Friday, November 16, 2012
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Inmar
2650 Pilgrim Court
Meeting Rooms B & C
Winston Salem, NC 27106
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Join us for the upcoming North Carolina Triad VMUG meeting taking place on Friday, November 16, 2012.

This is a great opportunity to come together with your fellow VMware users to discuss virtualization trends, best practices, and the latest technology!

Be sure to visit the North Carolina Triad VMUG Workspace and subscribe to our listserv!  Connect with your fellow VMUG members in the forum, ask and answer questions about VMware, and get involved in your VMUG community.

Registration is open and included as part of your VMUG member benefits. Please note, in order to register for this meeting we ask that you sign up for a complimentary VMUG membership at MyVMUG.org, if you haven’t already done so.

Meeting Agenda

11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Registration and Member Mixer
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Announcements, Agenda, and Introductions
11:30 – 12:30 p.m. Tintri – Trent Steele: How VM Aware Flash storage works and solves problems
12:40 – 1:40 p.m.  To Be Determined – Multiple possible topics but only one presented
1:45 – 2:00 p.m. Meeting Wrap-Up & Giveaways

We would like to say a special thank you to our meeting sponsor

Registration to Open Soon

Please note: You will need to log into the VMUG web site to register for this meeting. If you have not already obtained your VMUG login credentials, please visit the Username and/or Password Help page to request your username and password.

Friday, July 13, 2012
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

NWN Corporation Office
7025 Albert Pick Road
Suite 302
Greensboro NC, 27409
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Join us for the upcoming North Carolina Triad VMUG meeting taking place on Friday, July 13, 2012.

This is a great opportunity to come together with your fellow VMware users to discuss virtualization trends, best practices, and the latest technology!

Be sure to visit the North Carolina Triad VMUG Workspace and subscribe to our listserv!  Connect with your fellow VMUG members in the forum, ask and answer questions about VMware, and get involved in your VMUG community.

Registration is open and included as part of your VMUG member benefits. Please note, in order to register for this meeting we ask that you sign up for a complimentary VMUG membership at MyVMUG.org, if you haven’t already done so.

Meeting Agenda

11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Registration and Member Mixer
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Announcements, Agenda, and Introductions
11:30 – 12:30 p.m. Xangati – Bernie Watson: Performance Management – Stop the Virtualization Blame Game

Xangati will explore why virtualization gets blamed for nearly every problem occurring in the infrastructure and what you can do about it. This presentation and technical demo will cover: Why the network, storage and application teams (and even vendors) point the finger at virtualization; What information you need to stop the blame war in its tracks and resolve the alleged virtualization problems; and Real-world examples when virtualization was wrongly blamed and what was the real culprit (or culprits).

Bernie Watson, Senior Systems Engineer at Xangati, frequently speaks at VMware User Conferences and local VMUGs. He helps IT organizations of all sizes to improve their cloud, virtualization and VDI performance management.

12:40 – 1:40 p.m.  eGroup – John Flisher: What is better than a great vSphere application or utility, a free one

vSphere has a lot of third-party integration and this session takes a look at some of the best third-party tools out there and revels that they are entirely for free.  Most of these applications are developed by devoted individuals who spend a lot of time and effort to make them freely available and often they are better than their paid counter parts.  Join us as we take a look into to the top 10 Free vSphere applications and utilities.

John Flisher is a Technical Consultant for eGroup with 10+ years of experience in system and network administration, private and public cloud architectures, and storage area networks.
John’s background includes titles such as, Senior Network Administrator, VMUG Leader (Wilmington NC), Technology Manager, and VMworld Lab Instructor (2009).

1:45 – 2:00 p.m. Meeting Wrap-Up & Giveaways

We would like to say a special thank you to our meeting sponsor: 

Register Today to join us for this free informative event.

Please note: You will need to log into the VMUG web site to register for this meeting. If you have not already obtained your VMUG login credentials, please visit the Username and/or Password Help page to request your username and password.

To the members,

I regret to inform you that I was not able to pull another meeting out of the magical hat.  I say that with some humor but I do regret the fact.  I am open to suggestions for topics, recommendations for sponsors, and of course volunteers to provide non-sponsored presentations.  Additionally, if anyone is looking to raise their profile in the chapter please let me know and I will be more than happy to get you up to speed and productive.

Regards,
Brent Quick

Friday, January 27, 2012
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Moses Cone Woman’s Hospital
Education Building – Rooms 1 & 2
801 Green Valley Road
Greensboro NC, 27408
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Join us for the upcoming Greensboro/Triad VMUG meeting taking place on Friday, January 27, 2012.

This is a great opportunity to come together with your fellow VMware users to discuss virtualization trends, best practices, and the latest technology!

Registration is open and included as part of your VMUG member benefits. Please note, in order to register for this meeting we ask that you sign up for a complimentary VMUG membership at MyVMUG.org, if you haven’t already done so. Click login below to sign up today.

Meeting Agenda

11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Registration and Member Mixer
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Announcements, Agenda, and Introductions
11:30 – 12:30 p.m. Brocade – Dr. Chip Copper: Introduction and Overview Ethernet fabrics

Brocade is offering a workshop around the country called Fabrics 101: Essentials of Ethernet Fabrics, now we do not have three hours for that presentation so Dr. Chip Copper is going to scale it down.  So strap on your learning caps as we get some Ethernet Fabric knowledge dropped on us!

12:40 – 1:40 p.m. VCDX – Jason Nash: The Journey to 100%: Virtualizing Tier 1 Applications

Jason Nash will provide an approach/outline for what to consider when trying to virtualize Tier 1 database and email servers.  Jason will discuss the pros and cons of making MS SQL and MS Exchange into virtual machines and how to estimate capacity to produce a predictable outcome.

1:45 – 2:00 p.m. Meeting Wrap-Up & Giveaways

We would like to say a special thank you to our meeting sponsor: 

Register Today to join us for this free informative event.

Please note: You will need to log into the VMUG web site to register for this meeting. If you have not already obtained your VMUG login credentials, please visit the Username and/or Password Help page to request your username and password.