Vmware Communities Roundtable

Home Lab is back, with Advantage licenses deploying next week, and many people installing VCF on home NUCs, there is plenty of momentum around things to learn and play with ! Marc Crawford talks about his learnings!

All the ins and outs for managing your recovery strategy with Tarisio Moraes, knowing failure modes and plans for recovery based on VMware's offerings.

Eric, Corey and Bob discuss the Launch of the VMUG advantage VCF labs, the Hardware needed and of Course vExperts . If you want to see the hardware SPECs for you NUCs, look here: https://fojta.wordpress.com/2025/02/23/gmktec-k8-plus-vsphere-mini-lab/

Topic: Disaster Recovery for MS SQL Server Workloads in VMware Cloud Foundation The Importance of a Reliable Disaster Recovery Plan "Deji, disaster recovery (DR) planning is often overlooked until an actual disaster occurs. Why is it particularly crucial for MS SQL Server workloads, and what are the most common mistakes enterprises make when it comes to protecting mission-critical databases?" VMware Live Recovery (VLR): Transforming Disaster Recovery in VCF "Let’s talk about VMware Live Recovery (VLR)—VMware’s solution for disaster recovery within VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). Can you explain what VLR does and how it ensures a reliable, repeatable, and simplified recovery process for enterprise-class SQL Server clusters?" How VLR Simplifies Disaster Recovery for MS SQL Server in VCF "SQL Server clusters are often complex to manage, especially during failover scenarios. How does VLR reduce that complexity and provide a more seamless disaster recovery experience for organizations using VCF?" Configuring V

Join Eric Nielsen and Bob Plankers on the VMware Community Podcast as they talk with Varghese Philipose

Kicking of the 2025 Community Event Schedule and ways to participate with Julia Klaus

Marc Talks about his favorite new feature Memory Tiering now in tech preview.

Community is booming in Q3 and Q4, everyone is back, Explore Europe leadership is overbooked and Hock is visiting UserCons and speaking at community events.

Day 3 projects underway to improve the community experience. New Community Landing Page, New HomeLab License Program, and VMUG support in 2025.

comfivision CEO Yves Sandfort joins us to talk of the customer journey moving from vSphere to the full VCF stack, acceptance and moving forward.