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VMware vCloud Connector (VCC) now free

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VMware has made vCloud connector available as a free tool. In the past there were two versions of VCC, which one of them was paid one. The core and advanced versions were merged together in the version 2.6 to be available as free download. The architecture is still based on server node and client node […]

VSAN Availability is Known – March 2014, and shall have up to 16 nodes support

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VMware VSAN shall be released in March 2014. This is close! We’re already in Mid-February. VMware VSAN is currently in public Beta and all beta customers can apply for 20% discount. It’s limited time discount on any product purchase of 10 licenses or more. (valid until June 2014). VMware VSAN is licensed per CPU. If […]

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5] – Lab Connect to prepare VCP 5.5 if you don’t have homelab

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If you don’t own homelab or Powerfull PC, or you cannot break production environment (obviously in most cased you can’t) you have another option to prepare for your VCP exam. This offering is called VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5] – Lab Connect allows to get 30 hours of preconfigured lab environment Online. The lab environment consists […]

VMware vCenter Support Assistant 5.5 updated to match the latest vSphere 5.5

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VMware has released recently the latest update to vCenter Support Assistant 5.5, which is a virtual appliance (650 Mb) allowing to configure. The product is free to download, but can only be used for clients on active SNS or for clients buying support per-incident. vCenter support shows as a vCenter plugin through vSphere web client and […]

vFLOWer Toolkit – a solution that converts vCO packages into versionable source code (XML) and vice versa

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Interesting solution for sharing vCenter Orchestrator Workflows has been developed by ByteLife. The solution can convert vCO packages into versionable source code in XML and back. Even if vCO is one of the less known products of VMware vSphere and even I’m not a vCO expert AT ALL, this solution has took my attention as […]

Best Practices for Virtualizing AD on VMware vSphere

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Virtualizing business critical applications, like Microsoft Active Directory (AD) must be done right and with caution. Windows Server 2012 has introduced new feature called VM-Generation ID, which enables the underlying ESXi to expose a 128bit counter within the guest VM. This allows the VM to be aware that the VM has been restored from snapshot or […]

New VCP Exam VCP550 based on vSphere 5.5 is available

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Just to let you know that it’s now possible to get certified on vSphere 5.5. VMware has released new certification exam yesterday which allows to pass an exam based on vSphere 5.5. So the new certification exam VCP550,  is based on VMware vSphere 5.5 but earns you still a VCP5-DCV certification only. The same certification […]

VMware vCenter Server 5.1 Update 2 – what’s in

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VMware has released few days back a vCenter Server 5.1 Update 2 (vCenter Server 5.1 Update 2 | Build 1473063). This update brings customization for Windows 8.1, Windows 2012 R2 and SLES 11 SP3 plus more. Also there has been multiple fixes released which might interest you or your clients if they run on 5.1. Update: […]