See you at VMworld 2018!
It’s About That Time for VMworld 2018!
VMworld ‘season’ is upon us. Over the next 48hrs thousands of IT Nerds, Geeks, and CIOs will migrate to Las Vegas for VMware’s annual tech conference to consume what’s new with VMware and it’s products. Along with that, hundreds of other vendors in the Virtualization space will be enticing us with what the future holds and how their technologies are helping solve business problems.
This will be my 5th VMworld conference, but my 1st as a VMware employee. It’s been a quite different feeling this year I must admit. In the past, I would be a bit more excited for news, ideas and trends. This time around I feel a little less excited on those topics, mostly because I am on the ‘inside’ now I guess?!
But don’t let that confuse you. I am super excited to be part of VMworld as an employe. It is such a great feeling to work for an amazing firm that allows me to speak to customers globally and help enable them on their virtualization journeys.
Sessions
Focus, Plan, and Execute: A Deep Dive into Your vSphere Upgrade Journey
US: VIN1641BU
Learn how to manage your VMware vSphere upgrade from vSphere 6.0 to 6.5 and beyond from VMware’s subject matter experts. You will see how to start the process by focusing on the goal of the upgrade, then planning your ideas and business requirements to meet your firm’s needs and wants successfully, and lastly, making sure the execution of your ideas and plans are thought out, tested, and proven to be compatible with any other environment dependencies.
Preparing to Upgrade Your vSphere Environment
US: VIN2664BU
Join us as we review VMware sources that will help you prepare to upgrade your vSphere environment. Whether it is a small or large environment, you will have new insight into resources, best practices and tips and tricks to prepare and implement a successful upgrade.
More Sessions!
Please be sure to checkout these additional recommended #vSphereUpgrade sessions.
vSphere SSO Domain Architecture Unplugged
US: VIN1859BU
In this session, you will see best practices for greenfield and brownfield deployments of VMware vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller orchestrated on a digital whiteboard. You will learn the answers to age-old questions such as embedded or external deployment, to load balance or not to load balance, what is Enhanced Linked Mode, how to consolidate your single sign-on (SSO) domain, and more.
Nerds with Appliances: vCenter Server Migration
US: VIN2410BU
This session will cover native tools provided by VMware to help guide you toward a successful migration from a vCenter Server on Windows to a vCenter Server Appliance.
Make Your vSphere 6.7 Upgrade Bulletproof
US: VIN2660BU
In this session, a team of vSphere solution architects in VMware Support will walk you through preparing a vSphere environment to run on the latest version. Solution architects are uniquely positioned to distill the top vSphere 6.7 upgrade issues into necessary tips and tricks to avoid stretching out your maintenance window.
Travel Safe Everyone!
Travel safe my friends. Please feel free to reach out to me on Twitter (@vCenterNerd) if you would like to meet up while in Vegas. I cannot promise I will have much time due to customer meetings & sessions, etc. but I will do my best to stop and chat. I will also pop in to the VM Village (aka; HangSpace) so be sure to say hello!
#FocusPlanExecute