This was my 3rd VMworld. I had a great time this year. The Opening Act, vBrownags and regular sessions were great this year. I went to a lot of vendor parties and had lots of fun. I stepped out of my comfort zone and talked to people I didn’t know. It is always a great opportunity to attend VMworld and I am grateful that the company I work for sent me this year.
Here are some notes I took from the conference and links associated with the topic –
- Rebranding – I guess Vmware marketing had to justify there jobs, so they went on a renaming spree. It was the joke of the conference.
- vCHS (Cloud Hybrid Service) is now vCloud Air
- vCloud Suite is now vRealize
- Matrix of current products and new names – http://vmwaretips.com/wp/2014/08/25/do-you-vrealize-whats-in-a-vname/
- vCloud Air for Government Services (FEDRAMP certified) will roll out in US in September
- Vmware’s entrance into the Hyper Converged Infrastructure market (formerly known as Project Marvin) –
- vSphere 6 beta – Publicly announced features
- Virtual Volumes (VVOLS) – New storage abstraction paradigm and policy based storage management
- The Technical Deep Dive Session on VVOLS was the most attended at Vmworld. They recorded it and posted it online for everyone to watch.
- Fault Tolerance in vSphere 6 will support 4 CPUs
- vSphere 6 will support cross vCenter vMotion
- Content Library – Centralized repository for VM templates, scripts, and ISOs
- vSphere 6 long distance vMotion is enhanced
- Using VMware NSX, network properties will now be vMotioned as well when using long distance vMotion.
- Virtual Datacenter – A new abstraction layer that lets you join multiple vSphere clusters together so you can use the same policies across clusters
- Won’t be released until sometime in 2015. Vmware has changed there release cycle
- Virtual Volumes (VVOLS) – New storage abstraction paradigm and policy based storage management
- VMware Teams With Docker, Google and Pivotal to Simplify Enterprise Adoption of Containers
- CloudVolumes – Similar to ThinnApp & App-V but much
- Vmware Workspace Suite
- AirWatch Secure Contect Locker
- VMware’s Horizon 6
- AirWatch Mobility Management Suite
- VMware Workspace Services
- NSX 6.1 – Network virtualization
- vSphere Remote Office Branch Office Editions
- Hands On Lab in a Box – Customers, partners and VMware employees can use the Hands-On Labs offered by VMware for free during for example partner organized events. See it as Lab as a Service.
- Introduction of VMware Workspace Suite, a new integrated platform that combines AirWatch by VMware and VMware Horizon
- VMware, NVIDIA and Google Collaborate To Deliver Graphics Rich Apps To Enterprise Cloud Desktops
- Project Fargo (VMFork) combined with CloudVolumes can create VDI VM’s in seconds. The combination of Project Fargo + CloudVolumes is internally called Project Meteor.
- http://up2v.nl/2014/08/26/vmware-announcing-project-fargo-a-technique-for-rapid-cloning-of-running-vms-30-x-faster-vdi-provisioning/
- Very cool technology, but will be a while before it is released for production
- VMware Integrated OpenStack, a new virtual appliance for simple deployment of OpenStack integrated with vSphere.
- Keynotes
- Day 1 – http://youtu.be/wVZf2GKpyWI
- Day 2 – http://youtu.be/hP48ucnPQnY
- All of the top 10 sessions can be watched for free
- The Vmworld Youtube channel has lots of great videos and daily highlights
- vBrownbag Opening Acts and Tech Talks
- My Daily Recaps
- Here are some pics I took while at the conference – http://1drv.ms/1B1soDo
Lastly, VMware already announced that VMworld 2015 will be Aug 30 -Sept 3 in San Francisco. After 3 years in a row, I really wish VMworld was going to be at a different location. No matter where it is, I am always excited to go and can’t wait till next year.