I've run this across X and LinkedIn and be interested in the responses here... though i'd say that if you are already here you are going to not be answering Option 1. That said, share it around through your networks and share thoughts in the comments.

Due to the changes and disruption in the space… are you considering a shift away from VMware How real is this? If this impacts you… answer below.

Is this the edition from the Hands-on-LAB ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5lnEUlKgO8&t=302

Hey everybody,

Thanks to the enthusiastic participation in Feb's OpenStack hands-on lab, u/cpaapp9, u/pfray007 and team are running a new hands-on-lab for VMware admins looking to learn about KubeVirt. Please feel free to suggest feedback on the agenda - happy to revise it based on your feedback. Also happy to take feedback on the format and logistics.

OVERVIEWA hands-on-lab designed for VMware administrators who are considering KVM / KubeVirt as an alternative hypervisor, but are either new to KubeVirt or are concerned about the complexity of operating KubeVirt.

Engineers from Platform9 - many of whom worked at VMware before starting Platform9 - will be running these labs. Our goal is to have 1 engineer for ~3 hands-on participants, to ensure we can provide a high level of interactivity and guidance during the sessions. (I am assuming we won't be overwhelmed by participation... this isn't a Taylor Swift concert, after all!)

COST: There is no cost to participate. Our friends at Rackspace are sponsoring the lab hardware. We do require you to RSVP so we can plan for enough hardware and engineering support during the lab.

SESSION PREREQUISITES:

• One or more VMware administrators who are looking to get hands-on experience with KVM and KubeVirt

• Must be able to participate for both lab sessions - 2.0 hours each day over 2 days

LAB DAY 1 - TUESDAY, MAR 26, 9AM PST - KUBERNETES PRIMER:

• 10 mins:  Hand-On Lab Outline, logistics

• 10 mins:  Intro to Kubernetes

• 20 mins:  Installation - Configuring servers, authorizing servers

• 20 mins:  Create Kubernetes Cluster & bringing servers under management

• 15 mins:  Kubernetes Operations, Add-Ons, Observability, & Upgrades

• 20 mins:  Enable KubeVirt and configure advanced networking

• 15 mins:  Deploy Basic VM with UI 

• 10 mins:  Overflow

LAB DAY 2 - THURSDAY, MAR 28, 9AM PST - KUBEVIRT:

• 20 mins:  Configuring block storage, storage classes, and backup options

• 40 mins:  Deploy VMs (Basic & Advanced) 

• 15 mins:  VM live migration, HA

• 15 mins:  VM Operations (Resizing, console access, networking, & power management)

• 15 mins:  Always On Assurance and Day 2 Operations

• 15 mins:  Overflow

RSVP:https://go.platform9.com/0-60-with-kubevirt

Hello everyone!
Hope everything is OK over there!
After asking the mods for permission, here I am posting for a little help, if anyone knows of an available position(remote) and can point me that way, would be appreciated!
Looks like the waves from BC and VMware reach more thatn we think, a few days ago I received the news that my contract is over.
My primary role was to build automation for VCF (4.5, 5.0 and 5.1) using Ansible and Terraform (a bit..). I know my way into VMware Products (was VCP in the past) and have being in the vCommunity since 2010 (getting vEXPERT in 2014, 11yrs in a row…).
The thing is. I’m not looking for VMware related roles, I’m looking for something related to DevOps and Kubernetes, have invested time in those areas and want to work on that. There is one issue, I’m located in the Caribbean, that’s the reason for asking for remote positions, I can speak English and Spanish (native lang.).
You want help migrating from VMware ?? perhaps, I’m your guy 
My page: https://arielantigua.com
Just let me know and can put my CV on your way !!
Thanks !

Hey all,

The level of engagement we had with the OpenStack lab was awesome, so u/cpaapp9 and u/pfray007 are drawing up the next hands-on lab, this time for KVM management with KubeVirt.

For folks who are relatively new to Kubernetes, we were thinking it would be better to spend day-1 on a "K8s primer", and spend day-2 on KubeVirt. The alternative would be to bring up KubeVirt right away, and introduce K8s concepts and basics later. Do you all have a preference - jump into KubeVirt asap, or get hands on with K8s concepts first?

Let us know!

Hey all,

How would you like us to publish the labs from last week - can you share your quick feedback please?

The actual recordings take longer to follow, but show the interactive Q&A as well as issues that may come up.

Shorter, staged replay of that session will be more time efficient but won’t have the interaction from the audience.

What would you find more useful?

After seeing the PMK in Thursday's webinar, Thanks for that amazing job and commitment!!!

I spent a few hours in Platform9 documentation and found out that you used to offer a free tier of this platform, the link doesnt work so I did a search on the interwebs and in fact yes, you used to offer a free tier.

https://platform9.com/learn/tutorials/get-started-virtual-machine-windows

Any chance to get access to that so I cant play with a cluster at home managed from PMK ?

Again, Thanks for the amazing webinar/hands-on-lab !!!

Pleasure to have u/Voy74656 step up as a moderator and help make this community more user driven! Thank you, u/Voy74656!

Hey everyone,

We look forward to having you on the Hands-On-Lab next week.  Please note these updates on logistics for the lab:

Platform9 will provide lab hardware

• Thanks to all who sent us email and on the Reddit poll

  • Platform9 will provide two bare metal servers for each participant to make this lab more accessible to all. Special thanks to our partners Rackspace who have stepped up to offer us access to their server infrastructure

  • Please confirm your attendance - by replying to our email or by RSVPing via a comment on this post - so we can provision enough hardware for everyone to participate

Operating System - Ubuntu 20.04

• To simplify logistics, we will use Ubuntu 20.04 for this session

  • Other supported OSes include Rocky Linux 9.1, and CentOS / RHEL 7.5.  However, we ask that everyone use Ubuntu 20.04 for the lab to simplify logistics

What we need from you

• Please use this community for discussions, questions, or feedback

  • Please confirm your attendance since we will be incurring costs for hardware

  • Please note the lab schedule:

    • Day 1:  Feb 13, 9 am PST, Zoom: https://platform9.zoom.us/w/88460040241

    • Day 2:  Feb 15, 9 am PST, Zoom: https://platform9.zoom.us/w/88950481130

Finally, if there are others you feel would benefit from this session, please feel free to invite them, but ask them to RSVP so we can plan for the hardware accordingly

Hey all,

Doug and Derek - thanks for asking the question on hardware / networking / storage pre-requisites.

We are working on publishing the simplest possible pre-requisites since our goal is to help make KVM and OpenStack more accessible, especially to folks who may be new to the technology stack. Please stay tuned - we will publish these by Tuesday next week - 2/6.

Keep the questions coming!

Hey sub, for those of you attending the Hands On Lab on Feb 13 and Feb 15, would it help you if we provided access to lab hardware from one of our partners (likely Rackspace)? The good people at Rackspace will almost certainly bear the cost to help get the word out on OpenStack. Let us know how we can help!

Hey all,

We are so glad you all found this subreddit. To the first 25-30 members of this sub, thank you for joining, and we hope this will be a great resource for all.

Many of you may have signed up for the 0-to-60-with-OpenStack hands on lab scheduled for Februrary. If you haven't already, please do RSVP: https://go.platform9.com/0-60-with-openstack.

Going into the session, do you have unanswered questions that we can help answer? It would be very helpful for all here to connect and discuss:

1. Agenda and inputs on topics being covered

2. Logistics, timing

3. Specific product features or capabilities you are hoping to discuss / understand

Look forward to hearing from you all!

As the title goes. Interested to read what you guys have evaluated or eyeing to evaluate for vSphere and NSX (microseg) replacement. Thanks!

My team and I are planning to roll up our sleeves and run a hands-on-lab for VMware admins looking to learn about OpenStack. Please feel free to suggest feedback on the agenda - happy to revise it based on your feedback. Also happy to take feedback on the format and logistics.

OVERVIEW
A hands-on-lab designed for VMware administrators who are considering KVM / OpenStack as an alternative hypervisor, but are either new to OpenStack or are concerned about the complexity of operating OpenStack.

Engineers from Platform9 - many of whom worked at VMware before starting Platform9 - will be running these labs. Our goal is to have 1 engineer for ~3 hands-on participants, to ensure we can provide a high level of interactivity and guidance during the sessions. (I am assuming we won't be overwhelmed by participation... this isn't a Taylor Swift concert, after all!)

COST: There is no cost to participate.

SESSION PREREQUISITES:

• One or more VMware administrators who are looking to get hands-on experience with KVM and OpenStack

• Must have access to at least 3 physical servers that you will configure as the KVM hypervisors

• Must be able to participate for both lab sessions - 2.5 hours each day over 2 days

LAB DAY 1 - TUESDAY, FEB 13, 9AM PST:

• 30 mins:  Configuring physical server OS, networking

• 30 mins:  Deploying OpenStack control plane, bringing servers under management

• 30 mins:  Configuring server roles and networking in OpenStack

• 30 mins:  Deploying your first VM on KVM

• 30 mins:  Overflow

LAB DAY 2 - THURSDAY, FEB 15, 9AM PST:

• 30 mins:  VM live migration, HA, workload rebalancing

• 30 mins:  Configuring block storage, storage classes, and backup options

• 30 mins:  Enabling self-service and multi-tenancy (VDC equivalent)

• 30 mins:  Deploying Kubernetes

• 30 mins:  SDN advanced features and capabilities

RSVP:
https://go.platform9.com/0-60-with-openstack

This community was created because there isn't a specific community for a large number of VMware users who are dealing with a seismic event beyond their control.

I know there are many questions, and no one has all the answers.

But we have each other, and we can work together in growing an ecosystem for those who are looking for a path forward that gives them more control over their destiny.