Monthly Archives: March 2010

VMUG Summary

All our hard work seems to have paid off.  Based on the conversations and survey results  we’ve received I think everything went very well. Labs The labs were a huge success and for the most part went off without a hitch.  There were some issues with the SRM labs that lead me to believe that SRM doesn’t …

Read more

VMUG Is This Week!

This week is the culmination of months of work for me and the many others that have been working to get the next Omaha-Area VMUG event ready for an AMAZING time!  Everything is on track and the finishing touches are going on right now.  Last I heard we’ll have close to 200 people registered!  If …

Read more

Setting up SRM on CX4-120

One of the labs we’re creating for the upcoming Omaha-Area VMUG is SRM.  It is posing some interesting challenges.  The biggest challenge is figuring out how to best provide a lab to 15 pairs of people without creating 30 sites.  We will cut some corners on that issue by having the instructor perform some of the core tasks like pairing sites …

Read more

First Impressions of Performance on Enterprise Flash Drives

After about one week of playing with the lab gear EMC has loaned us to use for the upcoming VMUG, I’m ready to share my first impressions. First off, let me say that these drives deliver on the promise the SSD drives offer.  They are FAST. Generally, I’m seeing an XP template deploy in ~2 min (template is a …

Read more

VMUG Lab Storage

I wanted to start my series of blog posts about the Omaha-Area VMUG lab infrastructure with the base of the infrastructure (or any virtual infrastructure): the storage. We were lucky enough to work out a deal with EMC to let us borrow a couple of Clariion arrays. Specifically they are CX4-120 arrays.  Not that impressive you say?  What if I …

Read more

VMUG Registration is Now Open!

Registration for the Omaha VMUG on 3/24 is now open.  Hopefully you have already received an invite via email.  If not, please check out this one on VMware’s site: http://campaign.vmware.com/usergroup/invites/Omaha_3-24-10.html Registration can be completed here: http://info.vmware.com/forms/VMUG_REG?eventcity=8367-omaha&theme=Omaha Please note that the above link will only register you for the event itself.  You should receive a phone …

Read more

Details of a Large VMUG Event in Omaha

I previously posted that my company is cosponsoring the upcoming Omaha-Area VMware Users Group meeting on March 24, 2010.  I’m happy to announce that the schedule has been solidified!  Though registration is not yet open, you should keep an eye on your inbox and this site in the next couple of days so you can register as soon as …

Read more