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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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 […]
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
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 […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes For a list of all objectives see the VCP5 page. Objective 6.2 – Perform Basic vSphere Network Troubleshooting Verify network configuration (same as vSphere 4.x) See VMware Virtual Networking Concepts for basic concepts for standard virtual switches. See Objective 2.2 – Configure vNetwork Distributed Switches for distributed virtual switches. Verify a given virtual machine is configured with the correct network resources (same as vSphere 4.x) See VMware KB: Troubleshooting virtual machine network connection issues and http://damiankarlson.com/vcap-dca4-exam/objective-6-3-troubleshoot-network-performance-and-connectivity/ Troubleshoot virtual switch and port group configuration issues (same as vSphere 4.x) Use previous links. For vmkernel porgroup vmkping […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute For a list of all objectives see the VCP5 page. Objective 6.1 – Perform Basic Troubleshooting for ESXi Hosts Identify general ESXi host troubleshooting guidelines (new in vSphere 5) See the vSphere Troubleshooting guide. Troubleshoot common installation issues (new in vSphere 5) For Audodeply see the vSphere Troubleshooting guide (page 20). For other installation is most similar to old version and remember to check requiments and HCL. Monitor ESXi system health (similar as vSphere 4.x) See the vSphere Monitoring and Performance Guide (page 25). Export diagnostic information (new in vSphere 5) See the vCenter Server and Host Management […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes For a list of all objectives see the VCP5 page. Objective 5.6 – Patch and Update ESXi and Virtual Machines See also: Objective 5.6 – Patch and Update ESXi and Virtual Machines. Identify patching requirements for ESXi hosts and virtual machine hardware/tools (similar as vSphere 4.x) Each piece of software need to be patched for different reasons… but the most important are usually the security reasons. For ESXi a patch need that the host is put in maintenance mode and require a host reboot after the patch operation. All those operations can be orchestrated by […]
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