I’m looking forward to VMworld as always, if you haven’t registered yet then make sure you watch my video on why you should.

Personally its going to be a busy one for me, as you can see from my below schedule but this is all amazing stuff and I cant wait for VMworld to begin. If your interested in any of the items below be sure to add them to your schedule builder and make sure you say Hi and chat to me about automation and integration in your organization and how I can help you make sure VMware is focused on what you need.

My Sessions

VCM5048 – Automating the Software Defined Data Center: How Do I Get Started Alan Renouf , VMware Thomas Corfmat , VMware Datacenter automation can be a pretty intimidating task. What should I automate? What product should I use? Just within the VMware product family, there are a number of automation/orchestration/integration solutions that sound like they could do the job. But which one is the right one? This session will answer these questions by helping you understand how to approach datacenter automation based on specific criteria. It will also provide guidance on which automation product you should be using… and which ones to avoid. Finally, this session will offer you some practical tips to ensure that your automation journey is a successful one, and tell you where to find additional resources to get a deeper understanding of the described concepts. Wednesday, Aug 28, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM https://vmworld2013.activeevents.com/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=5048 VSVC4944 – PowerCLI Best Practices – A Deep Dive Luc Dekens , Eurocontrol Alan Renouf , VMware In previous years Alan and Luc showed you some of their best practices and how to take PowerCLI one step further.

This year they will dive deeper and show you some best practices you didn’t see coming. The Software Defined Datacenter

Taking on the MOB and winning

From vSwitch to vDS

Pimp your performance graphs

Common and Cool Community Questions

Much, much more Monday, Aug 26, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM https://vmworld2013.activeevents.com/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=4944 VSVC5931 – PowerCLI What’s New? Administrating with the CLI Was Never Easier Alan Renouf , VMware In recent years VMware PowerCLI has proven that managing vSphere, vCloud Director, Update Manager and VMware View with the CLI can be easy, quick and consistent, learn how the latest version of PowerCLI can take this to the next level by managing even more.Attend this session to learn about the new features in PowerCLI, also learn about the updates to PowerCLI’s existing cmdlets and see a demo of something new and cool which is sure to wow all VMware users. Wednesday, Aug 28, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM https://vmworld2013.activeevents.com/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=5931

Group Discussions

VSVC1005-GD – PowerCLI and Automation Alan Renouf , VMware Group Discussions are a good way to join together with peers, guided by a VMware expert, and discuss a VMware key topic as selected by the group. Come to this session prepared to dive-in, engage, and share best practices. Wednesday, Aug 28, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM https://vmworld2013.activeevents.com/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=7491

TAM Day

I will be attending the “Birds of a feather” sessions at the TAM day and hope to see you there and talk to you about automation, integration and of course PowerCLI.

Party!

Of course I may attend a party or three 🙂

-Alan

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