You might need to create Custom ESXi 5.x firewall rule for different reasons. One of them might be a custom made in-house software application. Services like FTP, SFTP, Telnet or SSH are not enabled by default, and the ports for these services are closed. In the list of services, there is not a possibility for an […]
5 Free Alternatives to Microsoft SQL Management Studio
In my recent article I’ve reported about a nice free alternative to manage SQL databases, which, from the same UI can manage also MySQL databases. I thought that it might be a good idea to actually check out around the web to see if there are other, preferably free tools. And yes there are! In this […]
My VSAN Journey – Part 1 – The homebrew “node”
VMware VSAN product is nice piece of software which allows using local DAS storage as well as local SSD(s) in each host to configure a pooled datastore. The product shall be released in 2014 and you can find all the necessary info and guides through VMware VSAN community page, where you can currently download public […]
VMware vCenter Server 5.5b released
VMware has released vCenter Server 5.5b. This release comes not longer after the 5.5a release (31 of October) and fixes some bugs which were present. Bugs which were affecting installation, upgrade or work with vSphere Web client. VMware vCenter Server 5.5.0b, so the Build 1476387 is the latest vCenter server release. Update: VMware has released vCenter […]
VMware released VCAC 6.0 – Check Out Also An Installation Script which saves Install time
VMware releases a VCAC 6.0. The product was announced with all the bells and whistles during VMworld Barcelona 2013. vCloud Automation Center (vCAC 6.0) enables you to automate provisioning and management if IT services across multi-vendor deployment technologies, tools and processes. If you want to get a good overview, check out this post where you can find few videos. […]
vSphere 5.5 Power Management Enhancements – VMware PDF
VMware vSphere 5.5 platfor introduced new power management technique to allow save power and manage more efficiently hosts with settings which allows saving energy via special settings in vSphere Host Power Management (HPM). The default HPM policy uses deep halt states (C-states) as an additional power saving model to the dynamic voltage and frequency scaling […]
My Experience From An Advanced VMware Certification Exam – VCAP5-DCA
Update: This exam has been passed now! Until few months back I haven’t think of taking any VCAPs. I wasn’t motivated and did not want to go through the stress, as I’m quite nervous when before any kind of exam. But then there was VMworld Barcelona and this incredible 75% discount so I tested my […]
VCAP-DCD Experience – a Pass!
This is was my second attempt to pass a VCAP-DCD exam and this time with success. After my first experience in Barcelona where I failed, this time I passed. I traveled with my spouse to sunny Lisbon. You might ask why Lisbon? The flight with EasyJet was cheap and we will take week of vacations […]
Troubleshooting vSphere Storage – New Book
Mike Preston over at mwpreston.net has published new book on a topic that is one of the most crucial in today’s virtualization – a storage performance. The book’s name is Troubleshooting vSphere Storage. Performance of storage systems is always quite complex topic. IOPS, Throughput, latency… quite many metrics to follow, tweak and think of. The way that […]
VMware vSphere Host Profiles – options and troubleshooting
In the first part we introduced VMware vSphere Host profiles and created a host profile from a reference host, then we added a new port group and applied the change to running host. We could see the change populate – live. That’s powerful, but we need more. Don’t forget that our final objective is to […]
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