VMworld 2010 – Be there or be square (better believe I am a square)
So, with VMworld coming up (a mere 1 week away), I am really excited about everything going on.
The sessions, labs, announcements, and events going on are enough to make a virtual-geek like myself feel like Christmas Eve!
Last year was my first experience at VMworld and I loved every minute of it. However, I was rolling solo. I met some nice people while I was there, but that is about it. This year, though, I would like that to change… I want to meet a bunch of people and experience the event at a whole new level.
God willing, the following are the sessions I intend on attending while in SF:
Monday
| TA7743 | ESX iSCSI News, Configuration, and Best Practices |
| TA8595 | Virtual Network Concepts and Best Practices |
| TA8102 | Tuning Linux for Virtual Machines |
| DV7500 | VDI Assessment and Migration |
| DV7757 | VMware View Technical Overview |
Tuesday
| EA7850 | Design, Deploy, and Optimize Microsoft SQL 2008 |
| TA7962 | Modern Networking in a Virtualized Environment |
| TA7171 | Performance Best Practices for vSphere |
| DV7701 | Embracing Employee Owned Mobile Phones – The Why and How |
Wednesday
| TA6720 | Troubleshooting using ESXTOP for Advanced Users |
| EA6705 | Best Practices for Virtualizing Active Directory |
| EA7849 | Design, Deploy, and Optimize Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 on vSphere |
| DV7180 | ThinApp: What’s New and Future Vision |
| MA7528 | VMware vCenter Server: Operational Best Practices in the Datacenter |
| DV9540 | Case Study & Live Demo of View 4.x in an Enterprise Production Environment… |
Thursday
| EA7061 | Creating an Internal Oracle Database Cloud Using vSphere |
| ALT3003 | VMware vSphere Performance and Tuning |
| ALT3001 | VMware vCenter Site Recover Manager – Extended Config & Troubleshooting |
As far as labs are concerned, I would love to hit the following labs:
| Lab03 | ThinApp 4.6 |
| Lab08 | AppSpeed |
| Lab11 | SRM Installation and Config |
| Lab12 | SRM Extended Config and Troubleshooting |
| Lab24 | vSphere Performance and Tuning |
| Lab25 | vSphere Troubleshooting |
| Lab26 | vSphere PowerCLI |
| Lab30 | Sandbox |
Plus, I feel like VMware really has some awesome things up their sleeves. I am expecting the keynote on Tuesday to be awesome! Don’t let me down VMware!
While I am in SFO, you can get my updates via the Twitters (@arctic_99) and via the Blog – I should be easy to find. I’ll be the guy with his laptop posting updates online 
Let me know if you’re going to be at VMworld and maybe we can high-5 between sessions!
