Events & Webinars

RDMs, in-guest mounts, cluster-in-a-box… these are the technologies that enable virtualized SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances (FCI) in the past. Today we now have vVols to run FCI without RDMs and real soon vSAN will support FCIs without RDMs. What if VMware supported SCSI3 reservations for standard VMDKs? This session will delve into SQL Server FCI in a VMware environment using past, existing & future technologies. This session will not only walk you through how to configure SQL FCI using the future shared VDMK option, but will also provide best practices to optimize, protect and monitor performance of VMs using shared VMDKs. A must see for Virtual SQL DBAs and virtual admins supporting SQL DBAs.​

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Presenters:

• Shawn Meyers, Principal Architect, House of Brick Technologies
• Rob Girard, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer, Tintri by DDN

Running Oracle on VMware offers significant benefits to customers worldwide. It also brings increased scrutiny from Oracle, which may result in the heightened threat of an audit. House of Brick, which on any given day supports more than 50 clients running VMware against aggressive tactics from Oracle, and attorneys from Crowell & Moring, which represented Mars in the now famous Mars v. Oracle lawsuit, will offer insights learned from helping defend their clients during Oracle audits. Oracle audit best practices for VMware customers will also be explored using client examples. Architectural, operational, and organizational recommendations for preparing for an Oracle audit will also be shared. You will learn practical techniques to use in your own organization to prepare for the possibility of an Oracle audit.

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Presenters:

• Nathan Biggs, Chief Executive Officer, House of Brick Technologies
• Arthur Beeman, Partner, Crowell & Moring
• Joel Muchmore, Partner, Crowell & Moring

Oracle and SQL Server databases are licensed very differently than other applications with many options from which to choose depending on requirements for features, mobility needs, virtualization/consolidation targets, and usage of third-party cloud resources. This breakout session will help you understand the options available to license Oracle and SQL Server database virtual machines. Learn to maximize your database licensing investment while maintaining mobility and minimizing the risk of an audit.

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Presenters:

• Scott Salyer, Director, Enablement Business Partners, VMware
• David Welch, CTO, Chief Evangelist, House of Brick Technologies

BrightTALK @ VMworld USA 2019 Summit

Whether you’re starting on-premises or moving to the cloud, there are different challenges at different stages of the cloud migration process. A big part of making your migration successful and long-lasting is data protection.

This panel discussion with experts at VMworld US will include:

• Best practices for a hybrid cloud migration
• Strategies for protecting your data in public and private clouds
• Major cloud migration trends, tools and technologies in 2020 and beyond

Presenters:

• Moderator: Dave Welch, CTO & Chief Evangelist
• Panelist: Mark Vaughn, Sr. Director of Integrated Services, Presidio
• Panelist: Sheng Sheen, Partner Solutions Architect, VMware
• Panelist: Aaron Buley, Global Director, VxRail Engineering Technologists, Dell EMC

EC2 or RDS? RAC or Single Instance? What Instance Size and what Storage Tier? Deploying an Oracle Database on AWS can lead to a confusing quagmire of questions for the DBA new to Amazon Web Services public cloud.

During this presentation, we will discuss the specific architectural limitations and opportunities unique to running an Oracle Database in AWS, with a particular focus on architectural choices that will impact scalability, maintainability, high availability, and performance. We will share our experiences working with clients to migrate their Oracle workloads to the cloud. Examples of successful use case architectures in the AWS public cloud will be explored ranging from the smallest low-cost RDS workloads to the largest RAC on EC2 installations.

Presenter:

• Nick Walter, Principal Architect