Author: Michael Schroeder

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VMware Explore 2024 EMEA – Know before you go

There are still a few weeks to go until VMware Explore 2024 EMEA opens its doors in Barcelona at the Fira Gran Via. Time flies, as we all know.

As in previous years, I would like to put together a small guide. I hope this background information will be helpful, especially for first-time visitors.

As early as 2018, I put together a small survival guide for this event, which is still largely valid. Although the event is now being held for the third time under the name VMware Explore instead of the original name VMworld.

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Early-Bird Registration for VMware Explore 2024 Barcelona is open

VMware (by Broadcom) Explore 2014 will take place this year from November 4-7 in Barcelona. The pre-sale for tickets started on June 25.

The early bird discount will be valid until July 29. After that, ticket prices will increase in several stages.

VMUG Advantage Discount

If you are a member of VMUG Advantage, you can get a discount of 75 $. Look up your discount code in the VMUG portal and enter it as a voucher when ordering your ticket.

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Broadcom CEO Hock Tan addresses an open letter to the VMUG community

On Thursday, April 25, 2024, the annual VMUG UserCon took place in Frankfurt am Main. To the delight of all visitors and of course the VMUG leaders, we had top-class guests for the opening keynote. Joe Baguley (VMware CTO EMEA) and Hock Tan (Broadcom CEO) opened the event with a fireside chat.

Hock Tan and Joe Baguley at German VMUG UserCon 2024 (Image: VMUG)

Hock Tan explained fundamental changes in the VMware product portfolio and why they are so important.

Following the event, Hock Tan has now published an open letter to the VMUG community in which he emphasizes the importance of the VMware user group for Broadcom. He also addresses the focus of software development on a single core product (VCF), data sovereignty and the media noise of recent months. This document once again summarizes the key points of his keynote at UserCon 2024.

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TTE – Configure iSCSI kernel port with PowerCLI

This is a post from the “Teach the Expert” (TTE) series.

If you are looking for an easy way to edit the iSCSI kernel port configuration on the VMware ESXi host, PowerCLI is the ideal solution. In this post, you will learn how to use PowerCLI to configure the iSCSI kernel port and how to enable or disable the iSCSI kernel port. We will also give some examples of using PowerCLI to configure iSCSI kernel port settings. So, let’s get started!

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