NYC VMUG - July 2017 Meeting with Zerto

The NYC VMUG July 2017 meeting is sponsored by Zerto.  

This meeting will be focused on IT Resiliency, Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BC/DR). 


The meeting will be held on Thursday, July 27th, 2017. Please save the date.

Send pictures and tweets using the #NYCVMUG hashtag or tag the @nycvmug handle!

Register here: NYC VMUG Event Page

Event Agenda

8:30 AM - Room opens, free breakfast available

9:00 AM - VMUG leadership update 
9:15 AM - Presentation #1 Intro to Zerto 
9:30 AM - User Presentation by Brad Jervis

9:50 AM - NSX Presentation by Tony Okwechim, VMware NSX SE
10:10 AM - 5 Minute Break

10:15 AM - Keynote - Niran Even-Chen, Dual-VCDX & VMware SE

11:00 AM - IT Resiliency using Zerto by David Aldrich, Zerto SE Manager

12:00 PM - Raffles, Giveaways, Closing

NYC Logo competition

Branding is everything. We hereby open a contest for the creation of a logo for the NYC VMUG, that we will use on all of our t-shirts, our blog and our twitter page. The prize is $100 in Amazon gift cards and will be awarded by end of August. Send your submission via twitter and the leaders will choose a winner!


NYC VMUG Whiteboard Meetings - #VMUGWB on Twitter
 Azarya has asked for permission to use rooms from work for smaller, non-sponsored whiteboard sessions in an informal setting. These are great for those studying for their VCP, VCAP and VCDX certifications, those who want to talk their VMware designs with peers, and to get more involved in the community and look for general help. They are announced via the @nycvmug twitter handle - since they aren't sponsored there's really no requirement so we will try to have them monthly.

You can see all upcoming and past whiteboard meetings using the "whiteboard sessions" tag.

NYC/NJ UserCon new date!

The NYC and NJ leaders have decided to move our UserCon from June to September, to catch potential speakers after the busy VMworld US and Europe seasons. Save the date - September 19th!

Raffle Prizes

Please don't forget!! You must drop in a business card, or fill a blank available at the desk, that includes your full name, your email and phone number, to be eligible to win!!

• Details on giveaways will be listed soon.

Please feel free to mingle, talk to each other and organize taking lunch together after the VMUG. Take advantage of all of our presenters, and your local vExperts! The NYC VMUG is fortunate enough to have a significant number of vExperts at our meetings, please take advantage of them.

June 2017 Whiteboard Meeting

Hello NYC VMUG Members, Friends and Future Members,

We're happy to confirm the details for another NYC VMUG whiteboard meeting. We had a lot of success with these sessions that we're back by popular demand. We're looking to continue doing these on a more frequent basis than regular sponsor-driven VMUG meetings. Again, space is limited, but this also means that everyone is paying attention and interacting with the person who is white boarding.

Here are the details:

• Date: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017, 6:15 PM
• Location: Touro College - Executive Offices - 500 7th Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10018. The location is walking distance to Times Square, Penn Station and Port Authority, so transportation should not be an issue
• Space is limited, first come, first served. Please register with @NScuola @wildcard78 or @nycvmug to be added to security list before 4pm on the day of the event

The following is a re-post from our previous meetings, but it all still applies :)

This is not a traditional VMUG meeting with a sponsor; it's really just a small room with two whiteboards and a TV to connect the laptop, where fellow VMware users can come and discuss ideas, projects, or whatever suits their fancy. 

VMware User Group Whiteboard Meetings

Azarya Shaulov (@az_ny) has asked for permission to use rooms from work for smaller, non-sponsored whiteboard sessions in an informal setting. These are great for those studying for their VCP, VCAP and VCDX certifications, those who want to talk their VMware designs with peers, and to get more involved in the community and look for general help. They will be announced via the @nycvmug twitter handle - since they aren't sponsored there's really no requirement so we will try to have them monthly or every two weeks.

If you come, you will learn something, and meet someone, so it's a great opportunity. We have asked several of the VMUG members who have advanced certifications like VCP and VCAP to assist, in case there are people studying for the certifications who would like any tips or clarifications.

Once you register you will get the building security instructions. This event is free, but there is no sponsor. This means a couple of things; 

• there is no set agenda, we don't know at what time we will be finished, it will depend on your level of interest in the current conversation. You are free to leave if you got what you wanted
• you can count that we will look for a burger/beer afterwards, but since we're each paying for our own stuff, don't expect a big party, just some guys that got together in a bar to keep talking!

Really look forward to seeing you there and making these a normal occurrence. The power of community is amazing, and all you have to do is show up and participate. Make new friends, get a question answered, help someone else!

Please remember this is a technical event for VMware users and administrators to "geek out", not a networking or recruiting type of meeting. If there is any question please reach out to @NScuola @wildcard78 or @nycvmug :)