VMware Communities : All Content - New England Area VMware User Group

Lab Manager Consultants Needed ASAP!!!

m8trixdg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:39:02 GMT

Hi New England,

This is Brad from ICI a local VMware VAR. We are looking for Lab Manager trained people for immediate employment in the New England area. If you know of anyone please contact me and we cna talk.

bmaltz@iciamerica.com

Thanks,

Brad

OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Client / Server Virtualization on ESX Server (?)

tom howarth — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:56:42 GMT

running ESX in X Server is a valid and only option for running OSx Server in a virtualised environment.

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Tom Howarth VCP / vExpert
VMware Communities User Moderator
Blog: www.planetvm.net
Contributing author on "VMware vSphere and Virtual Infrastructure Security: Securing ESX and the Virtual Environment”. Currently available on roughcuts

NH Meeting -- Vendor Sponsorship

smoody — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:00:33 GMT

I am interested in speaking to someone about vendor sponsorship for the upcoming user group meeting. If someone could reach out to me or point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.
Regards, Scott Moody, scott@exultium.com, (781) 956-5528

Reformat a VMFS3 partition using 4m blocks

pramodupadhyay5 — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:08:14 GMT

By default, VMWare ESX server uses a 1M block size which limits
you to having a maximum of 256GB in any single virtual machine. By
changing the block size of your vmfs partition, you can increase
the maximum amount of disk you can have. A 2M block size yields a
maximum disk size of 512 GB, 4M yields 1TB, and 8M yields 2TB. There
is no support for anything larger under vmfs3. Vmfs2 had a maximum
block size of 16M, but that has been removed in the vmfs3 specification.

To change the block size of a vmfs filesystem, you need to use vmkfstools to reformat the partition. The command is:<code>vmkfstools --createfs vmfs3 --blocksize 8M vmhba0:0:0:3</code>
It is important to note that like any other formatting procedure, this
will destroy any data on the partition, so make sure you move your data
before you do this. The “vmhba0:0:0:3″ is where you specify which
partition to reformat. According to the VMWare server configuration
guide, the format is:

vmhbaA:T:L:P format, where A, T, L, and P are integers
representing adapter, target, LUN, and partition number respectively.
The partition digit must be greater than zero and should correspond to
a valid VMFS partition of type fb
For example, vmhba0:2:3:1 refers to the first partition on LUN 3, target 2, HBA 0.

If you’re reformatting a current vmfs filesystem just to increase
the blocksize, you can get that information from the storage section in
the configuration tab of the Virtual Infrastructure Client.

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Is there an Agenda of events for Brunswick yet?

DeanCJohnson — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:50:02 GMT

I have discovered that I cannot attend the user group meeting
next week due to business issues. Is there someone specific that
I should notify?

Sorry for the late notice,
Dean C. Johnson
VP of Systems & Administration
Atlantic Fasteners Co., Inc.
49 Heywood Avenue
West Springfield, MA 01089
P: 413-241-2231
F: 413-241-2244
E-mail: djohnson@atlanticfasteners.com
www.atlanticfasteners.com

Tips and Tricks

TVGorgon — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:49:02 GMT

I was able to import an NT 4 terminal server into our 3.5 environment prior to upgrading my converter tool. I'm going to try and use an older version to see if that makes a difference.

FYI...

I know this isn't supported or recommended but for grins I took our Nt4 Terminal server and changed the "guest operating system" properties to windows 2000 server. This allowed me to add another CPU. Suprisingly the server is running fine. It may be due to the fact that when you import NT 4 into a ESX 3.5 environment it wants to upgrade the kernel to NT5. But you might try testing it for a while. This doesn't resolve importing the NT 4 server into the environment but it is something I thought you'd like to know.

VMUG NE 2009 map

robertquast — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:29:19 GMT

Hello fellow New Englanders, I just scheduled my lodging for this month's VMUG in Maine and made the following quick map for my reference and thought I'd share. It has the high school site and the lobster bake on it and several hotels (randomly chosen ymmv). Thought I'd post if it saves anyone time, see you there!

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=104946434061635210066.00046e0d19db1b1b351f0

Wayne Blair - 1) Thoughts about VM and release eng. future 2) looking for opportunities

wblair — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:56:06 GMT

I looked, but did not find, a current and appropriate place to post this request. Thank you for reading or gently redirecting me.

I am Wayne Blair and we may have met at past Down East "Summer Slammer & Lobster Bake" events. I'll be there this year too and I need help finding new opportunities. I would like to take my role evangelizing virtualization from renegade to mover-and-shaker mode.

Yes, I am looking for new job opportunities (please see info below) but I'd also like to talk with people in the VM community who understand virtualization in the build/release/installation realm as much more than just access to more machines.

My gut feeling is that the realm of build and release management will morph or evolve into something different once we can see beyond virtualization as just a pool of machine resources. Stage Manager is a step in that direction because VM's now have a promotion model but I think the VM will become a build derivative, artifact, or even the deliverable product. Yes, I might be describing a VM appliance but I think there is something more.

What do you think? Let it percolate for a while and maybe we can chat about it later this month while in our lobster bibs.

Regarding my job search, I'd like to find opportunities with organizations that have seriously embraced and invested in virtualization; I want to move beyond the mind set of cost effective use of physical resources. I am interested in opportunities that are within a 60-minute rush-hour commute of the Nashua, NH area. Below is an elevator speech about me and more information is available via my linked in profile at
www.linkedin.com/in/wayneblair

and my full resume is available at
www.mv.com/ipusers/blair/wb

Thank you for reading and I hope to see you in a few weeks.

Wayne Blair

=====================
Here's the elevator speech
=====================

I'm Wayne Blair, software development tools/build/release/install engineer with extensive experience in development environments, source and build tools, and operating systems and virtualization. I have experience with Agile/XP development environments and infrastructure.

Key highlights from my background include:

Virtualized development environments for improved utilization of resources, stability, time savings, and development test bed flexibility.

Migrated diverse SCM repositories to AccuRev to solve numerous constraints with a branch/merge SCM model and created tooling to support waterfall and Agile/XP processes in an AccuRev environment. I am an AccuRev Certified Engineer.

Designed and implemented Perl tools to extend source control functionality (CVS, RCS, PVCS, and AccuRev) functionality to automate development processes.

Wrote application and operating system installers with InstallShield, InstallAnywhere, RPM, Bash, Perl, and an Anaconda-like toolkit with dramatic improvements in time, reliability, and supportability.

Configured and managed development and manufacturing lab hardware, operating systems and networks.

Operating system sustainability and hardware maintenance experience.

July VMUG - Vendor Sponsorship

Kandace — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:23:10 GMT

I've recently started managing the New England Territory for Xiotech. Would someone please contact me with information in regards to sponsoring and having a booth at the upcoming July 23 VMUG meeting?

Kandace Peterson, Account Executive. kandace_peterson@xiotech.com (586)557-9912. thanks!

Clarification on how to properly remove a VM server

bwildman — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:23:23 GMT

I did not click "Convert to a virtual machine" by mistake. Once I saw the issue I did a test to be sure I saw what I saw. Senerio: Template that is stored on one datastore. "Deploy Virtual machine from this template" change the Datastore for this virtual machine to a different location then, at the end of the deployment wizzard chose "edit virtual hardware (Experimental)" choose that option and then change the hard drive size to a lager size. Then delete the new created VM when you go to delete it is says " Are you shure you want to delete this VM and its associated base disk? Please note if other VMs are sharing this base disk, they will no longer have access to the disk." Normally that message has not been an issue on other VMs created from templates it is only when you change the hard drive size during deployment. I believe this to be a bug but, it is labled as "Experimental"

Job Oppurtunity for VMware Consultant (VCDX Ambitions) with some EMC Experience

m8trixdg — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:22:52 GMT

This is still available ***************

This position is available again.

We are looking for the following type of person BUT also someone who is at "VCDX Level" meaning you have the indepth experience in many VMware technologies and have delivered a Plan and Design engagement for VMware. With the announcement by VMware shortly we see a HUGE growth hitting us and want to build out an amazing team.

If you are an ambitious person who loves VMware and has good experience with EMC then we might be the place for you. We are one of the top VMware/EMC Consulting companies in New England. We have a huge customer base and it is growing daily. We will give you the oppurtunity to learn anything you want related to VMware while dealing with multiple types of customers in the New England area including healthcare, financial, government, legal, educational and more. We have a great group of people and our compensation is tops in the industry.

If you are interested in a position for a growing company please feel free to email me and we can talk.

Experience with VMware View, Lab Manager, SRM would be huge benefits. We sell solutions not just a box.

Note: This position deals with daily travel but no overnight events. Home every night with the family Full benefits are included.

Thanks,

Brad

bmaltz@iciamerica.com

Message was edited by: Brad

Senior Systems Admin opportunity in Providence

kdmh — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:17:32 GMT

Johnson & Wales University is seeking a full-time senior systems administrator in Providence RI. Generically worded job description does not state out-right, but seeking a candidate with VMWare Infrastructure experience (3+ years) along with SAN administration, Windows Server and Active Directory experience (10 years +). The selected candidate will be responsible for operations in Providence along with three remote campuses in Charlotte NC, North Miami FL and Denver CO.

Interested candidates must apply online http://work.jwu.edu. Requisition 1492.

Vmware position in MA

Steve19 — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:34:13 GMT

I have a senior level Vmware position. The position involves design, planning and development for system availability, functionality, security and performance for shared properties. Provide production support, technical leadership, and capacity planning.

Knowledge of VI3 enterprise, ESX servers and Virtual Center. Experience with SAN clusters - HP EVA platform preferred. NetApp a plus. Vmware cluster knowledge. HA, DRS, vMotion, Storage Motion. Knowledge of Vmware View or Lab manager a plus.

VCP preferred and strong customer facing skills.

The position will be a contract to hire or perm role. US Citizen.

please reply to:

Steve

ssheldon@intepros.com

IntePros Consulting

IT Recruiting

Lexington, MA

VMware vSphere Event - May 5th - New England - Limited Seats Available

m8trixdg — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:32:13 GMT

To register please click on this link

vSphere Unlocked

Be the first to Get your keys to the Private Cloud

Join, EMC’s Virtualization Partner of the Year, ICI for the unveiling of the much anticipated vSphere

When: Tuesday, May 5th from 9:00-12:00

Where: EMC Briefing Center serving lunch
42 South St, Hopkinton, MA

All attendees will receive an “ICI Cloud 2GB” flash drive with 60 day license of ESXi. Each drive will have a key attached and one key will unlock a treasure chest of prizes including:

An ICI pre-configured cloud infrastructure kit including:

an EMC Iomega 2 TB NAS Device,

30 Day VMware View License,

30 Day Akorri BalancePoint License,

ICI onsite technical know how on how to build your cloud.

Two Red Sox Tickets for an upcoming game at Fenway Park!

VMware is releasing vSphere on May 21st, however ICI, a leading Premier Partner of VMware and as a beta Partner for PowerPath for VMware, has been

experimenting with this exiting new release in our Solutions Center on EMC CX4 array.

We will demonstrate, LIVE, many of the exciting new features such as:

• 256 GB of RAM per guest

• 8 way virtual symmetric multiprocessing, or SMP

• Clustering of vCenter servers

• Provisioning virtual machines using new host profiles and guest templates

• Pluggable storage architecture will enable enhanced storage multipathing/loadbalancing with EMC’s PowerPath

• VMware Fault Tolerance

Join ICI for the first local demonstration of VMware vSphere

When: Tuesday, May 5th from 9:00-12:00

Where: EMC Briefing Center serving lunch
42 South St, Hopkinton, MA

To register please click on this link

Demo VMware to my client

charney — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:25:56 GMT

So here are my suggestions for finding an VMware advocate for yourself.

1) look at existing customers who are extremely happy with what you have done for them.

2) Work with your local VMware SE or Sales person. No doubt they have a number of people who are more than willing to help out.

3) (shameless promotion) Suggest that your potential client attend the New England VMware User Group Event in Newport Rhode Island on April 30th, where they can network with over 300 Users and see how VMware is being used in the real world.

Cheers

Chris

Job / Career Corner

sabraham — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:32:38 GMT

I am recruiter working for our client in FT Benning, GA. We are currently hiring for Vmware SME Consultant position. This is a short term contract and I have provided a brief overview of the position below. If you are interested send me an updated resume along with your expected pay range and availability for an interview ASAP to sangeetha@srira.com. You can reach me at 202-470-0653.You may pass this opening along to others in your network that may be looking for work if you are not available. Thanks for your consideration

Vmware SME Consultant

FT Benning, GA
31905

MUST
POSSESS SECRET Clearance

*Job
Description*

*Install HP
Management Stack (ICDCE)*

Consultant
on-site at the customer site to install, configure and provide basic operational use guidelines (Knowledge Transfer) on HP Insight Control Data
Center Edition of the HP management stack for Blade Servers.

System Insight Manager

The Consultant will install the latest version of HP System Insight Manager (SIM) on the identified Management Workstation or server system. This system can be a
standalone server, workstation, or other capable system, and identified in the resource requirements for ICDCE.

Installation

The Consultant will accomplish the following steps to install SIM:

Install and configure the latest version of SIM. Configuring the SIM server to include initial automatic discovery of the managed servers. Set up the Administrator account for SIM. Install Secure Shell (SSH) on Windows systems - Configure managed servers to send SNMP traps. Set up default WBEM settings. Configure
protocol settings. Add new administrators, operators, or users (maximum of two users per function). Configure user rights from toolbox collection. Configure
automatic or manual discovery settings. Set up the discovery scheduler. Set up requested polling and data collection intervals. Add managed servers. Set up
e-mail and paging. Set up authorizations. Configure event filtering. Set default view when first browsing to CMS. Demonstrate SIM functionality such as fault and inventory management

Testing

The Consultant will test and verify the operation of the SIM console through the following steps:

Logging on to the management server and verifying connectivity to the managed servers bydisplaying the discovered devices in the "All Systems" list. Configuring
the SIM security parameters according to the Customer's requirements. Configuring the events in the "All Events" list

Remote Deployment Pack

The Consultant will install the Remote Deployment Pack (RDP) software on the management station. This software will be used to automate the deployment of
the ESX Server bade to the blade hardware. This installation will require the following steps.

Installation

Prepare the Management Station to be server as an RDP Host. Load the RDP Software. Configure the RDP Software to load the ESS 3.05 Server Software to the Blade Servers. Configure the RDP Software to load Windows 2003 R2 Server Software to the Virtual Machines.

Testing

Enable theBlade Server target to boot through DHCP and request a load from RDP.Configurethe Blade Server to receive the ESX Server image.Test the deployment of the ESX Server Software through the RDP Console. Once the Deployment is complete – log into the ESX server console to verify success.Create a VM target on the newly loaded ESX Server on a single blade.Configure this VM in DHCP to request a Windows 2003 Server load from RDP .Initializethe VM with Windows Server 2003 R2 from the RDP Server. Once theload is complete, log into the VM Server to validate the installation of Windows 2003. Once theabove actions are complete, the Consultant will observe and assist the customer in performing the same steps on an additional blade server. This process will provide the necessary knowledge transfer on the installation of ESX Server, the creation of a Virtual Machine, and the loading of the Virtual Machine with thedesired operating system

InstallVMware Infrastructure 3 (Version 3.5)

Willprovide one consultant at the customer site to install, configure and providebasic operational use guidelines (Knowledge Transfer) on VMware Infrastructure
3, and VMware Converter.

VMwareVirtual Center - Installation

TheConsultant will install the latest version of VMware Virtual Center Manager aseparate server system from the SIM installation. This server will utilize both
a Web Server and a Database server locally unless DISA security requirements prevent this type of configuration. In this case a pre-existing SQL server
(2005 SP2) that is not part of the virtualized system is required. We recommend a joint database for the ICDCE stack and Virtual Center.The Consultant performs the following steps in this installation process. This program requires no IVT testing.
Prepare the system for the VirtualCenter Database. Installingthe VirtualCenter Product. Finish theVirtualCenter Web Service Installation. ConfigureCommunication between VirtualCenter Components. Registerthe ESX Server blade (Loaded in the RDP Section) as a VMware Host. Install theVMware License server and load the customer provided license strings into theserver to allow operation of the purchased functionality of VMware

VMwareServer Installation
TheConsultants will load the VMware Server software on 20 blade server systems andcreate the applicable VMware cluster configurations to support the 75th Ranger
Regiment virtualization effort. The Consultants will perform the followingactions in this phase:

InstallVMware 3.05 on the identified 16 blade servers. Install the VMware Patch Console. Apply all critical and required software patches to the VMware Blade Servers
Create twoDRS cluster groups to contain the VMware Servers. Create the resource pools for the VMware Servers. Create the templates for Windows 2003 Server installation to Virtual Servers. Create two
Virtual Server systems from the Windows 2003 Server template and demonstrate the ability for this Virtual Server to fail-over to other VMware resource nodes in the DRS clusters.

VMwareConverter – Installation

TheConsultant will install the VMware Converter Software (Physical to VirtualMigration Tool) on the management console used for SIM. There is no verification process for this installation. Conversion of Physical Machines to Virtual Machines. Conversion of the physical to virtual machines requires identification of dependencies of the physical machines that not supported in a virtual environment. Targets that will work in a virtual environment and support the functionality of DistributedResource Sharing (DRS) cannot make use of standard I/O devices that include serial and parallel ports along with certain network drivers. The Consultant will work with the list of provided physical source systems from the customer to create the list of machines that serves as the source list for the conversion
process. The Consultant will use the derived system list for the system list for P2V migration efforts. Consultant will assist the customer in the virtualization of a maximum of 10 physical systems.

Configurationof the Archive System for VMware

The VMware Enterprise server solution provides interfaces to various backup/archive systems to facilitate the data archive process required for proper system
integrity. Will configure the backup agents on the VMware servers (16), to connect to the established 75th Ranger Regiments data archival system. At the
time of the site survey, CommVault Enterprise Backup System is the current model.

QUALIFICATIONS/ EXPERIENCE OF THE SMEs

VMWareCertified (VCP)
HP C-ClassBlades – Knowledge of what these systems are, how they connect and operate –especially the use and configuration of the O/A
HP SystemInsight Manager (HP SIM)– Deployment /Configuration and usage of tool in a VMWare Environment
HP RemoteDeployment Pack (HP RDP)– Installation / Configuration / Usage to deploy VMWare and Virtual Machines
Knowledgeand experience with the conversion of physical machine to a virtual machine profile.

Desired(Nice to Have):
HP C-ClassBlades Virtual Connect
Basic SANAdministration

Contact:
Sangeetha Abraham
202-470-0653
sangeetha@srira.com

(Interested candidates can send their updated resume to the above e-mail address)

April VMUG - Newport Rhode Island!

charney — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:00:06 GMT

Then next New England VMUG will be:
April 30th
from 10:00 am to 6:00 PM
at the Newport, RI Marriot.

We have negotiated a 99$ room rate for the first 100 people who reserve their rooms.
Just mention the New England VMware User Group Event!

Or go to the following link

http://cwp.marriott.com/pvdlw/vmware/

KEYNOTE:

Mark Brunstad VMware Educational Services presents:

Distributed Power Management: Use Case & Technical Deep Dive

Break out Sessions:

VMware Systems Engineering presents:

What next for VMware Virtual Infrastructure? Learn about vSphere - the next generation of Virtual Infrastructure products from VMware

VMware Professional Services presents:

Performance Benchmarking using vCenter: Using vCenter as a tool to get performance data;see how applications and systems are performing when running on ESX. We will look at what the difference between benchmarking and load testing is, what counters are available is vCenter and how to understand what they mean, how to tune vCenter to get you the counters you need, and what counters matter for OS (Linux and Windows), MS SQL, and MS Exchange. The presentation will include screenshots of the vCenter performance tab as well as the new Reporting feature that was release with update 4.

Envision Technology

Assessment, Monitoring and Management

1) How do you assess the health of VMware environment? What tools already exist in the system, and what third party tools are available?

2) What tools are available for in-depth, ongoing monitoring of the virtual environment? What metrics can be monitored that will provide a reasonable snapshot of total health of a VMware environment?

3) Once the environment is healthy and being monitored, what should actually be running in the environment? What is virtual server sprawl, why does it matter, and what are some strategies for controlling it?

Virtera

Building a financial justification for virtualization - how to justify a virtualization project internally ICI Not your standard VDI Use Case: What you haven't thought about for the present and future

Daymark

Avoiding the Top Pitfalls When Implementing VMware Site Recovery Manager in Your Environment

Site Recovery Manager is VMware's framework to automate the testing, failover and recovery of your Virtual Machines and the applications running on those Virtual Machines at your Disaster Recovery site. However, a successful implementation of Site Recovery Manager depends on a well designed solution which includes both a storage replication architecture and a server infrastructure. Daymark will show you how to avoid the common design and implementation pitfalls that can stop a Site Recovery Manager implementation in its tracks.

**Left Hand/HP

Lab/Hands On - Virtual SAN Appliance Software. Be sure to bring your laptop

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Virtual Server Backup: Easy and Economical with Deduplication

Data Core

Maximizing your virtual environment with Powershell

Everyone is Invited - Register Today

m8trixdg — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:16:35 GMT

If You have not had a chance to see these technologies actually workign, sign up for a real live demo today. If you signup for the VDI session you will get a real Virtual Desktop to use for 5 days at the ICI office. This desktopwill be reachable from anywhere there is an internet connection.

Register Here

Employment Opportunity in Boston: Virtualization Solution Architect

gfederico — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:49:33 GMT

We are currently looking for a Virtualization Solution Architect out of our Boston office. This is a senior role. We are looking for someone at the architect level who has presented to customers and has experience with the presales effort. The job is ~60% presales, 40% delivery. There is some associated travel to our offices in Rochester, Hartford, and Tampa offices.

AdvizeX Technologies is a leading information technology provider of infrastructure and enterprise application solutions. AdvizeX combines the technical expertise of our consultants with the technologies from our strategic business partners to solve information technology issues impacting our clients' businesses. As a value-added reseller of open-systems information technology, AdvizeX has built key partnerships with leading technology vendors Hewlett-Packard, EMC, VMWare, Microsoft, and Oracle. We were named EMC Partner of the Year for 2008.

Gary Federico

Technical Recruitment Manager

AdvizeX Technologies

gfederico@advizex.com

401-322-6043

Huge VMware Event This Wednesday in Boston - Limited Space - Register Now!!!!

m8trixdg — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:50:10 GMT

Deliver the cost savings, service
levels and productivity improvements your business demands.

*In today's tough
economy, you must do more with less, yet still solve a range of IT challenges
across your entire infrastructure. The combined partnership of ICI* , *EMC and VMware
provides unmatched expertise and experience with the broadest portfolio of
industry-leading solutions that enable you to:*

Realize a 25%
* reduction in storage TCO in less than a year*
Reduce backup
* data and time by 90%*
Reduce space,
* power, and cooling costs by 70-80%*
Reduce e-mail
* operational costs by 50%*
Decrease security
* spending by 150%*
Manage 3-4 x
* servers, storage, and network devices without adding headcount*

To demonstrate
the value of this powerful collaboration,
EMC and VMware have established
the
New EMC Velocity² Solution Center for Virtualized
Infrastructure at ICI.

*Learn.
Explore. Network.*

*Take the next
step with ICI - EMC's Virtualization Partner of the Year - and view a live demo
of the integrated virtualized solutions. Afterwards, network with the technical
experts and your peers at the* +Seaport for
a Harpoon Brewery Beer Tasting +*reception sponsored
by ICI!*

Register Here: https://www.seeuthere.com/register/m2c4ec-1AZRVHHFT7CDV

or Email me bmaltz@iciamerica.com

VMug pats cheerleader photos

glynnd1 — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:53:21 GMT

Thanks Chris.

January NEVMUG Keynote Presentation

charney — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:03:47 GMT

January NEVMUG Lefthand Presentation

charney — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:01:56 GMT

January NEVMUG Vizioncore presentation

charney — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:54:11 GMT

January NEVMUG Panologic Presentation

charney — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:03:01 GMT

January NEVMUG 3Par MartinsPoint Presentation

charney — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:01:23 GMT

January NEVMUG Lighthouse Presentation

charney — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:59:29 GMT

January NEVMUG GreenPages Presentation

charney — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:57:42 GMT

January NEVMUG FocusTI Presentation

charney — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:54:13 GMT

January NEVMUG EMC Presentation

charney — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:52:54 GMT

January NEVMUG AMD Presentations

charney — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:47:26 GMT

Can you create a new VM from another machine's snapshot?

Rob_B — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:14:25 GMT

I was wondering if there was a way around having to manually move the files, but that makes a lot of sense...After all, a single snapshot in and of itself would be fairly useless without the other delta snapshots. Looks like I just need to fire up some more coffee =)

VMware experience

learnvm35 — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:15:35 GMT

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone had some good ideas on how to gain experience in Vmware?. etc. How to gain experience in this field or anyone willing to help me gain experience would be great too. Is there any places to go to gain experience to implement/construct vmware systems? I would ultimatly like to tag along when someone is designing/installing a vmware system.

I know its kind of an odd post, but anyone with any ideas would help me out..

thanks,
John

Be in Bangor on December 2nd - make sure you register

dave@NLC — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:18:58 GMT

Norton Lamb & Company is hosting an event at Hollywood Slots Hotel & Convention Center on Decmber 2nd in Bangor, ME.

IBM, DELL/EqualLogic, StorServer & VMware will all be there, and you should be too.

Please see the attached invitation, go to the website, and register!

Hope to see you there,

Dave Johnson

Senior Systems Analyst

Norton Lamb & Company

HUGE VMware and EMC event at the NEW CBS Scene at Patriots Place in Foxboro

m8trixdg — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:00:33 GMT

Wow news travels fast Thanks Dave. Hope to see you at the CBS Scene.

VMWare opportunity

jobopportunity — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:04:34 GMT

Hi All,

My name is Lindsey Marquis and I work for Sapphire Technologies in Portland, Maine. I was speaking with a fellow VMWare consultant and they told me that this would be a good place to look for anyone that might be looking for a job opportunity. I have a great perm position in Maine/New Hampshire. They are looking for a VMWare Software engineer, someone that is VCP certified and also has some real world experience with VMWare. Please feel free to contact me at lindsey.marquis@sapphire.com or at 207-523-3409 or 1-800-679-6544 Ext. 1546 if you are interest, or if you have any suggestions on where else I could look for someone with thise skill set. We also offer a $500 referral bonus if you know someone that is looking. Thank you!

October 23rd Presentations

charney — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:49:21 GMT

Here are two of the presentations from the NEVMUG event in Atkinson New Hampshire.

One from Mark Bowker of Enterprise Strategy Group (Mark.Bowker@enterprisestrategygroup.com)

One from Left Hand Networks

October 23rd Presentations

charney — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:48:30 GMT

Here are two of the presentations from the NEVMUG event in Atkinson New Hampshire.

One from Mark Bowker of Enterprise Strategy Group (Mark.Bowker@enterprisestrategygroup.com)

One from Left Hand Networks

How do I sponsor an event?

virtualizationstuff — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:43:46 GMT

I wanted to see if someone can contact me about sponsoring the next event. I am talking to the decision maker on my end and he's interested. Please contact me at mmacauley@crgwest.com and I will get you in touch.

Thanks,

Mark

What is the DATE for the NE VMUG?

charney — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:28:15 GMT

LOL.. That is fine.
Either way, please catch up with me

Chris

VMworld 2008 Vegas

redsox04 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:27:14 GMT

I won't be making it out this year but all in for me!! Have fun and
thanks for helping keep this group going!

After P2V, Power On Question

jflanagan — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:55:17 GMT

One of the things I discovered with my first ESX server (I'm pretty new
to ESX still) was that I would get occasional "timeout" or "couldn't
complete because the host did not respond" errors, on various tasks but
particularly associated with powering-on a VM. Usually if I waited a
while after the error, Virtual Center would eventually update itself and
show that the VM had in fact been powered-on.

Since I am still running ESX in a test network, I have no DNS server
between my host and my VC server. When I added entries to each machine's
Hosts file to point to the other, communications have improved and so
far I haven't seen any more "timeout" type errors.

Some basic Questions

glynnd1 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:56:33 GMT

2: Yup. Just take everything that is in that VMs folder and bring it to another machine running VMware Server / Player / Workstation. Importing it into ESX is a little different but equally easy.

Topics Next New England VMUG meeting

Texiwill — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:23:09 GMT

Hello,

If you are interested, I have material on Virtualization Security.

Best regards,
Edward L. Haletky
VMware Communities User Moderator
====
Author of the book 'VMWare ESX Server in the Enterprise: Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers', Copyright 2008 Pearson Education.
CIO Virtualization Blog: http://www.cio.com/blog/index/topic/168354
As well as the Virtualization Wiki at http://www.astroarch.com/wiki/index.php/Virtualization

VCPs in the area looking to expand your options?

timantz — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:21:55 GMT

Mosaic Technology in Salem, NH is expanding its virtualization practices, and is looking for additional engineering resources. If you are a VCP, in New England, and are interested in seeing what we have to offer, let me know and I will be glad to talk in more detail.

Tim Antonowicz

"There are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary and those who don't."

Virtual back to Physical?

harpoon70 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:01:44 GMT

Thanks alot, I will give all these application a try.

I appreciate you input.

Jeff

New to VMware products

hsmith-vmware — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:36:00 GMT

I also would like to recommend downloading and using the free VMware products to familiarize yourself with VMs and VMware Virtualization, both on a desktop level and enterprise level.

VMware Server, VMware Player, and now VMware ESXi (enterprise level) are all available with no cost to startup.

But yes, once you have them installed, check out the extensive library of documents pertaining to each product, as well as these community forums and KB articles. Once you get past that and can swing the cost, I would highly recommend the VI3 course to you or anyone intersested in getting a lot more detail and help with deploying in your own infrastructure some day. I like to tell people that our products are always easy to use, but difficult to master.....there's lots to learn!

Hope you enjoy and welcome!

Great time in Maine !!!

Shawn Markham — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:04:20 GMT

charney wrote:I heard that the event had that effect on MANY people..

Yes, I resembled that statement... BTW thanks for the ride back to the truck.

July 17, 2008 User Group event

twa3 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:18:33 GMT

Thanks for the great event Chris. I really enjoyed the first Key Note speaker: Mike DiPetrillo and - Beyond the Hypervisor. Debunking competitor myths. Now that the virualization marketspace is getting really competitive it was interesting to get VMware's perspective on the compeition.

DBA Needed

jharlan — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:33:46 GMT

I'm looking for a DBA that is also familiar with VMware and would be interested in some short term contract work. We have a few Windows 2003 virtual machines running MS SQL that we would like to squeeze some better performance out of. If you feel that you could help me with that, please let me know.

Local Contact for Event Sponsorship

ejward — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:48:10 GMT

Please let there be rubber chickens !!!!!:p

July 17, 2008 User Group event

charney — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:32:57 GMT

We have finalized the event agenda!

Please register soon if you want to go, it is filling up fast!

	Please join us for the upcoming New England Area VMware User Group meeting on Thursday, July 17, 2008. Please join an innovative group of VMware users to network, share ideas and learn how to get the most out of your VMware solutions. This is a great opportunity to meet with your New England Area based peers to discuss virtualization trends, best practices.	Agenda
10:00am -	Registration & Sponsor Showcase
12:00pm -	Lunch / Welcome
01:00pm -	Key Note Speaker: Mike DiPetrillo !http://campaign.vmware.com/templates/email/template4/bullet_newsletter.gif!Beyond the Hypervisor (Why Stay with VMware) Break Out Sessions: see details
02:00pm -	Key Note Speaker: Hans Bernhardt !http://campaign.vmware.com/templates/email/template4/bullet_newsletter.gif!The State of VMware in Summer of 2008 Break Out Sessions: see details
03:00pm -	Key Note Speaker: Eddie Dinel !http://campaign.vmware.com/templates/email/template4/bullet_newsletter.gif!THIS is Stage Manager Break Out Sessions: see details
04:00pm -	Key Note Speaker: Don Schleicher !http://campaign.vmware.com/templates/email/template4/bullet_newsletter.gif!Closing Remarks - VMware's Commercial Division: Who We Are
04:30pm -	Vendor Raffles
06:00pm -	Lobster/Clambake - Gritty's, Freeport Maine

Register today to join us for this informative event. Space is limited, so respond as soon as possible to reserve your seat.

The VMUG Team

Gritty's, Freeport Maine

Each breakout session will be repeated THREE TIMES:
1:00-1:50pm, 2:00-2:50pm, 3:00-3:50pm

Room	Topic	Presenter
101	DRS & HA Technical Deep Dive Part II	Mark Brunstad
102	Getting the Most Out of Your ESX Environment with Performance Tuning	CRI
103	VDI According to Mainline	Mainline
104	Getting More from Virtual Infrastructure	Shawn Markham
106	Managing the Virtual Datacenter	Akkori
108	SRM Implementation	Greenpages
109	When Physical and Virtual Worlds Collide Gritty's, Freeport Maine	Advocent
115	Minimizing VM Sprawl Gritty's, Freeport Maine	vmSight
117	A Working Demo and Lab of a VDI Environment Gritty's, Freeport Maine	EMC, ICI, Wyse
119	DR at Bowdoin Gritty's, Freeport Maine	Tim Antonowitz

Location:
Brunswick High School
116 Maquoit Rd
Brunswick, ME 04011

see online directions

This document was generated from the following thread: July 17, 2008 User Group event

Any Other ROI Numbers You Care To Share?

virtualizationstuff — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:12:36 GMT

Here are mine:

http://virtualizationstuff.blogspot.com/2008/01/actual-roi-of-virtualization.html

Overall Consolidation ratio: 20:1

1,000 Wintel boxes into 50 Sun Blades running VMWare
8,000 square feet to ~200 Square feet
Cooling is 1/10 of what it was
Power is 1/10 of what it was

For a couple of large accounts that I work with, I will take you through the back of the napkin math we did on a whiteboard to quantify the ROI of Virtualization:

100,000 physical Wintel servers collapse into 5,000 Sun Blades
Power is reduced to 1/10
Cooling is reduced to 1/10
Floor space in two data centers 10:1 reduction in footprint

The assumptions were that the costs (they are leased machines) were a wash on the hardware:

The Wintel boxes draw was 230 Watts at 50% Utilization so 23,000 KW per month
@ $0.35/KW multiplied by 730 Hours in a month comes out to ~$6M per month on power costs to run machines and cool them.
Did not include facilities costs like rent, depreciation, etc.

Virtualization costs:

5,000 blades draw 3900kw*730*.35= $900,000/mo (6 to 1 reduction)
Add in costs of VMWare - $5,000 per instance * 5000 = $25M
5 month payback w/license inclusion

Anyone Else going to Burton Group's Catalyst conference 6/23-27

virtualizationstuff — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:57:16 GMT

http://www.catalyst.burtongroup.com/NA08/ is the URL for it.

I am speaking on the Data Center track Thursday, and I wanted to see if any other New Englanders would be in San Diego that week.

Mark

http://virtualizationstuff.blogspot.com

New England VMUG Summer Session / Clambake

VkernelRB — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:41:27 GMT

Dave,

Not me - but I am also a Rob B - now there are two of us - the more the merrier.

See you all in Maine next month.

Thanks,

Rob

Rob Bergin
Systems Engineer
www.vkernel.com

Managing Virtualization with Virtual Appliances

To download a free trial of our products, click here: http://www.vkernel.com/downloads/all/

Couple upcoming events.

VkernelRB — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:33:39 GMT

All,

Lighthouse is having a Go Green with Virtualization session on this Tuesday (6/3) in Foxboro:

http://www.lighthousecs.com/News-and-Events/Events/Register.asp?EventID=55

FlyTrap Technologies is doing a VDI dinner (6/24)

http://www.flytraptech.com/page/12-events

Both look like decent events if folks are interested.

Thanks,

Rob

Rob Bergin
Systems Engineer
www.vkernel.com

Managing Virtualization with Virtual Appliances

To download a free trial of our products, click here: http://www.vkernel.com/downloads/all/

GreenPages event in Boston - mini vmworld?

VkernelRB — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:27:20 GMT

I spoke with them (Marketing folks) and they said it was shaping up to be a good event - 130+ registered, lots of vendors, lots of stuff to look at it, ask questions, etc.

Thanks,

Rob

Rob Bergin
Systems Engineer
www.vkernel.com

Managing Virtualization with Virtual Appliances

To download a free trial of our products, click here: http://www.vkernel.com/downloads/all/

Job Opening: Senior Systems Administrator

azn2kew — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:46:37 GMT

Sounds interestings, is this full time employee or contract openings? Any details about rate and requirements. Hit me a message I would be interested if pays well and relocate as well.

If you found this information useful, please consider awarding points for "Correct" or "Helpful". Thanks!!!

Regards,

Stefan Nguyen
iGeek Systems Inc.
VMware, Citrix, Microsoft Consultant

New England VMUG 3-37-08 presentation by Brandeis

cwalling — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:24:31 GMT

New England VMUG 3-27-08 presentation by International Computerware, Inc

cwalling — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:22:25 GMT

New England VMUG 3-27-08 presentation - by Sun Microsystems

cwalling — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:20:57 GMT

New England VMUG 3-27-08 presentation - by sappi

cwalling — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:05:35 GMT

Position Available - EMC/Vmware Consultant

m8trixdg — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:00:56 GMT

We are looking for a consultant with experience in VMware deployments and EMC technology. preferebably EMC NAS solutions. This indivudal should possess the following:
Ability to talk to customers at all levels including Executives and administrators.
Hands on implementation experience including Best Practices from VMware and EMC technologies.
Willing to travel around New England incluidng NY/NJ. Considered Local travel Only.
Compensation includes Salary (DOE), 401, insurance, expenses etc...

Please email me at at bmaltz@iciamerica.com for further information or if interested.

Thanks,
Brad

Slides From Yesterday's Event at TD BankNorth Boston MA

charney — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:57:52 GMT

I will get them posted later this week.

What did people think of the event>

Chris

NTP time sync issue. Stratum @ 16u Jiggle @ 4000.0!

DWilga — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:42:23 GMT

I've had pretty good luck with the following on all of my ESX hosts

.
.
==========================================
restrict kod nomodify notrap noquery nopeer
restrict 127.0.0.1
server 0.us.pool.ntp.org
server 1.us.pool.ntp.org
server 2.us.pool.ntp.org
server 3.us.pool.ntp.org
driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift

Video Performance - vnc/vmware server console/remote desktop/ etc ??

danao — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:02:30 GMT

hi!!

another way is to use LogMeIn.

Install LogMeIn into a vm machine (only windows vm) and manage/controle/handle/take over the VM throught the internet without configure firewall, or router..etc.

The result is awsome.

Job Opening: Windows Administrator

Brickard — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:41:37 GMT

Franklin area company seeks a direct hire Windows Administrator. 5-10 years of experience in an enterprise- class data center necessary. Experience with VMWare, HP C Class Blades, troubleshooting SANs is preferred. 75-85k Please respond with interest.

Recover data from Linux VM (VMWare Fusion)

etung — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:35:06 GMT

Is there a way to mount the .vmdk file on to some other VM like an external disk, something like we used to do with phyical HDDs (or by doing something more mundane like ftp-ing it into the VM and using setting up loopback and then mouting it) ?

You can connect the .vmdk to another VM (analgous to the real-world case of pulling the hard drive and adding it to another computer). There's no GUI to do this, but you can edit the .vmx file(s). You could also copy it to the guest and use vmware-mount, but this seems like extra effort for no gain.

In the future, you might consider posting such questions in the Fusion subforums for a faster response.

Hosting New England Area UG meeting

charney — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:02:49 GMT

Good Morning Steve,

That would be me. Feel free to e-mail me charney@llbean.com . We have the January meeting just about buttoned up and will be posting the information soon.

Chris

vmware workstation disabled my m9750 hotkeys

yusufz — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:08:34 GMT

I have just installed vmware workstation 6 on my Vista Ultimate notebook and it is causing the hotkeys on my keyboard to stop functioning. Any ideas on how to fix this problem?

Thanks,

newbie seeking succor of a technical kind

wbednarzyk — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:40:57 GMT

Hi nweissma,

If you don't mind coming to Springfield, Mass, we have a possible intern position opening up.

Job Opportunity

AEB — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:25:44 GMT

I am currently looking for a full time System Engineer with VMware experience to work for a leading provider of virtualization infrastructure technologies and services to companies worldwide. Would be responsible for performing installation, configuration, and implementation of VMware products and technologies. You would be working remotely from home with commuting to clients sites throughout New England. Primarily you would be commuting to the Boston area. Please forward resumes to abelleville@exsosit.com

VMware Event in Hartford Connecticut

Regan Technologies — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:05:50 GMT

Regan Technologies Corporation, partnered with Sun Microsystems, will be demonstrating how VMware software and Sun AMD-based technology can help customers resolve chronic problems like server proliferation, underutilized hardware, application lifecycle management, and desktop security. The meeting will be held at The Hartford Club in Hartford, CT on October 16, 2007 from 8:30am - 12:00pm.

Regan Technologies, a Sun Microsystems Principal Partner and VMware Enterprise VIP Reseller, will offer insights based on first-hand experience on how to effectively design, implement and manage a solution incorporating these two powerful technologies. Included in the presentation is a customer testimonial from St. Francis Hospital who implemented a Sun Microsystems and VMWare environment with the help of Regan Technologies.

If you would like to attend, please register at the Regan Technologies web site: http://www.ReganTech.com/Discover/Oct

ESX 3 licensing

cfpender — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:55:37 GMT

G'day,

I work for a hardware reseller and one of our salespeople posed this question from a customer:

"We have another question about VMWare license usage. We have been reading various articles from users who claim that if you purchase a 2-processor license you can split the license across two 1-processor machines. The bottom line is that if you have four 1-processor machines you only need to purchase two 2-processor licenses."

Any thoughts on this ? VMWare said "no", that a 2 CPU license would still need to be purchased for a single CPU server. I would think that would be true of host-based licensing, but wouldn't Licensing Server licenses only view the number of CPUs in the cluster and not individual servers ?

Thanks

July 2007 User Group meeting presentations

charney — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:56:34 GMT

Virtual Strategy Magazine was kind enough to record and edit the July 2007 NEVMUG meeting in Freeport.

To view the content, please go to: http://www.virtual-strategy.com

Click Login (top right of home page). Username and Password are:
USER: vmug2007
PASS: llbean

Once you are logged in, click the link below:
http://www.virtual-strategy.com/article/articleview/2135/1/2/

VMworld 2007

twa3 — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:52:17 GMT

thanks for the update, that's good to know. they must have problems with session registration in general because last year was a nightmare.

ESX Patch update utility with GUI

twa3 — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:16:54 GMT

I agree. For what ESX enterprise is costing companies I am very surprised that VMware doesn't have a patch mgmt system. Almost every distro available today uses an automated patch download system....couldn't VMware go with a similar system as apt, yast or redhat's utility?

Reminder--February 20th SNUGNE Meeting - Virtualization

Blisstar55 — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:58:49 GMT

Hello,

For those interested, we will be presenting on virtualization at the next SNUGNE (Storage Networking Users Group of New England) meeting. The initial portion of this meeting will be an overview and then we will open the floor to discussion on topics by majority rule. This is your meeting so bring your questions and topics of choice. NOTE: This will not be a marketing session but rather a discussion based on real experiences and successful implementations.

Topic: Virtualization for Server Consolidation, DR, Development, and Desktop Manageability

Date: Tuesday, February 20th
Time: 6-8pm
Location: Microsoft Office (201 Jones Road, 6th Floor, Waltham, MA)
www.snugne.org

Sponsor: International Computerware (www.iciamerica.com)
Speaker: Brad Maltz, CTO & Ali Bliss, Sr. Account Manager

January 18, 2007 meeting

buzzer — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:07:23 GMT

Thanks for the meeting Chris. Good stuff. I wish we could have had about 4 hours of the performance tuning topic. See you in March

VAC/VCP Consultants Looking for Fulltime Consulting Job in New England

m8trixdg — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:00:19 GMT

If you are a:
-VCP with VI3 experience
-A strong consultative nature
-Want a dynamic environment
-Travel ONLY in New England/NYC

Then PM Me.
We are looking for 1 or 2 great consultants.
Thanks.

VMworld 2006?

twa3 — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:18:31 GMT

VMworld 2006 has come and gone. That was a really busy week!

Kick Off Meeting

glynnd1 — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:19:25 GMT

Chris,
Thanks for a great kick off meeting.
Though I fear the bar has been set high with such good grub!
David

Member Survey

charney — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:36:41 GMT

Please fill out a member survey and send it off to me.
This will help us keep meetings interesting for the group

Thanks
Chris

charney@llbean.com