1. My VMworld 2016 Experience
Dan Barr, Penn State Applied Research Lab
dbarr@psu.edu | @vDanBarr
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2. Themes
Cloud, Cloud, IoT, Cloud
◦ Cloud Foundation – packaged vSphere/VSAN/NSX stack
◦ Cross-Cloud Architecture
Developers – VMware{code} – code.vmware.com
VVols and VSAN are huge
◦ Packed technical sessions, lots of buzz
◦ VSAN Beta – vmware.com/go/virtual-san-beta
The rumors of Workstation & Fusion’s demise are greatly exaggerated
◦ Workstation 12.5 and Fusion 8.5 released 9/13
◦ Keynote mention, free license given to all attendees
◦ Session EUC8521 – The Future of VMware Fusion and Workstation
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3. My Focus
Group Discussions
◦ Small, interactive sessions, usually no slides
◦ Gathering feedback, listening to customer use cases
◦ Attendees sharing knowledge, getting questions answered
TAM Day & Customer Central sessions
◦ NDA content, discussion of future plans
◦ Developers in the room, gathering direct feedback
Public Sector meetings
◦ Series of private meetings for public sector (SLED, Federal) customers
◦ Focused on public sector use cases and needs
Community & Networking
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4. No New vSphere?
No new vSphere version announced…
◦ But there’s been a Beta program going on since April, and LOTS of Tech Preview content...
◦ VMworld Europe is October 17-20…
◦ (disclaimer: I have no actual idea if or when a new version will be announced)
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5. Tech Previews
VM-level encryption (storage agnostic) – INF8856
DRS Enhancements, Proactive HA – INF7827, INF8045
Enhanced vSphere Logging – INF8845
VSAN Management – STO7904
HTML5 Client Fling – labs.vmware.com/flings
◦ C# desktop client will be fully retired in the next major version
Lots more throughout session recordings
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6. What wasn’t in the Keynotes?
PowerCLI for Linux & Mac!
◦ Based off Microsoft’s work to open source PowerShell and bring it to Linux/MacOS
◦ Tech Preview of PowerCLI to be released “sometime after VMworld”
vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) Migration Tool – released 9/15
◦ Currently for Win 5.5 -> VCSA 6.0 U2 upgrade/migration
◦ 6.0 -> 6.0 coming later
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7. Community
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8. Resources
Session Recordings
◦ Open to non-attendees for the first time!
◦ http://www.vmworld.com/en/sessions/2016.html
◦ https://github.com/lamw/vmworld2016-session-urls
Hands-On Labs – Updated with new VMworld 2016 labs
◦ http://labs.hol.vmware.com
vBrownBag Opening Acts and TechTalks
◦ http://vbrownbag.com
◦ YouTube: vBrownBag Channel
◦ Playlists: 2016 #vBrownBag TechTalks & 2016 VMworld Opening Acts
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