Day 2 of the biggest event in the virtualization was Tuesday, 8/30. So, what happened? We’re here to recap.
General Session
Sanjay Poonen, EVP and GM of EUC and Global Head of Marketing and Communications, took the stage of the Day 2 General Session, making a key announcement – all users of the VMworld Mobile App would receive free licenses for either VMware Fusion or VMware Workstation products. This was followed by a demo of VMware TrustPoint – endpoint visibility and threat management solution
He was later joined by VMware’s Ray O’Farrell, who brought Kit Colbert on stage to talk about vSphere Integrated Containers. vSphere Integrated Containers are currently a beta product and open source on GitHub at https://github.com/vmware/vic. Kit highlighted how VMware has added a new Container Register, Container Management Portal, as well as vRealize Operations compatibility.
To close out the Day 2 keynote, the main stage welcomed Yanbing Li, Senior VP and GM, Storage and Availability Business Unit at VMware. Yanbing took the stage to discuss hyper-coverged infrastructure (HCI) and how it’s VSAN helps to power it. She touched on how VMware Virtual SAN, in addition to providing a natural stepping stone to VMware Cloud Foundation, has achieved over 5,000 customers – making it the most widely adopted HCI solution out in the market. Yanbing touched on how Virtual SAN also continues to gain traction in the public cloud – OVH, the #1 service provider in Europe, sees 5x better flash performance with VMware Virtual SAN.
#VSAN is going to be the default storage platform for vSphere Integrated Container, as well as Photon. – Yanbing Li @ybhighheels#VMworld
— VMware Virtual SAN (@vmwarevsan) August 30, 2016
Breakout Sessions
STO9058 was today – which discussed the evolution of VMware Virtual SAN. Christos Karamanolis and Vijay Ramachandran discussed how VSAN has evolved while the storage industry continues to undergo a massive disruption with new hardware technologies, adoption of public/private cloud, new models of storage consumption and new models of gaining insights from data. They outlined the key architecture principles of VSAN and how they are being adapted to meet new demands.
Standby line for Evolution of Virtual SAN goes down the hall and around the corner. I’d guess 75+ feet. #VMworld#STO9058
— Dee Abson (@deeabson) August 30, 2016
For those vSphere customers looking at using Virtual SAN in a stretched cluster configuration, or were already familiar with stretched clusters, STO7557 was the session to attend. Jase McCarty and Nabil Quadri took the stage in Islander D, Level 0 to talk address some of the differences from other storage technologies as well as the requirements and parameters when looking to implement VSAN stretched clusters. Attendees left the session better understanding how VSAN can easily and effectively fulfill the technical requirements of the stretched cluster use case, without the technical challenges associated.
#vmworld 2016 Successful Virtual SAN 6 Stretched Clusters – #STO7557 completely full. Wow!
— Jase McCarty (@jasemccarty) August 28, 2016
Top Tweets
Take a look at some of the top tweets we saw on Day 2 of VMworld:
Both #VSAN spotlight and #VVOL sessions are in Top 10! https://t.co/e89S9n3SPS
— Yanbing Li (@ybhighheels) August 30, 2016
Thank you @CH2M, @DimensionData, @OVH and @Amway for making the #VSAN stories come alive at today’s keynote. @thickguythinapp #Govsan
— Yanbing Li (@ybhighheels) August 30, 2016
He’s killing it! @oriorp doing an awesome job in #STO7534 #VSAN #VMworld pic.twitter.com/OtXPCQMyo4
— Cormac Hogan (@CormacJHogan) August 30, 2016
You can run fast in big heels 🙂 #VSAN 5000 customers ! Congratulations @ybhighheels for leadership in HCI ! pic.twitter.com/HGPwJTKlbM
— Sanjay Deshmukh (@sanjay_deshmukh) August 30, 2016
#STO7534 VSAN Day 2. What other session can match: #VSAN , Lord Of The Rings jokes, Irish accents lucky charms pic.twitter.com/OaCb9IZ3MU
— Paudie ORiordan (@oriorp) August 30, 2016
Flexibility is critical as the IT landscape continues to change. Some great thoughts from @ybhighheels on #VSAN at #VMworld.
— Pat Gelsinger (@PGelsinger) August 30, 2016
#HCIselfie Contest
Take a look at some of today’s entries to the #HCIselfie contest, being held at the HCI Zone!
#hciselfie @vmwarevsan pic.twitter.com/4ENam4eUb3
— Jon Baier (@jonbaier) August 30, 2016
#hciselfie @vmwarevsan pic.twitter.com/pU7VZDGiVe
— Prasad Yadav (@prasaditblr) August 30, 2016
#hciselfie @vmwarevsan pic.twitter.com/qKwfo7n4r0
— ayoub (@ayoubrca) August 30, 2016
#HCIselfie @vmwarevsan pic.twitter.com/Jbfftq16ih
— Russell (@nizmoz44) August 30, 2016
#Hciselfie@vmwarevsanpic.twitter.com/2TlHSDvDRp
— Blk_FlipFlops (@Blk_FlipFlops) August 30, 2016
Looking Ahead to Day 3…
Day 2 was great, but with Day 3 to come, what should you expect? Our #HCIselfie Contest will still be going strong – Wednesday will be the last day you can enter! Remember, all entrants not only get a “Powered by Virtual SAN” t-shirt, they’ll also be entered to win a smart speaker!
Wednesday also continues our HCI Zone passport program, where you can enter to win a pair of Beats by Dre Headphones.
How about the sessions? Take a look at the sessions to look forward on Day 3 of VMworld:
- STO7903 – An Industry Roadmap: From Storage to Data Management – Wednesday, 8/31, 4pm-5pm
- STO7535 – Conducting a Successful Virtual SAN 6.2 Proof of Concept – Wednesday, 8/ 31, 8:30am-9:30am
- STO8562 – Deployable and Tactical Hyper-Converged Software (HCS) for the Battlefield – Wednesday, 8/31, 2:30pm-3:30pm
- STO8619 – Transitioning to VVols: Partner Panel: Wednesday, 8/31, 4pm-5pm
- STO8159 – Snapshots Suck: How VSAN and VVol fix all your operational nightmares – Wednesday, 8/31, 11:30am-12:30pm
Oh and of course, Wednesday brings the ever popular VMworld Customer Appreciation Party!
We’ll see you out there! be_TOMORROW!
