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VMUG San Fransico Meetings?

PlateSpinSE1 — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:36:27 GMT

Hi, is ther going to be any meetings of the SF VMUG any time soon?

Vmware Seminar - Virtualizing Mission Critical Applications Technical Seminar

mattman555 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:20:51 GMT

I got this in my email today and though you might all like this..

This is the only link I got for registration

http://www.surveymethods.com/Preview.aspx?E0FEEAE7B4AEB7A5A1EAECE7ECABB6B4EBA2&DO_NOT_COPY_THIS_LINK

Here is the information...

Virtualizing Mission Critical Applications Technical Seminar

Please join VMware for a half-day technical seminar to discuss successful strategies for an optimal deployment of your Tier One applications on VMware.

Seminar Agenda
o 10:15 AM Attendee Check-In
o 10:30 AM Welcome, Introductions
o 10:45 AM VMware Customers Discuss How They Have Successfully Virtualized Tier One Applications
o 12:00 PM Lunch
o 12:30 PM Best Practices for Virtualizing Data Base Applications – SQL, Oracle
o 1:30 PM Best Practices for Virtualizing Exchange
o 2:30 PM Questions & Wrap-up
Our agenda offers an extended question and answer session where you can share your observations, discuss challenges, and gain key insights from other attendees.

Space is limited, so confirm your attendance and register today!

Questions?
Contact Heather Baker hbaker@vmware.com

Event Details
December 2, 2009
10:15 AM – 3:00 PM

Hyatt Regency Phoenix
122 N 2nd St
Phoenix, AZ 85004
(602) 252-1234
REGISTER TODAY

Lunch to be provided

VMware Technical Roundtable events are not intended for VMware partners. If you are a VMware partner and require training on a solution topic, please contact your channel manager directly for the latest information on VMware products.

- Matt Mancini
Phoenix VMUG Leader

What backup solutions/products are people using?

subbit — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:27:35 GMT

Hello.

My company has been trying out VMWare, and the main question that we are asking ourselves is how best to implement a backup solution.

I would appreciate any feedback on what backup strategies are being used out there.

We have a dozen or so OS instances in ESXi 3.5 running on an IBM 3550.

Thanks!

Presentations from the Nov 3rd, 2009 Portland VMWare Technical User Conference

jerrylcasper — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:13:04 GMT

Attached are several of the presentations from the November 3rd conference, including the incredibly popular presentation by the VMWare Performance and API team.

Problem on creating the storage

HaiGe — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:55:07 GMT

Hi all,

When I tried to add storage, it showed 2.18TB capacity. But it gave me just 183.12 GB maximize capacity.

Why and how to fix it?

Thanks

Anyone going 10G with VMware outside of a Nexus platform...?

kurtbunker — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:12:44 GMT

Hello All,

I am curious if anyone has any comments around designing or implementing a full 10G (ESX & SAN) or Hybrid (10G servers & multiple 1G SAN) on something other than Cisco Nexus. My experiences so far with 10G implementations on Nexus has been fantastic, but not everyone is a Cisco shop. When I saw the writting on the wall for the 10G tipping point in pricing in late 2008/ealry 2009 I didn't think Cisco would be as competative as it has been on pricing. I think that pricing has kept many people designing around it, because outside of some lower 48 projects I just haven't heard of anyone implementing much on anything else. I like to hear about other options considering how important the network is for a VM project.

Cheers,

Kurt

What would you like to hear about at our first VMUG?

calijoe — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:05:40 GMT

Greetings!

So, we've got a couple things on the agenda, like a vSphere overview and a VMworld 2009 recap. I also have a presentation to give on how were using VMware at our organization, which got me to thinking, what are you interested in hearing about? For those planning on attending, are you a virtualization expert or just getting started? Would things like design and planning, operational advice, and performance tips be of interest? Let me know the topics that you're interested in, and I look forward to seeing you there!

Joe Sarabia
Santa Barbara VMUG Leader
VCP | MCSE | MCSA | CCNA

Free Training - Workstation 7

calijoe — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:57:54 GMT

http://blogs.vmware.com/workstation/2009/11/free-vmware-workstation-7-fundamentals-course.html

Joe Sarabia
SB VMUG Co-Leader

Next meeting?

vJoe3970 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:52:25 GMT

Hi, I work in a small office of approx. 80 employees and we're in the early stages of a vmware deployment.

We have most of the pieces (SAN, ESX 3.5 hosts, Infrastructure 3) in place and are getting ready to start
converting some of our 20+ production servers.

Anyway, I just thought I'd say "Hi" and was wondering when/where the next meeting will be?

I look forward to more future involvement with this vmug.

Cheers

Joe

2012 Movie Screening with World Wide Technology (WWT) and HP

mattman555 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:35:08 GMT

World Wide Technology and HP have a movie screening this Friday 11/13/09..

Go here to register...

http://www.wwt.com/news_events/WWT_HP_Movie_Event_1109.html

Thanks...

- Matt Mancini
Phoenix VMUG Leader

12/10/2009 Phoenix VMUG Meeting - Agenda

mattman555 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:57:09 GMT

The Agenda and Sponsor List are now posted in our Forum.

There are a few areas in the agenda that need to be finalized and we will update it as soon as we can.

Thanks!

Matt Mancini

Phoenix VMUG Leader

Top 10 reporting/optimizing issues????

Tom Riggins — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:03:06 GMT

Folks:

This next VMUG we'll have some 3rd party vendors in to show you some tools on reporting and optimization. Please help us focus this presentation but giving us some of your top issues that you wish you could easily report or tune in your VMware environment. Think of this as your "Wish List"

We'll look at the top items and ask these vendors to focus their presentation on how they handle tuning or reporting on the issue you suggest. Please through out a couple item that you'd really like to see handled in an efficient manner.

Tom Riggins, co-chair

Email notification for Nov. 11th?

jb12345 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:53:57 GMT

Did an email go out to notify about the Nov. 11th Denver VMUG? I don't recall seeing one.

VMware Workstation 7 self-paced FREE training

kdivine — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:59:22 GMT

For those interested in learning more about VMware Workstation 7, here is a link to a free, self-paced VMware Workstation class.

http://blogs.vmware.com/workstation/2009/11/free-vmware-workstation-7-fundamentals-course.html

Might be worth checking into for those that were talking about being interested in this technology.

Kevin
p.s. Thanks Bill Hunter (TAM with VMware) for sending this to me.

Presentations from Denver VMUG held on November 2, 2009

kdivine — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:50:11 GMT

I have posted the presentations for the What's New, VMworld Recap, and the VSphere Support issues and best practices. They are in the Documents section of the group forum.

Or you can use these links:

What's New

VMworld Recap

VSphere Support Issues and Best Practices

Once I get the Hyper9 presentation, I will post that as well.

Kevin

Vsphere 4.0 upgrade

trurodh — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:56:28 GMT

Hello Everyone.

I have been working on my 4.0 upgrade and thought I would see how everyone else is doing and if there are any tips and tricks you all want to share.

The approach I am taking is a simple one. I am using VMotion to move my vms to a 3.5 host and then rebuilding the host I moved from to 4.0. I get a fresh clean install that way. I then power off the vms I moved, migrate them back to the host I rebuilt, upgrade the virtual hardware and power on and upgrade tools. Not a long process but painful in the sense that you have to coordinate the downtime for the virtual servers.

One thing to note that I was just informed about is to upgrade tools first than do the virtual hardware and you should not lose your previous IP settings. Dennis Baldwin from St Lukes read the upgrade docs better then me, OK, I did not read them. I have not tried this yet but will today.

If you have time please share with the group you experience with upgrading your environment.

Thanks

Rod

ESX4i iSCSI LUN MAPPING

cwohechler — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:21:01 GMT

Would like to review the software iSCSI initiator to iSCSI target LUN mapping. I have been testing with OpenFiler and OpenSolaris ZFS strorage arrays. "LUN Thrashing" is a IO killer and can easily happen if the targets are not statically mapped on the ESX hosts.

Converting OEM to VM

aflynn — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:35:47 GMT

Has anyone successfully covnverted an OEM Windwos 2003 server to a VM? Most of the documentation seems to focus on the licensing. We have an open license ready once the machine is converted, however the conversion with either VizionCore's product or VConverter fails around 99%.

I spoke to Dell and they said that an OEM server cannot be converted because "it" knows it's an OEM license and will fail.

Has anyone successfully done this? Any experiences?

I would have thought that there would be a good number of old OEM's out there needing to be converted about now, but I guess not based on the information out there.

Thanks in advance.

Snapshot control w/multiple vmdk's mounted to one VM.

CampbellIT — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:55:46 GMT

Scenario.

VM Machine with multiple vmdk's. 1 for OS, 1 for Applications/programs, 1 for Data.

The OS and Application vmdk are on iSCSI SAN (seperate mount points) , the Data is an IP Nas. I split the iSCSI SAN to keep all OS VMDKS on one volume, and Application/programs on another.

Problem.

When taking a Snapshot, ALL vmdk's mounted to the VM are snapshot to the Machine OS volume on the SAN. (Snapshots stored with machine)

Question.

How can I change the behavior of the Snapshots to store them with their "Parent" volumes?

Directions to the November 3rd VMUG

jerrylcasper — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:14:11 GMT

Driving instructions to the event:

The event will be in Building 38 at Tektronix in Beaverton, Oregon.
Parking lot is at the intersection of Zworykin and Terman.
Building is also walking distance from the Milikan Way Max Station (the light rail system)
Easiest driving directions are from Jenkins:
o Go south on Hocken
o Go West on Terman until Zworykin

See ~~blocked::http://www.tek.com/ir/bv_map.html~~

Next meeting

oalbillar — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:05:58 GMT

At the kickoff meeting it was announced that this would be a quarterly gathering. Has the next meeting been scheduled?

Thanks

Orlando

Arizona VAC List

S_D — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:51:23 GMT

Howdy fellow PHX VMUG members. I'd like to compile an updated list of VMware's CERTIFIED partners in Arizona. There are several different kinds of partners, as explained here: http://vmware.com/partners/programs/. I'm interested for my own reasons, but I'd to have an up-to-date list of local resources we can use as a reference in case we're interested in purchasing products or services. If you know if a certified partner, please direct them to join this Community and tell us about themselves. Likewise, if you represent a certified partner, please post your:

1) Name
2) Type of partner (VIP, VAC, TAP, etc.)
3) # of VMware Certified Professionals on staff
4) Products/Services offered
5) POC Information (name, title, phone #, e-mail)
6) Web URL
7) Anything else you feel may be of interest to this User Group

Thanks so much,
Sean

Agenda and Speaker's List for the November 3, 2009 VMWare User Conference

jerrylcasper — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:15:29 GMT

8am - Registration and Continental Breakfast

9am - VMWare Keynote - VMWare View and the Desktop Strategy

10am - Breakout Sessions: Structured Communication Systems (Securing your Virtual Environment), IBM (Scaling Up Your Virtual Environment), and Scott Herold from Quest Software (Extending PowerCLI to Enterprise Apps with Virtualization Ecoshell)

11am - Breakout Sessions: HP/Logicalis, Cisco: Nexus 1000V Series Switches, and Reflex Systems

11:55am - Ivoxy Keynote with Alec Taylor - VMWare ThinApp

12:40pm - Lunch

1:40pm - Cisco Keynote: Technical Demo of UCS

2:35pm - Breakout Sessions: NetApp, DoubleTake Software: Optimize while you Virtualize, and OPUS: Interactive Diverse Business solutions made possible by a Vmware environment

3:30pm - Breakout Sessions: Tristan Todd - Business Continuity and Virtual Infrastructure and Ravi Soundararajan (Staff Engineer, VMWare Performance Team) & Balaji Parimi (VMWare Ecosysetm Engineering): vSphere APIs for Performance Monitoring

4:25pm - RSI Keynote. Matt Rigby, Right! Systems Inc. EMCIE VCP CCEA MCSE, Sr. Systems Engineer - Oregon Services Manager: "Next Gen I/O and Enterprise Cloud Computing Demystified"

Interest in Anchorage Meet-up?

Benjamin Craig — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:19:02 GMT

Greetings fellow Alaskans!

My name is Benjamin Craig and I'm starting a VMware User Group in Anchorage this fall. I'd like to get an idea of how much interest there is for a meet-up, what kind of topics you would like to cover, and suggestions for places to meet. I'll leave this post out here for a while, feel free to add onto it, or if you like give me a call or shoot me an e-mail without the _NO_SPAM_ tagline:

Thanks!

Benjamin Craig

Chief Technology Officer

Northrim Bank

Cell: (907) 947-0787

craig.ben_NO_SPAM_@nrim.com

ESXi for Public Sector

DigitalMediaSpecialist — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:12:28 GMT

For those in the public sector interested in setting up their first ESXi server, please reply to this post. Once we have critical mass, I will help aggregate the tools to setup your test lab.

Getting Started - http://www.vmware.com/solutions/smb/gettingstarted.html

VMware Webcast - http://www.vmware.com/a/webcasts/details/154

Zac Chawinga

Digital Media Specialist

San Luis Obispo County Office of Education

VMware Systems Engineer position located in Irvine, CA

FrancineP — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:54:10 GMT

Sr Systems Engineer, VMware - work with latest technology at company that helps you grow & thrive

VLSystems

Irvine, CA 92606

This position offers you the opportunity to work with a variety of technologies and diverse clients, expanding your skills on an ongoing basis.
Our success depends upon staying on the leading edge of our industry, and you'll showcase your ingenuity working with the most current technologies -- often before the manual is published.

We understand the key role that our engineers play in our ability to thrive, and we invest in education, certificate incentive programs, and more.
In addition we foster a collaborative environment in which you can stretch your creativity. While you will spend the majority of your time in the field, overnight travel will be rare.

Your mission will be to act as a consultant and a hands-on project lead for medium to large-scale infrastructure solutions for our clients. To be a good fit for this opportunity you will have extensive experience with deploying best practice-based infrastructures with VMware (ESX, VI, vSphere) as well as working familiarity with storage and networking/ routing & switching. You also will need virtualization experience with Microsoft Server 2008/2003 and Exchange 2007/2003.
In addition, you will need outstanding interpersonal and customer service abilities as well as logical troubleshooting skills.

VLSystems, founded in Irvine, CA in 1978, is a Cisco Premier Certified Partner with a Master Security Specialization and a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner specializing in secure information solutions involving Cisco LAN/WAN, data center and security, Microsoft advanced infrastructure, SharePoint Portal Server, workflow and collaboration, and managed services.

IMPORTANT: HOW TO APPLY:
We want you to be as selective as we are! For a detailed 'insider's view' of this position and to submit your resume online, please visit the following URL:

http://vlsystems.jobinfo.com/description.lasso?jid=9900298&rcid=102850

If the link does not work, simply copy the complete URL and paste it into your browser's address line.

PLEASE RESPECT OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS.
DO NOT USE ANY OTHER METHOD TO APPLY OR CLICK ANY OTHER BUTTONS.
Thank you for your attention to this detail.

Is this group still active?

beyondvm — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:11:48 GMT

Is this group still active and having meetings? I just moved to the denver area and I am wondering about this group, most of the posts are old. If it is not very active I am interested in helping this group become more active.

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If you found any of my comments helpful please consider awarding points for "Correct" or "Helpful". Thanks!!!

www.beyondvm.com

TechVision 11/19/2009

mattman555 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:30:57 GMT

Hey all... MicroAge is putting on their TechVision and it's coming up on 11/19

Looks like they'll have some pretty great presentations...

Check it out here..

http://www.microage.com/register/TechVisionFall2009/

Keep in mind they'll be at our 12/10 event too, so they are really supporting the VMware community, lets see if we can support them by attending their event!

Thanks..

Matt Mancini

Phoenix VMUG Leader

Next Meeting?

gguerrero — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:19:37 GMT

Hello...I just joined and am a new and enthusiastic member! What is the date and time of the next meeting?

Genevieve Guerrero

Opportunity for a VMware Engineer

Jeanie — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:06:14 GMT

Hi

We are seeking a VMware Engineer for our Direct Client

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Direct Hire (Fulltime) Opportunity

This position pays a competitive base salary as well as comprehensive benefits which include - a wide selection of medical/dental/vision health plans, 401(k), Cash Value and ESOP retirements plans, floating holidays and on site fitness center.

Primary Responsibilities:

Design a large scale VMware farm to support over 1000 servers
Install and configure VMware VI3
Manage P2V Migrations
Recommend and deploy appropriate storage solutions
On Site surveys and migrations at several sites
Effectively drive innovation and optimization in the VMware technology area

Additional Responsibilities:

Windows Server Installations and management
Monitoring configuration and maintenance
Hardware and OS support for application teams
Microsoft Cluster configuration and troubleshooting
Maintain Active Directory (Group Policies, login scripts, DFS)
Able to perform system management, performance turning and monitoring

Required Skills:

4+ years of VMware and Windows Architecture/Administration experience, preferably in a large IT environment (no less than 100 servers)
VMware VCP certification
Expert knowledge of enterprise VMware technologies
Strong knowledge of Active Directory
Scripting (VBS, Jscript, PowerShell)
Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, WINS, DHCP, SMTP, ICMP, ICA, SMB
Windows 2000\2003 - Administration, WINS, Troubleshooting, IIS
Strong Windows networking skills
Strong knowledge of Clustering technologies including Microsoft and Veritas
SAN installation and maintenance (Fiber, ISCSI and NAS)
A Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or equivalent preferred
Possess good verbal and written communication skills
Good project management and time management skills

If you are interested, please send your resume to jeanie.harris@ispace.com ASAP...

Any Vegas Locals looking for a job?

ATL2VEGAS — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:09:04 GMT

I need some help on a Vmware rollout and just received approval to hire additional staff. Send me a private message for more information.

Candidates must be flexible to work in a 24/7 manufacturing environment.

Required Skills
The desired candidate will understand configuration of PC's in a networked Microsoft environment as well as Microsoft Active Directory maintenance and administration. The ideal candidate will possess working knowledge of basic network protocols (IPX, NETBEUI, TCPIP), network design, and network monitoring of Ethernet 10/100-base, Fiber, wireless and Gigabit topologies. They will have knowledge in application development in Excel, Access, SQL and HTML, disaster recovery and backup systems (VERITAS, CA) and MCSE Certification. Excellent planning and organization skills are required along with sound verbal and written communication skills. VMware Virtualization, Transact-SQL, and HP Procurve experience is a plus. Candidates must have the ability to work independently, with little supervision.

A Bachelors Degree in Information Systems or a computer science field is required. Candidates will have 3-5 hands on technical experience. Candidates should have experience working with controls automation and/or manufacturing execution systems. This individual would have knowledge of Microsoft client and server operating systems (Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/2003) as well as Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project, Visio).

EMC Offer to Sponsor a VMUG

Florence Le goff — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:30:29 GMT

Dear VMUG Leaders:

EMC is very interested in sponsoring an upcoming VMUG and I wanted to see if you had a need or availability for a sponsorship and speaker. EMC and VMware made some exciting announcement around vSphere and other solutions for the private cloud and the virtualized data center and we are currently talking to may customers and VMUGs about the recent VMworld announcements. Below is an abstract we just delivered in Seattle at the VMUG and we can also cover topics such as DeDupe for Vmware and cover some new solutions with the addition of Data Domain.

Please let me know if you would be interested in having EMC host and sponsor an upcoming event. Best Regards,

*_EMC ABSTRACT_</strongEMC will be giving a technical overview of vStorage Infrastructure Services in vSphere and their impact on the datacenter, including VAAI (vStorage APIs for Array Integration). In addition, we will discuss how VMware technologies are redefining the relationship between storage and system administration. Lastly EMC will cover any new EMC solutions announced at VMworld that customers can leverage for their VMware environments.</p>

Florence Le Goff
EMC Corporation
415-699-2027
legoff_florence@emc.com

EMC Offer to Sponsor a VMUG

Florence Le goff — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:29:22 GMT

Dear VMUG Leaders:

Please let me know if you would be interested in having EMC host and sponsor an upcoming event. Best Regards,

VMserver2 linux nubie.........

jharper86 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:29:09 GMT

Hi all!

I just thought I would shoot this out to the crowd and see what may be a simple config issue or an undocumented feature{bug} I do allot of work with IBM's Maximo asset management software so I have a small windows 2003 VMserver at the office that I work on instances for projects and demos. The VMs are all self contained Win2003 server instances with J2EE Websphere server installed and an oracle or MSsql server database {proof of concept machines.......nothing more} All work fine on the Windows host server. The issue happens when I have to take these out into the field for demo's or training. I have been given the dreaded Vista laptop....32bit 4g memory. The VM's tank from lack of resorces becouse of vista's memory appitite. I resolved this by buying an external eSATA drive and loading ubuntu 9 64bit linux OS on it and loaded VMServer2 on it.. ubuntu sees all the 4g of memory and all the copied VM's seem to work fine. My problem is that the nic will only work in NAT and Bridged is not working at all. is this normal?........its just messing up my websphere installs with the NAT addresses.

any clues?

John Harper 602-206-3886

12/10/2009 Phoenix VMUG Meeting - Introducing Super Sessions and P2P!

mattman555 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:27:52 GMT

Our next event will be 12/10/2009 from 8AM till 4PM at the Desert Willow Conference Center.

We'll be trying out 2 new session types and we are working hard to solidify them.

Super Sessions -

A "Super Session" will be a 3 hour vendor led session that will include a lab manual.

We currently working with 2 vendors to define / create these sessions. Going forward we might have more "Super Sessions" available but it really depends on user responce.
The goal of the super session is to give you some exposure to a VMware product, what you might encounter when you implement this product, and some exposure how the vendors product work with this solution.
It will be a Start to Finish session. Example would be the VMware product view. A vendor would produce a 3 hour session that would take you though all the decisions you might make to deploy view in your environment. This 'could" be hands on, it should be ever interactive and educational.

P2P Session -

Peer To Peer Session - During the day at our next event we'll be having 3 one hour sessions that will be presented by users for users, hence the name Peer To Peer (P2P)
Example - How I use VMware Server, or Fusion, or Things I learned about ESXi, etc..
If your interested in Presenting please contact us at events@vmugphoenix.com

Please let us know if you have suggetions or feedback..

Thanks..

Matt Mancini

Phoenix VMUG Leader

matt.mancini@vmugphoenix.com

Free vSphere Training

mattman555 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:38:39 GMT

This came across my plate today and I thought you all could benifit from it..

http://www.trace3.com/register/vSphereTrainingAZ.php

VMware vSphere Training Seminar

Join Trace|3 for a Technical Session to introduce VMware vSphere v4. We will be introducing the technical changes from v3 to v4 and the new features such as vStorage, Distributed Switching and Fault Tolerance.

Introduction of vSphere 4
How to prepare for vSphere 4
How to upgrade for vSphere 4
Best Practices for a VMware Environment

These seminars will include valuable information on best practices for Storage, Networking and Server deployment as well as how to manage the ever increasingly complex Virtual Environment.

Agenda:

Location:
Wednesday, November 4th
JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort
5350 East Marriott Drive
Phoenix, AZ 85054

09:00 am - Registration / Continental Breakfast
10:00 am - vSphere Training Begins
12:00 pm - Lunch on-site
12:45 pm - vSphere Training cont.
02:00 pm - Break
04:00 pm - Training Ends

Matt Mancini

Phoenix VMUG Leader

Tucson VMWare Users

tim.warden — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:51:40 GMT

Are you interested in participating in a VMWare Users Group here in the Old Virtual Pueblo? Reply to this topic and see if we can't get the requisite 25 members.

Tim Warden
Tucson, Arizona

08/20/2009 Phoenix VMUG Meeting - SUGGESTION BOX / FEEDBACK

mattman555 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:57:46 GMT

Thank you all who attended yesterdays event!

Please help us to grow these meeting by submitting suggestions and feedback.

Thanks..

Matt Mancini

Phoenix VMUG Leader

Network Engineer Position at Schools Credit Union

efritz — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:17:29 GMT

We have an opening for a Network Engineer III Position here at Schools Financial Credit Union.

The main skills necessary in this order are Cisco networking, VMware Virtualization, and Microsoft Server solutions.

The other important qualities for what we are looking for are:

1) Positive Attitude
2) Open minded and supportive of the Team
3) Eager and self motivated
4) Flexible with schedule and willing to also work after hours
5) Believes in best practices and strives to implement them
6) Credit Union or banking experience preferred if possible

Schools has great benefits, very nice corporate culture, very supportive of IT initiatives, we have lots of projects (probably a year's worth paid for and sitting on the shelf at this point), and this candidate would be in a position to help shape the department and play an integral role in shaping our 5 year goals.

Immediate projects for the position include:

Implementing F5 Load balancers

Re-Architecting our network

Implementing BGP at both HQ and the DR site

Implementing our internal Checkpoint Firewall infrastructure

Upgrading our environment to VSphere 4.0

Designing and building our staging and development VMware virtual environments

Implementing VMware technologies such as Lab Manager and SRM

And more...

If you are interested please go to our website, review the job description, and fill out an online application. Please mention VMUG.

https://www.schools.org/careers/current_job_openings.asp

Thank you,

Erin Fritz
Network Engineering Manager
Schools Financial Credit Union
(916) 569-5430 Office
(916) 569 2024 Fax
http://www.schools.org/

ESXi intermittent ethernet connectivity

DanKrones — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:14:00 GMT

I have set up a new ESXi server with some new linux VM's on a home network. It is a pretty basic configuration but I am having some confusing trouble.

The basics:

My internet connection is accessible at 192.168.0.1. This machine is plugged into vmnic1 on the ESXi host.

Vmnic0 is on the lan side and is network 10.10.0.X

The ESXi console is at address 10.10.0.1.

I have a VM set up to be a router/firewall and is at address 10.10.0.2. This VM has both nics assigned to it.

I have a VM that is going to be a samba server connected to Vmnic0 (LAN).

The problem:

The samba vm is having weird trouble. It is address 10.10.0.4. I can
ssh into it from my PC. I can ping it from my PC and it can ping my
PC. It cannot ping the router (10.10.0.2) or any domain. It can ping
the ESXi host at address 10.10.0.1. The weird part is that it was
working (could ping the router and domains outside my LAN). It stopped
working when I rebooted the VM. I did not change anything inside the
VM network related.

I can connect from my PC (10.10.0.100) to everywhere. I have internet access. I can ping any address. All works fine. This is a PC at my desk plugged into a switch that is also plugged into the ESXi machine at Vmnic0.

The firewall VM can obviously talk to anywhere, can ping anywhere and seems to all work fine especially because my PC is getting routed through it okay.

Why can't the samba VM 10.10.0.4 talk to the router VM 10.10.0.2 ???

-Dan

Update on the November 2009 All Day Portland VMWare User Conference

jerrylcasper — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:39:32 GMT

Hi All,

If you haven't registered for the all day Portland VMWare User Conference on November 3rd, the planning team highly encourages you to sign up. Not only does it help us plan for food and other logistics, but we're fast approaching the limit of attendees that we can host in the facility. We're positive that this conference will be well worth your time, especially if you were unable to attend VMWorld. We'll have four keynote sessions as well as four different breakout sessions with speakers from VMWare, our sponsors, and VMWare customers. They will present the latest technologies related to VMWare, walk through best practices, and provide interesting and unique looks at the different technologies you can use in your virtual environments.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided along with a whole bunch of giveaways for the attendees, including 10 copies of Scott Lowe's new book, "Mastering VMWare vSphere4" generously donated by Sybex Publishing.

Please let us know if you have any questions!

Jerry Casper

Map of the Tektronix Campus for the November User Conference

jerrylcasper — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:24:12 GMT

Since several people had a hard time finding building 38 on the Tektronix campus last year, please use this link to help you find your way to the VMWare User Conference on November 3rd. As you can see, Building 38 is within easy walking distance of the MAX line for those of you wanting to avoid traffic.

http://www.tek.com/ir/bv_map.html

Sponsorship VMware User Group meetings in Seattle

YSteller — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:49:27 GMT

Good morning,

I hope that you are all doing well. Do you know who I need to contact in order to sponsor a VMware Use Group meeting at my company? What are the requirements for sponsoring a meeting?

Thank you.

VMware Position - Denver

KChambers — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:39:55 GMT

I have the following contract position open in the Denver area:

Vmware System Adminstrator with Citrix - DTC

Contract Position - 3 months with possibility to extend

Location: DTC/Belleview

Skill's: Deep knowledge of VMWare (VCP cert is good) especially VDI and Citrix are a must.

Must be a US citizen and have good communication skills (verbal and written).

Tasks:

Building ESX servers, and view manager servers
Deploy VM templates utilizing view manager product suite.
Working with Citrix application streaming
Extensive documentation with technical writing team

Background Check and drug test are required.

If interested, please call Karen at 303-256-6258.

VMware Position - Denver

KChambers — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:34:19 GMT

I have the following contract position open in the Denver area:

Vmware System Adminstrator with Citrix - DTC

Contract Position - 3 months with possibility to extend

Location: DTC/Belleview

Skill's: Deep knowledge of VMWare (VCP cert is good) especially VDI and Citrix are a must.

Must be a US citizen and have good communication skills (verbal and written).

Tasks:

Building ESX servers, and view manager servers
Deploy VM templates utilizing view manager product suite.
Working with Citrix application streaming
Extensive documentation with technical writing team

Background Check and drug test are required.

If interested, please call Karen at 303-256-6258.

OCT 22nd, 2009 SAN DIEGO VMUG MEETING

rscherer — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:40:46 GMT

REGISTER NOW: http://www.vmware.com/resources/communities/usergroup/events.html

Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009
Time: 12:00pm - 5:00pm LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED
Location: CareFusion, 3750 Torrey View Court, San Diego, CA 92130
Topics: PowerShell and VMworld 2009

AGENDA
12:00pm - 12:30pm Registration and Lunch
12:30pm - 12:45pm Introductions
12:45pm - 01:30pm Bloopers / Ask the Experts Session
01:30pm - 02:15pm Vizioncore PowerGUI Presentation
02:15pm - 02:30pm Break
02:30pm - 03:30pm Powershell Presentation
03:30pm - 04:30pm VMworld 2009 Recap - Whats New
04:30pm - 05:00pm Giveaways & Open Forum Discussion

Sponsored by Vizioncore

We have a very special guest lined up for this meeting. Carter Shanklin, PowerCLI Product Manager at VMware will be joining us to discuss everything automation/scripting -- like PowerCLI! We will also feature a presentation by Vizioncore on their PowerGUI product and how it helps streamline automation to a whole new level! JOIN US FOR THIS GREAT EVENT!

VSphere4 Training Providers

TomPorter — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:15:11 GMT

Does anyone have an opinion on training quality differences between VMware training an authorized trainers like Global Knowledge? I am going to check out the vsphere4 training in a couple weeks. Anyone have a preference?

VM World Attendees

LoganLemming — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:55:37 GMT

We'd like to have a VM World Recap at our next meeting on November 12th. Is there anyone who has attended who would like to participate in a panel interview style Q&A regarding what was presented there? I'm looking for three or four individuals who would be able to give a brief recap of their experience and perhaps take a few questions. Please post in this thread if you're interested or email me directly at llemming@edcoe.org. Thanks!

Logan Lemming
Assistant Director, I.T.
El Dorado County Office of Education

11:00AM?

solomonchang — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:16:59 GMT

Whoa, I thought this user group would meet at night... at an hour when most of us would actually be off work?

I have a hard enough time convincing my boss to use VMWare to begin with, and now the user group expects us to sneak off during the day to attend?

Solomon

12/10/2009 Phoenix VMUG - Volunteers Needed

mattman555 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:47:56 GMT

We need some volunteers to help out at our next meeting.

If you'd like to volunteer at our upcoming meeting please email events@vmugphoenix.com

Thanks!

Matt Mancini

Phoenix VMUG Leader

12/10/2009 Phoenix VMUG - P2P Presentors needed

mattman555 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:45:19 GMT

We are looking for 3 user (non-vendors) presenters for our next 12/10/2009 meeting.

Here are some of the ideas for this..

Session time would be about 45 Minutes
You presentation doesn't have to take up the full 45 minutes and we'll fill in the rest with other users or presentations
We'd like for you to present on topics you are familiar with..
Examples would be VMware Server, vCenter Server, ESXi, Fusion, or maybe a program that your good with that related to VMware, etc..
You don't have to be an expert in this area just willing to put together a quick PowerPoint and let us know what you think
You can even bring in equipment if you want
Make it fun

Usually I don't present as I don't want to take time away from users, however this time coming up I plan to co-present my findings on a recent vCenter Server migration and/or VMWare Server.

If you'd like to present then we'd love to have you..

Please email us at events@vmugphoenix.com or if you have question feel free to email me directly - matt.mancini@vmugphoenix.com

Thanks!

Matt Mancini

Phoenix VMUG Leader

LinkedIN Groups and vmugphoenix.com is born!

mattman555 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:36:25 GMT

vmugphoenix.com-

Recently we register the domain name vmugphoenix.com and for a whopping $10 it gave all the leaders email, shared documents and a little website.

If your interested in sponsoring an event you can email events@vmugphoenix.com
So feel free to contact me directly at matt.mancini@vmugphoenix.com

LinkedIn -

We have started two groups, one for our users and one for our Vendors and Sponsors.

Please feel free to join the appropriate group!

Our LinkedIN Group for users is: Phoenix VMUG - Users Only (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1241967&trk=hb_side_g)

Our LinkedIN Group for our sponsors &vendors is: Phoenix VMUG - Sponsors and Vendors (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2217183&trk=hb_side_g)

Thanks and see you at out next meeting.

Matt Mancini

Phoenix VMUG Leader

matt.mancini@vmugphoenix.com

vmware lab

patrickvmware — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:57:52 GMT

Hello all:

I was able to set up esx 3.5i on my dell server 2560. So far it is working fine. But it does not reconnize the Fibre channel HBA, it is made by qlogic the model number is "Fca-qla2200", this is a copper interface.

Anyone had any luck with how to make the drivers work with this machine?

I also have have fibre channel HBA from qlogic (Model number is (FC230401-03 F) thatis working fine.

Other question. Any dell cheap system or server that work with vmware 4.0 or vpshere? Which is the chepest solution? Also any cheap SAN switch that I can connect to my dell for vmware lab?

Thanks.

Patrick

Interested in helping form VMUG meeting

chessconsulting — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:46:28 GMT

Hello - My name is Don LaMure and I have recently started my own consulting company and have been selling professional services for many years. Essentially all of my past clients are using VMware. As I would like to offer them consulting in these areas, I feel a VMUG meeting could be very beneficial. I'm currently the co-founder of the Silicon Valley SharePoint User Group and now have over 100 members on our LinkedIn Group and normally 50+ attendees to our once a month meetings.

If anyone is interested in working with me on getting this started, please call me at 408-393-6205 or email chessconsult@yahoo.com

Thank you in advance.

Don

Network World's IT Roadmap conference 12/10 at the Moscone

lmhealthcare — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:43:53 GMT

I attended this show last year, and really came away with a lot of good info. The cost is free, so if you can take a day away from the office, I highly recommend it. There are quite a few tracks to attend. You won't have any problems filling your day with sessions. They'll post more info about the sessions as the date comes closer, you can look at the other cities to get a decent idea of what to expect.

http://www.networkworld.com/events/

Systems Engineer Job Posting - Portland, Or

kertman — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:37:20 GMT

Tripwire has a Systems Engineer opening for its VMware management product, vWire. See the link below for details.

http://www.tripwire.com/company/careers/job-listings/?jobid=150

New to VMWare

rayp46 — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:48:31 GMT

I've never used VMWare but plan to download VMware Esxi 3.5 and want to know if anyone uses it to bring forensic images, such as e01 or dd into the virtual environment. If so have you have any luck in doing so, or I'm I trying to use a product that will not work. Thank you in advance

VMWARE Newbie looking for group!

infinitesolutions — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:49:12 GMT

Hello I will try my best to attend the VMWARE user group on the 22nd. I have hardley used VMWARE and I would like to know if you are green horn friendly. Please dont chew me up.

Sebuh

ISO VMUG CO-Leaders in LA

MKendall — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:14:31 GMT

We need co-leaders for the following locations:

El Segundo/South bay

Pomona/San Dimas

Thousand Oaks/Camarillo

BakersField

Please email Matt Kendall mkendall@vmware.com if you are a user of VMware and interested in becoming a co-leader for your areas VMUG.

Thanks,

Matt Kendall

(949) 300-3907

mkendall@vmware.com

08/20/2009 Phoenix VMUG Meeting - Presentations

mattman555 — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:07:06 GMT

Hello All!

Some of the presentations from our last 08/20/2009 meeting have been posted in our documents section.

We couldn't directly post up all the presentations as some of the vendors needed to modify them slightly.

Once we have the modified versions we will post them up directly.

Thanks..

Matt Mancini

Phoenix VMUG Leader

VSphere discussion group

sjenovai — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:07:32 GMT

Has anyone upgraded from 3.5 yet? We are still running build 3.5.0 version 64607 and looking to make the move in the next 3 months. Any issues or tips would be appreciated. Thanks

vCenter in-place upgrade

steveb05 — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:54:20 GMT

At the last VMUG meeting, there was a question if anyone had performed an in-place upgrade from Virtual Center 2.5 to vCenter 4 and no one had. Well, I just finished mine and it went very well.

We are currently using a physical box for this and the DB is in the same server. I ran a P2V to act as a quick recovery if I needed to. Ran the process as per the upgrade document and am fully functional now with my mix of 3.5i 3.5 full and 4.0 ESX servers. No license server issues or anything.

Job Posting in Hillsboro, OR

jerrylcasper — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:56:09 GMT

There is a position open in my group for a Windows/VMWare Engineer

https://checkfreecorp.tms.hrdepartment.com/cgi-bin/a/highlightjob.cgi?jobid=6205&lcid=en-US

How would you set up Outlook (w/ VMware?) on a MacBook Pro so it would do mailmerge with Salesforce?

SunnyRainbow — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:26:36 GMT

How would you set up Outlook (w/ VMware?) on a MacBook Pro so it would do *mailmerge with Salesforce*?

Can that be done smoothly?

I don't have VMware or Outlook yet but I assume I may need VMware to run Outlook at this time? I'm running OS 10.5.8.

I use Firefox, and Safari (for different things), as well as gmail and MAIL. SalesForce seems adamant about using Outlook.

Thanks!

Next Meeting in San Diego

nenev — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:00:56 GMT

Hi all,

When is the next meeting of the San Diego vmug? I work for Isilon Systems and we would like to do a short presentation of our clustered storage.

Thank you,

Nikolay

PDX users at VMworld

Jae Ellers — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:17:55 GMT

Who's going? Should we get a #PDXVMW hashtag going?

What's your Twitter name?

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
http://blog.mr-vm.com
http://www.vmprofessional.com
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Is there a better way to manage VMware Snapshots?

efritz — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:34:34 GMT

Has anyone come up with a way to manage or view your snapshots other than right clicking on the server and selecting snapshot manager?

It would be nice to have a tool or view that shows you all your active snapshots to better. What do you guys do?

Erin

Las Vegas VMUG Meeting July 23, 2009

terencec — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:27:09 GMT

SourceVM and HP is sponsoring the Las Vegas VMware User's Group meeting this Thursday, July 23rd. It will be held at the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce located at Town Square.

Please attend if you are using or interested in VMware virtualization.

The event will have presentations by VMware and Hewlett-Packard and a great opportunity to network with other virtualization users.

Las Vegas VMware User's Group
Thu, Jul 23 10am-2pm

Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce
6671 S. Las Vegas Blvd Suite 300
Las Vegas, NV 89119
Main Conference Room

Register Now:
http://www.vmware.com/resources/events/usergroups_events.html

VMWorld 2009: "From Point Solution Hell to Enterprise Tool Heaven" -Manager, Technical Operations, VMware

KristenatCAInc — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:35:08 GMT

CA is also hosting an event on Tuesday evening, September 1st at Boulevard featuring VMWare as our customer: "From Point Solution Hell to Enterprise Tool Heaven", Chuck Lintell, Manager, Technical Operations, VMware. We would love to have some VMWare User Group attendees!

Please join CA and VMware during VMWorld 2009 for an exclusive event to learn about VMware's strategy in building an Enterprise Management System. You will hear about VMware's business justification to consolidate multiple point solutions, their evaluation process, implementation experience, and decision to choose CA's Infrastructure Management Solutions. In addition, VMware will also discuss the immediate value they have received from CA's integrated solutions

Enjoy appetizers and cocktails at one of San Francisco's most exclusive restaurants!

We look forward to seeing you.

Agenda
6:15-6:30pm	Registration
6:30- 6:45pm	CA Welcome, Sanjay Tailor, Vice President, Solution Strategy, Infrastructure Management
6:45- 7:15pm	VMware: "From Point Solution Hell to Enterprise Tool Heaven", Chuck Lintell, Manager, Technical Operations, VMware
7:15 - 8:30pm	Networking Cocktail Reception

Seating is limited. Please RSVP to Leila.nuri@ca.com or 650-862-8174 today.

VMWorld 2009: "From Point Solution Hell to Enterprise Tool Heaven" -Manager, Technical Operations, VMware

KristenatCAInc — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:29:03 GMT

Enjoy appetizers and cocktails at one of San Francisco's most exclusive restaurants!

We look forward to seeing you.

Agenda
6:15-6:30pm	Registration
6:30- 6:45pm	CA Welcome, Sanjay Tailor, Vice President, Solution Strategy, Infrastructure Management
6:45- 7:15pm	VMware: "From Point Solution Hell to Enterprise Tool Heaven", Chuck Lintell, Manager, Technical Operations, VMware
7:15 - 8:30pm	Networking Cocktail Reception

Seating is limited. Please RSVP to Leila.nuri@ca.com or 650-862-8174 today.

VMWorld 2009: "From Point Solution Hell to Enterprise Tool Heaven" -Manager, Technical Operations, VMware

KristenatCAInc — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:12:23 GMT

Enjoy appetizers and cocktails at one of San Francisco's most exclusive restaurants!

We look forward to seeing you.

Agenda
6:15-6:30pm	Registration
6:30- 6:45pm	CA Welcome, Sanjay Tailor, Vice President, Solution Strategy, Infrastructure Management
6:45- 7:15pm	VMware: "From Point Solution Hell to Enterprise Tool Heaven", Chuck Lintell, Manager, Technical Operations, VMware
7:15 - 8:30pm	Networking Cocktail Reception

Seating is limited. Please RSVP to Leila.nuri@ca.com or 650-862-8174 today.

If anyone is going to VMWorld 2009 in the Bay Area....

KristenatCAInc — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:09:08 GMT

CA is also hosting an event on Tuesday evening, September 1st at Boulevard featuring VMWare as our customer. We would love to have some VMWare User Group attendees!

Enjoy appetizers and cocktails at one of San Francisco's most exclusive restaurants!

We look forward to seeing you.

Agenda
6:15-6:30pm	Registration
6:30- 6:45pm	CA Welcome, Sanjay Tailor, Vice President, Solution Strategy, Infrastructure Management
6:45- 7:15pm	VMware: "From Point Solution Hell to Enterprise Tool Heaven", Chuck Lintell, Manager, Technical Operations, VMware
7:15 - 8:30pm	Networking Cocktail Reception

Seating is limited. Please RSVP to Leila.nuri@ca.com or 650-862-8174 today.

If anyone is going to VMWorld 2009 in the Bay Area....

KristenatCAInc — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:05:32 GMT

CA is also hosting an event on Tuesday evening, September 1st at Boulevard featuring VMWare as our customer. We would love to have some VMWare User Group attendees!

Enjoy appetizers and cocktails at one of San Francisco's most exclusive restaurants!

We look forward to seeing you.

Agenda
6:15-6:30pm	Registration
6:30- 6:45pm	CA Welcome, Sanjay Tailor, Vice President, Solution Strategy, Infrastructure Management
6:45- 7:15pm	VMware: "From Point Solution Hell to Enterprise Tool Heaven", Chuck Lintell, Manager, Technical Operations, VMware
7:15 - 8:30pm	Networking Cocktail Reception

Seating is limited. Please RSVP to Leila.nuri@ca.com or 650-862-8174 today.

If anyone is going to VMWorld 2009 in the Bay Area....

KristenatCAInc — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:03:28 GMT

CA is also hosting an event on Tuesday evening, September 1st at Boulevard featuring VMWare as our customer. We would love to have some VMWare User Group attendees!

Enjoy appetizers and cocktails at one of San Francisco's most exclusive restaurants!

We look forward to seeing you.

Agenda
6:15-6:30pm	Registration
6:30- 6:45pm	CA Welcome, Sanjay Tailor, Vice President, Solution Strategy, Infrastructure Management
6:45- 7:15pm	VMware: "From Point Solution Hell to Enterprise Tool Heaven", Chuck Lintell, Manager, Technical Operations, VMware
7:15 - 8:30pm	Networking Cocktail Reception

Seating is limited. Please RSVP to Leila.nuri@ca.com or 650-862-8174 today.

VMWorld 2009- An evening with CA and VMWare

KristenatCAInc — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:01:14 GMT

CA is hosting an event on Tuesday evening, September 1st at Boulevard featuring VMWare as our customer.

Enjoy appetizers and cocktails at one of San Francisco's most exclusive restaurants!

We look forward to seeing you.

Agenda
6:15-6:30pm	Registration
6:30- 6:45pm	CA Welcome, Sanjay Tailor, Vice President, Solution Strategy, Infrastructure Management
6:45- 7:15pm	VMware: "From Point Solution Hell to Enterprise Tool Heaven", Chuck Lintell, Manager, Technical Operations, VMware
7:15 - 8:30pm	Networking Cocktail Reception

Seating is limited. Please RSVP to Leila.nuri@ca.com or 650-862-8174 today.

VMWorld2009 Invites

mattman555 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:55:23 GMT

Hey if you know of a Vendor after event that you'd like to post up please feel free to use this thread to do so..

I got this on in from IBM, hope to see you there..

Location: E&O Trading Company

314 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA.

(415) 693-0303

Date : Tuesday September 1, 2009
Time : 7:00 to 9:00 P.M.

Please be our guest for food, beverage and conversation

*
This invitation is required for entry

Please R.S.V.P. at www.ibm.com/events/VMworld2009Reception

Join IBM at a private customer reception

Matt Mancini

Phoenix VMUG Leader

Future VMUG Meeting Topics

sjenovai — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:02:08 GMT

What topics would you like to see discussed at future meetings?

Are there any vendors that you would like to have speak about their products?

Storage VMotion being retired at the end of the year?

gcfiend — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:55:37 GMT

In the Gotcha session, someone advised that Storage VMotion will be retired at the end of the year for vSphere unless a certain level of licensing is purchased (or something along that lines). Can someone elaborate on this and possibly forward or post any links that wound confirm this or explain it further?

Chris

Who will attend the meeting?

JustinHousdan — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:28:20 GMT

I was just curious about who would be attending the Bakersfield VMUG meeting. Let's get to know the members before (as well as during and after) the first meeting.

Don't be shy... reply!

Great first meeting

jprobins — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:05:47 GMT

Thanks to Bolthouse, Bear and SJ Bank for their efforts in putting together this first meeting. From the attendance it appears there is plently of interest in VMware and sharing first hand experiences. It was worth it for me to travel from San Luis Obispo to attend.

Suggested future topics: 1. P2V conversion methods (VM Converter, Acronis Universal Restore) and preparation techniques (H/W specific software like Dell Openmanage, Anti-Virus issues, OS licensing).

2. ESX cluster designs (ESX/ESXi for first time implementers) with VMware licensing costs and ROI calcs.

Thanks also to VMware for helping organize the first meeting! Well done.

08/20/2009 Phoenix VMUG Meeting

mattman555 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:59:37 GMT

Registration is now open please go here for details and to register for our next event -

http://www.vmware.com/resources/events/usergroups_events.html

Look for Phoenix VMUG and click register

Thanks..

Matt Mancini

Phoenix VMUG Leader

Using and setting up NPIV

trurodh — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:45:31 GMT

Hi all.

I had a question come my way in regards to setting up N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) within an ESX farm. I have not set this up myself so am hoping that those of you who may have had experieince with it would be willing to share the knowledge and help a brother out in setting it up. The question is below. There are a few docs out there with a lot of greek in them so please answer if you have done this before.

"We are interested in NPIV but I'm not sure how to set it up. It looks like the Fiber switch needs to send something to the ESX servers but I'm not sure how to configure it. We have Cisco 9509 fiber switches and HP DL585 servers. I would like to hook up with someone that is using NPIV to help us set it up in our environment."

Thanks!

Rod

Good Meeting!

TomPorter — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:39:23 GMT

I was impressed with the turn out and the great content. Thanks to Bolthouse, Bear, and vmware for kicking this off.

Tom Porter

Monitoring hardware

ArizonaGeek — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:15:14 GMT

We are running Dell servers, Dell's new version of Open Manage software is not doing for us. Anyone using anything different to manage the physical hardware of your ESX servers, SAN, switches etc? We are moving our servers offsite at some point in the next couple of months and I'd hate to have a memory dimm or hard drive go bad and not know about it until it is too late. Free is good but we aren't opposed to paying for something if it works.

Rob

Where and how often do you meet?

msmoyer — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:13:12 GMT

Would like to find out more about the user group: Where, when, etc.

Converting XP/SP2 to VMware Fusion 2 on iMac

Magaia — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:30:16 GMT

I am trying to convert XP/SP2 that I installed on a separate partition on my iMac. Could you please let me know what data I shall input in Step 2 re: Destination.

Hey group, new here

jraster — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:37:37 GMT

Hello all, I just joined the group. I am in Yuma. I just started using VMWare ESXi and I am sold on it so far.

I do have a question if anyone has a suggestion. I want to convert a Windows Server 2003 DC over to VM. Anyone have suggestions on tools or steps to prepare for this?

Thanks,

Jason

wondering about host to guest ratio for vview

bigchiller — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:26:17 GMT

I am planning on doing a large deplyment of v view with esx 3.5. i am looking at about 1500 workstations. This is my Host system configuration. Could someone tell me what would be a conservative amount of guest i could put on one host.

Host Dell R710 :E5520 Xeon Processor, 2.26GHz 8M Cache, Turbo, HT, 1066MHz Max Mem 64 gig memory

Guests: Windows xp with about 512 to 1 gig memory per.

vSphere 4 training

jaygt — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:45:49 GMT

Has anyone attended any of the new vSphere 4 training classes yet?

If so, how well are the manuals and labs written?

8/20 VMUG Details?

mbeckendorf — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:27:25 GMT

Matt and Duke,

Do you have any details on the 8/20 event yet?

Thanks,

Mark

Website URL?

dflint — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:54:47 GMT

What is this group's website URL?

Netmotion Mobility XE running virtual

sjenovai — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:37:37 GMT

We have migrated our netmotion application to virtual. The application is running well. Is anyone else running this virtual yet? If so, have you had any issues or dificulties?

August PDX VMUG Presentations

jerrylcasper — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:37:41 GMT

Attached are the presentations for the August PDX VMUG's that we currently have available. We'll add the other presentations as the presenters send them our way.

The following link can be used to download the HP/LeftHand Virtual SAN appliance that you saw in the first presentation that was sponsored by Chris Stewart at Dasher Technologies:

https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/try.do?productNumber=LHNSW8.1

The VizionCore vFoglight presentation by Lorraine Marquis has been uploaded.

ESXI NIC teaming vs. bridging

reggies — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:21:14 GMT

I have setup 1 ESXI host with 4 1GB port and so for I have 4 vm's, should I bridge or team the NIC's?

VMWare Consultant Needed

OSTBrian — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:30:22 GMT

We are currently looking for a few VMWare consultants for a project that we are working on. The job requirements are listed below. If you are interested please send your resume to Jobs@OutsourceTesting.com. Once the position is filled I will post an update to this thread.

-Advanced skills using VMware to convert physical machines to virtual.

-System OS (Operating System) experience and understanding for installation, support and troubleshooting with skills in the following OS's

- Windows Server

- Linux (Redhat, SUSE, etc)

- Netware

-Understanding of OS services and determining what services are running on servers and ability to troubleshoot them if they do not start

-Experience using VMware Capacity Planner

-Be able to diagnose port usage and which ports need opened for installed application to function in the network

-Time period to be determined once schedule is complete (estimated at 12 - 16 weeks)

Preference given to those with experience with VMware Appspeed and other UNIX OS experience.

VMware jobs?

davez0r — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:25:39 GMT

Does anyone know a good resource for finding virtualization positions/contracts in the Salt Lake City area? I am VMware certified (VCP) and interested in helping companies go virtual.

Meeting Information

JustinHousdan — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:35:06 GMT

I am interested in attending the Bakersfield Area VMUG meeting on 8/19/09 and have a few questions:

Is there a fee to attend and if so, is lunch included in the price of admission?
What is the dress code? Since the meeting is held at The Petroleum Club is formal attire required, or is casual attire acceptable?
Are people with limited experience with VMware welcome to attend?
Am I allowed to bring guests, or should they register for themselves?

I am looking forward to this meeting. Thanks in advance for any and all information anyone can provide about the meeting.

Justin Housdan

VMUG

kristiane — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:33:51 GMT

Is there a VMWare User Group already established here in Las Vegas? If so, is there a schedule of where and when is the meeting? If not, is anybody interested in starting one?

Portland VMUG organizer ?

heyitspablo — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:43:20 GMT

Was wondering if there is any interest in having a session on the vSphere SDKs / APIs for managing and automation the vSphere platform ?

PDX VMWare User Group on LinkedIn

jerrylcasper — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:55:34 GMT

If you work with VMWare in the Portland area, feel free to add yourself as a member to the PDX VMWare User Group.