UKVMUG
London VMware User Group – 25th Feb
Feb 16th
I have been asked to do a session at the London VMUG on 25th February 2010, after my previous session where I took the attendees through a beginners introduction to PowerCLI, I think I will throw them straight in this time and show them how we can configure ESXi using PowerCLI.
ESXi is obviously a hot topic at the moment and the configuration of ESXi without the service console access is proving to be difficult for many users. This session will take you through the configuration of a host from start to end showing you how easy it is and highlighting some of the scripts and cmdlets explained in my previous post.
As a bonus I will also be giving away a set of “VMware vSphere Pro Series Training Vol. 1: View, ThinApp, Nexus 1000V, and PowerCLI” videos during my session, with thanks to the great guys at TrainSignal, be sure to bring your questions along for a chance to win this great prize !
There will obviously be all the other great sessions which normally take place and there is even a rumour that an all powerful PowerCLI expert from the states will be descending from upon high to give us the latest and greatest automation information from VMware !
I am personally looking forward to a “Real life” session which my colleagues Jonathan Medd and Vic Milne will be delivering, this will be an interesting presentation on how they moved both datacenters and storage devices with (nearly) no downtime !
Also on my agenda will be the Enterprise Cloud presentation from vStu that is sure to be full of both useful information in a friendly and native Australian dialog and humour.
As always the details for the VMUG can be found on the forum here.
If you are looking to deploy ESXi and are having trouble performing or have had trouble performing a certain task then please do let me know via the comments of this post so I can be sure to include this. – It would also give you bonus points when in the running for the TrainSignal video 
UK London VMware User Group
Nov 9th
The next UK London VMUG has been announced, if you have not been before I highly recommend it and this time there is an added treat, Jonathan Medd will be presenting a pre-event on PowerCLI, at this point in time I don’t think I will be able to attend as I am unable to get time off at work (I’m gutted) but if that changes I will also be catching Jonathans excellent session.
Firstly, the VMUG will be held 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 Alaric 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 with him via the forum here: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/241557?tstart=0
UKVMUG: PowerCLI Presentation/Class
May 17th
Last week at the UK London VMware User Group they tried something different, in the UKVMUG forums there had been a few threads from people interested in learning more about the VI toolkit or as it is now known PowerCLI.
I was contacted by one of the UKVMUG leaders and asked if I would be interested in giving a presentation/class for an hour before the normal UKVMUG for those who were interested in learning… I jumped at the chance as love to pass on my experiences and show people the easy way to learn both PowerShell and PowerCLI as there are a few shortcuts and things I have learnt over the past 6 months.
UK VM User Group – London
Mar 6th
Don’t forget that next Tuesday (10th March 2009) will be the next UK London VMware User Group . This meeting will be sponsored by Veeam Software.
The meeting will be held at the following location:
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.
Next London VM User Group announced
Jan 30th
The next Vmware user group has been announced in London to be held on Tuesday 10th March 2009.
I will be there so please come over and say Hi as I normally know no-one !
The details released are as follows….
The Steering Committee are pleased to announce the next UK London VMware User Group meeting (sponsorship pending , 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. 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
Sincerely, and with regards,
The UKLVMUG Steering Committee
UK London VMware User Group
Oct 21st
The next UK London VMware User Group meeting has been announced, sponsored by Compellent (www.compellent.com), to be held on Thursday 30th October 2008.
The 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.
Agenda:
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 here.
The meeting organisers will not be able to incorporate any of the ideas for this coming meeting, but they will do there best to include some of them next time.
To register your interest in attending, please see the forum for details. If you do not receive a confirmation mail, please don’t just turn up since they will not be able to admit you to the meeting.
If your going look out for me !
