VMWorld is in 2 days!!!

VMWorld 2019 will be in 2 days!! I will be attending this year for my first time. I must say I am very excited and anxious to go. I am looking forward to all the people I will meet and events that I will have the opportunity to take part in. 

I will do my best to post updates throughout the week. Be sure to follow me on twitter @kenbshinn where I am sure I will be posting updates as well. 

Philadelphia VMUG UserCon is on Thursday!!!

Well it is almost here, Philadelphia USERCon at the Valley Forge Casino and Resort! It is not too late to sign up to attend. 

Registration, Parking, and Breakfast and Lunch are all Free!!

Not to mention all the speakers, vendors, and networking that will be open to you!!

Click on this link to register now

https://vmug12.snoball.events/a/kenneth-shinn-1

17 Days until UserCon !!!

Hey everyone, there is only 17 days until the Philadelphia VMUG UserCon. Registration is free to attend and you can register at the link below:

https://vmug12.snoball.events/a/kenneth-shinn-1

Click on the link to get registered!! 

We have so many awesome speakers coming out to speak with Ducan Epping, Frank Denneman as our Keynote Speakers and Ariel Sanchez coming out to speak about the vCommunity. 

Philadelphia VMUG UserCon just a month away!!!

I am very proud to announce that Philadelphia's VMUG UserCon is only a month a way. 

Have you registered yet? If not, here is the link to the registration page.

I have always had a great time at the UserCon in years past, and I am sure that this year will be no different. 

As always registration is free and this year we have a list of All Star speakers such as:

Duncan Epping

Frank Denneman
Ariel Sanchez

Just to name a few. We also have some amazing giveaways just to add icing to that cake.

If you are able to attend, I can assure you that you will not be disappointment. 

Philly VMUG has scheduled it's first meeting of 2019

Hey guys, as you all know I am a VMUG Leader for Philadelphia (AKA Philly VMUG) and I am very excited to announce that we have our first meeting of 2019.

This being the first meeting that I am involved in with scheduling and setting up, I am very excited to see the outcome.

To learn more about VMUG click on the link here.

To learn what a VMUG Leader is Click here.

If you are interested in attending out meeting click on this link to register.

How to install ESXi 5.5

Continuing the saga of building out my VMware home lab I will be covering the process off installing ESXi 5.5 as a Virtual machine in my environment. As stated in my previous posts, I am a VMUG Advantage Member so I do have access to newer versions of VMware software. 

That might make you wonder why I am going with ESXi 5.5, well you are going to have to wait and see what my plan is for that. 

Lets get started with the installation of ESXi 5.5

Once the ESXi .ISO has been booted up on the machine you will be presented with this screen.

Press Enter to boot, or let the countdown continue and it will boot automatically. 

The ESXi installer will load into memory. It may take some time for this to complete depending on how much Memory you have on your machine, so your mileage may vary. 

After all of this you will be presented with the ESXi 5.5 Welcome Screen. Press Enter to continue. 

Press F11 to Accept the End User License Agreement to continue on.

Once you press F11 the install will start scanning the System it is installing on to see what Storage is available. 

On the next screen you will be presented with a list of Datastores that are available to you to install ESXi on. Select the Datastore that you want to use and press Enter. 

You will then be asked to select your Keyboard layout. Press Enter to continue.

Now you will have to set the Root Password for the OS. Once you confirm the password press Enter to continue. 

The ESXi Installer will then can your system again .

You will then be asked to Confirm your decision to install ESXi on the datastore you selected. Press F11 to continue. 

Now the installation will begin, again your mileage may vary as to how long it will take to complete. 

Once the installation has been completed you can press Enter to reboot the machine to complete in installation. 

After the reboot has been completed and the system boots up you will be presented with the following screen. 

This concludes the ESXi install guide. I hope you found this helpful an please check back for more updates to come.

Cloud Credibility...

In my quest to gain more knowledge of the VMware Community I stumbled  upon the Cloud Credibility Program.

https://www.cloudcredibility.com/dashboard

It is setup as a game where you acquire points for completing tasks suck as following a group on twitter, or reading a blog post written by a vExpert. While some of the tasks are simple and easy, others can take a while to complete as they require a group or have a certain time restriction on it.

If you are interesting in learning more and getting involved I recommend checking it out.

A new beginning....

Yesterday I was named the Partner VMUG Leader for the Philadelphia VMware User Group.

I look forward to serving the local VMUG Community and hope to assist in making it stronger and more active.

To find out more about VMUG you can check it out here:

https://www.vmug.com/

While you are there you should also check out the VMUG Advantage program which provides an amazing opportunity for people looking to gain experience with VMware products but with the EVAL-Experience and discounts on VMware Classes and Exams. Find out more here.

https://www.vmug.com/Join/VMUG-Advantage-Membership