Start Loop Slide 2. PHOENIX VMUG September 04, 2008 City of Scottsdale - Stadium VMUG Leader - Matt Mancini VMUG Co-Leader – Duke Encinas VMUG –Agenda.

Start Loop Slide 2

VMUG – Agenda  08:00am - Phoenix VMUG Update - Duke Encinas

and Matt Mancini

08:20am - What it takes to get your VCP and what VMworld is all about - Michael Goss / Alec Felgemaker, VMware

08:50am - BREAK

09:00am - Technical overview - Michael Coughlin, Data Domain

10:00am - Virtual Appliances for VMware - Bill Brown, VKernel

11:00am - BREAK

11:15am - Vizioncore Product Overview / Demo, Paul Buergey / Chris Garn, Vizioncore

12:00pm - LUNCH – Get to know your fellow VMUG Members

12:30pm - Lessons Learned VMware / Data Centers - Lin Nease CTO of ProCurve Networking, HP

01:15pm - HP Blade Centers with VMware - Mike Novotny, Intertech

01:45pm - Enterprise VDI Connection Brokering for your VMware Environment - Patrick Rouse, Quest Software

02:30pm - BREAK

02:45pm - Managing the Virtualized Data Center with Akorri BalancePoint - Rob Strechay Sr. Director of System Engineering, Akorri / Trace3

03:45pm - P2V Demo VizionCore P2V and Storage Craft - Duke Encinas and Matt Mancini, Phoenix VMUG 04:45pm - Door Prizes

Intro of VMWARE members

Sponsor Recognition

New VMUG Co-Leader

Duke Encinas with Scottsdale Insurance Company has stepped up and is now assisting the Phoenix VMUG as a Co-Leader

Welcome Duke!!

.Phoenix VMUG Updates

1. Meetings • Quarterly or close to• An occasional Social Event / Gathering in-between• Once a year all day Vendor Fair

2. Four locations for VMUG Meetings• North - John C Lincoln – 7st & Dunlap• East - City of Scottsdale or Other Scottsdale Location• Central - NEEDED – Central Phoenix• South - NEEDED – AZ Tempe Mills Area• Locations should meet the following requirements

• Seating / tables for 75 to 100 or more• Microphone• Internet• Computer Projector• 2 to 6 – 6 foot Vendor Tables• Place for Lunch and/or Snacks• Room Available for 4 to 8 hours

Quarterly Meeting Format

Phoenix VMUG – Duke / Matt Vendor 1 - Main Vendor Demo Lunch - Get to know your VMUG Members User Discussion on Lessons Learned or Gotcha’s Vendor 2 – Demo Break User Demos Door Prizes Adjourn

Next Phoenix VMUG

November 21, 2008Central Phoenix else John C Lincoln 7st & Dunlap

Current Vendors –StorageCraftLeft-hand Networks

User Demo –We need two users to step up and present

Don’t forget to bring your VMWARE Gotchas

Gotcha’s

Are issues you came across using VMWARE and what you did to resolve it.

They could also be issues that you are having and want to bring up to the group for discussion.

If you want to present an issue feel free to use the projector and PowerPoint.

User Demos

We need you for User Demos..

Here are some examples..

1.Update an ESX Server2.Tips and Tricks3.P2V Lessoned Learned4.Installing ESX on a Laptop5.Overview of your environment6.Installing resource intensive applications (SQL, Oracle, Email)7.Product Demos

1. Backup Software2. SAN Setups3. Storage Vmotion4. P2V Products5. Get with your Vendors, they want you to demo their products

8. 50 Ways to leave your Physical Server

User Demos – Just got Easier!

I’m pleased to announce that Phoenix VMUG now has it’s very own ESX Demo Environment.

We can use this for the purpose of demonstrating at VMUG.

With donations from –

John C. Lincoln – 2 Servers and 1 EMC 750GB SAN

Intertech – vmware licensing

Vendors – Will soon be donating Software

VMUG Demo Environment*

CommunicationForum Demo

VMUG Survey

1. At upcoming VMUGs meetings would you like to see more presentations of, Third Party tools, VMWare tools or an equal share of both?

2. What resource do you find invaluable with regard to VMWare? (book, CD, website, etc.)

3. What would you like to see presented at upcoming VMUG meetings?

4. Which do you prefer for length of meetings, 2 hours, 4 hours or all day?

5. What version of VMWARE Virtualization do you predominately have in your environment?

6. Are you currently using VMWARE Site Recovery Manager? If yes, what have been some of your issues with it