VMware Communities : Thread List - 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 (?)

Rob_B — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:53:19 GMT

Hi all! I know that for those of us using Macs, we can virtualize OS X 10.5 Server under VMware Fusion 2. But I am curious - is there a way that we can virtualize either the server or client versions of Leopard on an ESX host? Has anyone been able to accomplish this?

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

sbroskey — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:11:58 GMT

I rushed thru an ESX 3.5 host install and forgot to create my partition with a 4m block. The host server is located 30 miles away. It's currently formatted with the default 1 m block. Is their anyway of reformatting the partition to the 4m block remotely without having to travel to the site and perform a reinstall. There are no files on the partition; any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Scott

Is there an Agenda of events for Brunswick yet?

DeanCJohnson — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:42:35 GMT

Is there anything posted yet. I don't see it anywhere.

Tips and Tricks

charney — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:28:45 GMT

I am opening this topic in hopes that we can share some of the tips that have helped us along the way

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

harpoon70 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:19:20 GMT

Hi all, new to the forum and to vmware. Can someone please clarify the difference between "Remove from inventory" and "Delete from Disk" I definately want to free up the disk space on the SAN.
When I choose delete from disk I get an error that concerns me.
"Are you sure you want to delete this VM and its associated base disk? Please not if other VM's are sharing this base disk, they will no longer have access to this disk."

I don't know what it means when it states " other vm's sharing this base disk"

I basically just want to delete a VM that is not used anymore and free up the space on the SAN.

Thanks all,

Harpoon

Oh and I am running ESX3.01 and VMWare 2.5

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

bobbeck — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:32:41 GMT

R Beck, Jr
I am looking for some VMware users that will help me sell VMware products to one of my clients. I am working with a Public Safety department in central Massachusetts that is re-designing their IT system and would like them to look at the benefits VMware can offer.

Job / Career Corner

charney — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:35:46 GMT

Let's use this topic to list VMWare related jobs that might be available for our members.
Also, if you're a NEVMUG member looking for a job, you can post your contact information here.

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

Epod — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:01:11 GMT

Anyone know the link for the photos taken at gillet vmug last week?

Thank You,

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

Rob_B — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:49:31 GMT

Hi all! I was wondering - is it possible to create a new VM with an existing snapshot from a currently running VM? Or would I have to essentially clone that machine to a new VM and then revert to the snapshot I want?

I am using ESX Server 3.5 with a Lefthand SAN - and was curious if there may be either a separate utility I can run or if VI Client contains all the tools I would need?

Thank you all for your time!

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 — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:09:43 GMT

Date

Wednesday,
November 12, 2008

Time:
1:00pm - 7:00pm

Location:

CBS Scene Patriot Place
200 Patriot Place
Foxborough, MA
02035

(508) 203-2200

SAVE THE DATE

Please join International Computerware Inc., EMC, & VMware at CBS Scene, Patriots
Place for an informative discussion on the most compelling conversations in IT today.

Topics will include cloud computing, backup & data de-duplication, and virtualization.

CBS AND THE KRAFT GROUP

OPEN THE CBS SCENE RESTAURANT & BAR

A ONE-OF-A-KIND ENTERTAINMENT AND DINING DESTINATION

Current and Classic CBS Programming Converges With Gourmet Cuisine to Create the Next

Generation in Media and Entertainment

State-of-the-Art Three-Story Space, Featuring Over 135 High Definition Screens and Breathtaking

Views of the New England Patriots' Gillette Stadium, Is CBS

Agenda

1:00 PM - Guest Arrival and Registraion

1:30 PM – Presentations, Sponsor Showcase, Guest
Speaker

PRO FOOTBAL HALL OF FAMER – JOHN HANNAH

5:00PM - Cocktails, Appetizers, and Networking

FIRST 50 REGISTRANTS

RECEIVE TICKETS TO PATRIOTS HALL OFFAME

Send Mail to Marketing @ iciamerica.com

Or Call 508-630-1615

Seating is limited!

Click here to see the Grand Opening of CBS Scene at Pats Place!
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*Must attend event to receive

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 14:48:30 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?

virtualizationstuff — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:46:32 GMT

Sounds like a great agenda, but there is no reference to the date of the event...

VMworld 2008 Vegas

twa3 — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:13:40 GMT

Anyone already registered for this event?

After P2V, Power On Question

nesl100 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:06:07 GMT

I have just started using Converter 3.0.1 and with the first test system I ran into a problem. The system seems to have stalled at the Power On Virtual Machine step. I can't seem to cancel the step, has anyone seen this type of error before?

Regards.

Some basic Questions

gohepcat — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:23:14 GMT

I'm very new to VMware so please be patient with me.

I've downloaded VMware server 2.0 and managed to successfully created a VM of XP Pro on an XP Pro Box. Everything’s pretty good there. I just have a couple questions.

1. If I install VMware player and VMware Server on Server 2008 (64bit) I can no longer remote (RDP) into that machine. As soon as the software is installed I lose that ability. Everything else seems to work (I can reach the internet from that machine, and I can reach its web server from other machines). If I disable the VMware network connections it instantly fixes this problem.

2. Am I able to move a VM that I created in VMware Server to another machine? Is it relatively easy?

Topics Next New England VMUG meeting

charney — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:21:39 GMT

Hello Everyone.

We are already working on the next New England VMUG meeting and want to know what YOU want to hear about.

We have already booked Gillette for Thursday January 15th, We should have the Boston Garden again for May, and of course back to Maine in July!

So please let us know what you think.

Is this enough meetings in a year?

What are you interested in hearing about? Server management, Capacity planning, VDI, advanced scripting, a user round table...

Who do you want for speakers?

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 — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:49:49 GMT

Is this possible? I would think so I am sure many people have virtualized a machine and found that it was just to heavily used and a resource hog for the virtual word.

Thanks everyone

Harpoon

New to VMware products

dmach12001 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:24:41 GMT

Hello New England Area VMware users,

I have been successful within the I.T. filed for just over 10 years.
Unfortunately the last corporations I have worked with were just under 150 users and upper managements did not see the use of such products.
This as left me out of the loop. I am very interested in understanding, learning an hopefully managing VMware products in my next position.
Can any of you suggest a path for self training. A where to start if you will. I have listened to a few podcasts and will continue to listen to all of them.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

David J.Machado
Networking Admin

Great time in Maine !!!

ejward — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:41:48 GMT

Had a great time at the VMGU meeting in Maine. Took me a day to recover.

July 17, 2008 User Group event

charney — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:32:41 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

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

weaverevault — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:11:55 GMT

Hi all,

I was recently informed that my company (Evault) has been sponsoring VMUG events in other parts of the contry and would like to find the correct contact here in the Northeast to see if this may be of interest and how to go about sponsoring an event. I believe the information may be of interest to the group.

Thanks,

Brian

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

glynnd1 — Mon, 14 May 2007 15:41:18 GMT

Up in Freeport Maine.
It is a bit of a drive, 2 hours from Boston, but last years was a blast!

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?

twa3 — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:12:32 GMT

Anybody heading to this?

http://www.greenpages.com/news-events/virtual-world-08-gp.html

Job Opening: Senior Systems Administrator

Mistwire — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:12:57 GMT

Our company is just now starting to spin up most of our new infrastructure using VMWare, which is why I'm posting here.

Location: Lawrence, MA

Primary Responsibilities:
Manage large diverse systems infrastructure running at multiple data center locations.

Work with other system administrators to support large Microsoft server infrastructure (150+ server)
Troubleshoot Active Directory, Citrix (PS4/PS4.5), Exchange, SharePoint, and Web server trouble tickets.
Add and maintain users on the network; assign application access, ensure security, and maintain configurations within standards.
Monitor load balance on servers and make recommendations accordingly.
Maintain an adequate level of knowledge of operating systems and application software being used to provide a high level of support
Database administration (Oracle 9.x /10.x 32/64-bit; MS SQL 2000/2005 32/64-bit)

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

eldog2000 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:01:30 GMT

Is there anyway to get all the slides from Yesterday's Presentations infrom the ICe Arena @ TD Banknorth Garden?

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

khaze27 — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:44:28 GMT

Hello there,

I was wondering if anyone had ever seen this before. I cant get the stratus to go low! I have pasted the ntpq -p below. The jitter is at 4000.0 as well. Any one have any ideas? Thanks!

remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
==============================================================================
172.17.5.1 0.0.0.0 16 u - 128 0 0.000 0.000 4000.00
172.17.5.2 0.0.0.0 16 u - 128 0 0.000 0.000 4000.00
*LOCAL(0) LOCAL(0) 10 l 12 64 377 0.000 0.000 0.004

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

vmwcmh — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:38:57 GMT

Which is the optimal combination to access a Windows XP vm from over the Internet? What about over the LAN?

VMWare Server Console
VMWare Server Console + Remote Desktop
VMWare Server Console + vnc or other third party

VMWare Workstation + Remote Desktop
VMWare Workstation + vnc or other third party

Thanks in advance, I gotta believe that someone has already benchmarked these...

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)

upendra_sharma — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:58:09 GMT

Hi,

I am using VMWare Fusion and I have a linux VM setup. I was trying some new things with my linux kernel and because of some changes I made, the kernel is not booting ...

just after writing the above line I have managed to fix it ...

but the question is still of interest to me ... and the questions is:

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) ?

-upendra

Hosting New England Area UG meeting

steve31783 — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:56:40 GMT

Hello all.

Who would I need to contact if I were to express interest in hosting a NE area UG meeting?

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

nweissma — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:10:00 GMT

firstly, i now know nothing of vm. is there a possibility that i can intern with someone in nyc? i tried the nyc users group but they seem inactive.

2nd, please consider these circumstances: an intel processor (e6400) and motherboard (DG965RY) ... c:\250GB hdd ... d:\500GB hdd ... vista-32 as the exclusive resident on c:\ (as far as i know, vista knows nothing of d:\).

i want to install ubuntu and unix on the currently-vacant d:\, and be able to switch between the 3 os's, or run 2 os's simultatneously.

can i use vmware's $free software to realize this?

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 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:30:11 GMT

Good Morning All
I hope that you found the July user group meeting informative a fun!

Here is the presentation from Mark Brunstad, a VMware trainer from Lubec Maine.

VMworld 2007

twa3 — Thu, 17 May 2007 14:19:03 GMT

Hello,

Looks like open registration has started for VMworld 2007. I'm planning on attending, anyone else?

Anyone familiar with the San Fran area?
Hotels?
NEVMUG vmworld activities?

ESX Patch update utility with GUI

twa3 — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:38:03 GMT

I have found a great little utility for patching ESX servers. The utility downloads the patches to a repo folder you select. The utility contains a web server which defaults to port 5050 for hosting the patches. This particular GUI looks like a professional product. It uses .Net framework 3.0 which will need to be installed before instaling the utility. Anyhow, check it out:

http://www.vmts.net/VMTSPatchManager.htm

-tOM

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

wbednarzyk — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:31:24 GMT

anyone recieve an invite to this meeting?

Topic: New England Area VMware User Group
Date: January 18, 2007
Time: 1:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time (GMT -05:00, New York)

Location: Hyatt Regency Newport
One Goat Island
Newport, RI 02840

Where can I get more info about the mtg?

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 — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:52:55 GMT

Is anyone attending the VMworld conference in LA? I'm planning on it, but have yet to receive my confirmation from VM.

Kick Off Meeting

charney — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:00:14 GMT

New England VMware User Group (NEVMUG) Kickoff Meeting
July 20, 2006

Dear Fellow VMware Users,

Please join us for the New England VMware User Group (NEVMUG) kickoff meeting.
Meet with VMware staff and your fellow VMware users and share tips, tricks and knowledge.

The New England VMWare User Group (NEVMUG) Steering Committee and VMware would like to extend a welcome and open invitation to attend the first NEVMUG meeting:

Date: July 20, 2006
Time: 12:00 am 4:00 pm (Lobster bake to follow)
(Lobster bake is graciously being provided by VMware)
Location: Casco Conference Center, L.L. Bean, Inc (Freeport, ME.)

Directions:
Directions: Take 295 North to Exit 20/Freeport. From Exit 20, turn right onto Desert Road. Bear left onto Lower Maine Street/Route 1 through two traffic lights. Turn right at the next light onto Casco Street; L.L.Bean Administrative Offices will be on your left. The visitor parking lot is on your left. The Casco Conference is in the second building on the left, up the stairs

Agenda:
-VMUG Charter/Introductions
-Customer Roundtable
-Virtual Infrastructure 3 Deep Dive
-TSX content
-DRS Technical Presentation
-VI3 Pricing Bundles De-mystified
-Closing/ Next Meeting

The New England VMware User Group (NEVMUG) is a not-for-profit organization focusing on all aspects of virtual technology with particular emphasis on VMWare technology products and services. Members come from throughout New England.

Please visit the NEVMUG VMware Forum and complete the member survey form at:
http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=45324&tstart=0

Space is limited so please register ASAP by clicking the Enroll button below.

As we approach the July 20th kickoff meeting, we will provide more detailed information in the NEVMUG VMWare Forum.

See you there!

Message was edited by:
charney

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