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VCP6-DTM Objective 5.3 – Manage Endpoints

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VCP6-DTM Study guide continues today with another chapter covering VMware Mirage which is part of the exam. VCP6-DTM Objective 5.3 – Manage Endpoints is today’s topic. Installation of Mirage components as well as their configuration was covered in previous chapter. Then in the follow-up chapter we dived into the management of Mirage layers. Mirage is very powerful product […]

Veeam Backup and Replication v9 Guest File Exclusion

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I was playing with the latest beta of Veeam Backup and Replication v9 in the lab, and did the installation, including the separate install for the console. I thought that you might want to check out the video that I recorded. I must say that I like the UI. It’s clean, fast and responsive. But […]

VCP6-DTM Objective 5.1 – Install and Configure VMware Mirage Components

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VCP6-DTM Certification exam from VMware continues with today’s VCP6-DTM Objective 5.1 – Install and Configure VMware Mirage Components. VMware Mirage is fairly new product, which comes from Wanova acquisition back from 2012. Wanova itself was founded in 2008. I tested already the program in the lab, back in 2012. But since then the product has […]

VMware VSAN for ROBO Two Node 10 GbE cross-connect support

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I somehow ignored this information but I think that it’s very useful to share, especially if you’re navigating the SMB or very SMB sector. In fact, VMware VSAN for ROBO Two Node 10 GbE cross-connect support. So you have the possibility to cross connect ROBO nodes, via low-cost 10GbE option and have a great performance […]

What Happened to the RUN command in Windows 10 and How to get it back?

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Windows 10 runs by default with a start menu. This is a good thing considering the really really bad experience with Windows 8.x. The start menu however does not have a run command. Sure, there is the search box and Cortana, but what if I want that Run command back? Is that possible? Let’s see […]

Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V allows add/remove RAM while VM is running

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Microsoft has released Windows Server 2016 TP4 last week. I was quickly testing this built with Hyper-V role in my lab as a newly added feature announced by Microsoft took my attention: Hot-add or Hot-remove memory to running VMs as well as vNICs. In fact you can adjust the amount of memory assigned to a virtual machine […]

Veeam v9 Scale-Out Backup Repository – Maintenance Mode

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Veeam v9 Scale-Out Backup Repository can have one (or several) nodes to be put into maintenance mode. A node which is part of a Scale-Out backup repository after being put into a maintenance mode, backup files can be evacuated off that node. What is that maintenance mode and how it can help? We have discussed […]

How to remove Exchange Server from your Domain

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Today’s post will show how to remove Exchange server from your domain. I’m simulating it on my lab environment where I’m running single Microsoft Exchange 2013 server. For organizations moving to Office 365, the best way to seamlessly migrate, is to go hybrid. First you move all mailboxes and then you decomission your Exchange server. […]

VCP6-DTM Objective 1.1 – Describe and differentiate between component functions and features

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VCP6-DTM Study Guide will be a new project that will take shape in following weeks on ESX Virtualization. Mobility is something that’s going fast, very fast and it’s everywhere. Folks studying towards the VMware Certified Professional 6 – Desktop and Mobility Exam will find those series of posts and the VCP6-DTM Study Guide Page helpful, I […]