Dutch VMUG

This session will teach you how to customize vCenter Operations to provide you the information you really need for your business. We do this by giving you some real life examples from the field where we use Custom Dashboards, Super Metrics, Adapters and Alerts in order to give you the best possible view into the well-being of your environment. You’ll also see a live demo of third party integration and you'll learn how to monitor the performance of your enterprise to diagnose and prevent problems. 

Kom op 6 maart naar conferentiecentrum 1931 in Den Bosch en krijg antwoord op je vragen én leer van tips en adviezen van experts, mede vmugers, VMware en de aanwezige sponsors. We gaan voor een gevarieerd programma met voor ieder wat wils!


15.15-16.00 - vCenter Operations and the Quest for the Missing Metrics

This session will teach you how to customize vCenter Operations to provide you the information you really need for your business. We do this by giving you some real life examples from the field where we use Custom Dashboards, Super Metrics, Adapters and Alerts in order to give you the best possible view into the well-being of your environment. You’ll also see a live demo of third party integration and you'll learn how to monitor the performance of your enterprise to diagnose and prevent problems.

Presenters: Eric Sloof - VCI, NTPRO.NL Duco Jaspars - Consultant, vConsult

From the birth of virtualization in The Netherlands, I've always been good friends with Viktor. We both worked as VMware Certified Instructors and Viktor has been the VMUG leader in The Netherlands for several years. He has stepped back as a VMUG leader at the beginning of this year when he switched jobs. Fortunately he didn't step back from the VMware community.

Viktor has started his own cloud computing & virtualization blog at:

www.viktorious.nl

Currently Viktor works as an infrastructure consultant at PQR. In this role he is involved in various cloud & virtualization related projects. With his blog he wants share his experiences in the field, besides that he will also be reporting about VMworld, VMUG meetings and everything that's happening in the blogosphere! Viktor is also still involved in Dutch VMUG TV. You will find these interviews at his blog and also at the Dutch VMUG website.

The blog is already successful and contains lots of valuable information. Be sure to visit Viktor's blog and follow him on twitter (@viktoriousss).

Some things never change, or do they? vSphere is getting new and improved features with every release. These features change the characteristics and performance of the virtual machines. If you are not up to speed, you will probably manage your environment based on old and inaccurate information. The vMythbusters have collected a series of interesting hot topics that we have seen widely discussed in virtualization communities, on blogs and on Twitter. We’ve put these topics to the test in our lab to determine if they are a myth or not.

• Defrag your Guest OS disks for best performance
• E1000 is faster than VMXNET3
• CBT causes significant overhead on your VMs
• HA datastore heartbeats prevents host isolation
• LSI SCSI is always better than Paravirtual SCSI

Mythbusters_Dutch_VMUG.pdf

During the opening of the Dutch VMUG, Viktor van den Berg got a call from Steve Herrod announcing the MosterVM was on his way. Shortly after he apaered on stage.

Viktor van den Berg is ramping up. He has presented a great line-up of speakers who are going to deliver the most awesome sessions at the Dutch VMUG event. If you didn’t register yet, there's still a chance. Make sure you mark the 9th of December in your agenda. More information can be found here.

Here’s the list with the celebrities:

• Alan Renouf, Senior Technical Marketing, VMware
• Andre van der Werff, Senior Systems Engineer, VMware
• Bob de Kousemaeker, Principal Product Manager, RES Software
• Bouke Groenescheij, Freelance Consultant, jume.nl
• Cormac Hogan, Technical Marketing Manager for Storage, VMware
• Duncan Epping, Principal Architect, Technical Marketing, VMware
• Eric Sloof, Freelance Trainer/Consultant, Famous Blogger, NTPRO.NL
• Gabrie van Zanten, gabesvirtualworld.com / Consultant - OpenLine
• Henk Arts, Senior System Engineer, Veeam Software
• Jeroen van de Kamp, CTO, Login Consultants
• Luc Dekens, System Engineer, Eurocontrol Maastricht
• Marcel Steenman, Senior Technical Consultant, Platani
• Mattias Sundling, Virtualization Expert, Quest
• Michael Heffernan, Global Chief Technologist Virtualisatie, Hitachi Data Systems
• Raymon Epping, Technical Account Manager, Professional Services, VMware
• Ruben Spruijt, Technology Officer, PQR
• Stefan Willems, Senior Solution Architect, Platani
• Verron Martina, vSpecialist, EMC
• Viktor van den Berg, VMware Consultant, PQR, Dutch VMUG Leader

We all know that Viktor van den Berg was this year’s real professional photographer at the Dutch VMUG Event 2010 but nevertheless here is my small contribution.