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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Author: Ivan Esquivel

NYC VMUG March 2017 Update

The NYCVMUG March 2017 meeting is focused on VMware vSAN, SuperMicro hardware, and homelabs! Send pictures and tweets using the #NYCVMUG hashtag or tag the @nycvmug handle!

Event Agenda

8:30 Room opens, free breakfast available

9:00 VMUG leadership update

9:15 Supermicro business introduction and product line overview (David Fung)

9:55 Break (swap laptops, test projector, prepare live demo)

10:00 From Homelab to vSAN: the TinkerTry journey (Paul Braren)

10:20 Supermicro technical session, with live M.2 NVMe demo (Paul Braren)

10:55 break

11:00 vSAN in your company: How All-Flash works for Ready Nodes and VxRail (Paul Braren)

11:45 Supermicro vSAN Ready nodes (David Fung)

12:00 Raffles, homelab reviews and meeting closing

NYCVMUG News and Updates

Join us in congratulating the new 2017 NYC area vExperts - we are up to 11 now!!

Donald Bacha @donald_bacha

Prabhu Barathi @prabhu_b

Nicholas Scuola @NScuola

We actually managed to get a pic with both Prabhu and Nick and VMware's VP of Sales and Engineering for NSBU! He was real nice when he asked for a photo with us :p

Here is the full list of #NYCVMUG 2017 vExperts (in alphabetical order, without counting VCDX's):

1. Anton Z @AntonZnyc
2. Ariel Sanchez @arielsanchezmor
3. Azarya Shaulov @az_ny
4. Donald Bacha @donald_bacha
5. Greg Laub @GregLaub
6. Jorvin Martinez @jorvinmartinez
7. Michael Martino @wildcard78
8. Nicholas Scuola @NScuola
9. Prabhu Barathi @prabhu_b
10. Sateesh Thupakula @VMwareguruz
11. Stalin Pena @stalin_pena

We are happy to be able to award each NYC area vExpert a $50 Amazon Gift Card and a #NYCVMUG t-shirt on behalf of the NYC VMUG and it's 2016 sponsors - Infinio, VMware NSX, Arkin, and Simplivity! Keep helping others and inspiring us all!

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 in the aforementioned t-shirts, our blog and our twitter page. The prize is $100 in Amazon gift cards and will be awarded by end of May. Send your submission via twitter and the leaders will choose a winner!

VMware User Group Whiteboard Meetings

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 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!!

• Two $50 Amazon Gift cards
• Two VMware Press books (to be chosen by winner, including premium ebook versions)
• One VMware Press Essential Virtual San book, hard copy (2nd edition)
• One Intel 600p NVMe SSD (512GB) for your homelab

Show us your homelab or project!

We included this in the signup page: 
"Also, we will have several tables available if you want to bring your own laptop and show your blog, homelab, or latest project. VMUGs are about you sharing with other admins so feel free to organize lunch nearby after it to keep talking!"

Please feel free to mingle, talk to each other and organize taking lunch together after the VMUG. Take advantage of Paul Braren and David Fung, and your local vExperts!

Your local NYC VMUG leaders

This is a short post so you can recognize and contact the NYC VMUG leaders. All of are available through twitter and in person at the various events. They are friendly and passionate about you taking advantage of this community.


Mike Martino https://twitter.com/wildcard78

Jorvin Martinez https://twitter.com/jorvinmartinez

Greg Laub https://twitter.com/GregLaub

Ariel Sanchez https://twitter.com/arielsanchezmor