VMworld 2006 – What’s the Next Best Thing to Being There?

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Dec 13, 20062 mins

VMworld 2006 was, by all accounts, a huge success. And with over 7000 virtualization fans flooding the Los Angeles Convention Center on November 7-9, how could it be anything but a huge success. In spite of the strong numbers in attendance, it just wasn't in the cards for the entire virtualization army to make the journey. For those of you that couldn't make the trip, relax! VMware is offering up the next best t

VMworld 2006 was, by all accounts, a huge success. And with over 7000 virtualization fans flooding the Los Angeles Convention Center on November 7-9, how could it be anything but a huge success. In spite of the strong numbers in attendance, it just wasn’t in the cards for the entire virtualization army to make the journey. For those of you that couldn’t make the trip, relax! VMware is offering up the next best thing to being there.

The VMware Technology Network (VMTN) has posted a number of general sessions, technical sessions and lab sessions for your viewing pleasure. The selections highlight the breadth and depth of the technical sessions presented at the event and offer webcasts, podcasts, presentation material, lab manuals and sample scripts.

Example sessions include:

  • ADC0134: Scaling Virtual Infrastructure: Planning for Growth, High Availability, and Rapid Provisioning

  • ADC0135: Choosing and Architecting Storage for Your Environment

  • ADC4439: Large, High Density VMware ESX Server Platforms

  • BCT0107: VMware ESX Server as a Foundation for High Availability and Disaster Recovery for the Microsoft Server Platform

  • BCT4539: VMware Consolidated Backup Technology: Today and Future

  • BCT9552: VMware Infrastructure 3 Capabilities for Improving Disaster Recovery

  • DVT0075: Managing the Virtualized Enterprise

  • DVT4696: VMware Server Tips & Tricks

  • DVT9699: VMware Server Snapshot Portability Using the Open Virtual Machine Disk Format Specification

  • MDC9694: Troubleshooting VMware ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter 2

  • MED4116: VDI: A New Strategy for Managing User Environments

  • and more…

VMware also includes a number of lab sessions as well that covered such topics as VMware Consolidated Backup, VDI, Performance Troubleshooting, Securing and Monitoring VI3, Programming and more.

Whether you made it to VMworld 2006 or not, I invite you to check out these presentations. You can find the complete list, here.