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VCP6-DCV Objective 7.3 – Troubleshoot vSphere Upgrades

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In today’s Objective we’ll discuss VCP6-DCV Objective 7.3 – Troubleshoot vSphere Upgrades. 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. VCP6-DCV exam validates you have the skills required to successfully install, […]

VCP6-DCV Objective 2.3 – Configure vSS and vDS Policies

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VCP6-DCV Study guide continues today by covering the VCP6-DCV Objective 2.3 – Configure vSS and vDS Policies. vSphere networking is one of the tough parts to know and this part is where any IT admins have difficulties. This chapter works hand in hand with the VCP6-DCV Objective 2.1 – Configure Advanced Policies/Features and Verify Network […]

vSphere Performance Improvements – New PDF

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There is a new PDF called What’s New in vSphere 6 – Performance, since a couple of days at VMware which compares the performance of vSphere 5.5 and vSphere 6.0. vSphere performance improvements since the v 5.5 are one of the core questions from users after the “What’s New in vSphere 6.0” question. The compare […]

VCP6-DCV Objective 8.1 – Deploy ESXi Hosts Using Autodeploy

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In today’s topic we will take a look at Autodeploy – VCP6-DCV Objective 8.1 – Deploy ESXi Hosts Using Autodeploy, which is quite large topic. Autodeploy allows provision dozens (or hundreds) physical hosts with ESXi images. It’s possible to manage large deployments where hosts are booted via network from a central Auto-deploy server.  In conjunction […]

Free Tool – Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS)

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There is a new free utility from Microsoft called Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) which enhances a security on domain managed workstations (servers) by managing the local admin passwords in the domain on those systems. The tool might interest a system admins which want to reinforce their domain security as it allows setting a different, […]

Veeam Explorer for Oracle DB

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Veeam has announced last week that Veeam Explorer for Oracle will be part of the Veeam v9 release scheduled later this year. Veeam Explorer for Oracle DB will be already 6th Explorer as the family of explorers has already AD, Exchange, SQL, SharePoint and Storage Snapshots. I suppose that the utility will be part of […]

VCP6-DCV Objective 8.2 – Customize Host Profile Settings

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In today’s Objective we’ll discuss VCP6-DCV Objective 8.2 – Customize Host Profile Settings. Host profiles are feature which is present in the vSphere enterprise plus licensing, and allows the to “uniformize” and/or push configuration changes to all hosts in the cluster. Host profiles are necessary when using VMware vSphere Autodeploy, which takes advantage of host […]

Get Your vSphere 6 Hardening Guide!

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vSphere 6.0 hardening guide is now GA and there is some big changes were made to the document. What is vSphere hardening guide you might ask? It’s a good practice guide for for admins who wish to make their vSphere installations more secure and more compliant with the latest security standards. Previous versions of hardening […]

RecoverPoint 4.3 for VMs – Free DR product for VMware with multi-site protection

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There is a new software available for VMware vSphere and the good news is that it’s completely free. It’s called RecoverPoint and it comes out from EMC. The software is free, but if you’d like to have support, you must pay for the support. RecoverPoint 4.3 for VMs can replicate source RDMs (Raw Device Mappings) […]