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Next Meeting: November 19th, 1 - 5 PM, Trio's, Downtown South Bend - Comparing SAN technologies and Roundtable discussions!

rboenne — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:22:38 GMT

There will be a meeting Nov. 19th (yes, different Thursday) from 1pm to 5 pm.

LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED (And it's Trios, which has excellent food).
REGISTER NOW: http://www.vmware.com/resources/communities/usergroup/events.html

We're changing locations to Trios (View Larger Map</small>).

129 N Michigan St
South Bend, IN 46601
(574) 288-8746
http://www.triossb.com‎/
Trios South Bend

Agenda is as follows:

1- 1:30 pm VMUG Business & Lunch
1:30 - 3 pm Presidio Network Solutions will be presenting on a comparative view of SAN Technologies
3:00 - 3:30 pm - Q & A
3:30 - 3:45 pm - break
3:45 - 4:45 pm - Roundtable discussions on backups, vSphere 4, VDI, security and other topics

http://local.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Trio's+Restaurant+%26+Jazz+Club%E2%80%8E,+south+bend,+in&sll=41.676771,-86.250386&sspn=0.023624,0.036736&ie=UTF8&hq=Trio's+Restaurant+&%20Jazz%20Club%E2%80%8E%2C=&hnear=South+Bend,+IN&ll=41.677175,-86.250401&spn=0.022822,0.036736&z=15&iwloc=A

Robert Boenne
robert.boenne@tcunet.com
P 574-284-6493
Cell: 574-274-6153

No October meeting.... Details for November meeting will be coming soon

rboenne — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:34:44 GMT

Next year we're going to go to quarterly meetings during the day. We'll try for the afternoon 12-5 pm or 1-5 pm with at least two speakers, a customer success story and more giveaways.

South Central VIP Cocktail Reception - VMworld, San Francisco

VMHA — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:38:56 GMT

http://now.eloqua.com/e/es.aspx?s=524&e=9786368&elq=b117bc3dbf7c42ebb6d3d2fdefa88dfe&OPENID=Browser

Please join VMware, iland, Cisco, and Intel for South Central VIP Cocktail Reception - VMworld, San Francisco

Misty Goeddertz

mg@iland.com

http://www.iland.com/

Follow up from last night's meeting

VirtualPathSean — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:14:33 GMT

During last night's presentation on View, a person posed an interesting scenario.

The scenario was a hospital, that was using view, with different exam rooms. The nurses/doctors would move from exam room to exam room and needed different desktops for each room. The solution to "that" part of the problem was pretty straight forward. The recommendation was to create separate desktop pools for each room and when they nurse/doctor went into that room, they could select the appropriate desktop from the View Client's list of available desktops on the View Client toolbar.

However, from that point, things got more interesting and the question came up as to whether we could push patient data to that specific desktop. Thereby, depending on which exam room and desktop the nurses/doctors would have the appropriate patient's data.

In retrospect, I feel I have a plausible solution to this. Simply put, create a network share and instead of assigning user permissions to the share, assign desktop permissions to the share. Then, administrative personnel, could copy the appropriate patient info to the appropriate network share for that exam room. Next, when nurses/doctors attached to that exam room's desktop, the desktop would have access to the appropriate network share and therefore the person would be able to see the pertinent patient data for the patient in that exam room on that exam room's desktop.

Just a thought.

Event in Sandusky - Kalahari 2009?

SR2009 — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:02:39 GMT

Please confirm if the event will be at Kalahari in August 2009.

CDW SRM Meeting (2009 Feb) Resources - 1

rboenne — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:02:14 GMT

Here's the link to the presentation we watched

VMWare Distributed Power Management (DPM) Demo

Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Viewer link (needed to view attachments if you don't have PowerPoint 2007)

Power Point 2007 Viewer

VCB and TSM

Ray Storer — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:24:24 GMT

I've been doing some research on using TSM with VCB. Here is what I've found so far:

Need 32bit TSM client version 5.5.0.4 or later

You must configure the VCB proxy server to see the same SAN space as your VI3 server uses to store images
The VCB proxy server must not "claim" the SAN hard drive when it "sees" it. So, be certain to configure appropriately.
Host File level backups with VCB and TSM do not require any additional space on the VCB proxy machine.
Image file backups of the hosts does require space on the VCB proxy--your largest VM size on disk.

I haven't tried any backups yet. We are still configuring the environment. I'll let you know how the backup and restore goes when we try it.

Ray

Future meeting Topics

rboenne — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:00:02 GMT

March 12 - Disaster Recovery overview
April 9 - Disaster Recovery, SAN replication and Site Recovery Manager

Then????

Disaster Recovery - Replication based (vReplicator, DoubleTake, etc.) - for May, unless I hear otherwise

Virtual Infrastructure 4
Capacity Planning
Backups - VCB Proxy, Host Based (Avamar, PureDisk), etc.
Cloud Computing - BlueLock, vCloud
Application Virtualization - Thin App
VMWare workstation and Fusion
Storage - SAN vs. iSCSI vs. NFS
vLANs and NIC teaming
Hardware selection
vCenter Patch Management
vCenter Consolidator - P2V migrations
vCenter installation and setup
VMWare View (VDI)
Lab Manager
LifeCycle Manager
VMWare ACE
High Availablity / DRS
Return on Investment (ROI)
???????

I'd use the polls but they only allow you to vote for one item. This is your group so let me know what topics you'd like covered. Some smaller ones, I might try to do before the main speaker with demonstration.

VMUG Schedule for 2008 and 2009

rboenne — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:30:21 GMT

Meeting dates and times:

If you were at VMWorld 2008 and would like to help with the next meeting, please contact me.

All locations and times are: Teachers Credit Union at 6 pm unless changes are made.

2008

Nov. 13 - VMWorld Recap

2009

Jan. 15
Mar. 12
May 14
July 9
Sept. 10
Nov 12

The goal is to have the meeting on the second Thursday on the odd months of the year.

I have also created a LinkedIn group as a secondary form of communication and networking. At VMWorld, it was discussed that many members can find themselves no longer receiving VMUG communcation accidently if they download a beta prodcut from VMWare and do not click 'Have VMWare contact me'. It winds up unsubscribing them from ALL VMWare related communication (including VMUG) instead of just related to the product being downloaded.

Teachers Credit Union

110 S. Main Street

South Bend, IN 46601

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=South Bend&state=IN&address=110 S Main St&zipcode=46601-1805&country=US&latitude=41.676214&longitude=-86.251972&geocode=ADDRESS

Robert Boenne

robert.boenne@tcunet.com

574-284-6493 (office)

574-274-6153 (cell)

http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/1011027

Where are you from?

rboenne — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:32:38 GMT

To help plan meeting locations, I'd like to get a better idea where everyone in the group is from. If you could reply with your name, company, city and number of people that will attending meetings from your company down (street address is optional), we can get an idea of where we're concentrated.

Thanks,

Robert Boenne
Teachers Credit Union
110 S. Main Street
South Bend, IN 46601

4-6 people

VCP Fast Track VMware Authorized Course offered in Goshen, Indiana (Jan 2009)

us3rn4me — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:39:05 GMT

As mentioned in Thursday's meeting - MapleTraining (Goshen, Ind) is offering a VMware Authorized Course in Jan 2009. To sit the VCP exam, authorized courseware is a requirement. For further information, check out

http://www.mapletraining.net/asp/class.asp?ClassID=508

Contact info at http://www.mapletraining.net/

Thanks, Michael

Link to Microsoft document on Datacenter server licensing

brandenb — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:25:02 GMT

Here is the link to the Microsoft document on Datacenter server licensing.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/news/bulletins/datacenterhighavail.mspx

This is the relevant portion:

Unlimited virtualization rights: Starting October 1, 2006, new servers licensed with Windows Server Datacenter Edition (and previous licenses with new version rights) will have license rights to run an unlimited number of virtualized Windows Server instances. By simply licensing the server's processors with Windows Server Datacenter Edition, customers will be able to run Windows Server Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition or a mix of the three editions without having to track the number of virtual machines or pay for additional Windows Server licenses.

Licensing does not depend on which virtualization technology is used. With all processors in a server licensed for Windows Server 2003 R2, Datacenter Edition, you can run one instance of the software in a physical operating system environment and an unlimited number of instances in virtual operating system environments. With VMWare GSX Server or SWsoft Virtuozzo, this means you can run one physical instance plus unlimited virtual instances. With VMWare ESX Server, it means you can run unlimited virtual instances because there is no need for a physical instance.

Huge Virtualization event - Indianapolis - August 7 "Demo Days"

ryan_birk — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:01:43 GMT

This is the largest virtualization event held in Indiana!

http://campaign.vmware.com/usergroup/invites/IndianaDemoDay_8-7-08.html

Finally, an event focused around demonstrations!

VMware User group members chose 12 demonstrations out of over 35 submitted.

There are over 25 sponsors participating (including: Cisco, Dell, Symantec, EMC, Wyse, and more)

This is a must attend event whether you are new to VMware or a veteran.

We hope you can make it!

VMWare conferences

rboenne — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:10:07 GMT

Dear Colleague,

SANS WhatWorks in Virtualization Security Summit 2008

http://www.sans.org/info/30333

What Works In Virtualization Security?

Is there any part of IT hotter than virtualization? CIOs see big savings, and they are jumping in with both feet.

With all of its unquestionable benefits, virtualization brings with it both old and new security issues. Join one the nation's top virtual security gurus, Tom Liston, and other virtualization experts, users, and vendors in Washington, DC on August 7-8, and hear how to get the most out of your Virtualization Security strategies.

This is the only technical conference focused on Virtualization Security. It features highly interactive sessions and experts and users who share lessons learned from the trenches. The goal is to help you learn from their mistakes and from their discoveries, and at the same time, discuss the latest processes and technologies. Get answers to these questions and more...

What's all the fuss about? Are there real vulnerabilities in virtual systems?
What are the economic and flexibility payoffs from going virtual? How can they be validated and quantified?
Which of the four leading virtual platforms provides the most security today?
How can application virtualization be used to harden my desktops?
How do I understand exactly what a sandbox environment is, and is not, protecting? How do I cut through "vendor speak" to understand what application virtualization is providing?

Application virtualization vs. Desktop virtualization: Costs and benefits?
What are the forensic implications of unauthorized employee use of sandboxing environments? Can a malicious insider use virtualization against me?

Who Should Attend?

Security managers whose responsibility includes virtualized environments.
Managers responsible for leading the roll-out of virtualization within an enterprise.
Consultants whose clients are considering virtualizing portions of their infrastructure.
Desktop application managers who are looking for innovative ways to protect end users from attack.
Virtualization resellers or consultants looking to broaden their understanding of how to best help their clients secure their infrastructure.

To register go to: http://www.sans.org/info/30333

Please join us for this innovative meeting on Virtualization Security.
Space is limited so register today to make sure you are a part of this compelling Summit.

Kind regards,
Alan Paller
Director of Research
The SANS Institute, a postgraduate computer security college

Meeting Survery Results and next meeting

rboenne — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:50:58 GMT

Here are the post meeting survey results that I thought we could use a a beginning of discussion and planning for future meetings. For the next meeting, we'll have a vendor speak on VDI since we'vre already been planning since the last meeting, after that meeting we'll have a user case story meeting (any volunteers? - maybe we'll talk about Virtual Center / ESX 3.5 then as well) and after that, based on the results below, we'll see about having a vendor speak about Disaster Recovery and/or Virtual Center / ESX 3.5

We're looking for voluneteers to host the next meeting. TCU is willing to host the next meeting but doesn't have to. Coachman is willing to host in Middlebury. We'd be looking at the dates of July 10th, 17th or 24th at 6 pm. Sean O'Meara from Xcedex will talk about Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. If you're willing to host, check that you can and then e-mail me.

Comments? Questions?

		Content relevant to my needs	Technical Information	Slides and Demonstration	Overall Meeting
	Excellent	11%	11%	11%	0%
	Very Good	78%	67%	0%	89%
	Acceptable	11%	22%	56%	11%
	Need Improvement	0%	0%	33%	0%


What topics would you like to see discussed?	Business Continuity Planning / Disaster Recovery	15%
	Capacity Planning / Resource Management	10%
	Enterprise Desktop Virtualization	13%
	ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5	17%
	Installation / Setup / Deployment	6%
	Performance Monitoring & Tuning	8%
	Security	6%
	Server & Data Center Consolidation	8%
	Test & Development Environments	6%
	Virtual Appliance & Enterprise Software 2.0	2%
	Virtual Infrastructure Management and Automation	8%
	If other, please specify	0%



If yes to using VMare, which products?	VMware ACE/VDI	0%
	VMware Consolidated Backup	0%
	VMware Fusion (for the Mac)	4%
	VMware Infrastructure 3	35%
	VMware Lab Manager	0%
	VMware Player	15%
	VMware Server	23%
	VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure	0%
	VMware Workstation	23%
	If other, please specify	0%



In the upcoming year, which of the following topics are of most important to your organizations business and IT initiatives?	Cost Savings	22%
	Virtualizing the Desktop	16%
	Remote Office/Branch Office Virtualization	6%
	Disaster Recovery	25%
	Green IT	0%
	Virtual Life Cycle Automation	3%
	Platform Management - SAP	6%
	Platform Management - Windows	16%
	Platform Management - Exchange	6%

Vendor Guidelines

rboenne — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:00:10 GMT

The following is from the Indianapolis Users Group Vendor Guidelines. I'd like to hear the comments of the group to see if this works for everyone. If you have any comments, please post them. After a while, I'll probably put up a poll and we can 'offically' vote on them to be our guidelines.

Their meeting format which we'll initially adopt is to alternate social gatherings and technical meetings. I'd like to see our social gatherings have a presentation from one of our users as opposed to strictly a meet and greet.-----

The social gatherings are sponsored by one or two vendors which are identified at the beginning of the event and they have 5-10 minutes to do a history of/new products/etc speech. The sponsoring vendor(s) cover any costs involved such as food/drink/room rental. All vendors are welcome and encouraged to come to the social gatherings as this is the outlet to pitch their goods. It is a very open format with social/professional networking being the main goal.

To keep the technical meetings actually technical and not a 2-3 hour sales pitch I require a vendor to bring in one of their customers and demonstrate/explain in depth what and how they have used said vendors solution(s) in a real world environment, or do some type of case study. I do allow a 5-10 minute window for the sponsoring vendor to do a mini pitch, but then we dive right into the technical stuff. Here again other vendors are welcome to come, but it is 'known' that this is not the time to push their products. Again, the sponsoring vendor(s) provides food/beverage/room rental.