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My experience with VCP5-DT exam

17 March 2012
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As written in a previous post, I was not able to participate at the beta exam for VCP5-DT (due to no available seats in my Country). So I waited for the official exam also also when I’ve got at least a free day to study for the exam. Yesterday finally I’ve taken the exam and I’ve passed it, so my VCP-DT certifications is updated to v5.

As written in the certification official page, the only requirement is have the VCP5 certification, no classes or other certification are mandatory. One year ago was also required the VCA-DT certification but the certification path change for VCP4-DT has been changed. Actually there is no info about a v5 of the VCA-DT (as also still no info about the VCAP-DT!).

Unfortunately there isn’t a preferred or different path for who is already a VCP4-DT: the path is the same of new people and also the exam cost the same… Honestly I’ve expected at least a time limited discount for the exam (but probably the only bonus was to be invited at the beta of the exam).

Compared to the VCP4-DT exam (also in this exam I was not able to attend at the beta version) the price is now finally the same of a VCP exam and also the testing centers are the same (the usage of only “selected” center was a big and non simple to understand limit of the previous version and also for the beta).

As well described in VCP5-DT Exam Blueprint the exam consists of 85 questions and a short pre-exam survey consisting of 7 questions, the limit for the exam is 90 minutes, with an additional 15 minutes to complete the survey questions and agreements. Candidates who take the VCP510-DT exam in a country where English is not a primary language will have an additional 30 minutes added to the exam time.

You may think that are a lot of questions (note that in some cases there are also medium/long questions) in few time. You are right! You need to managed your time well and use in the best way the review function to do not spend too much time on a single question. I’ve finish in 90 minutes, but including a review of most of the questions.

The questions are all closed questions, but several are multi-choices (with two or three answers!). Also note that sometime there isnt’t the best answer, you may choose which fit better. You can also work in the reverse mode… you can simple exclude some answers and then focus on the remaining. Also in some cases the answer of one question could be in the text of another one. Or some questions may be quite similar (and just ask the same thing). So be sure to read carefully all the questions and the answers.

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General Availability of VMware View 5.0.1

16 March 2012
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With the release of the new VMware vSphere 5.0 U1 suite, also a new update of VMware View suite is available (but note that the official documentation of View 5.0 just give the compatibility to all vSphere 5.0 and later 5.0 version).

What’s New in View 5.0.1

This maintenance release includes the following components:

  • VMware View Connection Server 5.0.1, which also includes replica server, security server, and View Transfer Server
  • VMware View Agent 5.0.1
  • VMware View Client for Windows 5.0.1

VMware View 5.0.1 includes the following new features:

  • New bundled Mac OS X client – The new PCoIP-enabled View Client for Mac OS X is now bundled with this release. For more information, see the VMware View Client for Mac OS X Release Notes.
  • Client SSL requirement– View Client for Windows 5.0.1, View Client 1.4 for Mac OS X, and the other View 1.4 clients require SSL for connections to View Connection Server. Therefore, you must enter a fully qualified domain name for View Connection Server, rather than an IP address, in the View Server field of View Client.By default, View Client then checks the server certificate that View Connection Server presents. For more information, see the topics about configuring certificate checking in the VMware View Installation document and in the Using VMware View Client documents for the various platforms of View Client.

Note that still the Local Mode for VM with virtual hardware 8 is not supported (and in this case mean that “does not work”). Rumors say that will implemented in the new major release.

VMware View 5.0.1 is a maintenance release that resolves some known issues in the previous releases. For details, see the Resolved Issues section. For more info see the VMware View 5.0.1 Release Notes. To get the binaries go to the download page.

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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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