Well, it was pretty much like listening to a bunch of guys talking about a conference they’re going to next week. In short, a bit chaotic, but hopefully interesting to eavesdrop on. I’m not sure if we came up with anything definitive, but Rod Haywood clued us in to the trick of flipping through the content catalog and seeing what looks new.
Remember, it’s not too late to register for VMworld 2008. It’s the best conference I’ve ever been to.
As always, listen via the widget to the right, the mp3 (1:01). Keep in the know via the podcast feed and the iTunes feed.
- VMworld 2008 site
- content catalog
- calendar
- VMworld party thread on vmworld.com
- VMTN V-bar get-together Monday @ 8pm
- VMTN Community Experts, PO1861. Wednesday @ 11:30am
- Update: Another community get together Sunday night.
- Topics mentioned at previous conferences
- Offline VDI at VMworld Europe 2008
- Continuous Availability at VMworld 2007
- VMDirectPath at Intel Developer Forum
- Books at VMworld
- Tuesday @ 12:30pm VMware ESX Essentials in the Virtual Data Center by Marshall, Beaver, McCarty
- Wednesday @ 10:30am VMware ESX Server in the Enterprise by Edward Haletky
- Wednesday @ 12noon Deploying the Virtual Infrastructure by Arrasjid, Conde, Balachandran, Lamb and Kaplan
- Wednesday @ 1:00pm VMware Infrastructure 3: Advanced Technical Design Guide and Advanced Operations Guide by Oglesby, Herold, and Laverick
- We also mentioned
- the VMbook on BCDR, A Practical Guide to Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery with VMware Infrastructure 3
- Managing VMWare with Windows PowerShell: TFM by Rottenberg
- Troubleshooting series on SearchServerVirtualization (coming as soon as I find the links).
- Microsoft postpones live VM migration for Hyper-V two more years from BetaNews – good examination of unplanned downtime (use HA) vs planned downtime (use VMotion), and how Microsoft is trying to confuse the issue for a few more years
- Virtualization Congress 2008, Oct 14-16, London, UK
- IT Virtualization Live, Dec 9-11, Orlando, FL