMMs, we can provide them with 32 extra DIMM slots We can provide a solution that avoids them having to go to 8 gigabyte DIMMs at all. So that soon becomes a total-cost-of-ownership discussion.

It becomes a question of “Can I lower my cost per VM if I go with this memory expansion route?”

Bloor: Is this memory expansion capability only on rack servers or does it apply to all of the x86 line of servers?

Jakubowski: It’s on all our Nehalem EX based solutions. So our 2 socket x3690 X5 and 4 socket x3850 X5, and also a blade called HX5, but the memory expansion there is 24 DIMM slots not 32.

Bloor: OK. Thanks for your time and for increasing my understanding of so-called commodity servers.

Links to more information

Our IBM System x blog: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/ibmx86/?lang=en_us
IBM's VMworld virtual booth: http://www.vmworld.com/community/exhibitors/ibm
Follow us on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ibmsysxblade
Become a fan on facebook: http://facebook.com/pages/IBM-System-X-Blades/151336661546?ref=ts
Connect with us on one of our other communities: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/x/community/index.html

ABOUT the speakers:

Joe Jakubowski is a IBM Systems &Technology Group, Systems Hardware Development. Virtualization Performance Lead Engineer - System x Performance Analysis and Benchmarking LinkedIn

Robin Bloor Ph.D. Chief Analyst & President, The Bloor Group and Founder, Bloor Research

Web: http://www.thevirtualcircle.com

Web: http://www.wordsyoudontknow.com

Blog: http://www.HaveMacWillBlog.com

Bio: http://havemacwillblog.com/site-help/about-the-blogger/

Author: Words You Don’t Know, The Electronic Bazaar.

Co-Author: Service Oriented Architecture for Dummies, Service Management for Dummies, Cloud Computing for Dummies

How to build a private cloud service with Cisco UCS

2010-12-17T06:53:45Z

Robert Butler, CIO Hay Group, Hay Group Tuan Ngo,Director WW Network Operations , and IPR Marcia Wasserman, Director Zone IT explained how they have been able to build in 3 months a first call secure private cloud service and what are the the benefits of virtualization and Cisco UCS - More information on this case study can be found at www.cisco.com/go/UCS and www.IPRzoneIT.com

VMworld Opening Video

2008-10-02T09:22:11Z

VMworld Opening Video

Skylab Fallout

2008-09-05T19:07:26Z

My favorite novelty drink from back in the day. Some recipes call for everclear, but I stay away from that stuff.

Ingredients:

1 ounce White Rum

1 ounce Vodka

1 ounce Gin

1 ounce Tequila

1/2 ounce Blue Curacao

Pineapple Juice

Directions:

In a highball glass combine first 5 ingredients and serve. Top off glass with pineapple juice.

View from the Conference

2009-03-02T15:29:41Z

This was the view from the top floor that we came across after leaving the balcony of the main auditorium....

VMworld 2010 Monday Wrap-Up

2010-08-31T08:23:01Z

Managed Services...

2010-09-02T07:57:06Z

Read our papers here http://www.box.net/imts

http://www.box.net/shared/kkoqs5be7x

Washington Red Apple

2008-09-05T15:11:23Z

This one tastes very good.. some bar tenders have heard of it, some have not.

- Crowne Royal (Burbon)

- Sour Apple Pucker

- Crandberry Juice

Served in small glass, and if made right, will allow you to drink 3-4 and make the show a lot more interesting.

VMworld Europe 2009 Keynote with VMware and CloudShare

2010-05-05T07:05:09Z

Dirty Martini

2008-09-04T19:19:37Z

So we have a session starter, how about a party starter?

This is a VMworld tradition (for me at least) started the last time we were in Vegas.

Dirty Martini:

2 oz Vodka (preferably Grey Goose)

~3/4 oz olive juice

2 or 3 olives (a jalapeno stuffed olive adds a bit of a kick)

Shaken and served in an ice cold martini glass

vmworld 2010 sessions pdfs

2010-11-08T19:46:30Z

Is it safe to say not all sessions will be available in PDF format? For example "ALT3004-vSphere Performance & Tuning" is only available in video format.

ALT3004-vSphere Performance & Tuning

MA6580

MA8339-10 Best Free Tools for vSphere Management session

SS8222 -Transitioning to ESXi

TA6841-Cisco Nexus 1000v Architecture Deployment and Management

TA8129-A Beginner’s Guide to Performance Troubleshooting with vSphere

TA8270-Get the Best VM Density From Your Virtualization Platform

TA8361-Future Direction of Networking Virtualization

TA9767-Why you should migrate to ESXi with vSphere 4

Its pretty irritating that at VMworld 2010 in San Francisco we were told, "Don't worry, the slidedecks will be available later". So my notes were more concentrated on information not on the slides. Now it appears that I will have to watch a video to capture the information that was in the slide decks.

I would like to get an honest answer...what changed this year from year's past?

VMware Business Continuity in rural Iowa?

2010-11-17T01:45:42Z

There’s more than meets the eye when it comes to Guthrie Center in rural Iowa. Other than being home to legendary Hardees CEO, Jack Laughery, the city boasts a growing population and economy. Enter GCSB (Guthrie County State Bank), a small yet integral state bank with a problem or two. Click here to read the rest or open the PDF attachment.

Solutions by Engineers for Engineers Present Dell | VMware - July 12th Events

2011-07-11T19:55:15Z

Dell | VMware July 12th #VMwareCloud Online Event & TechCenter TechTuesday Chat

Corrupt PDF for Breakout Session BC1500 from VMworld 2009

2010-11-25T00:27:59Z

I hope somebody from VMware reads this and is able to help. If so, the PDF for the breakout session titled, "BC1500 - vCenter Site Recovery Manager "Up and Running"" is corrupt.

Abode Reader 10.0.0 spits out the following error when I attempt to open it:

"There was an error opening this document. The file is damaged and could not be repaired."

Here's the direct link to the PDF file with the issue:

http://mylearn.vmware.com/courseware/50836/BC1500_formatted.pdf

So far, this is the only document I've had trouble opening. I've been successful in opening up the following PDF's in Adobe Reader 10.0.0:

VMworld 2009

"TA2942 - vSphere 4.0 Performance Best Practices"

VMworld 2010

"SS8222 - Transitioning to ESXi with vSphere 4.1"

(Hopefully, it's not directly-related to Adobe Reader 10.0.0.)

For fun! What is my cloud? IBM Commercial. Short, informative and entertaining.

2010-08-31T21:24:34Z

IBM

Advertising | August 25, 2009

Workstations used to be tied to a mainframe. Now they're conversing with a cloud. Through cloud computing, people are able to access, to share and to collaborate over information securely.

"MAN: What is Cloud Computing?
IBMer: A cloud is a workload optimized, service management platform enabling
IBMer: new consumption and delivery models.
KID: Its what?
MANAGER: My cloud does email.
CONSUMER: Lowers my energy bill.
KID: Shares pictures.
BIZWOMAN: We collaborate on our cloud.
DEVELOPER: I develop software in my cloud.
CEO: II want a cloud that understands risk.
DOC: compares patient histories
CONSUMER: predicts traffic patterns.
CEO: My cloud is
DEVELOPER: Everywhere.
MANAGER: My cloud is secure.
DEVELOPER: Simple.
KID: Powerful.
CONSUMER: Flexible.
IBMer: Thats what were working on.
IBMer: Im an IBMer.
IBMer: Lets build a smarter planet."

Try newScale's Service Catalog for VMware - Get a "Will Provision for Food" T-Shirt!

2009-09-28T05:26:24Z

Wish you had a “[Will Provision for Food|http://www.flickr.com/photos/newscale/3877290014/in/set-72157622202807790/]” t-shirt?

Have you tried newScale's NEW self-service portal and Service Catalog for VMware?

Sign up for your FREE TRIAL at www.newscale.com/vmware

Are developers requesting VMs like candy? Feel like a PEZ dispenser for virtual machines? Find out how you can control self-service VM request and prevent virtual sprawl with a Service Catalog.

With the trial, you can set up a self-service portal, integrate to VMware vCenter or vSphere, and begin managing requests and tracking the lifecycle for virtual machines in just a few hours. newScale, a VMware Technology Alliance Partner, developed this innovative solution to complement your investment in VMware infrastructure and maximize your ROI from virtualization.

Give it a try - just click here. And while supplies last, participants who complete the trial get a free “Will Provision for Food” t-shirt...the must-have shirt from VMworld 2009!

Need a solution for multiple hypervisors, physical servers, and cloud services? Check out the newScale enterprise Service Catalog for the virtual data center.

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Lobotomy

2010-08-20T12:05:40Z

1 1/2 oz. Crystal Head Vodka
1/4 oz. Sour Mix
1/4 oz. Triple Sec
1/4 oz. Cranberry Juice
Pinch of sugar
8 Muddled Raspberries
Squeeze of Lemon Juice

Muddle Rasperry with Lemon juice, add all other ingredients, shake with Ice and pour in Martini Glass (For Girls) and on rocks (for Guys).

VMworld 2010 video preview from David Davis

2010-08-25T08:40:07Z

Watch this VMworld 2010 video preview from David Davis [blog]

thanks David!

Grape Crush

2008-09-10T19:01:39Z

1/3 Vodka- Grey Goose (or any top shelf sub)

1/3 Chambord raspberry liqueur

1/3 Sweet and sour mix

Shake drink pour over rocks

for a added kick reduce amount of sweet and sour and add Sprite or 7Up

People will laugh, sing and dance all night!

First impression from VMworld, incuding Dutch VMUG Meeting!

2009-02-23T23:02:06Z

http://www.flickr.com/photos/viktorious/sets/72157613605580997/

Ping Pong Balls anyone?

2009-09-07T04:09:24Z

Tripwire girls handing out Ping Pong balls outside.

Steve the Server Guy

2009-08-27T03:12:42Z

Keep an eye peeled for Steve the Server Guy. He'll be on hand to draw attention to the plight of sys admins and their overworked, under-managed virtual data centers.

Virtualization Security Podcast at VMworld 2010

2010-10-09T02:05:52Z

A Virtualization Security Podcast hosted at VMworld 2010 San Francisco. An amazing lineup of industry gurus.

vExpert Panel Sums up VMworld 2010 San Francisco

2010-10-09T02:10:10Z

Guests:
John Troyer, VMware Social Media
Stuart Radnidge, vinternals
Mike Laverick, RTFM Ed
Justin Emerson, VMJunkie

VMWARE ESX is free?

2008-12-06T08:55:14Z

I have read esx is now open source, and there is a free licence to donwload it but we can use it free ? have limitations?

I hope somebody can help me. We are using vmware server since 2 years at small developments and i´m very intereting about esx and his licence

thank you....

NetApp on "Desktop Virtualization and Its Role in Transforming IT"

2010-08-25T09:27:14Z

Exciting Demos and GiveAways in Booth 871 at VMworld 2011

2011-08-27T13:19:50Z

If you are attending VMworld Las Vegas, be sure to stop by booth 871 to meet with experts from Gale Technologies and check out demos of two exciting products - the GaleForce Turnkey Cloud Software and the Gale Scheduler for VMware Clouds. You can avail of offers to assess one or both products at the show, win an iPad and pick up a useful drawstring bag to carry your VMworld goodies.

We are pleased to offer these free opportunities to test-drive our two products:

- a free 1-day onsite (Americas only) installation and training for the GaleForce Turnkey Cloud solution or
- a free 5 user set of licenses for Gale Scheduler for VMware Clouds, valid for 1 year.

Signing up for either of the offers automatically adds you to a drawing for a iPad! Winners will be announces in our email bulletin on September 12th. To sign up, click here.

Two Demos at the GaleTech booth:

1. Gale Scheduler for VMware Clouds: This product allows you to fully realize the value of VMware virtualization by:
- Arresting VM Sprawl with need-based allocation of resources to VMs;
- Increasing infrastructure utilization with intelligent allocation and de-allocation of virtual resources.
- Pro-actively managing capacity based on actual anticipated demand
- Preventing performance issues caused by long running VMs by decommissioning virtual resources at the end of the reservation;

2. GaleForce Turnkey Cloud Software: This product allows you to build a private or hybrid cloud in just two days and two weeks with unique template-based automated provisioning of physical, software as well as virtual resources. With out-of-the-box support for more than 1000 compute, network and storage devices, and all hypervisors this solution takes the complexity out of planning and deploying private and hybrid cloud environments.

See what is new in GaleForce 6.0:

- Integrated automated discovery of resources for inventory management;
- Enhanced resource utilization reporting and Showback
- Chargeback capabilities through CloudCruiser Integration
- Reservation and Scheduling based on user and group priorities
- A Language independent and extensible Resource Adaptor Framework to enable customized solutions.
- Updated support for VMware such as discover, manage, suspend, resume, snapshot, relocate, access, report on utilization, etc., through integrations with vSphere; and,
- Over 15 new resource adaptors (RAs) added to the current list of 130+ RAs. The new RAs include adaptors for Cisco UCS, Nexus 5K, Nexus 7K, MDS, L2 CatOS, JunOS L2 support, HP Proliant, Xen, KVM, vCloud Director and many others.

Stop by booth 871 to test-drive these products for yourself. To avail of our special VMworld offers in advance, submit your name for
- a free 1-day onsite (Americas only) installation and training for the GaleForce Turnkey Cloud solution or
- a free 5 user set of licenses for Gale Scheduler for VMware Clouds, valid for 1 year.

Signing up for either of the offers automatically adds you to a drawing for a iPad! Winners will be announces in our email bulletin on September 12th. To sign up, click here.

Hope to see you at VMworld!

Gale Technologies
galetechnologies@gmail.com
408.213.4902
www.galetechnologies.com
Follow us on twitter | Find us on LinkedIn | View our videos on YouTube.

Did anyone see the new Forrester Private Cloud Mngmt Round up?

2011-05-18T17:00:08Z

If you didn't there's a free copy of the report here:

http://ow.ly/4XmRL

Join Gale Technologies at VMworld 2011 - Booth 871

2011-08-30T15:18:27Z

Gale Technologies will be demonstrating Gale Scheduler for VMware Clouds at VMworld 2011, in Las Vegas from August 29 to September 1, in booth 871. Do join us for some exciting demos and win prizes too!!

VMWorld Party

2009-09-14T21:36:24Z

You have to admit the folks at VMWARE know how to throw a party. Included are some of my pics of the different activities that ran that night.

VMware Alliance Partner Videos - Live from VMworld 2011

2011-09-06T16:57:57Z

Check out what our Alliance Partners had to say about their new solutions and integrations with VMware.

http://bit.ly/nBcyk3

IT Professionals from Argentina

2009-09-15T00:45:47Z

From left to right: Mariano Di Rocco (Tallard), Sergio Veronessi(ServiceIT) and Gustavo Ariel Kullak (Banco de Galicia).

VMware CMO Rick Jackson Lays Out Key Messages of Cloud at VMworld 2010

2010-10-06T23:38:08Z

VMware's CMO Rick Jackson sits down with SiliconANGLE's founder John Furrier and Wikibon.org's founder Dave Vellante. Rick lays out the marketing angle on VMworld 2010 and the key messages for their new cloud announcements.

Venture Capitals Talk Where's The Money In Cloud

2010-10-06T23:50:29Z

John Furrier sits down with the top cloud and virtualization startups Pete Sonsini at NEA, Charles Beeler at El Dorado, and Ping Li at Accel Partners. Money is flowing in cloud.

IBM's VMworld KICKOFF: Details from Brian Sanders (IBM) and Steve Herrod (VMware)

2010-08-16T14:47:37Z

VMworld 2010 is around the corner...see what IBM has in store for you at our VMworld booth!

Watch live super session our super session is Wednesday, September 1st, Room 135 12-1pm PST at http://www.ibm.com/systems/vmworld2010

Come by our Booth #709 and to find out about other special events.

http://www.ibm.com/systems/vmworld2010

Intel & VMware Demo - World's First Flex Migration

2009-02-11T22:56:17Z

Found this blurb with details on the clip...

New technologies are helping the enterprise to save time, money and energy, while eliminating downtime. When virtualization meets the data center, the savings can be profound. Intel's and VMware's "Flex Migration" allows VMware's VMotion to take advantage of all the hardware in the data center - from older generations to next generations.

Watch this clip on Video Spot

Five things "out of the box" HA/DR solutions can't provide

2011-08-22T18:47:15Z

The need to protect business-critical applications from downtime continues to grow. So much so that many platform and application vendors are building some levels of high availability and disaster recovery right into the products so that they're there "out of the box". The challenge, though, is that depending on your situation, these solutions or capabilities may not by themselves be enough to protect your completely from downtime. Here are five things that most of these solutions can't provide, so keep them in mind:

Dell.com Links of Interest

2010-08-18T18:05:51Z

Dell.com links of interest

Dell Storage Homepage: www.dell.com/storage

Virtualization Homepage: www.dell.com/virtualization

Data Management Homepage: www.dell.com/datamanagement

Data Deduplication Homepage: www.dell.com/deduplication

Dell/EMC Homepage: www.dell.com/emc

Dell VMware Tech Wiki page: www.dell.com/vmwaretech

Round about SF - Part 2

2009-09-14T16:56:08Z

Just a few more.

Simple drink recipe

2008-09-16T02:39:16Z

1. Grab bottle of favorite beer

2. Twist off top

3. Drink

All about the VMForce Architecture for Developers - Join us

2010-08-11T17:37:14Z

Folks,

This will be a very exciting session at our upcoming Technology Exchange for Developers @ VMworld. You will get an inside view on the makings of a great collaborative effort. Hear from our engineers and ask your questions.

Hope to see you there http://www.vmworld.com/community/conferences/techexchange

Session Name: Inside VMforce: an Architectural Overview of the Enterprise Java Cloud

Latest news on event follow us @VMDeveloper Day

Blog: http://blogs.vmware.com/developer

Session ID: ADD-03

Level: Beginner

With the announcement of VMforce, VMware and Salesforce are building an enterprise Java Cloud that combines the Spring programming model with VMware flexibility and Force.com reliability and data integrity. This session will discuss the architecture of this new Platform-as-a-Service solution and provide a technical overview of how to run Spring applications that integrate with Force.com services. VMforce will be available for developer preview in Q4 2010, so VMware developers can attend this session for a special early preview of this exciting new cloud platform.

Speaker: Ramnivas Laddad

VMworld Fun Run - Photos 8

2010-09-01T20:42:12Z

VMworld Fun Run photo album 8

Hotel or no hotel?

2008-08-19T16:14:49Z

I cannot seem to get answer from the conference provider on why I do no have confirmation of my hotel room at the Venetian. I sent an email to them last week with no reply. I tried calling them twice and left a voicemail once since no one answered.

Ha anyone gotten their confirmations?

Next-Generation Virtual Fabric for IBM BladeCenter

2011-08-12T21:26:58Z

Next-Generation Virtual Fabric for IBM BladeCenter

Next-Generation Virtual Fabric for IBM BladeCenter
Overcome the I/O bottleneck and gain greater flexibility with a new choice of network virtualization offerings! New 10Gb adapters for IBM BladeCenter extend Virtual Fabric to a wider choice of 10GbE switches, and support multiple protocols including, Ethernet, iSCSI, and FCOE. #vmworld

help with EQ prices

2009-08-31T00:04:08Z

need to get an equalogic quoted - can someone help me?

Cannes VMWorld 2009 Party Girls

2009-03-04T10:32:36Z

What a party! They really know how to treat people at the event. The band was great, the food was great and all the people were having a good time.

VMWorld 2011

2010-12-15T15:06:04Z

Does anyone know generally when registration for this happens. We have some extra money in the budget and have been approved to go so I have been asked to get all the info, etc.

I see that the dates and that it is in Las Vegas, but does anyone know the hotel or location it is at? I have never gone before and really would love to attend in 2011.

Thanks!

vmware

2008-10-02T05:40:39Z

I req. videos of installing and administration of vmware

Verizon CaaS enabled by VMware vCloud Datacenter

2010-09-01T15:59:38Z

Isn’t it time you got more out of the cloud? Verizon Business has joined forces with VMware to develop a hybrid cloud solution that leverages our leading computing-as-a-service capabilities with VMware’s proven virtualization enterprise technologies.

http://www.verizonbusiness.com/resources/media/index-131161-caas+vcloud.xml

Guest Pass

2010-09-01T03:43:22Z

Anybody willing to let me purchase a guest past on someone's membership? I need one for my friend Shea so she can go to the party with me tomorrow night. I have cash in hand. Thanks!

Context Switching in a VMware Environment

2011-06-10T14:59:34Z

As a consultant, I have come across a few existing virtual environments where context switching was not taken into consideration and created issues within that environment

Has anyone experienced issues in a virtual environment where high context switching was the problem? If so, what limits are you adhering too to remedy the situation?

Thanks,

James

First Impressions from Cannes & VMworld

2009-02-24T12:37:33Z

Some of our great first impressions from Cannes & VMworld!

It's great to be here!! - The LISCON Team

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35777329@N08/sets/72157614301455705/

http://www.liscon.com

Are you browsing the virtual boothes or pavillion? IBM's booth is now stocked but are you a fan of these virtual environments?

2010-08-19T14:36:42Z

We opened our virtual booth and moved 20+ whitepapers/documents over to the booth last week. If you are looking for a quick way to research IBM and VMware's offerings our booth is a great place to start. http://www.vmworld.com/community/exhibitors/ibm

Are you a fan of these virtual tradeshow environments? I like VMworld's simplified version that doesn't make me walk around awkwardly forever with my Avatar. How about you? You tried it?

VMWorld 2008 -Canadians

2008-07-09T17:27:10Z

Hi everyone,

Any Canadians out there who will be attending -- perhaps we could get together

Gary

How to register, do I bring anything?

2010-10-10T18:41:55Z

Hi!

Upon registering tomorrow morning, do I need to bring anything other than myself and a photo ID? Do I need some sort of printout of my paying the fee?

Magnus

When can the presentation material be downloaded from VMware website?

2011-09-09T00:30:14Z

We had finished the VMworld 2011 tracks held on Las Vegas last week.

Could you please advise us when we can get the presentation material??

From which website?

I just got kicked out of my registered lab!?!

2009-08-24T16:21:20Z

Just got an email from VMworld saying they overbooked the LAB04 (Monday afternoon) so they kicked me out of it. Didn't put me at the top of a waiting list for it, nothing. I'm just out.

As a consolation they suggested I try 3 alternative labs they've added seats to. One isn't offerred on Monday at all and the others are for products I don't even own. Since the email wasn't repliable and there was no phone number to contact I thought I'd start here and vent a little before tracking down a number to call. This is ridiculous. They overbook a lab and fix it by opening seats in other labs!?

A lot of other people getting this email today as well?

Training room issue.

2011-05-12T07:43:00Z

Hi all,

this is my first login to VMworld, i would like to know about Virtual machines, We have a VM setup in my workplace and it is a training room. the issue we are facing is whenever the user login to the machine user will save some data in the vm but once the user logs off the machine or restart the vm the user will be getting a new vm and the data will be lost. can any one help me on this to resolve the issue..

VMotion or High Availability - Any suggestions?

2010-07-30T19:33:02Z

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR OPINION!

Let the SWAG begin!

2008-09-15T02:18:20Z

Been by the Venitian and already registered!

For those curious about the bag VMware is providing, here you go. Let the SWAG begin.

Capacity and Performance Mgmt Tools - What do you use?

2011-08-30T21:34:08Z

Hello, this is a hot topic for me and I am curious about what tools my peers are using. What product are you using and what do you like and not like about it? Would you recommend it to your peers?

I think this is and important topic where we can share our experiences and learn from them ...

Long Distance VMotion Live Demos

2009-08-29T15:38:16Z

Visit AFORE at VMWorld in the in the New Innovator Pavilion, booth

1438J. We will be providing a live demonstration accessing a cloud

computing service provider's real network, performing live long

distance VMotion using our Virtual Fiber and Virtual Wire solutions

implemented in our AFORE ASE3300 service delivery platform. INX will be demonstrating their Extend2Cloud (E2C) solution,

including AFORE’s ASE3300 virtualization extension technology, in booth <![endif]~~><!~~[if gte mso 9]>#1338.

Caipirinha

2011-04-19T22:20:02Z

Vodka

Lemom

chuggar

Ice

SF By Day

2009-09-14T01:03:53Z

Just a few pics I took of SF close to the Moscone Center during the day

You should have updated before the keynote

2008-09-16T16:34:04Z

Probably half of the room has seen it....

This is how it should look:

And this is halfway during the show:

Well, it can happen to anybody.....

Transportation From Grand Chateau

2011-08-25T17:59:54Z

First trip to VMworld for a few of us.

We are staying at the Marriot Grand Chateau which is about 2 miles away. What is the best/easiest way to get to the convention center each day? I'd prefer not to walk in the 100+ degree heat.

Thanks

branches control from headquarter via vCenter

2012-01-28T23:12:39Z

I have client who has headquarter and 5 branches. In every branch there are 3 hosts ( 2 dual proces. & 1 single proces). He wants to control them from the headquarter through virtualization. I suggest Vshere 5 essentials plus kit Retail and branches and One vCenter Standard to manage all branches from the headquarter.He wants mainly HA and vMotion features. But this solution is so expensive. If there is another solution that he can reach his target, please suggest.

thanks

VMworld Fun Run - Photos 7

2010-09-01T20:39:03Z

VMworld Fun Run photo album 7

for more information on Infrastructure Management

2010-09-05T20:45:46Z

and technical support: http://www.box.net/imts

Anyone staying at Tropicana Hotel And Casino

2011-08-17T17:42:15Z

Hi, anyone attending vmworld staying at Tropicana needs a ride or wants to carpool let me know

Thanks