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Windows 10 Cleanup Windows.old Directory After Upgrade

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After upgrading to Windows 10 you might wonder that it would bee good idea to clean the old Windows files and files left after the succefull upgrade process finished. If you browse the root of your system drive, and you’ll probably find two directories quite large in size — $Windows.~BT, and $Windows.~WS, and also a Windows.old […]

VCP6-DCV Objective 6.1 – Configure and Administer a vSphere Backups/Restore/Replication Solution

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VMware vSphere comes with free vSphere Data protection (VDP) product. There is no more VDP and VDP advanced as the VDP inherited all advanced features of VDP Advanced. So VDP is Advanced by Default. This post will cover VCP6-DCV Objective 6.1 – Configure and Administer a vSphere Backups/Restore/Replication Solution. It seems that for VCP6 there […]

VCP6-DCV Objective 1.1 – Configure and Administer Role-based Access Control

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Today’s VCP6-DCV goal is to talk about – VCP6-DCV Objective 1.1 – Configure and Administer Role-based Access Control. VMware VCP exam is a gold standard of VMware certification exams. VCP exam is the most known VMware exams, even if it’s not the highest technical level. But it’s most recognized. By a future employer, by industry […]

VCP6-DCV Objective 1.3 – Enable SSO and Active Directory Integration

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In no particular order I’ll start covering VCP6-DCV sections to help out folks learning towards VCP6-DCV VMware certification exam. Due to VMware recertification policy the VCP exam has now an expiration date. You can renew by passing delta exam while still holding current VCP or pass VCAP. The topic today – VCP6-DCV Objective 1.3 – […]

Windows Server 2016 GUI Install – How to

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The default install of the Windows Server 2016 (Tech preview 2) do not provide Graphical User Interface (GUI) and even the second option only installs the local administrative tools (Server Manager). Not the traditional desktop that we’re used to having in 2012 R2 or 2008 R2 server systems. So if you take the second option […]

Rename computer remotely – [Guide]

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One of those “magics” you may want to experiment in the lab or perhaps impress some of your colleges, IT guys within your company, who knows? It’s the function to rename computer remotely. This operation however needs some downtime on the other end as the system will obviously needs to reboot. The fun part on […]

How-to use VMware vCenter Server Support Assistant 6.0

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VMware vCenter Server Support Assistant 6.0 is Free virtual appliance (and plugin) which aims to help to proactively monitor your environment for alerts and recommended fixes. It allows to receive alerts or monthly status emails. The appliance helps when filling up support requests for VMware (reactive support) as it collects and attaches the diagnostic information […]

Configure vCenter Server After Install – Lab Time

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vCenter server installation got really simple in vSphere 6, but the config isn’t that evident if you’re new to virtualization and VMware. In this post I’ll do a walk-through on the configuration steps of vCenter. It does not matter if you have deployed vCenter server on Windows or if you have deployed vCenter server appliance […]