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New releases of Equallogic’s software

13 September 2011
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Reading Time: 2 minutesDell Equallogic has recently released new versions of some software. Note that those release are Early Production Access (EPA) version. Early Production Access software is fully supported for production use, but customers should read the documentation and plan an upgrade in keeping with their organization’s business practices. SAN HeadQuarters V2.2 Required firmware: V3.3.1 or later This version of SANHQ adds the following functionality: 95th Percentile Reporting Support for Multiple Server Connections Live View Group Diagnostics Report RAID Evaluator (provably the most interesting feature, because can be used as a good capacity estimator) Support for PS […]

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VCP5 Exam Prep – Part 5.5

12 September 2011
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Reading Time: 3 minutesFor a list of all objectives see the VCP5 page. Objective 5.5 – Backup and Restore Virtual Machines See also: Objective 5.5 – Backup and Restore Virtual Machines and Objective 5.5 – Backup and Restore Virtual Machines. Identify snapshot requirements (similar as vSphere 4.x) See the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide (page 208) and VMware KB: Understanding virtual machine snapshots in VMware. Note that snapshots provide a point-in-time image of the disk that backup solutions can use, but Snapshots are not meant to be a robust method of backup and recovery. If the files containing a […]

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VCP5 Exam Prep – Part 5.4

9 September 2011
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Reading Time: 5 minutesFor a list of all objectives see the VCP5 page. Objective 5.4 – Migrate Virtual Machines See also: Objective 5.4 – Migrate Virtual Machines and Objective 5.4 – Migrate Virtual Machines. Identify ESXi host and virtual machine requirements for vMotion and Storage vMotion (same as vSphere 4.x) See the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration guide (page 219) and vCenter Server and Host Management guide (page 119 and 122). Some basic requiments: for vMotion a specific vmkernel interface (enabled for vMotion) is required, as the CPU compatibility (or EVC). For Storage vMotion the host must see both […]

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VCP5 Exam Prep – Part 5.3

8 September 2011
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Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a list of all objectives see the VCP5 page. Objective 5.3 – Create and Administer Resource Pools See also the similar post: Objective 5.3 – Create and Administer Resource Pools and Objective 5.3 – Create and Administer Resource Pools. Describe the Resource Pool hierarchy (same as vSphere 4.x) See the vSphere Resource Management Guide (page 43). Note that a DRS license is required, in order to use resource pools in a VMware cluster. Define the Expandable Reservation parameter (same as vSphere 4.x) With this option, if you power on a virtual machine in this […]

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VCP5 Exam Prep – Part 5.2

7 September 2011
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Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a list of all objectives see the VCP5 page. Objective 5.2 – Plan and Implement VMware Fault Tolerance See also this similar post: VCP 5 – Objective 5.2 – Plan and Implement VMware Fault Tolerance Note that VMware FT is quite still the 1.0 version with the same constraints of a vSphere 4.1 version. Identify VMware Fault Tolerance requirements (same as vSphere 4.x) See the vSphere Availability guide (page 38) and VMware KB: Processors and guest operating systems that support VMware FT. To check the requirements, there is also a specific tool: VMware SiteSurvey utility. Configure […]

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VCP5 Exam Prep – Part 5.1

6 September 2011
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Reading Time: 3 minutesFor a list of all objectives see the VCP5 page. Objective 5.1 – Create and Configure VMware Clusters See also this similar post: Objective 5.1 – Create and Configure VMware Clusters and Objective 5.1 – Create and Configure VMware Clusters. Describe DRS virtual machine entitlement (similar as vSphere 4.x) The word entitlement is now usually referred to the vRAM entitlement, but in this context seems to be related on how work the DRS, for more info see the vSphere Resource Management Guide. Create/Delete a DRS/HA Cluster (similar as vSphere 4.x) See the vCenter Server and Host […]

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VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.0 final available

4 September 2011
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteRead the full story on: http://www.vladan.fr/vmware-vcenter-converter-standalone-5-0-final-available/ The VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.0 includes the following new functionality: Full supporto of vSphere 5. Optimized disk and partition alignment and cluster size change. Preserving the LVM configuration on the source machine during Linux conversions. Enhanced synchronization including options for scheduling synchronization tasks and performing multiple synchronization tasks in a conversion job. Conversion data is encrypted between the source and the server. Restoring VCB images.

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