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General Availability of VMware vSphere 5.0 Update 1

16 March 2012
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VMware has released the vSphere 5.0 U1 binaries that include the ESXi 5.0 Update 1 e vCenter Center (with his modules) 5.0 Update 1 (build 639890).

Detailed information regarding resolved and known issues in the ESXi update can be found in the KB 2010823. For more infor about the update package, the compatibilty and the enhancements see the ESXi 5.0 Update 1 Release Notes.

For more info about the vCenter update see vCenter Server 5.0 Update 1 Release Notes.

The following information describes some of the enhancements available in this release of VMware ESXi:

  • Support for new processors – ESXi 5.0 Update 1 supports new AMD and Intel Processors. See the VMware Compatibility Guide for details.
  • Support for additional guest operating systems – ESXi 5.0 Update 1 adds support for Mac OS X Server Lion 10.7.2 and 10.7.3.
  • New or upgraded device drivers – ESXi 5.0 Update 1 adds support for Native Storage Drivers for Intel C600 series chipset and upgrades LSI MegaRAID SAS driver to version 5.34.

Alsto note that VAAI Thin Provisioning Block Reclaim/UNMAP is back in 5.0U1.

The VMware vCenter Server for Windows 5.0 Update 1 offers the following improvements:

  • Guest Operating System Customization Improvements: vCenter Server adds support for customization of the following guest operating systems:
    • Windows 8
    • Ubuntu 11.10
    • Ubuntu 11.04
    • Ubuntu 10.10
    • Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

VMware vSphere 5.0 Update 1 is available for download on the vSphere 5 download page. Note that the new version of the virtual appliance of vCenter Server is not yet available.

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Dell announces intent to acquire SonicWALL

13 March 2012
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After the acquisition of AppAssure, Dell today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SonicWALL, Inc., a leader in advanced network security and data protection.

Now with the Force10 brand and the new (possible) Security brand, how will evolve the partship with Juniper (for the PowerConnect-J series)? Will finish as the one with EMC2?

See also the official announce: Dell Announces Intent to Acquire SonicWALL

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Windows Target iSCSI for free

13 March 2012
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There are some cases, like for test and/or labs (but not only), where could be useful convert a local storage to a shared storage compatible with VMware vSphere (or other hypervisors).

For local storage inside the host, the simplest solution is look for a virtual appliance that is designed for this scope (search for VSA – Virtual Storage Appliance). For a storage hosted on a Linux/Unix machine, probably the simplest solution is share the space with the NFS Server (of course it will be limited only to VMware vSphere). And when the storage is on a Windows machine?

For Windows Server 2008 R2 there is the official Microsoft iSCSI Target, downloadable for free (the licence has changed one year ago). There is also a guide to configure the Microsoft iSCSI Target. But this is compatible only with the Server OS and not with the client OS.

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General availability of Virtual Infrastructure 3.5 patches

10 March 2012
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As report on tte “Product End of Life” page on VMware site, for  Virtual Infrastructure 3.5 (aka ESX/ESXi 3.5 and vCenter Server 2.5) both the General Availability and the End of Availability are expired. But some customers still have this product, so VMware has releases some new patches:

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How to verify other IT Certifications

9 March 2012
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In the previous post I’ve define some ways to verify a VMware certification, to avoid frauds and wrong usage of false credential. Note that VUE give also a way to authenticate a Score Report.

For other certifications there are different ways and, in some cases, could also be simplest:

  • Microsoft: for all this kind of certification there is a specific portal (Validate MCP Transcript) where you can put the MCP ID (each certified people has a unique ID and this does not depends on the certification type) and a password (defined by the certified guy) and get the entire transcript of all Microsoft certifications. Note that old certifications (like MCSA and MCSE) does not officially expire (but of course are related to some specific products like Windows Server 2000 or 2003), but new certifications (MCTS, MCTIP, …) have and expire date.
  • Citrix: a common SaaS tool (Integral7.com) is used for all sales and technical certifications. The transcript page (http://www.certmanager.net/citrix) is not public available, but is possible require to send a specific certification (or more) transcript to an email (using “Publish Credentials”). The source email is [email protected], the IP may vary, so be sure to verify the header from a trusted transcript!
  • Symantec: it use the same tool of Citrix but with a different transcript page (http://www.symantec.com/certtracker/). Again it is possible to require to send a transcript via email. Note that for partner there are only several sales certifications and few technical certifications (STS).
  • EMC: still the previous tools, but with a different page (http://i7lp.integral7.com/emc).
  • Juniper and Cisco: same as before (http://www.juniper.net/certmanager/ and http://i7lp.integral7.com/cisco).
  • RedHat, Novell, and other vendors: … for the next post :)
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How to verify a VMware certification

8 March 2012
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Some days ago there was a case of one guy that was using VCDX certification (and several other certifications) without having it (or at least without demonstrate it). One of the biggest problem in certification credibility is avoid fraud.

Of course some could gain the certification with cheats and other form of frauds, but for some kind of certification (like the VCDX one) this is not possible: who gain it usually deserve it.

Actually there is a transcript tool for VMware certifications (and also for some accreditation) but it’s not public. You have your transcript in your own account. Also for each VMware certification there is also a printed version of the certification (but is not so difficult create a false scanned copy) and there isn’t a digital signed version that could be easy used to verify the certification validity. For all the certification a common way (but may require several time) could contact the the certification team ([email protected]) and ask them to verify the creadential and the certification ID.

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How VCDX has changed my life

6 March 2012
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Pubblicato su IT Certification Master.

I’ve already describe my journey (see last link on vinfrastructure.it) but maybe I’ve not yet describe how this certification has change my life.

Basically because my professional life is not change at all, but this was a my choice. After the certification I’ve received several interesting proposal, but I like my jobs and I’ve choose (for this period) to remain in the “same boat”.

Anyway the VCDX experience was a really great challenge and an important grow (not for my career, as described before, but for my professional skill and knowledge). It’s a way to demonstrate (also to myself) that I’m on a “right way”.

Finally, in my opinion, a certification, also the VCDX one, is not a goal, is remain a travel where you have only reach a new level, but you cannot pull up!

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