vCendol TechFriday! March 2020

This March, vCendol TechFriday! will be back to talk about:

• The Use of Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory in Virtualized Environment by Muhammad Faisal, Solutions Consultant @ VMware
• Site Resiliency Model for Virtualized Data Center by Shiraz Erosagon, Solutions Consultant @ VMware

Come and bring your thinking hat to join the discussion. Mark your calendar and register yourself for this episode of vCendol TechFriday!

vCendol TechFriday! February 2020 - Lesson Learned from the Field: Designing and Operating Hyperconverged Infrastructure Powered By VMware vSAN

vCendol TechFriday! is BACK!

I'm so excited to announce that we will have the next vCendol TechFriday! with three awesome speakers:

• Indrawan Nawin Putera, Compute Design Engineering Team Lead, IT Infrastructure and Operations Division @ Bank Rakyat Indonesia
• Taufan Sangga, Presales Team Lead @ Virtus Technology Indonesia
• Fuji Setio, Senior Specialist Solution Engineer Hyperconverged Infrastructure Business Unit @ VMware

Together they will talk about their experience in designing and operating hyperconverged infrastructure powered by VMware vSAN. They will give you first hand insight on what they have learned. As a teaser, Indrawan will talk his own experience with the largest VMware vSAN deployment in ASEAN.

You don't want to miss this sharing session! Mark your calendar and register yourself for this episode of vCendol TechFriday!

Wrap Up - vCendol TechFriday! Season 1 Episode 2

It was time well spent during vCendol TechFriday! Game Night back at 6 December 2019. We played some scenario using VMware Hands-on-Lab, simulated some common CPU scheduling situation and looked at the impact. Using that information, now we know the consequences of such configuration which we can use in a design decision. I love the active discussion we had. I had FUN, and I hope you did too.

Buka Warung - vCendol TechFriday! Season 1 Episode 2

To all vCendol Warriors, be prepared for the next vCendol TechFriday! as we are going to have Game Night.

What Is It?

We will simulate some common VM/host CPU configuration or situation and the impact to VM CPU performance. We will leverage VMware Hands On Lab environment to do this, and our Tukang-vCendol-of-the-day, Rakha Siswara and Muhammad Faisal - both Solutions Engineer @ VMware, will lead the lab and host the discussion.

You can actively join the lab to simulate the situation yourself. So please bring your laptop and ensure you have active VMware Hands On Lab account. If you haven’t, visit labs.hol.vmware.com and you can register for free from the link on the upper right corner.

And to make it more interesting, we will have some swag to WIN if you actively participate in the game.

Tutup Warung - vCendol TechFriday! Season 1 Episode 1

Thank you for those who attended the very first vCendol TechFriday! Despite of November rain, 20+ peoples manage to show up. Really appreciate that! You are all awesome. The attendees were great and actively involved in the discussion. We even ended up to 10pm from schedule of 9pm.

Overview of the vSphere Upgrade Process

This article is written by Muhammad Faisal as a note from "Master of Disaster: Prepare for The Most Chaotic Situation in vSphere Upgrade Execution" session delivered by Mahfud Azhary during the first vCendol TechFriday! back in November 1st, 2019.

vSphere is a sophisticated product with multiple components to upgrade. Understanding the required sequence of tasks is vital for a successful vSphere upgrade.

Overview of vSphere Upgrade Tasks

The First vCendol TechFriday!

Calling all VMware enthusiasts to gather, network, and learn from each other in the very first vCendol TechFriday! This will be an after-office-hour-brown-bag-meet-up. Please read up about vCendol TechFriday! here.

What will we discuss?

Session 1

"Master of Disaster: Prepare for The Most Chaotic Situation in vSphere Upgrade Execution"

Mahfud Azhary - VCIX-DCV | VCIX-NV

Senior Consultant - Professional Services Organization @ VMware

Session 2

"Secure Your Evolving Infrastructure through Virtualization"

Felix Ivan - VCIX -NV | 2xCCIE (RS, DC)

Senior Specialist SE - Networking & Security Business Unit @ VMware