Indianapolis VMware User Group

As we announce speakers for the Demo Days 2012 event (Thursday July 26th — register here) we will post their bio’s on our website. We are pleased to announce our first confirmed speaker:

Chris Colotti – As a member of the vCloud Center of Excellence at VMware I am responsible for helping develop and deliver VMware vCloud solutions. My time is spent both with customers architecting vCloud solutions as well as capturing information about the designs themselves. More recently I have begun working on targeted solutions for the field to solve challenges in more creative ways. I have been a participant in the VMware Certified Design Expert program, as well as an active blogger about virtualization and vCloud solutions. Additionally I try to present and participate in company events like Partner Exchange and the local VMware User Groups talking about vCloud and VMware cloud solutions.

Chris holds the following certifications: VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX3/4) #37 as well as VMware Certified Advanced Professional on vSphere 4 – Datacenter Design (VCAP-DCD) #4. He can be found on Twitter (@ccolotti), Linkedin and his blog.

Here are the presentations from the Indy VMUG presentation on Thursday 4/26/12. Special thanks to Network Storage Inc for sponsoring and to Chris Bush, Lauren Malhoit and Kyle Ruddy for presenting!

• VMware Best Practices for BC/DR by @chris_bush
• SRM failover with Array based replication by @malhoit
• SRM host based replication by @RuddyVCP

A playlist is also available on our youtube channel of the videos referenced during the presentation: April 2012 – Referenced Videos from SRM Presentation

The next Indy VMUG meeting will be held at Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery, Basement Event Room, on Thursday April 26th 2012 from 5:30 to 9:30PM.

Location:
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery, Basement Event Room
10 West Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204View Map

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Agenda:
5:30 p.m. Sign-in and Networking
6:30 p.m. VMware Best Practices for BC/DR and Q&A – Chris Bush (@chris_bush), Network Storage, Inc.
7:30 p.m. Break and Networking
7:45 p.m. VMware Product Discussion and Q&A – Cameron Smith, VMware
8:15 p.m. Site Recovery Manager 5 – Lauren Malhoit (@malhoit) & Kyle Ruddy (@RuddyVCP)
9:15 p.m. Discussion, Giveaways and Wrap-up

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The presentations from the March Indy VMUG event are now available. Special thanks to Harrison College for hosting the event, VKernel for being an excellent sponsor and Ryan Birk for presenting on P2V best practices and for a live Fault Tolerance demo. Here are the presentations:

VKernel Capacity Management by Arthur Gressick
P2V Best Practices by Ryan Birk

The next Indy VMUG meeting will be held at Harrison College on Thursday March 22nd 2012 from 5:30 to 9:00PM. Register Now

Location:
Harrison College
6300 Technology Center Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46278View Map

Agenda:
5:30 p.m. Sign-in and Networking
6:30 p.m. VKernel Presentation: Top vCenter Performance Metrics that Matter
7:30 p.m. Break and Networking
7:45 p.m. VMware Product Discussion and Q&A – Cameron Smith, VMware
8:15 p.m. P2V Best Practices – Ryan Birk, VCI (@ryanbirk | RyanBirk.com)
9:00 p.m. Discussion and Wrap-up

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Last evening Jeffrey Weiss from VM Training presented on vSphere 4 to vSphere 5 method and best practices. Here is his presentation: view the presentation.

Thanks again to LANTech and Jeff!

The Cisco Untified Computing System (UCS) User Group will have their first meeting in Indianapolis on Wednesday February 22nd, 2012 from 11:00AM until 2:00PM.

Location
11711 N. Meridian Street Suite 700
Carmel, IN 46032 View Map

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Agenda:

• Registration
• User Group Updates
• User Case Studies
• User Optimization
• Lunch
• Panel and Q & A

Please join other UCS adopters to:

• Engage in an open discussion with your peers on their experiences implementing Unified Computing
• Meet/network with fellow data center professionals
• Meet with Cisco Data Center / Server Business Unit engineering leaders, ask questions and get answers

The next Indy VMUG meeting will be held at The Elbow Room on Wednesday February 22rd 2012 from 5:30 to 9:00PM.

Location:
Elbow Room Pub
605 North Pennsylvania Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204 View Map

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Agenda:
5:30 PM Sign-in & Networking
6:30 PM Advances in VM Performance Troubleshooting with VM-aware Storage – Sponsored by Tintri
7:30 PM Break & Networking
7:45 PM VMware Product Discussion and Q&A with Cameron Smith (VMware)
8:15 PM vSphere 4 to 5 upgrade best practices – Sponsored by LANTech Training
9:00 PM Discussion & Wrap-up

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The next Indy VMUG meeting will be held at the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge on Thursday January 19th 2012 from 5:30 to 9:30PM. Register Now | Add to Calendar

Location:
Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 86
1525 S Shelby Street
Indianapolis, IN 46203 View Map

Agenda:
5:30 PM Sign-in and Networking [Dinner Provided]
6:30 PM Welcome & Opening Notes
6:45 PM Real Time Migration and Disaster Recovery for VMware – Double-Take Software
7:45 PM Break and Networking
8:00 PM User case study: VMware View at IPS – Luther Bowens (Virtualization White Paper)
8:45 PM Wrap-up and Giveaways
9:00 PM Meeting Concludes
9:00 PM Post-Meeting Networking Enjoy drinks (on your own) and further networking at the FOP Hall’s full bar and ask about how you can support local law enforcement with an FOP Associate Membership

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