Name: vSphere Clustering Service (vCLS) Overview and Troubleshooting
Start: 2021-06-16T15:06:00Z
End: 2021-06-16T15:06:53.000Z
Location: BrightTALK

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About the Presenter:
Neeraj Sharma is a Technology enthusiast with 25+ years of qualitative experience in the areas of IT Infrastructure, VMware, Microsoft, Networking, and cloud computing (Private and Public). He holds certifications VCIX-DCV, VCIX-NV, VCAP-Cloud and instructor qualifications for not only VMware technologies, but also Microsoft and Cisco.

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About our Special Guest
Richard is an experienced Storage and Virtualization Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the IT industry. Skilled in customer and vendor relationships, Storage Area Network (SAN), VMware vSphere, various server platforms, and datacenter deployments. He has a strong information technology skillset with a Master of Education (M.Ed.) focused in Educational Computing from State University of New York College at Buffalo. Leader of local area technology community VMware User Group (VMUG), VMUG US East Regional Champion (2021-2023), and a 6x VMware vExpert 2018/2019/2020/2021/2022/2023.

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About the Presenter:
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About the Presenter:
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After attending this webinar, you will be able to:
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     - Provide strategies for addressing weaknesses while migrating to hybrid cloud environments
     - Understand cloud-based platforms and software as a service for better migration
     - Identify security and compliance issues that may come up
     - Understand key migration skills needed for a successful deployment

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About the Presenter:
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About Our Special Guest:
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     - Explain how your organization will benefit from these new skills
     - Typical challenges when extending on-premises to the cloud
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You will learn about:

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3. How to transition from a traditional approach to the cloud?
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vVOL Deep Dive

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vSphere Cluster Services provide a distributed control plane for vSphere DRS and vSphere HA. With vSphere clustering services, vSphere DRS and HA can continue to function independent of the vCenter Server. In this session we will look at an overview of vCLS, discuss best practices and conclude with some common issues.

vSphere Clustering Service (vCLS) Overview and Troubleshooting

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