NYC VMUG - July 2020 - Virtual Meeting 02 - Recap

Hello NYC VMUG Users,

During the first half of the year we have been introduced to new challenges with COVID-19 affecting many different industries including our very own VMUG meetings. With these new challenges, it has introduced many opportunities including new avenues for education and training. Today NYC VMUG has hosted our first local virtual event of 2020 a  nd are looking to continue to get the communities feedback and provide useful information to all users. Below is a recap of the VMUG session:

Date: 7/30/2020

6:15 - 6:55 PM - Discussing vSphere 7 Upgrades
Bob Plankers, VMware

Highlights of the presentation

• Developer Center
• API Explorer
• Code Capture Records Change Made via the vSphere Client
• vSphere Lifecycle
• https://vmware.com/go/lifecycle
• Extension of vSphere 6.7 General Support Period
• Authentication in the Post vSpehere World
• AD Over LDAPs (not LDAP)
• Identity Federation
• Fling - Compatibility Checker
• VMware KB 78221 - Upgrade Sequence 
• VMware KB 78205 - Upgrade Best Practices
• https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/vsphere-7
• Link to Presentation
• https://bit.ly/2DuK6uZ

7:00 - 7:40 PM - vSan Homelab on a Budget
Alex Fertmann, Hofstra University

Highlights of the presentation

• Minimum Requirements to Start a vSan Lab
• 3 Physical Hosts (2 Hosts if you make use of vSan Witness)
• vSAN RAM consumption is ~ 10GB per host
• 1 SSD per host to act as a cache disk for vSAN
• 1 HDD
• vSan RAM Calculator
• https://bit.ly/2PqmCK8
• VMware Discord Server
• https://discord.gg/bmCBJVm
• Link to Presentation
• https://bit.ly/3kapCZj

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Contact Us: nyc@vmug.com

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Author: Ivan Esquivel

NYC VMUG - May 2020 - Virtual Meeting 01 - Recap

Hello NYC VMUG Users,

During the first half of the year we have been introduced to new challenges with COVID-19 affecting many different industries including our very own VMUG meetings. With these new challenges, it has introduced many opportunities including new avenues for education and training. Today NYC VMUG has hosted our first local virtual event of 2020 and are looking to continue to get the communities feedback and provide useful information to all users. Below is a recap of the VMUG session:

Date: 5/28/2020

6:10 - 6:50 PM - What's new in vSphere 7.0

Eric Harper, VMware

Highlights of the presentation

• VMware announced Project Pacific which is now officially out as vSphere with Kubernetes
• Improved Distributed Resources Scheduler (DRS)
• Assignable Hardware
• vSphere Lifecycle Manager
• Enhanced vMotion
• vCenter Server Multi-Homing

6:55 - 7:25 PM - VCF and vSphere 7 with Kubernetes
Bonpreet Sethi, VMware

Highlights of the presentation

• vSphere Pod Service
• Tanzu Kubernates Cluster
• Cloud Foundation Services
• VMware NSX

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Contact Us: nyc@vmug.com

If you have any questions you can always reach out to us as well on twitter @vmugnyc @ivan_aesq @wildcard78 @AntonZnyc


Author: Ivan Esquivel

NYC VMUG - Q1 2020 - Events

Hello VMUG Community!

I am excited to announce that in 2020 we at NYC VMUG are be looking forward to bringing  a variety of different events ranging from the popular standard VMUG, Whiteboard sessions, vBeer events, and more.

Below are the events that have been outlined thus far and we will continuously be updating this page with new events as they happen:

• February White Board Session with VMware's 3xVCDX Niran Even-Chen /  Thursday - Feb 6th 2020 - Details and Registration Here

We are looking to seeing new faces and veterans to the community alike. To stay up to date on all events and our community please see below:


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Contact Us: nyc@vmug.com

If you have any questions you can always reach out to us as well on twitter @vmugnyc @ivan_aesq @wildcard78 @AntonZnyc