With only one week left to go until VMworld it’s time to sit down and finish up my Schedule. This year is going to be a busy year.
Sessions
Below is my session list, will I get to every single one of these hell no, but I wanted to make sure I had a full day planned with breaks, one’s I do miss I can view when they go online. I need to save time for HOL’s, Vendors, VMUG duties, and just chatting.
| Session | Start | End | Location |
| Monday | |||
| GS01 — IT Transformation as the Enabler of Business Transformation | 8:30 | 10:00 | Moscone North, Hall D |
| INF-STO1430 — Tracking Down Storage Performance Issues: A Customers Perspective | 11:00 | 12:00 | Moscone West, Level 2, Room 2022 |
| INF-BCO2065 — Disaster Recovery for All VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5 Puts Real-Time Replication and Disaster Recovery Within the Reach of Every Business | 12:30 | 13:30 | Moscone West, Level 2, Room 2022 |
| VMUG Booth | 12:00 | 13:00 | Booth #1817 |
| SPO3336 — A Healthcare Providers Perspectives on Going Beyond VDI with Unified Workspaces | 14:30 | 15:30 | Moscone West, Level 3, Room 3007 |
| INF-NET2207 — VMware vSphere Distributed SwitchTechnical Deep Dive | 16:00 | 17:00 | Moscone West, Level 2, Room 2009 |
| EUC1688 — Tackling Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Initiatives with the VMware View Mobile Secure Desktop | 17:00 | 18:00 | Moscone West, Level 3, Room 3006 |
| Tuesday | |||
| GS02 — Delivering the Promise of the Software Defined Datacenter | 8:30 | 10:00 | Moscone North, Hall D |
| INF-STO1521 — vSphere Storage Appliance – Deep Dive and Best Practices | 11:00 | 12:00 | Moscone West, Level 3, Room 3001 |
| INF-SEC2813 — Beyond the Hypervisor: Three Key Areas to Consider When Securing Your Cloud Infrastructure Platform | 12:30 | 13:30 | Moscone West, Level 3, Room 3018 |
| INF-STO3345 — Understanding Storage In Virtual Environments | 14:00 | 15:00 | Moscone West, Level 2, Room 2022 |
| INF-STO2192 — Tech Preview of a Software-defined Storage Technology | 15:30 | 16:30 | Moscone West, Level 3, Room 3001 |
| APP-CAP1676 — VMware vFabric Server Best Practices for Security, Stability and Sanity | 17:00 | 18:00 | Moscone South, Level 3, Room 306 |
| Wednesday | |||
| SPO3275 — I Did It My Way | 8:30 | 9:30 | Moscone South, Level 3, Room 307 |
| INF-BCO2382 — VMware vSphere HA Recommendations to Maximize Virtual Machine Uptime | 10:00 | 11:00 | Moscone West, Level 2, Room 2022 |
| INF-STO1198 — vSphere Storage Features & Enhancements | 11:30 | 12:30 | Moscone West, Level 2, Room 2006 |
| SPO3355 — Unleash the Power of VMware Management Tools with VblockTM Systems | 13:00 | 14:00 | Moscone South, Level 3, Room 307 |
| INF-STO2564 — Supercharged SAN: Fine-tune Your VAAI Enabled vSphere SAN with This Collection of Configuration and Performance Best Practices | 14:30 | 15:30 | Moscone West, Level 3, Room 3006 |
| ITT3239 — On-Demand IT: Leveraging Cloud for Efficient Self-Service IT | 16:00 | 17:00 | Moscone West, Level 2, Room 2003 |
| Thursday | |||
| GS03 — Genius Machines | 9:00 | 10:00 | Moscone North, Hall D |
| SPO3291 — Case Study: Networking, Storage and Backup for 1,300+ VMs | 10:30 | 11:30 | Moscone West, Level 3, Room 3002 |
| APP-BCA1516 — Virtualizing SQL 2012 : Doing It Right | 12:00 | 13:00 | Moscone West, Level 2, Room 2016 |
| OPS-CIM1926 — 5 Must Know Design Considerations for Planning Capacity When You are 50% or More Virtualized | 14:00 | 15:00 | Moscone West, Level 3, Room 3006 |
Gatherings
This year I don’t know if it is just me, or are there more gatherings put together than years past.
Below is the list of gatherings I will attempt to attend. I didn’t just pick the best parties, I picked the ones that relate to my job. It’s a great chance to meet IT professionals dealing with the same problems and solutions as myself.
If you have not signed up for any after hour events have a look at this. http://www.vmworld.com/community/gatherings
Some of the parties are invite only, contact your vendors and see if they are having any, and get on the list. Things are pretty full at this point.
| Gathering | Start | End | Location |
| Sunday | |||
| Welcome Reception in Solutions Exchange | 4:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Moscone |
| VMunderground | 8:00 PM | 11:00 PM | 175 Fourth Street, Suite 1070 San Francisco, 94103 |
| Monday | |||
| VMUG Leader Reception | 7:00 PM | 10:00 PM | DUCCA – Outdoor Patio 50 Third Street San Francisco, CA 94103 |
| Tuesday | |||
| DTCUG-IP at VMworld | 4:30 PM | 7:00 PM | Westin at Market Street 50 Third Street San Francisco, CA |
| Veeam Annual VMworld Party | 8:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Mezzaine San Francisco |
| Nimble Storage/Accel Partners VMworld | 5:30 PM | 8:30 PM | SF MOMA 151 3rd St. San Francisco, CA 94103 |
| Wednesday | |||
| VMworld Party | 7:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Moscone |
Social media
http://www.vmworld.com/community/socialmedia
http://www.vmworld.com/community/twitter
Start with Twitter and setup a search for #VMworld that will be the hashtag used for all items relating to VMworld
VMworld Session & Lab Hashtags
#vmworldinf: Infrastructure Sessions
#vmworldops: Operations Sessions
#vmworldapp: Application Sessions
#vmworldeuc: End-User Computing Sessions
#vmworlditt: IT Transformation Sessions
#vmworldsponsor: Sponsor Sessions
#vmworldhol: Hands-on Labs
Verticals & Solutions Hashtags
#vmworldsmb: Small and Midsize Business
#vmworldgov: Gov’t & Federal
#vmworldhealthcare: Healthcare IT
#vmworldfinance: Financial Services
#vmworldedu: Education Services
VMworld "3-Word" Game
Tweet about VMworld 2012 with just 3 words and add #vmworld3word
SocialCast
https://vmworld.socialcast.com/login
This is just for VMworld attendees and will give you a chance to look at discussions and ask questions.
While at VMworld make sure to stop by the VMUG booth, if you are a member please update your profile, and if you aren’t a member, why not it’s free! If you want to save even more money and get some great deals become a VMUG advantage member and get savings on Training, Learning, and software.
http://www.vmug.com/p/cm/ld/fid=10
If you hurry you can even get a free VCP 5 Exam Voucher!!!
The Cloud Eh!? 