We raffled off a couple of $50 Amazon gift cards. Congratulations to our two winners, Stan and Peter!
Make sure to keep following this blog and our @nycvmug twitter account for announcements on upcoming events, including vBeers.
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Monday, February 26, 2018
February 2018 vBeers Recap
On February 20th, Zerto sponsored our first vBeers of the year at the Perfect Pint West. We had a great time and appreciate the appetizers and the open bar in addition to the great conversations and networking.
We raffled off a couple of $50 Amazon gift cards. Congratulations to our two winners, Stan and Peter!
Make sure to keep following this blog and our @nycvmug twitter account for announcements on upcoming events, including vBeers.
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We raffled off a couple of $50 Amazon gift cards. Congratulations to our two winners, Stan and Peter!
Make sure to keep following this blog and our @nycvmug twitter account for announcements on upcoming events, including vBeers.
Pictures:
Monday, June 26, 2017
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
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!!
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.
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
9:15 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
10:10 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.
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
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
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):
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!!
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!
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):
- Anton Z @AntonZnyc
- Ariel Sanchez @arielsanchezmor
- Azarya Shaulov @az_ny
- Donald Bacha @donald_bacha
- Greg Laub @GregLaub
- Jorvin Martinez @jorvinmartinez
- Michael Martino @wildcard78
- Nicholas Scuola @NScuola
- Prabhu Barathi @prabhu_b
- Sateesh Thupakula @VMwareguruz
- 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!
Friday, June 10, 2016
Giveaways details for the 2016 NJ/NYC VMUG UserCon
The biggest VMUG event all year for the New Jersey and New York City region takes place this June 23! Our User Convention (UserCon) is the highest attended event all year, and with good reason. It's in a beautiful venue overlooking the Manhattan skyline with excellent presentations, lots of updates from the many vendors that come into town anxious to get your attention, joined with good food and even greater company.
You can check this event's details here
https://www.vmug.com/nynjvmug
Please take a moment to register if you haven't done so. This way you can also get a calendar reminder into your work email, and very importantly, plan to take the day off work, since it's a full day event that starts early morning, has breakfast and lunch, and finishes late in the afternoon.
We're very excited to announce the prizes that all attendees will be able to participate for. It's always fun to figure out what our users could be interested in. This year we have given options for both new and seasoned VMware enthusiasts and general IT people. I'm listing them in order of price and quantity:
Every attendee
Will get a small token of appreciation that we hope all of you will find useful.
The first 20 or so attendees
Will get a highly anticipated print book - the official VCP6-DCV Study Guide which just recently came out! This is a very popular option so make sure you arrive by 8am to be one of the first to arrive, and take advantage of more time with fellow colleagues.
Three separate SSD winners
Will get one 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SATA SSD! Whether for your desktop, laptop or homelab, replacing a mechanical drive or smaller SSD for a bigger one is always good, and these are probably the best ones out on the market today. Anybody in IT can appreciate this gift. This gift will be mailed directly to the home of the winners.
Three separate VMUG Advantage winners
Will get one code for a free VMUG Advantage subscription. VMUG Advantage has many benefits, but the perennial favorites are the discounts for training/VMworld/certification exams and having year-long homelab licenses. If you are just beginning your VMware journey, this is the push you need. At a possible $2000+ of savings, these are normally a steal at $200, but you can get one for free at this event!
Now come the big three
Inspired by the awesome work @lamw and others have been doing with the Intel NUCs, and realizing that the typical homelab bill of materials is a bit pricey, we've chosen three configurations that will let homelab users of all levels to tinker and geek out. In case you don't win and are looking into building your own, we've left all the component details here as well. Hopefully this is the start of a VMware/NUC community in the area that meets and shares tips in the VMUG presentations!
The NUCs are great platforms to jumpstart your homelab and to learn VSAN, while having a high WAF (wife approval factor) since they feature low noise and electricity consumption. Many people hook them up to TVs and figure out how to make them dual boot systems so they can act as Media Center PCs when not running VMware labs.
All of these will be mailed directly to the winner, so don't worry about walking through public transportation with hundreds of dollars worth of hardware. You just worry about participating in the Usercon :)
One lucky winner gets a "One-node Hybrid VSAN"
An excellent option for running a nested lab or be expanded with similar nodes, perfect for VMware VSAN! It includes:
One lucky winner gets a "One-node All-Flash VSAN"
An excellent option for running a high performance nested lab or be expanded with similar nodes, perfect for VMware VSAN! It includes:
One very lucky winner gets the big home lab, "Two NUCs and a Synology"
What nested? You want to run ESXi on bare metal, and that requires dedicated hardware and some solid shared storage. With this kit, you can run DRS and HA tonight, while enjoying excellent upgrade options if you want to play with VSAN in the future.
In total around 30 people will walk out of the Usercon with even more motivation to achieve more and be better in their VMware journey. We hope to see you there, and hope that you enjoy these giveaways!
As always, please leave a comment with anything we can improve. We definitely want all the input we can get!
You can check this event's details here
https://www.vmug.com/nynjvmug
Please take a moment to register if you haven't done so. This way you can also get a calendar reminder into your work email, and very importantly, plan to take the day off work, since it's a full day event that starts early morning, has breakfast and lunch, and finishes late in the afternoon.
We're very excited to announce the prizes that all attendees will be able to participate for. It's always fun to figure out what our users could be interested in. This year we have given options for both new and seasoned VMware enthusiasts and general IT people. I'm listing them in order of price and quantity:
Every attendee
Will get a small token of appreciation that we hope all of you will find useful.
The first 20 or so attendees
Will get a highly anticipated print book - the official VCP6-DCV Study Guide which just recently came out! This is a very popular option so make sure you arrive by 8am to be one of the first to arrive, and take advantage of more time with fellow colleagues.
Three separate SSD winners
Will get one 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SATA SSD! Whether for your desktop, laptop or homelab, replacing a mechanical drive or smaller SSD for a bigger one is always good, and these are probably the best ones out on the market today. Anybody in IT can appreciate this gift. This gift will be mailed directly to the home of the winners.
Three separate VMUG Advantage winners
Will get one code for a free VMUG Advantage subscription. VMUG Advantage has many benefits, but the perennial favorites are the discounts for training/VMworld/certification exams and having year-long homelab licenses. If you are just beginning your VMware journey, this is the push you need. At a possible $2000+ of savings, these are normally a steal at $200, but you can get one for free at this event!
Now come the big three
Inspired by the awesome work @lamw and others have been doing with the Intel NUCs, and realizing that the typical homelab bill of materials is a bit pricey, we've chosen three configurations that will let homelab users of all levels to tinker and geek out. In case you don't win and are looking into building your own, we've left all the component details here as well. Hopefully this is the start of a VMware/NUC community in the area that meets and shares tips in the VMUG presentations!
The NUCs are great platforms to jumpstart your homelab and to learn VSAN, while having a high WAF (wife approval factor) since they feature low noise and electricity consumption. Many people hook them up to TVs and figure out how to make them dual boot systems so they can act as Media Center PCs when not running VMware labs.
All of these will be mailed directly to the winner, so don't worry about walking through public transportation with hundreds of dollars worth of hardware. You just worry about participating in the Usercon :)
One lucky winner gets a "One-node Hybrid VSAN"
An excellent option for running a nested lab or be expanded with similar nodes, perfect for VMware VSAN! It includes:
- 6th gen i3 NUC maxed out with 32GB RAM and an extra GB NIC through USB adapter!
- 256GB SSD (m.2) and 1TB SATA Hybrid HD (2.5”) - it may be hybrid VSAN, but these are top notch disks!
- VMUG Advantage subscription included so you can push it to the limit as soon as it boots!
One lucky winner gets a "One-node All-Flash VSAN"
An excellent option for running a high performance nested lab or be expanded with similar nodes, perfect for VMware VSAN! It includes:
- 6th gen i5 NUC maxed out with 32GB RAM and an extra GB NIC through USB adapter
- 256GB NVMe SSD (m.2) and 1TB SATA SSD (2.5”) - top quality drives!
- VMUG Advantage subscription included so you can push it to the limit as soon as it boots!
The component details for this prize are here.
And finally,
What nested? You want to run ESXi on bare metal, and that requires dedicated hardware and some solid shared storage. With this kit, you can run DRS and HA tonight, while enjoying excellent upgrade options if you want to play with VSAN in the future.
- Two 6th gen i3 NUCs, each maxed out with 32GB RAM, each with an extra NIC
- Synology DS1515+ with 4x3TB 5400rpm drives (one slot open for future SSD or extra drive!)
- VMUG Advantage subscription included so you can push it to the limit as soon as it boots!
In total around 30 people will walk out of the Usercon with even more motivation to achieve more and be better in their VMware journey. We hope to see you there, and hope that you enjoy these giveaways!
As always, please leave a comment with anything we can improve. We definitely want all the input we can get!
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