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Hope to see you at the Nordic VMUG UserCon in Dec!

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In case you missed it, a couple of weeks back, Liselotte Foverskov one of the leaders for the Nordic VMUG had announced some of the speakers for the upcoming Nordic VMUG UserCon taking place on Dec 1st at the Scandic Hotel in Copenhagen.

I was very fortunate to have been invited out to speak at the event. As you can see from the tweet above, I will also be joined by several of my colleagues from VMware like Paul Strong, Duncan Epping, Cormac Hogan, Paudie O'Riordan and Joerg Lew who will be covering a variety of topics, so there should be something for everyone. This will be my first time visiting Denmark and I am looking forward to meeting everyone and I hope that you can make it out. I also hear Liselotte has an amazing keynote speaker lined up that you will not want to miss! For more details about the event, be sure to visit Nordic VMUG site here.

Below is the topic that I will be presenting on but feel free to find me at the event if you are interested in talking about other topics that you may have on your mind.

Session Title: 

Harnessing the power of the vSphere API for the everyday Admin 

Session Abstract: 

In this session, you will get a brief introduction to the vSphere API and learn how to use and navigate it without needing to become a developer. Building on this foundation, we will then explore some of the different methods and tools that are available to a variety of audiences (vSphere Administrators, Developers, etc) when Automating against the vSphere API. Finally, we will take a look at some practical examples that demonstrates the vSphere API in action which you can then take back with you when you leave the session. 

Charlotte VMUG vOpenData Presentation Posted + New Stats

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Last week I had the privilege to attend the Carolina Users Summit and from what I hear, it is one of the larger VMUGs in the US. I was asked to give a presentation on a recent community project that I collaborated with Ben Thomas on called vOpenData. The presentation goes into some background on the how the project got started, a deeper look at how it works and a live demo including some interesting stats that have not been shared before (CLTVMUG exclusive!).

I would like to thank everyone who attended the session and the great questions that were brought up. For those of you who missed it or could not attend, I have posted the presentation online and you can download it here. I hope everyone enjoyed it and hopefully you will contribute your data as well as help spread the word about vOpenData! Both Ben and I have been quite swamped with work and changes lately, so hopefully we will have some a nice update for everyone real soon!

Even if you know what vOpenData is, I think it is still worthwhile to check out the presentation as it contains a bunch more stats that have never been shared before. Here is a sneak peak of two that I am sure both Duncan Epping and Frank Denneman would be quite proud of:

Clusters w/vSphere HA Configured:

Clusters w/vSphere DRS Configured:

Lastly, I would like to give a big thanks Charlie Gautreaux for inviting me out to the Charlotte VMUG! I had a great time and met a lot of really cool people!