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Reading Time: 2 minutesSono da poco disponibili (anche a chi non ha partecipato al VMworld) le tre sessioni generali: Tuesday, October 18 | 15.30 – 17.00 – Engineering the Future Maurizio Carli, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Steve Herrod, CTO and Senior VP of R&D, VMware Join VMware CTO and SVP of R&D Steve Herrod for a look into the technologies underpinning the cloud. Get an insider’s tour of the industry’s first comprehensive cloud infrastructure suite, including vSphere 5’s most advanced features and capabilities. Cloud computing is also changing the way […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a list of all objectives see the VCP5 page. Objective 7.2 – Create and Administer vCenter Server Alarms See also the sample chapter of VCP VMware Certified Professional on VSphere 4 Study Guide: Exam VCP-410 book and 5 things you need to know about VMware vSphere Alarms. See also VCP 5 Objective 7.2 – Create and Administer vCenter Server Alarms. List vCenter default utilization alarms (similar as vSphere 4.x) See the vSphere Monitoring and Performance guide (page 33) and Objective 8.7 – Create and Respond to vCenter Utilization Alarms. List vCenter default connectivity alarms (similar […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesFor a list of all objectives see the VCP5 page. Objective 7.1 – Monitor ESXi, vCenter Server and Virtual Machines See also: Objective 7.1 – Monitor ESXi, vCenter Server, and Virtual Machines. Describe how Tasks and Events are viewed in vCenter Server (similar as vSphere 4.x) See the vCenter Server and Host Management guide (page 101). Identify critical performance metrics (similar as vSphere 4.x) See also: Monitor vSphere ESX/ESXi and Virtual Machine Performance (for VCP4). Explain common memory metrics (similar as vSphere 4.x) See the vSphere Monitoring and Performance guide (page 7). Explain common CPU metrics (similar […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesWith 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 […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesFor 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 […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor 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: 2 minutesWith 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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