VMware Communities : Thread List - UK London Area User Group

New to London VMUG

stevebryen — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:45:43 GMT

Hi,

I have seen that there is a London VMUG on the 24th November 2009 and I am interested in attending.

How do I go about applying for this? Do i need to Register or sign up anywhere?

Thanks

Steve

UK London VMware User Group Meeting, Tuesday 24th November 2009 - PLEASE DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD

piglet — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:06:52 GMT

Dear All,

Something of a packed email this time around, so please bear with me.

1) Firstly, our next session will be on Tuesday 24th November, and is going to focus fairly heavily on vSphere. If any of you would like to present on a vSphere-related topic with which you have good, recent experience, please get in touch with me as soon as possible. This could be any of installation, upgrade (hosts, VC, VMs), networking, storage, design changes, operations changes, backup, DR, third party tools, and so on. There are some fantastic giveaways that are available to anyone who presents a session, so please do get in touch. This is a *user*group, after all

2) Secondly, please note that after this event, invitation emails will be arriving from londonvmug at yahoo dot com. Confirmation emails from yourselves will need to be sent to that address from then on (although not for this meeting). If you need to have the new address added to a whitelist at work, please do so as soon as possible.

3) Thirdly, and finally, the bit you've been waiting for, the event details:

The Steering Committee are pleased to announce the next UK London VMware User Group meeting, kindly sponsored by Symantec, to be held on Tuesday 24th November 2009. We hope to see you at the meeting, and afterwards for a drink or two.

Our meeting will be held at the Thames Suite, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 33 Queen Street, London EC4R 1AP, +44 (0)20 7248 4444. The nearest tube station is Mansion House, location information is available here. Reception is from 1230 for a prompt 1pm start, to finish around 5pm. Our agenda looks something like this:

1100 - 1200 (Optional) Powershell workshop - Jonathan Medd (get-tovenue | early) to cover PS one-liner solutions and new VI toolkit functionality

12:30 – 13:00 Arrive & Refreshments
13:00 – 13:15 Welcome & News - Alaric Davies
13:20 – 14:05 Sponsor Presentation - Symantec
14:10 – 14:55 ESX Home Lab/White box setup - Simons Gallagher & Seagrave
15:00 – 15:20 Refreshment Break
15:25 – 16:00 Session 3 - vSphere topics, Guy Chapman, Mike Laverick, audience
16:05 – 16:45 Session 4 - vSphere topics, Alaric Davies, Mike Laverick, audience
16:45 – 17:00 Close
17:00 – Pub

To register your interest in attending, please send an email to alaricdavies at yahoo dot com with up to two named attendees from your organisation. If you do not receive a confirmation email, please don't just turn up since we will not be able to admit you to the meeting. Please separately mention if you intend attending Jon's Powershell workshop at 1100. Content from the meetings will continue to be uploaded to www.box.net/londonug, NDA permitting.

Sincerely, and with regards,

The UKLVMUG Steering Committe

Functional Design, VM Web-Application

twosliced — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:30:22 GMT

hallo folk!

i am new in Virtual Machines sphere, and need help in writing functional design of my project. Project is - to write a web-inrweface in internet system, where users could create/make configurations,modification their own virtual machines. application must use esx server and vmlogix lab manager.

i myself must decide what functions will it have. here are some i have thought of:

user must have username and password to login.

-user must be able to make changes with his/her account.
-one user can only create max. 10 virtual machines from all the templates, which application contains.

user can not download any other softwares or programs, or change any OS.
user can start/stopr his/her VM
user can view status of his/her VM (running/stopped)

-...

please, if there is anybody, who is spesialized in these sphere, help to list any other functions...

apprreciate your help in advance,
lema

VMware stand alone

mrpaperclip — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:54:25 GMT

Hi,

What i'm looking for is a vmware product like esx that i can run on a stand alone pc, i want to do this so i can have multiple machines running on a remote laptop/pc without having to load windows twice (once on the main machine and then again on the vm machine)

I've had a little look round but i couldn't see anything!

Also i tried installing esxi on a pc and got these to failed messages.

Failed to load tpm

Failed to load lvmdriver

I wasnt installing this on a real server could this be the problem?

Cheers for any help that can be offerd!!!

London VMware Usergroup 24th Sept 2009 - Agenda

MR-T — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:55:37 GMT

For those still wondering what we're actually going to discuss on the 24th, the wait is over.

Attached is the agenda.

UK London VMware Usergroup meeting - Thursday 24th September 2009

MR-T — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:50:08 GMT

All, the next event will take place on Thursday 24th September at the London Chamber of Commerce (usual spot).

Expect a full agenda to appear here soon, but I just wanted to mark peoples diaries.

Anyone going to the free VMexpo at Earls Court 07/08 Oct 2009

OldDogNewTricks — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:04:36 GMT

Hi All,

anyone going to visit the VMexpo at Earls Court in October?

What are you hoping to SEE, FIND, LEARN?

URL for FREE ENTRY Registration

http://www.ipexpo.co.uk/IP-Expo/Register-for-the-Events/?WT.mc_id=IP09359XUIER

Is the next VMUG happening next week?

rickyelqasem — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:52:26 GMT

Alaric is the next London VMUG happening next week?

Ricky El-Qasem

VCI/VCP - MCSE - RHCT

Windows Activation cannot start - so cannot activate - and cannot install VMWare Tools.

cstretch — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:43:08 GMT

Hi

I wonder if anyone can help with this one. I have cloned a laptop, and now it requires windows XP Home activation ( of course ) but the activation wizard hangs - it gets the window open and freezes.
I cannot install VMWare tools in safe mode, so if the activation window is hanging because of this, I am nuked.

I take it I couldn't install VMWare tools before I cloned the machine ? Is that a complete newbie question or what.

I would really appreciate any thoughts.

It was a dell inspiron 6200 laptop with XP home. The resultant image is running on workstation 6 on a vista machine.

Thanks

Craig.;

What is the difference between the snapshots?

Corochun — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:35:28 GMT

Hi All,

Maybe you can advise: if snapshots are not recommended in production, what is the differense between mannually taken snapshots and those ones taken by VCB? The statement from VCB administration guide "Consolidated Backup flushes the transient writes in the guest operating system and suspends any further writes for a few seconds in order to create a crash-consistent virtual machine image" tells me nothing. How does VCB ensure consistent backup? Is the same technology in use when i create snapshot manually? Can backup consistency be guaranteed without VMware tools installed on the VM i want to backup with VCB?

Thanks,
Kirill.

Expanding a Virtual Disk in ESX

bblqk83 — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:11:19 GMT

I need to expand a Virtual Disk in ESX, I have looked through the book and the VMWARE Site but no luck...

Does anybody know the Command to do this????

Cheers

Templates

gtb007 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:23:52 GMT

Hi Everyone

I have a question,wev'e been having problems with Administrators converting templates to VM's,my question is can i change permissions somewhere or is there a way of hiding the convert to virtual machine option.

Thanks

Whitebox / network card issue

Lomex — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:12:51 GMT

I've been reading a lot about whiteboxes and having a test esx3.5/i environment. I managed to get 3.5 installed onto an old compaq D530 USDT unit (great little machine even if it does run hot).

The trouble I'm having is that the throughput on the network interface is really quite crap, the box only has one expansion card slot - PCI which can only take a card 5.8 inches long. I was wondering if any one knew of any dual port PCI cards that are known to work with esx that are also short - or failing that, anyone have any ingenious ideas

Many thanks

Who would like to attend a powershell for newbs by Alan

Kevin Hamilton — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:54:55 GMT

Hello all, I thought Alaric's idea of running some early sessions concentrating on specific topics a great idea. To follow up on it I asked Alan Renouf how keen he would be to run a Powershell class for Newbs.

To my great relief he thinks it is a great idea and one he has mentioned himself.

I am new to Powershell but love it to bits, my big prob is it is bleedin easy to rely on top blokes like Al and LucD who provide time and effort helping write the scripts for Newbs like me who are struggling to write them. As I have taken advantage of these guy's amongst others relentlessly I now need to show a bit of commitment to learning to do it myself. Al is offering to help run a bit of class to show us the way to go.

Please add to this thread if you would be interested in attending to ensure he has a good audience. Also it will show there is enough interest and Alaric I am sure will kindly arrange for it to happen.

Alaric if you need any additional help let me know.

Cheers

UK London VMware User Group Meeting, Thursday 14th May 2009 - PLEASE DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD

piglet — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:44:27 GMT

Dear All,

The Steering Committee are pleased to announce the next UK London VMware User Group meeting, kindly sponsored by DynamicOps, to be held on Thursday 14th May 2009. We hope to see you at the meeting, and afterwards for a drink or two.

Our meeting will be held at the Capital Suite, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 33 Queen Street, London EC4R 1AP, +44 (0)20 7248 4444. The nearest tube station is Mansion House, location information is available here.

Reception is from 1230 for a prompt 1pm start, to finish around 5pm. Our agenda is not final at the moment, but looks something like this:

1100 - 1200 (Optional) Powershell workshop - Alan Renouf

12:30 – 13:00 Arrive & Refreshments
13:00 – 13:15 Welcome & News
13:20 – 14:05 Sponsor Presentation - DynamicOps
14:10 – 14:55 Session 2
15:00 – 15:20 Refreshments Break
15:25 – 16:00 Session 3
16:05 – 16:45 Session 4
16:45 – 17:00 Close
17:00 – Pub

The eagle-eyed among you will have noticed the enigmatically-titled Sessions 1, 2 and 3. For these we're hoping to arrange any/all of:

ESX in the DMZ and/or
VMware and Security
vSphere preview screening
Top 10 Support Issues (and fixes!)
Mr Steve Chambers (yorkie) Senior Architect at VMware regaling us with a worthwhile topic or two
Case Study - if you have a tale worth telling about your implementation of VMware, please contact me

To register your interest in attending, please reply with up to two named attendees from your organisation to alaricdavies at yahoo dot com. If you do not receive a confirmation mail from us, please don't just turn up since we will not be able to admit you to the meeting. Please separately mention if you intend attending Alan's Powershell workshop at 1100. Content from the meetings will continue to be uploaded to http://public.box.net/londonug, NDA permitting.

Sincerely, and with regards,

The UKLVMUG Steering Committee

UK London VMware User Group Meeting, Tuesday 10th March 2009 - PLEASE DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD

piglet — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:02:20 GMT

Dear All,

The Steering Committee are pleased to announce the next UK London VMware User
Group meeting, now kindly sponsored by Veeam Software, to be held
on Tuesday 10th March 2009. We hope to see you at the meeting, and
afterwards for a drink or two.

Our meeting will be held at the Thames Suite, London Chamber of Commerce and
Industry, 33 Queen Street, London EC4R 1AP, +44 (0)20 7248 4444. The nearest
tube station is Mansion House, location information is available here.

PLEASE NOTE: As well as the date changing from the previously-published one, the day
has also changed to Tuesday, and we're in a different part of the venue
from normal (out of the lift, turn right). Rest assured, the usual UG
staples of great content and me banging on about Powershell will be
present and correct.

Reception is from 1230 for a prompt 1pm start, to finish around 5pm. Our agenda
for is not final at the moment, but looks something like this:

12:30 – 13:00 Arrive & Refreshments
13:00 – 13:15 Welcome & News
13:20 – 14:05 Sponsor Presentation - TBA
14:10 – 14:55 Presentation on real world Site Recovery Manager experience
15:00 – 15:20 Refreshments Break
15:25 – 16:00 Committee-moderated, user-generated content and discussion (some good stuff being lined up here)
16:05 – 16:45 VMworld Cannes debrief
16:45 – 17:00 Close
17:00 – Pub

Please feel free to contribute to the 'UG content ideas' forum thread running here. We won't be able
to incorporate all of the ideas for this coming meeting, but will do our best
to include some of them.

To register your interest in attending, please reply with up to two named
attendees from your organisation to alaricdavies at yahoo dot com. If you do not receive a confirmation mail
from us, please don't just turn up since we will not be able to admit you to
the meeting. Content from the meetings will continue to be uploaded to http://public.box.net/londonug,
NDA permitting.

Sincerely, and with regards,

The UKLVMUG Steering Committee

Message was edited by: oreeh

Reason: removed the smiley from the subject

Oliver Reeh
VMware Communities User Moderator

Auto-starting a Vm at a given time

cptbob — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:31:41 GMT

Hey everyone,

This is my first post, so please bear with me. I hope this is an ok topic in this area.

I have setup vmware ESXi and started installing my VM's

I am looking to auto start a vm at midnight. The server can autorun a script and shutdown automatically. But I can't seem to work out how (or if it's possible) to auto start at a predefined time.

Any help would be really appreciated

Virtualization advice for Website testing

so7 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:40:02 GMT

just a quick inquiry about some Virtualisation products. I'm after a solution for my Web development team to test websites and thought i'd check in with you.

Scenario: Team of Web developers who need to test websites in multiple browsers on cross platforms - Various flavours of XP// Vista possibly Ubuntu Linux

Solution: Machine dedicated to remote log-in with various OS/ images users can access. simultaneous user log-ins // or simply the ability to run guest machines in a multi-processor environment

Closest product comparison is microsoft virtual server except i have no need to run any any server software and need the ability for the web developers to log on remotely and use the resources //

Any suggestions // direction would be much appreciated!

< thank you />

Need help changing bridged/vmnet1 to static address

donaldd — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:39:50 GMT

I have recently installed workstation 6.5 on my vista laptop created an xp virtual machine which I need to connect to my linux server samba share 192.168.1.10 on my home network.

Please could someone explain how I can change my bridged/vmnet1 to a static address that can connect to it.

Thanks in advance

Who is going to VMworld Europe 2009?

paul_xtravirt — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:14:24 GMT

Hey,

Who out of the crowd is heading to VMworld in Cannes next week? Does anyone know if there is an England\Ireland party again this year?

If anyone fancies hooking up for a drink and a chat feel free to call me - 07958442593

Thanks,
Paul Davey
Xtravirt

If you found this helpful, please consider awarding points

Next User Group request

technorock — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:02:22 GMT

Thought it's about time I placed something on here after attending the last two events.

Although ESX3.5 U2 and the illusive time bomb added some entertainment there were many serious questions asked which brings me onto a comment made by Alaric "If you don't' tell us what you want we can't help" or words to that effect.

Well as converted on the principles of VI toolkit I was wondering if it would be possible to provide a script center where members could contribute their scripts from basic to advanced, hoping Steve Bruck kindly adds the ones he presented at the last event.

I'm personally interested in the means of creating a health check script containing some of the following:

(*Export a host list with any in a status of offline, containing hlogs, snapshots, ntp time status including permit root logon status. Export a VM List per host, with any VMs showing an alert status of red or listed as unregistered with VMTools status as oldTools.)*

Other areas to delve into are performance stats on CPU/Mem including LUN capacity with thresholds and exporting this to .csv or google chart. To keep up with security policies how to change bulk root passwords.

For the next event possibly someone with VMark experience could give an overview on problems found/overcome as many consolidations now require monitoring and performance suitability evidence before being considered for entry into a virtual environment.

Let's hope I've not pushed the boat out but got the ball rolling, I'm sure many of us could add or come up with loads more...

Patching ESXi 3.5 U3 Installable with HP Management Components

jrmatias — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:27:18 GMT

I've installed

"ESXi 3.5 U3 Installable with HP Management Components" - Build 123629 (3.50 Upd3 17Nov2008) on a couple of HP Proliant DL380 G5.

Basically this is a "parallel" download available at the esxi downloads page (HP_Installer_Image-123629.iso),
that includes esxi/snmp components that allow "HP Insight Manager Agents"
from inside Virtual Machines, transparently access hardware status (via snmp).

The esxi had a couple of Patches and is now at the Build 143129.
For patching purposes can I use the esxi Standard Patches ?

ESXe350-200811401-O-SG - PATCH >>> Build 130755 (02.Dec.2008)
ESXe350-200901401-O-SG - PATCH >>> Build 143129 (30.Jan.2009)

I've tested, and patches do install OK through "VMware Infrastructure Update" (VIC Component),
but I need to be sure before going into production.

Any help welcomed,

Jorge Roque Matias

SCSI passthru question

PaulWood — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:51:26 GMT

Hi,

Just want to check if people have seen this before. I have a supported scsi card in one of my host that has a vm on of BackupExec 12.5.

Now the issue was that this at the time was not my main backup server as moving from physical to virtual and setup the VM server with the scsi device connected and then shut down the server once happy and connected the scsi device back to the physical server.

When the vm was powered backup it hangs there at the vm BIOS screen for a very long time and does the same on the Windows splash screen. After some thought I checked the host and it was still holding ghost scsi device in storage in VC. Once I did a rescan and the scsi device's went and the VM powered up fine.

Once I attached the scsi device's back to the host and did a rescan the VM powered up fine again.

Has anyone else seen this or is this just an issue with my setup?

Cisco portfast and HA

PaulWood — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:28:24 GMT

Hi,

I have a cisco stack that has two vlans on. I have heard that I should have portfast enabled on the switch but wonder if others have any views on this.

Vendor representation from EMC in the VMware space for the UK and Ireland

bladeraptor — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:32:14 GMT

My name is Alex Tanner and I am the aligned EMC Technology Consultant for VMware related matters in the UK and Ireland

My role is to provide technical continuity between VMware and EMC when discussing EMC and VMware solutions with customers and partners

I tend to post more in the SRM sections but would welcome an opportunity to offer a view and respond to questions on any storage / managment / replication or backup questions on these UK boards, as these types of topics are where EMC has a broad portfolio of VMware integrated solutions

I would also like to offer a link to the blog of my boss Chad Sakac who posts regularly on a wide range of VMware related issues - not just product and solution pitches I assure you but useful practical hints and explanations for VMware topics such as HA and networking

http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/

A recent topic of interest here might be A "Multivendor Post" to help our mutual iSCSI customers using VMware"

http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2009/01/a-multivendor-post-to-help-our-mutual-iscsi-customers-using-vmware.html

For those of you interested in working with Site Recovery Manager but who lack the storage to do so - a how to document and details to download the EMC Celerra simulator can be found here

http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2008/12/site-recovery-manager-in-a-can---celerra-virtual-appliance-howto-401.html

Many thanks

Alex Tanner

Next VMUG Meeting - London?

MarkMaiden — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:48:38 GMT

Hi UK London Area User Group.

I am new to the VMUG and was wondering when the next London VMUG meeting possibly could be? What's the possible content and how the meetings work? I have been listening to the round table podcasts, and they speak about the VMUGs often.

Any details would be great?

Regards Mark

# sign instead of pound sign in vmware fusion using windows xp professional

pennydwaters — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:02:01 GMT

Hi to anyone reading this! Can you tell me why the VM doesn't recognise the pound sign? When I press the shift + 3, I get the # sign (in internet explorer). Also, in Quickbooks it shows the $ sign rather than a pound sign, even though UK is the company address. Even more confusing, in the VMware help search box I can type the pound sign!! It works ok in Mac applications too. I'm very new to VMware Fusion and Macs, so please be gentle with me!!!

How do I load Windows applications into Vista?

Newtwo — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:26:18 GMT

Can anybody help me out...As my username suggests I am new to macs, Fusion and to Vista.
I have successfully loaded Fusion onto my iMac along with Vista Home Premium, but now I need to instal a Windows only application onto the machine using the Vista O/S. I will need to be able to copy and paste between the mac and the virtual machine.
Can anybody tell me how 1. I load the windows only application? and 2. How do I configure the two O/S's to enable copy and paste between the two?

Thanks for your help

very first time with VMWare.

postmanpat — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:00:23 GMT

hello fellow users, my name is chris and I would appreciate some help and assistance. (please) I have installed VMware Workstation so far so good. What I would like to know is this. When I come to install a Linux o/s from either a full installation disc or a live cd, I am scared that when it comes to actually installing the o/s does it really install to my internal hard drive on my laptop or to a "virtual" hard drive? This is probably the most ridiculous question ever asked, but I am a real beginner in this Virtual world. I have MEDION AKOYA laptop, 3 gig ram 250 gig hard drive. Present o/s vista home premium, which I am not keen on. Any help, advice or assistance greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Task failed: P2VError UNKNOWN_METHOD_FAULT(sysimage.fault.PlatformError)

Markysparks — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:22:03 GMT

Hi,

I am attempting to hot clone a dl370 G3, windows 2000 server but it fails at the point when it clones the 2nd HDD.

It currently has 2 logical drives C: & D:. It clones C: drive fine but fails when starting to clone D: Drive

The error taken from the log file is: -* _Task failed: P2VError UNKNOWN_METHOD_FAULT(sysimage.fault.PlatformError)_*

I am using an account with Domain admins to access the virtualcenter server and local admin account to access source machine.

I have attached the error logs for assistance.

Any Help is greatly appreciated

Future User Group Request

alanrenouf — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:24:02 GMT

I have been thinking about a few subjects which may be interesting to discuss following the last meetings round table type Q and A section.

I think it may be usefull to discuss peoples experiences/best practices and issues in the following (Feel free to add more to this discussion):

P2V
- Best practice
- Experiences
- Issues
Virtualising Citrix (in vmware of course)
- Tweeks
- Experiences
- VM config
- Number of users
- Testing methods
Virtualising Exchange
- Tweeks
- Experiences
- VM config
- Number of users
- Testing methods
Virtualising SQL
- Tweeks
- Experiences
- VM config
- Number of users
- Testing methods
ESX in the DMZ
- Experiences
- Config
- ESX3 vs 3i
- Security hardening

Just wanted to through a few ideas out there and see if anyone else was interested in this ? Apologies if these have been discussed already, the last meeting was the first I have attended.

Last User Group

alanrenouf — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:47:45 GMT

If you missed the last User Group I thought I would type up my notes which can be found here...

http://teckinfo.blogspot.com/2008/10/vmware-london-user-group.html

And also mentioend at the UG was a tool to manage multiple VC's, this can be found here.....

http://teckinfo.blogspot.com/2008/10/control-multiple-vcs.html

Additions and comments are most welcome !

This User Group,

Markysparks — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:26:33 GMT

Hi,

Is this a support forum, where I can get advice from other VMware experts on problems and issues that i may have with our VMWare infrastructure, or can it not be used for that.

Thanks

Markysparks

CPU Cores vs. Virtual Processors?

gordonp79 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:58:01 GMT

Hi,

I am new to VMware ESXi, and would like to know what the relation between CPU cores and Virtual Processors is?

I have a Dual Quad Xeon server - essentially 8 cores. ESXi recognises both quads and all 8 cores, but I am only able to assign 1, 2 or 4 virtual processors to a SLES 10-64bit VM?

Sould I not be able to assign 8 virtual processors (assuming 1 CPU core = 1 Virtual processor) to the VM?

Any help much apprecited.

UK London VMware User Group Meeting, Thursday 30th October 2008 - PLEASE DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD :-)

piglet — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:18:57 GMT

Dear All,

The Steering Committee are pleased to announce the next UK London VMware User Group meeting, kindly sponsored by Compellent (www.compellent.com), to be held on Thursday 30th October 2008. We hope to see you at the meeting, and afterwards for a drink or two.

Our meeting will be held at the Capital Suite, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 33 Queen Street, London EC4R 1AP, +44 (0)20 7248 4444. The nearest tube station is Mansion House, location information is available here .

Reception is from 1230 for a prompt 1pm start, to finish around 5pm. Our agenda for this meeting looks something like this:

12:30 - 13:00 Arrive & Refreshments
13:00 - 13:15 Welcome & News
13:20 - 14:05 Sponsor Presentation - Compellent
14:10 - 14:55 Presentation on Lifecycle Manager by Alexey Stokes, VMware
15:00 - 15:20 Refreshments Break
15:25 - 16:00 "If I knew then what I know now" Virtualization lessons learned, Tom Brand, Morse
16:05 - 16:45 VMworld debrief and VI4 - what we can tell you
16:45 - 17:00 Close
17:00 - Pub

Please feel free to contribute to the 'UG content ideas' forum thread running here . We won't be able to incorporate any of the ideas for this coming meeting, but will do our best to include some of them next year.

To register your interest in attending, please send an email to alaricdavies at yahoo dot com with up to two named attendees from your organisation. If you do not receive a confirmation mail from us, please don't just turn up since we will not be able to admit you to the meeting. Content from the meetings will continue to be uploaded to http://public.box.net/londonug , NDA permitting.

Sincerely, and with regards,

The UKLVMUG Steering Committee

Colin Styles (colin.styles at btconnect.com)
Stuart Thompson (stuart.thompson97 at ntlworld.com)
Alaric Davies (alaricdavies at yahoo.com)
Mike Laverick (mikelaverick at rtfm-ed.co.uk)
Alex Mittell (alex.mittell at xtravirt.com)

VI Toolkit for Windows (Powershell)

alanrenouf — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:14:32 GMT

If anyone is interested in the VI toolkit for windows or powershell in general, I will be attending the next Powershell User Group and would welcome any questions on my scripts or try and help anyone wanting to know more about the VI toolkit, although im still learning myself.

The details are here: http://teckinfo.blogspot.com/2008/10/uk-powershell-user-group.html

If nothing else there is free pizza and a good atmosphere !

Sorry for making an 'Advertising post' in this forum but it is related

Powershell Script at last VMUG

Kevin Hamilton — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:28:22 GMT

My memory is like a sieve, I believe Steve covered a powershell script which he enabled him to pull of the config of one ESX server then have it forced onto a new one to make sure they where the same. Is there a generally available script that does the same thing. Or if you read this Steve any chance i can get a copy so I can whole heartedly plagiarise it to my hearts content. I promise to buy you a beer or 2. Right now I aint got the skill to write the script myself

Cheers

VMWARE VCP TRAINING WEEKEND LONDON

alex_ush — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:25:51 GMT

Hi,

Is anyone interested in VMWARE weekend training ?

I am trying to arganise a group of 12 to be able to arrange a weekend course in London. All contractors are welcome

contact me by email: alex@bsecured.com

Regards,

Alex

Remote control of vm on esx

chryobcn — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:16:24 GMT

Hello!!

I'll want to prepare my own lab with esx.

There is some way to use the same esx server to connect and control the vm machines?

Thanks .

UK London VMware User Group Meeting, Thursday 14th August 2008 - PLEASE DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD :-)

piglet — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:36:22 GMT

Dear All,

The Steering Committee are pleased to announce the next UK London VMware User Group meeting, kindly sponsored by Sun Microsystems, to be held on Thursday 14th August 2008.

We hope to see you at the meeting, and afterwards for a drink or two. If you aren't able to make it on this occasion, please make a note of Thursday 30th October, the confirmed date for our next session. An invitation to that meeting will follow in due course.

Our meeting will be held at the Capital Suite, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 33 Queen Street, London EC4R 1AP , +44 (0)20 7248 4444. The nearest tube station is Mansion House, location information is available here .

Reception is from 1230 for a prompt 1pm start, to finish around 5pm. Our agenda for this meeting looks something like this:

12:30 - 13:00 Arrive & Refreshments
13:00 - 13:15 Welcome & News
13:20 - 14:05 Sponsor Presentation - Sun Microsystems
14:10 - 14:55 Presentation on Site Recovery Manager by VMware
15:00 - 15:20 Refreshments Break
15:25 - 16:00 Powershell Part Deux/VMware Update Manager
16:05 - 16:45 Virtualisation roadmap update
16:45 - 17:00 Close
17:00 - Pub

If there are particular Powershell solutions that you would like us to cover, feel free to send us your ideas - we will do our best to address them in this, or a subsequent presentation.

To register your interest in attending, please send an email with up to two named attendees from your organisation to alaricdavies at yahoo dot com. If you do not receive a confirmation mail from us, please don't just turn up since we will not be able to admit you to the meeting. Please note that content from the meetings will continue to be uploaded to http://public.box.net/londonug , NDA permitting.

Sincerely, and with regards,

The UKLVMUG Steering Committee

sharing files between OS and virtual OS

Trondheim1 — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:12:16 GMT

hey

I'm running Vmware Server and Vmware Server Console (1.04) on my machine (winxp). I have 5 virtual machines
running on this computer. I'm trying to share som files on one of these virtual machines with the main OS on the machine. I'm not sure how I can share a file (it's just a text file) so it becomes available from the main machine computer's OS

any suggestions?

Is there a user group meeting this month?

actixsupport — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:09:31 GMT

Is there a user group meeting this month?

Ray

ESX Server Shows Unlicensed... After providing Host Based License

R@hizRulez — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:31:14 GMT

Hi All,

I am stuck up in the middle for my client on production environment.

I have generated a 4 x 2CPU Licenses as host based license and the server is running as standalone.

When i provide the license, it shows as registered, but when i Click on Edit to change from Unlicensed to ESX Standard, it provides me that VCB license will be disabled. Though, the page shows me as Unlicensed.

I have tried in my another test server and it works fine. My client is having a 2 CPU's.

I appreciate if someone can help me resolve this issue. Attaching snapshot

Any command or do i need to delete any file to get the new license file to work.

Regards,
Rahiz

Exchange server 2003 moving the vm session

Stevejd — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:33:12 GMT

Ok first off no expert at VM's or AD/Exchange but I have been dumped in the driver seat.

Moving from GSX 3.2.1 build 1928 (i know!) to the latest version of Vmware Server, do I need to run Vmware convertor? I don't beleive so.

Ok need to move 4x vm sessions to another host. This means new ips, anyhow here is the layout.
AD/Exchange Server DNS/WINS (Server 2003 Exchange 2003 same box)
3x mailstore vms
Server WebServer
2x xp workstations

Ok once i get these boys to a new location I'm going to be using Vmware server (politics lack of cash at this time, been through why we should use payed versions it's not going to happen)
Once I have the VM's installed using the same format they came from (drive partitions etc) what should i expect when changin ips within VM and Windows OS systems.
Default gateway and DNs will need to change will AD/Exchange have any issues with this? I'm pretty sure AD will be ok but I'm not sure how exchange will handle the change of IP (even though its held on the domain controller)

Any other issues i should be aware of when moving.

Thanks

Regards

Steve (in for a long weekend)

UK London VMware User Group Meeting, Thursday 15th May 2008 - PLEASE DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD :-)

piglet — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:53:30 GMT

Dear All,

The Steering Committee are pleased to announce the next UK London VMware User Group meeting, kindly sponsored by Datacore, to be held on Thursday 15th May 2008.

We hope to see you at the meeting, and afterwards for a drink or two. If you aren't able to make it on this occasion, please make a note of Thursday 14th August, the confirmed date for our next session. An invitation to that meeting will follow in due course.

Our meeting will be held at the Capital Suite, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 33 Queen Street, London EC4R 1AP , +44 (0)20 7248 4444. The nearest tube station is Mansion House, location information is available here.

Reception is from 1230 for a prompt 1pm start, to finish around 5pm. Our agenda for this meeting is a work of beauty and looks something like this:

12:30 - 13:00 Arrive & Refreshments

13:00 - 13:15 Welcome & News

13:15 - 13:55 VMware Presentation - VDI/VDM and Thinstall, Martyn Storey

14:00 - 14:45 Sponsor Presentation - DataCore

14:45 - 15:05 Refreshments Break

15:05 - 15:50 Breakout sessions I

Session 1 - Powershell/Automation/The Whole Nine Yards
Session 2 - Moving to ESX 3.5 (real world experience)

15:50 - 15:55 Session Speaker Changeover

15:55 - 16:40 Breakout sessions II

Session 1 - Moving to ESX 3.5 (real world experience)
Session 2 - Powershell/Automation/The Whole Nine Yards

16:45 - 17:00 Close

17:00 - Pub

To register your interest in attending, please email alaricdavies at yahoo dot com with up to two named attendees from your organisation. If you do not receive a confirmation mail from us, please don't just turn up since we will not be able to admit you to the meeting. Please note that content from the meetings will continue to be uploaded to http://public.box.net/londonug, NDA permitting.

Sincerely, and with regards,

The UKLVMUG Steering Committee

Colin Styles (colin.styles at btconnect.com)
Stuart Thompson (stuart.thompson97 at ntlworld.com)
Lee James (lee.james at uk.bp.com)
Mike Laverick (mikelaverick at rtfm-ed.co.uk)
Alex Mittell (alex.mittell at oucs.ox.ac.uk)
Alaric Davies (alaricdavies at yahoo.com)

May 15th 2008 - Next London Usergroup meeting

thomps01 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:48:40 GMT

Stick the 15th May in your diary for the next usergroup.

We have a sponsor for this event - DataCore http://www.datacore.com/ & VMware will also present their VDI/VDM solution.

The meeting will be held at the London Chamber of Commerce and full details will be posted in the next 7 days.

Look forward to seeing you there!

VMware Virtual Infrastructure for Operators

course academy — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:47:56 GMT

Hello,

could anyone point me in teh direction of a vmware trainer who can run the following course http://www.courseacademy.com/courseinfo/CourseCode/VMIO/courses/724/training/VMware/title/VMware-Virtual-Infrastructure-for-Operators/

regards

Nick

UK London VMware User Group Meeting, Thursday 13th March 2008 - PLEASE DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD :-)

piglet — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:42:01 GMT

Dear All,

The Steering Committee are pleased to announce the next UK London VMware User Group meeting, kindly sponsored by Dell Solutions, to be held on Thursday 13th March 2008. We regret the late notice of this meeting due to circumstances beyond our control.

We hope to see you at the meeting, and afterwards for a drink or two. If you aren't able to make it on this occasion, please pencil in Thursday 15th May, the intended date for our next session. An invitation to that meeting will follow in due course.

Our meeting will be held at the Capital Suite, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 33 Queen Street , London EC4R 1AP , +44 (0)20 7248 4444. The nearest tube station is Mansion House, location information is available here .

Reception is from 1230 for a prompt 1pm start, to finish around 5pm. Our agenda is still being finalised but will include such staples as an irreverent news section, a presentation from Dell Solutions, an item on automated builds and even a few prizes from VMworld Europe. We're also happy to confirm the dogged persistence of our animated breakout sessions, driven by your good selves.

To register your interest in attending, please email alaricdavies at yahoo dot com with up to two named attendees from your organisation. If you do not receive a confirmation mail from us, please don't just turn up, since we will not be able to admit you to the meeting. Please note that content from the meetings will continue to be uploaded to http://public.box.net/londonug, NDA permitting.

Sincerely, and with regards,

The UKLVMUG Steering Committee

When is the next meeting

titn003 — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:51:49 GMT

i have a vague recollection that the next meeting is around now.

Please can someone confirm when it is and where it is

thank you

mark

Site visit / Recommendations required

thefidds — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:35:02 GMT

I work for a central Government office in London. We are looking to implement VMWare ESX servers for both our development and production environments. I am currently stuck trying to obtain a site visit or reference site. I have received a number of promises from a number of sources that they can get me a site visit, however none have so far been forthcoming.

I therefore wondered if there were any VMWare corporate users that would be happy to have a quick chat about their experiences using the software and the pitfalls they have encountered. So far I have read all of the blurb and spoken with numerous consultants/ sales staff, however I am very keen to speak with someone with real life experience of the product before signing on the dotted line.

As a quick background, we are looking to virtualise approximately 75 of around 100 servers. We have 1,000 users and are keen to virtualise a number of Oracle environments.

Any help you could offer would be appreciated.

Many thanks

Michael

Can't get to VMworld Europe ? There's a "VMworld 2008 comes to you event" in London.

scoffbelly — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:27:55 GMT

For anyone who can't afford to invest the time and resources to travel to France, there's a free VMworld 2008 comes to you event on Wed 2nd April at the Royal Society of Arts, just behind The Strand.

There are key speakers from VMware as well as breakout sessions, plus there's a buffet lunch !

see agenda and link to register http://www.triangle-group.com/en-gb/TWEB-7B4LRP?OpenDocument&lang=en-gb

assigning an automated mac address to a vmworkstation ?

droodle — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:42:50 GMT

Apologies if this is the wrong place i've looked at the KBs etc

I have a licence for some software which is tied to a vmware mac address 00-0C-29-... now i've built a new image and want to give my new image the same mac address.

Is there a way to achieve this ?

thanks.

Virtualisation of current W2k3 clustered file and print

mburguk — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:26:01 GMT

I am after any documentation which can tell me how to to set up Microsoft clustered file and print nodes after i have p2v them, these are attached to a MSA 1000 san environemnt

Any help would be greatly appreciated

ESX 3 - Software Development / Scripting, Getting Started

a18041967 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:18:55 GMT

Out of interest how many people would be interested in a user group session that covers ESX integration, scripting & application develpment, this is an area that hasn't been covered in any detail. I'm trying to get started and finding it very difficult / slow I think think this is a subject area that could have great benefits.

VM management integration in MOM

nr — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:01:36 GMT

Hi All,

We'll be running a project to implement System Centre Ops Manager later this year and I'd like to canvass opinion on the various software products supporting management integration with the VI3 API.

Has anyone got any scare stories/good news stories they'd like to share?

Any products you'd recommend I consider?

Thanks

Nick

connect blade cd-rom to a vm

sernol — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:46:51 GMT

Hi there,

a very simply question:

i need to boot a vm (debian) from the physical blade cdrom but i don't remember how can do that in the right manner.....

My platform in ESX server 3.01

Actually the cd-rom media tray is linked to the right blade and the cdrom media is bootable....but in the several attempts (by editing the cd-rom vm settings) the vm boots from disk.

Anybody knows something about it?

thanks in advance

cheers

How to register custom application with VC for use in customization specs?

smith1511 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:28:02 GMT

Hi All,

I have created a customization spec to be used with me templates. One of the options under Computer Name is to choose an application to generate a computer name for you. I am just wondering what you have to define here, I have tried a path but that fails.

Any ideas??

Thanks,

Christian

Which SAN is the most popular SAN

equallogic_dazza — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:51:25 GMT

I work for a VAR that offers a total solution for virtualisation from plate-spin base-lining of your current server farm through to the implementation of VMware and storage however I am keen to see what the communitity prefer in the way of SAN vendors.

Most of my clients are EqualLogic IPSAN who was recently purchased by Dell.

If you are involved with such a project and want to discuss your requirements in greater depth please feel free to drop me a line, we are organising a 2 hour free session in London on the 25th January should you want to learn more about this technology.

Darren

vmkernel port setup esx3

theochh — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:37:30 GMT

Hi All
Is the following possible? I would like to setup 2 vmkernel ports, one port going to my iSCSI appliance on network x and the second vmkernel port going to my NFS appliance on network y. I would then like all my templates and iso files on the NFS share and my vm's on the iSCSI appliance.
Thanking you in advance

Working for consultancies – But which one??

trindadea — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:10:16 GMT

Originally from Sydney this is my second time in the UK (this time to settle down) and with a couple of years of VMware experience under my belt and a VCP, I'm now looking for work.

I can't believe the amount of consultancy companies (VMware Partners) there are. Apart from checking their websites does anyone know how to gauge how reputable they are? How do you tell whether they're a decent company to work for?

Thanks

-Tod

Relocating to London - Seeking good recruitment agencies or VAC's

MrBiscuit — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:40:25 GMT

Hi Guys and Gals,

My lady and I relocating to London from sunny New Zealand this Christmas, the 27th of December to be precise. We've done the usual jobs of checking the recruitment expo's and we have a house in Clapham awaiting our arrival.

I wonder if anyone would care to offer some gems of wisdom on recruitment companies with a good handle on the VCP / Citrix / Windows job market, or any VAC's who are looking for engineers. Points available for good links and / or proffered advice

Thanks in advance,

Dan.

London VMware Usergroup - 15th November 2007

MR-T — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:54:22 GMT

Dear All,

The Steering Committee are pleased to announce the next UK London VMware User Group Meeting, kindly sponsored by LeftHand Networks (www.lefthandnetworks.com), to be held on Thursday 15th November 2007. We hope to see you at the meeting, and afterwards for a drink or two.

Our meeting will be held at the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 33 Queen Street , London EC4R 1AP, +44 (0)20 7248 4444. The nearest tube station is Mansion House, location information is available here.

Reception is from 1230 for a prompt 1pm start, to finish around 5pm. Our agenda is as follows:

1230-1300 Arrive & Refreshments
1300-1315 Welcome & News Alaric Davies
1315-1400 LeftHand Networks presentation Henrik Hansen
1400-1445 Introducing ESX 3.5 & VC 2.5 (allegedly) Stuart Thompson
1445-1505 Refreshments Break

1505-1550 Breakout session1 - Automation with Virtual Infrastructure
Breakout Session2 - Storage Setup in a VMware environment

1550-1555 Session speaker changeover

1555-1640 Breakout session1 - Automation with Virtual Infrastructure
Breakout Session2 - Storage Setup in a VMware environment

1640-1645 Return to main room
1645-1700 A word from VMware & close - Mark Rydqvist

Breakout groups will have subject matter experts hosting and steering the sessions, you don't need to be knowledgeable in a topic to attend that session.

To register your interest in attending, please email - Alaricdavies@yahoo.com with up to two named attendees from your organisation.

If you do not receive a confirmation mail from us, please don't just turn up, since we will not be able to admit you to the meeting. Please note that content from the meetings will continue to be uploaded to http://public.box.net/londonug, NDA permitting.

Sincerely, and with regards,

The UKLVMUG Steering Committee

Next London meeting

daniel_uk — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:19:19 GMT

When's the next one?

I'm getting the free vmware bar tab jitters since VMworld

Dan

vmware consultants - worth their salt?

bubblebrumb — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:30:35 GMT

Hi All

being reasonably new to vmware I could do with some pointers. The company I work for is currently using ESX Server 3.0.0/1 (4 off) and GSX Server (1 of) in the UK and a number of others overseas. As it stands they have been using different consultants, from the same company, to install and configure these servers. Net result is a mish mash of configurations and a serious lack of faith in the supplier.

All things considered the business is looking to peruse another supplier for initial configurations and support until we can add the skill set to our team (either through training, experience or recruitment). This leads me nicely onto the question.

Can anyone out there recommend a vmware partner that can offer effective implementation and support on vmware?

In a perfect world the same supplier would also be very well versed in HP and also NetApp as the Host is on HP and the VMs on a NetApp filer.

Personally I would love to be able to learn more about vmware myself and am keen to get some more exposure to it but in the interim could really do with some advice on this.

Cheers

Steve

IP Expo 2007

bubblebrumb — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:40:21 GMT

Hi all

Anyone going to IP Expo Earls court this year?

Cheers,
Steve

Vmworld 2007 - Who's going from the user group?

conyards — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:12:12 GMT

I couldn't see a thread here for this...

I've only just had my place confirmed and would be interested to know who else from UK-LUG is going across to San Francisco? I guess more importantly are we all gonna get together for a few pints?

Simon

\* Next Meeting 16th August 2007 - 12.30pm till 5* Stick it in your diary!

MR-T — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:35:27 GMT

For those of you who attended the last event, we're going back to the same venue. - London Chamber of Commerce.

Vizioncore have kindly offered to sponsor this event and youll have a chance to hear whats great about their offerings and chat with technical representatives on the day.

As usual well have a number of highly respected virtualisation experts on hand to answer any questions, plus we'll be encouraging VMware to buy the drinks afterwards.

A full agenda will be posted later this week and details of how to book your place. If you're already on the mailing list then you should recieve an official invite soon.

Any questions, please mail myself or reply to this post.

VMworld 2007 - presentations run through

yorkie — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:17:18 GMT

Any of the members on here presenting @ VMworld 2007?

I will be doing weekly run throughs of my presentation and would like to test run it with people outside of VMware, and give them the opportunity to test on me too.

I could host it at our Frimley HQ, or possibly @ EMC in the city.

If there are a few of us we could make a day of it.

Anything to help being successful on the day!

Just a thought...

Cheers
Steve

Seminar around Active Directory for ESX Server

LinuxIT — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:40:28 GMT

Hi,

Please note we are users AND suppliers

We just ran an event in London about Active Directory for Unix, Linux, MACs and ESX Servers.

The event was hosted by the HP User Group and the feedback was very good indeed.

One of the attendees is also a VMware User Group Member (hello John) and suggested that it could be of interest to the aforementioned group?

Check the slides and let us know? http://www.linuxit.com/mail/HPUG_followup.htm

Many Thanks,

Alex
LinuxIT Europe

Content from 16th August meeting has been published

piglet — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:47:56 GMT

Folks,

Slides and docs from last week's meeting have now been uploaded to the usual location at:

http://public.box.net/londonug

Now you can cheer yourself with my poorly animated slides (or Mr. T's well-designed handouts) in the comfort of your own home

Regards,

Alaric

VMware-tools running on the host?

marcelS — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:02:03 GMT

I have a quick question on vmware-tools. I'm running a linux guest (debian etch) in a windows xp host and have installed vmware-tools on the guest os. Everything is fine as far as graphics acceleration (my main concern here). Now I would like to stop running the X server on the guest OS and run an X server on the host (Xorg or Exceed) and set the DISPLAY environment variable in the linux guest to direct graphical output to the host desktop.

How can I achieve the same acceleration of the graphical output in this configuration? Do I need to run a (windows) compatible version of vmware-tools on the host OS in order for this to work?

16th August Usergroup Invite - Please do not respond to this post

piglet — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:47:13 GMT

Dear All,

The Steering Committee are pleased to announce the next UK London VMware User Group Meeting, kindly sponsored by Vizioncore (http://www.vizioncore.com), to be held on Thursday 16th August 2007.

Our meeting will be held at the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 33 Queen Street, London EC4R 1AP, +44 (0)20 7248 4444. The nearest tube station is Mansion House, location information is available here: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=EC4R+1AP

Reception from 1230 for a prompt 1pm start, to finish around 5pm. Our agenda is as follows:

12:30 13:00 Arrive & Refreshments

13:00 13:15 Welcome & News

13:15 13:55 Vizioncore Presentation

14:00 14:45 Allocated Breakouts:

Group1 - Integrating & Maintaining VI3
Group2 - Disaster Recovery Strategies

14:45 15:05 Refreshments Break - 20 mins

15:05 15:50 Allocated Breakouts:

Group1 - Disaster Recovery Strategies
Group2 - Integrating & Maintaining VI3

15:50 16:45 Selected Breakout

Option 1 - Upgrading to VI3
Option 2 - Migrating from Physical to Virtual

16:45 17:00 Close

17:00 Pub

Breakout groups will have subject matter experts hosting and steering the sessions, you don't need to be knowledgeable in a topic to attend that session.

We hope to see you at the meeting, and afterwards for a drink or two.

To register your interest in attending, please send an email with up to two named attendees from your organisation to <alaricdavies at yahoo dot com>. If you do not receive a confirmation mail from us, please don't just turn up since we will not be able to admit you to the building.

Please note that content from the meetings will continue to be uploaded to http://public.box.net/londonug, NDA permitting.

Sincerely, and with regards,

The UKLVMUG Steering Committee

Lee James (lee.james at uk.bp.com)
Terry Keep (terry.keep at gen-a-soft.co.uk)
Stuart Thompson (stuart.thompson97 at ntlworld.com)
Mike Laverick (mikelaverick at rtfm-ed.co.uk)
Colin Styles (colin.styles at btconnect.com)
Alaric Davies (alaricdavies at yahoo.com)

installing remotely OS on VM without bootable CD on the server?

parapara — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:51:18 GMT

Hello everybody,
I installed VMWare server on a 64 bit UbuntuDapper LTS server.
On a remote PC I installed the Virtual Console.
Is it possible to install an OS on a Virtual Machine created on the server without introducing a bootable CD on the server?
It would be great if I could simply use an Ubuntu CD on the remote PC with the virtual console without having to go to the server farm...

August usergroup comming soon - watch this space for more info

MR-T — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:23:05 GMT

As promised at the last meeting we plan to hold our next event during the middle of August.

Confirmation of the date, venue and agenda will be posted over the coming days.

I can say that in addition to the usual presentations, were planning to have some smaller break-out style sessions allowing people to discuss the technology with subject matter experts.

Keep an eye on this forum for more info.

VCP self study?

Hal Styli — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:42:11 GMT

Hello,

Currently I don't work with ESX but have in the past.
I dabble with VMware Server both at work (unofficially as its use is discouraged for reasons of intense ignorance) and home.

I am interested in whether it's possible to do a part-time VCP course?
Pehaps self study?

Its partly a cost issue and partly a time off work issue (which compounds the cost if the time is not taken as a holiday of course).

The reason for doing it are sheer interest and it might help if I were to change job...

Any constructive advice welcome.
Hal.

Partitioning volume

Magic Scotch — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:26:03 GMT

Hi

I am running ESX 3.0

I have two hosts running on my server. I created them both with a 20GB single disk.
Is it possible to partition this into a a C and D drive, without actually adding another virtual disk?

Would appreciate any answers...

Cheers

Where to advertise VMWare jobs in the UK

TimCam — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:18:04 GMT

Hi I posted this topic under http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=92695&tstart=0

but on second throughts it may be better to put here.

Put simply I work in London, and I have applied to have my job shared on a 50-50 basis (2.5 days a week). Although my employer has put it on our website, and an ad in Computer Weekly, I would like to put the link to the job somewhere that VMWare bods might see it.

Any ideas ?

Regards

Tim

Browser Appliance Internet Connection.

banda123 — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:39:17 GMT

I am new to virtualization. Have tried many vm tricks but have not been lucky so far. Browser appliance however seems to come close to what I want, and that is to go on the internet securely.

I am running browser appliance on winXP. The Ubuntu based virtual machine starts up. This is how far I have got. The included PDF doesn't explain how to connect to the internet. Can some body please help me or point me in the direction to figure out how I get the Ubuntu to talk to host XP and find a route out of the physical machine to the internet.

Charging Models Workshop

Bovine — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:47:54 GMT

Dear UKLVMUG members,

I want to run a workshop specifically on the topic of charging models for virtual servers, are you interested? We've a development farm and a production farm: they're different because resources are to be leased from the dev farm but purchased from prod.

How do we best do that?
Should it be funded centrally or by business areas?
Are there 3rd party apps which can help us?
What do we measure?

Date: Friday 5th May, 09:30-13:00
Venue: City of London

Who should attend?
Those planning to design and implement internal charging models for virtual servers, or those who have already done it. I can accommodate up to 20 people, but only those who've attended previous User Groups please!

How to apply?
Drop me an email - you know the address!

No suppliers please, just users. It won't be a show, everyone will be a contributor.

And perhaps we can have a quick liquid lunch afterwards....

Best regards,

Simon

17th May Usergroup

Vodder — Fri, 18 May 2007 12:21:02 GMT

A big thumbs up and thanks for yesterday.

Lee James' presentation was excellent, incredibly informative and interesting. I have certainly taken a few ideas back and would have been quite happy to listen to Lee in more detail. Although I'm sure its been a lot of hard work, it sounds like a dream project to be involved with!

Special mention for Alex Mittell, who's dead pan presentation as well as obviously knowledge was up there with the best presentations I've seen in a long while!

Cheers
Tim

Usergroup Meeting - 17th May - Spaces remaining

MR-T — Mon, 14 May 2007 09:02:49 GMT

We've still got some spaces left for Thursdays usergroup meeting, so if you've not already reserved your space, please email alaricdavies@yahoo.com to do so.

Thanks

17th May Usergroup Invite - Please do not respond to this post

MR-T — Fri, 04 May 2007 14:19:01 GMT

Dear All,

The Steering Committee are pleased to announce the next UK London VMware User Group Meeting, kindly sponsored by Data Domain (www.datadomain.com), to be held on Thursday 17th May 2007.

Our meeting will be held at the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 33 Queen Street, London EC4R 1AP, +44 (0)20 7248 4444.

The nearest tube station is Mansion House, location information is available here: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=EC4R+1AP

Reception from 1230 for a prompt 1pm start, to finish around 5pm.

Subject to change, the agenda is:

13:00 - 13:15 1) Welcome & News

13:15 - 14:00 2) Data Domain - Backup & Recovery Solutions

14:00 - 14:35 3) Alex Mittell ( Oxford University ) - Snapshots, backup scripts

14:35 - 14:55 4) Break 20 mins

14:55 - 15:30 5) Mike Laverick - Scripted ESX builds

15:30 - 16:05 6) Lee James - BP update, global rollout of VI3

16:05 - 16:40 7) VMware - Callum Hughes Top 10 support issues

16:45 - 17:00 8) Close (Usual ramblings!)

17:00 Late Pub, venue tbc

We hope to see you at the meeting, and afterwards for a drink or two.

To register your interest in attending, please send an email with up to two named attendees from your organisation to <alaricdavies at yahoo.com>. If you do not receive a confirmation mail from us, please dont just turn up we will not be able to admit you to the meeting.

On a different topic, please note that all future presentations from the meetings will be uploaded to http://public.box.net/londonug, NDA permitting. Feb 17ths presentations are now available at this location.

Sincerely, and with regards,

The UKLVMUG Steering Committee

Lee James (lee.james at uk.bp.com)
Terry Keep (terry.keep at gen-a-soft.co.uk)
Stuart Thompson (stuart.thompson97 at ntlworld.com)
Mike Laverick (mikelaverick at rtfm-ed.co.uk)
Colin Styles (colin.styles at btconnect.com)
Alaric Davies (alaricdavies at yahoo.com)

Next usergroup meeting fast approaching

MR-T — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:30:17 GMT

We don't have the full agenda confirmed just yet, but we can say the next meeting will be 3 weeks from now - 17th May.

All the details will follow via the usual methods (email & forum) giving the exact location and how to register.

This message is intended simply to keep some space in your diaries. Replying to this post will not reserve you a space.

Hopefully we'll have the full agenda available within the next 7 days, so keep an eye on the forum.

The UKLVMUG Steering Committee

Who's going to VMworld 2006

Mike_Laverick — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:22:30 GMT

Well, its been offically announced and you can now register early bird style...

Who's going?

I am...

Regards
Mike

Thanks...

daniel_uk — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:11:53 GMT

For a good day at todays VMware forum, it was good to meet down to earth Vmware enthusiasts!

It was different to Vmworld in terms of getting to network and that was what I enjoyed so hopefully I will touch base with you all at the next one.

Dan

Big Brother Monitoring Virtual Server

brettwaymouth — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:56:13 GMT

We have been using the Big Brother Monitoring Tool for a few years now. I recently converted our Big Brother Monitoring server to virtual using Platespin, but had to roll back to the physical machine. The conversion was fine and the server is fully operational except now the Big Brother Server service will not start.

We are running ESX 3.0.1 and the virtual server is Windows 2003 server.

I found that I needed to reduce the threads Big Brother uses to monitor the devices to resolve the issue. The entry in the config file is BBNETTHREADS. The default is 20, but to get Big Brother to work on a virtual server I had to reduce this down to 1. I don't want to proceed with this as it will reduce the effectiveness of the Big Brother monitoring.

BBNETTHREADS is the number of concurrent tests the BBNET server can execute. You can increase the value until you notice a degradation in system and Big Brother resources. A thread is based on a bb-hosts host line.

I have confirmed that this problem does not happen on a physical machine.

Has anybody has this problem before? Has anybody got an idea on why this issue would arise on a virtual machine?

Thanks
Brett

UKLVMUG Event Date/s

Steve Houghton — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:57:12 GMT

Does anyone have details (date / venue) for the next UKLVMUG Event please?

London Usergroup Meeting - Feb 15th DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE

MR-T — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:36:58 GMT

If you wish to attend the next usergroup meeting, please email your details to Alaric Davies (alaricdavies@yahoo.com).

Simply replying to this post is not enough. Space is always limited, so email your interest a.s.a.p. to avoid disappointment. The venue has a very strict admission policy so unless you hear back from Alaric confirming your attendance, please don't just turn up on the day.

***********************************************************

Dear All,

Its been much too long... The Steering Committee are happy to announce the next UK London VMware User Group Meeting, to be held on Thursday 15th February 2007.

Our meeting will be held at the offices of Bank of America Plc, 5 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AQ. Reception from 1230 for a prompt 1pm start, to finish around 5pm. The nearest station is Canary Wharf, on both the Jubilee Line and the DLR.

Directions: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=E14+5AQ

The theme for the meeting is Availability, and we have some interesting takes on this topic developing. Subject to change, the agenda looks something like this:

1300 Whats in the News

1315 VMware HA

1400 VMFS3 & Availability (Journaling)

1445 Break

1500 Availability War Stories

1530 VirtualCenter High Availability

1600 HP VMM & IBM Director monitoring

1645 Rob Easton VMware specific updates

Please note that the item at 1500 will be user-generated i.e. you folks and your tales from the datacentre! We are looking for 3 people who would be happy to present on this topic for 10 minutes each it could be a tale of woe, or one of over-powering technical brilliance, so long as it concerns availability in some way. Please get in touch with Stuart Thompson (email address at bottom of this mail), if you are interested in helping us out.

Coffee and biccies kindly sponsored by VMware. We hope to see you at the meeting, and afterwards for a drink or two.

To register your interest in attending, please send an email with up to two named attendees from your organisation to <alaricdavies at yahoo.com>. If you do not receive a confirmation mail from us, please dont just turn up we will not be able to admit you to the building.

Sincerely, and with regards,

The UKLVMUG Steering Committee

Lee James (lee.james at uk.bp.com)
Terry Keep (terry.keep at gen-a-soft.co.uk)
Stuart Thompson (stuart.thompson97 at ntlworld.com)
Alaric Davies (alaricdavies at yahoo.com)
Mike Laverick (mikelaverick at rtfm-ed.co.uk)

***********************************************************

Copy files from VC to ESX

charles oppong-akuoko — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:51:55 GMT

What is the quickest way to move large VMDK files from VC to ESX server, i am currently ussing f-secure

Welcome to the UK London User Group

STS — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:12:47 GMT

You are invited to attend the kick-off meeting for the London VMware User Group. The first meeting will be from 8:00am to 1.00pm Tuesday 10th May 2005 with breakfast and lunch.

The meeting is kindly sponsored by IBM and will be hosted at the IBM offices on the South Bank in London.

http://www-5.ibm.com/uk/locations/sbnk.html

If your interested please contact Lee and attached the Member Survey from this forum.

Welcome again and hope your having success out in the field

Regards

Lee and Richard

VMware Resellers

Froggitt — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:19:18 GMT

About to start looking for a new VMware Reseller......does anyone have any views - whether good, bad, indifferent - about their current or previous reseller?

If you dont want to air your views in public, feel free to PM me.

UK London VMware User Group Meeting on 15/08/06 - NEW LOCATION !

STS — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:16:03 GMT

Folks,

Due to circumstances beyond their control, EDF Energy have been forced to re-locate us for the meeting on Tuesday.

They have very kindly arranged for us to be re-housed just around the corner from our previous destination, at the Rubens Hotel (www.rubenshotel.com), located at 39 Buckingham Palace Road:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=sw1w+0ps

We have been allocated the Van Dyke suite. There's a theme here somewhere...

Please arrange to be there around 1230 for a 1300 start, there will be signs and assistance at EDF's reception for those of you who are unable to access email between now and then.

Thanks are due to our contacts at EDF for coping with this late-breaking situation as effectively as they have done.

Sincerely, and with regards,

The UKLVMUG Steering Committee

Lee James (lee.james at uk.bp.com)
Terry Keep (terry.keep at gen-a-soft.co.uk)
Alaric Davies (alaricdavies at yahoo.com)
Mike Laverick (mikelaverick at rtfm-ed.co.uk)
Stuart Thompson (stuart.thompson97 at ntlworld.com)

Message was edited by:
STS

Date of the next LAUG meeting

m@ttyB — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:24:50 GMT

Hi all, enjoyed the LAUG meeting on June 13th so thanks to all involved in the creation, admin and presenting

I know the date of the next LAUG meeting was stated but I cannot remember it, so - does anyone know what date it is on and where it is being held?

Thanks in advance for any information.

UK London VMware User Group Meeting on Tuesday 13th June 2006

STS — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:52:32 GMT

Folks,

Please see below for the invitation to our next meeting. If at all possible, please email me directly (alaricdavies at yahoo dot com) to request a place, rather than replying to this post.

In addition, PLEASE DO NOT JUST TURN UP without having received confirmation of your place. We need to provide a list of all attendees to our hosts ahead of time.

Thanks,
Alaric

_________________________________________________________

Dear All,

The Steering Committee are happy to announce the next UK London VMware User Group Meeting on Tuesday 13th June 2006. Our meeting will be held at the offices of Bank of America Plc, 5 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AQ. Reception from 1230 for a 1pm start, to finish around 5pm. The nearest station is Canary Wharf, on both the Jubilee Line and the DLR.

Directions: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=E14+5AQ

After an entertaining session at BP last time around, we look forward to presenting the following agenda:

Welcome, introduction and news including-
TSX roundup/discussion
Results from VM costing workshop

Presentation by Christoph Dobroschkle of AMD
This will be more 2-way discussion than presentation minimal Powerpoint has been permitted!

- Break

Case Studies
4 experts from the virtual field each take 15-minute slots and pass on some hard-won knowledge

Technology Discussions
VLAN tagging
VM Storage
Whats new in 2.5.3 (aka what isnt new in 2.5.3)

The VMware Quiz
Hosted in inimitable style by our own Mr Simon Rivers, win prizes, and engage in lively banter about the correctness of some our answers

Conclusion
Next meeting location
Preliminary agenda of next meeting

Drinks and Coffees kindly sponsored by VMware. We hope to see you at the meeting and afterwards for the (now) traditional drink or two.

To register your interest in attending, please send an email with up to two named attendees from your organisation to <alaricdavies at yahoo.com>.

Sincerely, and with regards,

The UKLVMUG Steering Committee

Lee James (lee.james at uk.bp.com)
Simon Rivers (simon.rivers at bankofengland.co.uk)
Terry Keep (terry.keep at gen-a-soft.co.uk)
Alaric Davies (alaricdavies at yahoo.com)
Mike Laverick (mikelaverick at rtfm-ed.co.uk)
Stuart Thompson (stuart.thompson97 at ntlworld.com)

Next London Meeting

sdonnell — Tue, 30 May 2006 09:36:13 GMT

Anyone know the date of the next London VMware Users Meeting?

When are you going to TSX?

Bovine — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:36:33 GMT

I'm on the 12:40 from Waterloo, when's everyone else going?

Staying at the New York..

TSX Event

Shaha — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 08:39:40 GMT

Is anyone from the London user group attending the TSX event in Paris later this month?

Ignore

Froggitt — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 10:58:23 GMT

VMware User Group Meeting on Thursday 30th March 2006

STS — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:49:13 GMT

The Steering Committee are happy to announce the next UK London VMware User Group Meeting on Thursday 30th March 2006. Our meeting will be held at the offices of BP Plc, Britannic House, 1 Finsbury Circus, London EC2M 7BA, reception from 12:30 for a 1pm start to finish around 5pm. The nearest tube stations are Moorgate and Liverpool Street.

Directions: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=EC2M+7BA

After an excellent session at Accenture and the release of ESX3.0 and VC2.0 we hope you will join in a workshop and presentations from Evident Software.

Agenda:-

Welcome, introduction and news

Presentation by Evident Software (www.evidentsoftware.com) Cost Transparency for Virtual Machines

- Break

ESX 3.0 and VirtualCentre 2.0 Workshop.
- Key Overview of ESX installation features
- Minimum Specifications
- Key Virtual Machine Characteristics
- VMFS and Storage Overview

- Installation of ESX3.0 Step by Step
- Tips and Tricks

- Installation of VC2.0
- Clusters
- DAS Setup
- Connecting ESX Servers to VC2
- Web Access

Drinks and Coffees Sponsored by VMware.

Depending on demand, places may be limited to two per organisation. We hope to see you at the meeting and afterwards for the (now) traditional drink or two! To register your interest in attending, please send an email to <alaricdavies at yahoo.com>

Sincerely, and with regards,

The UKLVMUG Steering Committee

Lee James (lee.james at uk.bp.com)
Simon Rivers (simon.rivers at bankofengland.co.uk)
Terry Keep (terry.keep at gen-a-soft.co.uk)
Alaric Davies (alaricdavies at yahoo.com)
Mike Laverick (mikelaverick at rtfm-ed.co.uk)

Slides from the Last Usergroup

STS — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 07:33:54 GMT

Yes yes, it took us ages we know, but good things come to those that wait

www.virtualizenow.com/February Usergroup 2006.zip

VMware Communities : Thread List - UK London Area User Group

New to London VMUG

UK London VMware User Group Meeting, Tuesday 24th November 2009 - PLEASE DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD

Functional Design, VM Web-Application

hallo folk!

VMware stand alone

London VMware Usergroup 24th Sept 2009 - Agenda

UK London VMware Usergroup meeting - Thursday 24th September 2009

Anyone going to the free VMexpo at Earls Court 07/08 Oct 2009

Is the next VMUG happening next week?

Windows Activation cannot start - so cannot activate - and cannot install VMWare Tools.

What is the difference between the snapshots?

Expanding a Virtual Disk in ESX

Templates

Whitebox / network card issue

Who would like to attend a powershell for newbs by Alan

UK London VMware User Group Meeting, Thursday 14th May 2009 - PLEASE DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD

UK London VMware User Group Meeting, Tuesday 10th March 2009 - PLEASE DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD

Auto-starting a Vm at a given time

Virtualization advice for Website testing

Need help changing bridged/vmnet1 to static address

Who is going to VMworld Europe 2009?

Next User Group request

Patching ESXi 3.5 U3 Installable with HP Management Components

SCSI passthru question

Cisco portfast and HA

Vendor representation from EMC in the VMware space for the UK and Ireland

Next VMUG Meeting - London?

# sign instead of pound sign in vmware fusion using windows xp professional

How do I load Windows applications into Vista?

very first time with VMWare.

Task failed: P2VError UNKNOWN_METHOD_FAULT(sysimage.fault.PlatformError)

Future User Group Request

Last User Group

This User Group,

CPU Cores vs. Virtual Processors?

UK London VMware User Group Meeting, Thursday 30th October 2008 - PLEASE DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD :-)

VI Toolkit for Windows (Powershell)

Powershell Script at last VMUG

VMWARE VCP TRAINING WEEKEND LONDON

Remote control of vm on esx

UK London VMware User Group Meeting, Thursday 14th August 2008 - PLEASE DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD :-)

sharing files between OS and virtual OS

Is there a user group meeting this month?

ESX Server Shows Unlicensed... After providing Host Based License

Exchange server 2003 moving the vm session

UK London VMware User Group Meeting, Thursday 15th May 2008 - PLEASE DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD :-)

May 15th 2008 - Next London Usergroup meeting

VMware Virtual Infrastructure for Operators

UK London VMware User Group Meeting, Thursday 13th March 2008 - PLEASE DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD :-)

When is the next meeting

Site visit / Recommendations required

Can't get to VMworld Europe ? There's a "VMworld 2008 comes to you event" in London.

assigning an automated mac address to a vmworkstation ?

Virtualisation of current W2k3 clustered file and print

ESX 3 - Software Development / Scripting, Getting Started

VM management integration in MOM

connect blade cd-rom to a vm

How to register custom application with VC for use in customization specs?

Which SAN is the most popular SAN

vmkernel port setup esx3

Working for consultancies – But which one??

Relocating to London - Seeking good recruitment agencies or VAC's

London VMware Usergroup - 15th November 2007

Next London meeting

vmware consultants - worth their salt?

IP Expo 2007

Vmworld 2007 - Who's going from the user group?

\* Next Meeting 16th August 2007 - 12.30pm till 5* Stick it in your diary!

VMworld 2007 - presentations run through

Seminar around Active Directory for ESX Server

Content from 16th August meeting has been published

VMware-tools running on the host?

16th August Usergroup Invite - **Please do not respond to this post **

installing remotely OS on VM without bootable CD on the server?

August usergroup comming soon - watch this space for more info

VCP self study?

Partitioning volume

Where to advertise VMWare jobs in the UK

Browser Appliance Internet Connection.

16th August Usergroup Invite - Please do not respond to this post

17th May Usergroup Invite - Please do not respond to this post

London Usergroup Meeting - Feb 15th DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE