In this week’s Unexplored Territory Podcast we have Mazhar Memon as a guest. We mainly talk about why Mazhar co-founded Bitfusion, what VMware’s strategy is for AI/ML workloads, and what we can expect from Project Radium in the future. Warning, this episode is DEEP! Listen to the full Unexplored Territory Podcast episode via Spotify – https://spoti.fi/3QdnXlX , Apple – https://apple.co/3O7TsMj , your favorite podcast app, or the embedded player below!
Unexplored Territory 017 – A day in the life of a CTO with Joe Baguley
In this week’s Unexplored Territory Podcast we VMware’s CTO Joe Baguley as a guest. We talk about various topics like how Joe became the CTO of VMware, what the McLaren announcement means, why Joe is passionate about ESG, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, and much much more. Listen to the full Unexplored Territory Podcast episode via Spotify (https://spoti.fi/3ajyyuS), Apple (https://apple.co/3zazXyj), your favorite podcast app, or the embedded player below!
VMUG Advantage Homelab Group Buy Discount offer 2022!
Yes, here we go again, the VMUG Advantage Homelab Group Buy Discount offer is available again! I’ve had multiple folks asking throughout the year if I had a code, and unfortunately I don’t have codes to distribute, but I do know that if you fill out this survey, you will get access to a code. The minimum discount you get is 12% and this can go up to 15% when the number of participant goes above 300. What do you get when you sign up and buy a 12 months subscription?
- 365-day Evaluation Licenses
- Including vSphere, vCloud Foundation, vSAN, NSX, vRealize, Workstation, Horizon, and more!
- 20-35% discount on training
- Access to “test drive“
- Advantage members receive a $ 100 USD VMware Explore discount (not stackable)
The VMUG Advantage Program comes at a cost of 200 USD. Last year the discount was 15%, which means the price ended up being 170 USD for a full year. If you have just one training course planned per year, the VMUG Advantage Program will have already paid for itself (20% discount on a 3000+ USD training course). Yes, I have been talking about USD so far, but of course, this offer is available to all our community members globally (Europe, APJ, Africa, Middle East, etc). Now, again, the discount percentage you get will depend on the number of people signing up for this year’s promotion. The ranges look as follows:
Quantity | Discount | Cost |
---|---|---|
1-199 | 12% | $176 |
200-299 | 14% | $172 |
300+ | 15% | $170 |
If more than 1000 people sign up, VMUG HQ will also do a raffle and give away some cool VMUG Advantage “swag”. Can’t wait? Sign up for the discount code here, and join the program!
Where do I download the vSAN File Service OVA?
Last few weeks I had this question at least three times, surprisingly as I thought it wasn’t too difficult to find. The question was if my vCenter Server has no connection to the internet, where do I download the vSAN File Service OVA file that I can use to setup vSAN File Service manually? The UI provides the option to manually load it, but doesn’t provide a pointer to the location on the website where you can download it.
And actually, it is fairly simple, you go to vmware.com/downloads. You pick “VMware vSAN” as the product, then click on the “Drivers & Tools” tab, and then unfold “VMware vSAN Tools, Plug-ins and Appliances” and you should see the OVAs listed for the various versions. After you download the OVA, you can simply upload it from your desktop via the vCenter Server UI and continue the configuration of vSAN File Service.
Unexplored Territory 16: Google Cloud VMware Engine featuring Wade Holmes!
In this week’s Unexplored Territory Podcast we have our long time friend Dr. Wade Holmes as a guest. We’ve bumped into Wade a few times over the past couple of years, first at a VCDX defense where Wade became the first VCDX certified person outside of VMware. Of course Wade also worked at VMware for years, and now the past years Wade has been at Google, which made him the perfect person to have this discussion with on the topic of Google Cloud VMware Engine, multi-cloud, hybrid-cloud, and security implications. Listen to it via Spotify (https://spoti.fi/3NfOxIz), Apple (https://apple.co/37SXOaI), our website, or your favorite podcast app!