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HA agent on the host failed – what means the different possible messages?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 15, 2017

It’s been long time since I wanted to write for myself the different possible states of HA agent messages, when HA agent on the host failed. So If you find it elsewhere, don’t worry, it’s possible as there are many VMware resources out there with many competent folks. For my own study purposes I need […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: HA agent on the host failed

Nested vSphere Lab – ideas?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 17, 2017

Nested vSphere Lab concept is getting more and more popular than physical lab with a couple of whiteboxes and shared storage. In my usual quest for best vSphere homelab I was recently thinking of different solutions. As always, get the best possible price/performance/usability scenario. Currently in my lab I’m running 2 whiteboxes with vSphere 5.1 installed […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization

VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Cloud Infrastructure Design (VCAP-CID) released

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 12, 2019

This advanced cert exam has been released by VMware today. After passing this exam and you’re already VCAP5-DCA, VCAP5-DCD or VCDX5, you’ll earn automatically VCP-Cloud certification. The exam has 115 questions with multiple choices, drag-and-drop or design items. Passing score 300 out of maximum 500 remains the same as on the other VMware exams. The […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: vcap-cid

Windows Server 2012 licensing in virtual environments – simulation for smaller shops

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 17, 2017

This article applies to all virtualization technologies used to run Windows Server 2012 VMs. In fact, I would like to clear out some misunderstanding and do small simulation of price for small shops (2 physical hosts), when it comes to a number of VMs which needs to run, and also the number of physical hosts that are […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Windows Server 2012

VMware Mirage Cool Video

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 25, 2020

VMware Mirage -how it works

VMware Mirage is one of my products I’m interested in since a couple of months. Since the acquisition of Vanova by VMware, the product has been updated and improved by VMware. I’ve assisted to a live Demo of the product during VMworld Barcelona. I did an interview with Tom Nikl – Mirage product manager. If you have […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware Mirage

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Administration Training Released

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 17, 2013

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Administration

New Training – Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Administration – has been released by TrainSignal. You’ll learn the best practices to Install and configure Microsoft Exchange 2013. The course has 22 lessons where you’ll be able to learn not only how to install but also what’s the best way to migrate from previous versions of Exchange. Exchange […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Administration

How-to Create a Free VMware Branded Linux Virtual Appliance with Suse Studio

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 4, 2018

Suse Studio enables you to create a Free VMware Branded Linux Virtual Appliance. You’re able to choose from different versions, desktop or server types, add different packages etc. One thing that is cool that you can create your own virtual appliance with VMware branded login screens etc, free of charge. The Virtual Appliance which will […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: How-to Create a VMware Branded Virtual Appliance

What is VMware .vSphere-HA folder for?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 5, 2020

If you’re running VMware vSphere High Availability (HA) cluster, you have certainly noticed a folder named “.vSphere-HA” on several of your shared datastores. What is VMware .vSphere-HA folder for? This folder has something to do with HA, you think, but what exactly is stored there? You certainly do not want to delete it, do you? […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: What is VMware .vSphere-HA

VMware datastore hearbeating – How this functionality works?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 21, 2013

VMware Datastore Hearbeating

When configuring VMware High Availability (HA) cluster, you have the possibility to check as a secondary communication channel  a datastore (or several ones), during the configuration wizard. VMware Datastore Hearbeating provides an additional option for determining if host is in failed state or not. Before vSphere 5.0 era, in vSphere 4.1, if host had a hardware […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware Datastore Hearbeating

Free video – Configuring Dynamic Memory in Hyper-V 2012

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 13, 2013

Windows Server Hyper-V 2012

A free video from new Training from Trainsignal, which shows you what is dynamic memory in Hyper-V 2012, and how to configure this feature. David Davis is an instructor and he just created new training for recently released Microsoft’s Hyper-V 2012. This new training called Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V New Features Training – and will […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Dynamic Memory in Hyper-V 2012

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