Entries from Eric Sloof

Viktor van den Berg did an interview with Herco van Burg, Heco is the developer of the EDA appliance. In this interview which van be found on the Dutch VMUG site, Herco reveals the plan to combine UDA and EDA in one new virtual appliance. This means that  Herco van Burg and Carl Thijssen (UDA) are going to join their forces and build a new unattended ESX deployment appliance with the best of both worlds.

The VMworld Europe 2009 Flickr Group provides a great way to swap your VMworld stories and photos. This VMworld Flickr Group is much the same as other Groups you can join online. Flickr Groups are places where people of similar interests meet to exchange photos, videos and stories. At this Flickr Group, you also can follow other VMworld Europe 2009 fanatics who are visiting Cannes.

The annual Dutch VMUG meeting was held at the Café Le Crillon, situated near the Palais des Festivals.  This informal meeting started at Monday 21:00. Paul Davey and Peter Grant, two members of the Xtravirt team were also present.

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Xtravirt was present at the Dutch VMUG Meeting in Cannes from Eric Sloof NTPRO.NL on Vimeo.

David Bieneman wishes you a great VMworld in Cannes.

David Bieneman wishes you a great VMworld in Cannes from Eric Sloof NTPRO.NL on Vimeo.

I would like to share my days experiences but anyone who attends the VCI (VMware Certified Instructor) day is under strict NDA (Non Disclosure). This means that I can’t say anything about lots of demo sessions, demonstrating all the new features in the next generation of VI. Besides that there was an open discussion to talk about certification paths, course roadmap, and all things VCI and VATC related, including the MyLearn, evaluation. I made some pictures and collected a video footage.

VMware train the trainer day in Cannes ‘09 from Eric Sloof NTPRO.NL on Vimeo.

Are you wondering what Scott Herold has been working on the  past few months? He’s in the process of branching PowerGUI’s code and developing a new freeware virtualization specific PowerShell management product called the Virtualization EcoShell. You can read about the details at the website http://www.thevesi.org.

What is The Virtualization EcoShell Initiative?
The Virtualization EcoShell Initiative (VESI™) is a Vizioncore sponsored community initiative being driven by Virtualization expert and author Scott Herold. The goal of The VESI is to enhance the virtualization administrative experience by providing a consolidated graphical toolkit for virtualization management that is easily extensible by the community called the Virtualization EcoShell.

What is the Virtualization EcoShell?
The Virtualization EcoShell is a freeware "Power Toolkit" for virtualization administrators powered by Quest Software’s award winning PowerGUI. The Virtualization EcoShell provides limitless extensibility through a customizable graphical interface that includes an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for managing, creating, and debugging PowerShell scripts that extend the capabilities of daily virtualization management.

When is the Virtualization EcoShell scheduled to be released?
The current schedule is to provide a public beta of the Virtualization EcoShell at the end of March 2009. Individuals that are interested in leveraging the core technology today may download and use PowerGUI with the VMware Infrastructure Management PowerPack. A good primer to get started can be found at VMGuru.com.

As a special Veeam VIP, I was cordially invited to the Veeam partner & customer  appreciation party. I met up with the Veeam executive team on board the yacht "Free Life" in the Cannes harbour for a high-energy party with food, drinks, music & fun.

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Veeam partner & customer appreciation party '09 from Eric Sloof NTPRO.NL on Vimeo.

This evening it was party time in Cannes, I enjoyed the Vizioncore Partner Reception at the Majestic Barriere Beach Club. Al always I brought my camera and made some video shots, and as always this year’s Vizioncore Partner Reception was another memorable event with food, friends and fun.

Vizioncore Partner Reception Cannes '09 from Eric Sloof NTPRO.NL on Vimeo.

This afternoon I landed in Cannes and I picked up my VMworld registration materials, including my badge and program guide. While Viktor van den Berg was checking his presentation, Paul Maritz walked into the VMware office. The video shows Paul prepping his Partner Day session. Afterwards I got a glimpse of the Solution Exchange, the guys were working really hard to build up all the booth’s.

I Picked Up My VMworld 2009 Europe Badge from Eric Sloof NTPRO.NL on Vimeo.

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The annual Dutch VMUG meeting will be held at the Café Le Crillon, situated near the Palais des Festivals.  This informal meeting will start at Monday 21:00. Paul Davey and Peter Grant, two members of the Xtravirt team will also be present. You have the opportunity to share your thoughts about a new comprehensive white paper which outlines the USB device connectivity capabilities and support options for ESX 3.x, ESXi and Virtual Machine Guests with a summary of its key features and options available.  Viktor van den Berg is also preparing another sticker campaign; at Rotterdam airport you will find out what’s the catch.