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VCP6.7-DCV Objective 4.5 – Configure virtual networking

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Virtual networking and vSphere infrastructure is a very large topic. In this post, we’ll focus on fundamentals where through a series of examples we’ll explain how virtual machines can communicate to each other and how ESXi hosts has to be configured. This post is called VCP6.7-DCV Objective 4.5 – Configure virtual networking. We still follow […]

Free StarWind iSCSI Accelerator Download

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iSCSI technology has over 20 years. It’s been designed for 1-2 CPU cores systems and did not evolve much. Modern CPUs with multi-core architecture does not make efficient use. As such, Microsoft iSCSI initiator in its default configuration isn’t very efficient as it does not uses all CPU cores to process the load. StarWind comes […]

Zerto 7 Released

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Zerto 7 has brought a new streamlined UI with analytics accessible directly from the UI. Zerto 7 is a major release that has been announcing for a long time. We have a detailed blog post here, but we also know the Zerto roadmap which has v7.5 as well during 2019. Zerto’s technology differs as they […]

VCP6.7-DCV Objective 1.11 – Describe vMotion and Storage vMotion technology

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We’re worked on another topic today which is one of the base technologies which made VMware so famous. It’s vMotion and storage vMotion. As you know, those two technologies allow you to move workloads from one host to another, from one datastore type to another, without downtime. Both need to be properly licensed and configured. […]

Bacula Enterprise Backup Software Review

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Today we have another product to review today from Bacula Systems. Its product’s name is Bacula Enterprise. You perhaps know the community version of Bacula which is free, but this review highlights the features present in the enterprise version, which has a wide range of plugins, and enterprise-level support. Bacula Enterprise is compatible with and […]

VCP6.7-DCV Objective 7.16 – Configure and manage host profiles

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A storage topic today. If you’re new to this blog, here is another article which shall help to study towards a Professional vSphere 6.7 Exam 2019. It’s not an official study guide, but rather a community-driven study guide which is taking shape at this page – VCP6.7-DCV Study Guide – VCP-DCV 2019 Certification. Today’s topic VCP6.7-DCV Objective 7.16 […]

VCP6.7-DCV Objective 5.1 – Determine effective snapshot use cases

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Today’s topic is about snapshots, snapshot formats, and effective snapshot use cases. Today’s post name is – VCP6.7-DCV Objective 5.1 – Determine effective snapshot use cases. We still follow VMware blueprint which gives us topics for our VCP-DCV 2019 Study Guide. The work in progress page gets updated almost daily. Check back soon. It’s not […]

VCP6.7-DCV Objective 1.3 – Describe Storage Types for vSphere

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A storage topic today. If you’re new to this blog, here is another article which shall help to study towards a Professional vSphere 6.7 Exam 2019. It’s not an official study guide, but rather a community-driven study guide which is taking shape at this page – VCP6.7-DCV Study Guide – VCP-DCV 2019 Certification. The topic today […]

VCP6.7-DCV Objective 1.4 – Differentiate between NIOC and SIOC

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Another interesting chapter today, to continue with our study guide to pass the Professional vSphere 6.7 Exam 2019. Today’s chapter: VCP6.7-DCV Objective 1.4 – Differentiate between NIOC and SIOC. Storage I/O Control (SIOC) allows throttling VMs accessing a datastore which has exceeded a certain latency. Network I/O Control, on the other hand, allows you to reserve […]