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VCP6-DCV Objective 10.3 – Configure and Maintain a vCloud Air Connection

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Last chapter in the big VCP6-DCV series today where we’ll learn about vCloud Air and connection through vCenter: VCP6-DCV Objective 10.3 – Configure and Maintain a vCloud Air Connection is the title of the objective. You will learn details on the requirements to setup vCloud Air connection, configuration of vCenter server connection to vCloud Air. […]

VCP6-DCV Objective 7.5 – Troubleshoot HA and DRS Configurations and Fault Tolerance

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Today’s VCP6 topic is following: VCP6-DCV Objective 7.5 – Troubleshoot HA and DRS Configurations and Fault Tolerance. A large topic, which is difficult to fit into single post. The VCP6-DCV certification exam validates that you have the skills required to successfully install, deploy, scale and manage VMware vSphere 6 environments. Check the VCP6-DCV Study Guide […]

Snapwatcher For VMware – Product Review

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Snapwatcher for VMware is a product from Opvizor destined for VMware admins and which allows to monitor, fix and delete VM’s snapshots within single console. Snapshots at the VM level are something that’s really something cool to have, but VMware’s best practices concerning snapshots says don’t use snapshots, or use them sparingly. VMware says that […]

VCP6-DCV Objective 7.4 – Troubleshoot and Monitor vSphere Performance

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In today’s Objective we’ll discuss VCP6-DCV Objective 7.4 – Troubleshoot and Monitor vSphere Performance. You can check the whole VCP6-DCV Study Guide page for all topics there. You can also check the vSphere 6 page where you’ll find many how-to, videos, and tutorials about vSphere 6. Performance is a key to everything. When your application […]

Veeam Endpoint Backup 1.1 With Universal Restore (Dissimilar Hardware) enhancements

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Veeam Endpoint Backup 1.1 was released few days ago to in first point assure a compatibility with Windows 10. Even though it was possible to use a simple trick without upgrading to Endpoint 1.1, the reason why you might be interested to upgrade (for Free) to this latest reease is the fact that this new […]

Saber 1000 SSD – An Entreprise SATA 3 SSD Review

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Not all workloads are equal and not all workloads needs the best in class and the fastest (and most expensive) SSD flash drives. Saber 1000 positions itself in the entry level enterprise segment for read intensive applications. The endurance of the drive is guaranteed during 5 years and 0.4 DWPD (Drive writes per day). While it […]

VCP6-DCV Objective 7.1 – Troubleshoot vCenter Server, ESXi Hosts, and Virtual Machines

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In today’s Objective we’ll discuss VCP6-DCV Objective 7.1 – Troubleshoot vCenter Server, ESXi Hosts, and Virtual Machines. You can check the whole VCP6-DCV Study Guide page for all topics there. You can also check the vSphere 6 page where you’ll find many how-to, videos, and tutorials about vSphere 6. Another troubleshooting chapter today. After we […]

VCP6-DCV Objective 10.2 – Create and Manage Multi-Site Content Library

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VCP6-DCV Study Guide is here to help you study towards VCP6-DCV (or delta) exam. Today’s topic is new in vSphere 6. Feature called vSphere Content Library was not present in vSphere 5.5 and made its apparition in vSphere 6 during its release. VCP6-DCV Objective 10.2 – Create and Manage Multi-Site Content Library is today’s lesson. vSphere […]

VCP6-DCV Objective 7.2 – Troubleshoot vSphere Storage and Network Issues

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Today’s topic of VCP6-DCV Study Guide is touching troubleshooting. In case something goes wrong and you loose connectivity to your application, you must probably troubleshoot the underlying VM first, the network second, but also a storage. When storage is under a pressure then your whole infrastructure just slows down and you might experience disconnections at […]