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New in vSphere 5 – VMware HA advanced options

30 September 2011
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Reading Time: 2 minutes With the new HA implemenation, something has changed also in the advanced options with new parameters, but also with some that now are no more available. For a list see Supported vSphere 5.0 Advanced Options. One options that has been removed “das.failuredetectiontime”. The reason is well explained in Duncan’s HA Deep Dive: I know many of you used this advanced setting to tweak when the host would trigger the isolation response, that is no longer possible and needed to be honest. If you’ve closely read my other articles you hopefully picked up on the datastore […]

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VCP5 Exam Prep – Part 6.4

29 September 2011
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Reading Time: 3 minutes For a list of all objectives see the VCP5 page. Objective 6.4 – Perform Basic Troubleshooting for HA/DRS Clusters and vMotion/Storage vMotion For HA and DRS see also: HA Deepdive and DRS Deepdive. Identify HA/DRS and vMotion requirements (similar as vSphere 4.x) See the vSphere Availability guide (page 11) and the vSphere Resource Management guide (page 51). Basically a shared storage is required, some network configurations, and (for DRS and vMotion) a CPU compatibility or the EVC function in the cluster. Verify vMotion/Storage vMotion configuration (similar as vSphere 4.x) See the vCenter Server and Host […]

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VCP5 Exam Prep – Part 6.3

28 September 2011
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Reading Time: < 1 minute For a list of all objectives see the VCP5 page. Objective 6.3 – Perform Basic vSphere Storage Troubleshooting Verify storage configuration (similar as vSphere 4.x) See the vSphere Troubleshooting guide (page 45). A minimum of storage enterprise knowledge is also required. Troubleshoot storage contention issues (similar as vSphere 4.x) See the vSphere Troubleshooting guide (page 45) and vSphere Storage guide (page 24). Troubleshoot storage over-commitment issues (similar as vSphere 4.x) See the vSphere Storage guide (page 183) and VCP5 Exam Prep – Part 3.1 (in the thin provisioning points). Troubleshoot iSCSI software initiator configuration issues (similar […]

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New (and last?) VCDX defense opportunity

27 September 2011
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Reading Time: < 1 minute So the last VCDX4 defense opportunity will not be Frankfurt, as written in a previous post… By popular demand, the VCDX program has added another opportunity to attempt VCDX.  This will take place in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada, metropolitan area during the week of May 7 through 11, 2012.  The exact address will be provided to registered candidates who are accepted to defend. Registration will open on February 20, 2012.  Applications are due March 12, 2012. See the full announce on the VMware Community: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/330361

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VCP5 Transcript

27 September 2011
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Some hours ago I have received an e-mail from VMware Technical Certification Team to my VCP5 certification in my official transcript: The VMware education transcripts will now include your VMware technical certifications. Your online transcripts will reflect your VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5 status as soon as you: –  Confirm your shipping address –  Consent to transcript release –  Accept the VMware Certification Agreement With this, all certifications are now correctly listed in the transcript… and I can take a breack… until next new certifications :) Some welcome kits are still missing (also my […]

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News in vSphere 5 – Who is in? Who is out?

26 September 2011
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Reading Time: 2 minutes With the new version of VMware vSphere there are some small and big changes: some products and features were removed, but also some new features were addes (for the 140 new features of vSphere 5 see: vSphere 5.0 Features and Duncan’s 50 out of 140 vSphere 5 Features Challenge). Who is out: the old ESX (the legacy ESX with the full Service Console) has gone, see: ESX and GSX are dead?! the old Converter Enterprise (integrated in vCenter Server) has gone and only the Standalone Converter remain but in this was there is not more […]

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vExpert Spotlight

23 September 2011
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Reading Time: 2 minutes On the VMTN Blog (the official blog of the VMware Community) today there is my “vExpert Spotlight”: http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2011/09/vexpert-spotlight-andrew-mauro.html How did you get into IT in  the first place? I’ve started (a lot of years ago) with a Commodore 64, but only with my first experience on a PC (with MS-DOS) I understand that this passion would also be my possible work area. During University, I also played with Linux distributions and this gave me a better understanding of Operating Systems and networking. Things are really change. Now start in IT is simpler and cheaper (I remember […]

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