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VCP7-DCV Objective 7.11.4 – Describe VMware hardware compatibility check

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 11, 2021

Today’s post will be about VMware Hardware Compatibility Check (HCL). VMware hardware compatibility and product interoperability need to be validated when new hardware is installed on an existing ESXi or when a VC/ESXi version needs to be upgraded. Describe hardware compatibility check is another chapter from our VCP-DCV 2021 Study Guide that will help you […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware hardware compatibility check

VCP-DCV 2021 Objective 4.1.2 – Join an existing single sign-on (SSO) domain

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 11, 2021

In this post, we’ll have a look at how to join an existing single sign-on (SSO) domain. vCenter SSO allows vSphere components to communicate with each other through a secure token mechanism. vCenter SSO uses: Security Token Service (STS) SSL for secure traffic Authentication of users through Microsoft AD or OpenLDAP Authentication of solution through […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Join an existing SSO domain

VCP7-DCV Objective 2.1 – Describe the role of vSphere in the software-defined data center (SDDC)

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 11, 2021

Describe the role of vSphere in the software-defined data center (SDDC) is a large topic. In this post, we’ll describe some bases and talk about SDDC in general, not technical. This post is a part of a free Study Guide when preparing to pass the VMware VCP-DCV certification exam. In our free guide, we cover […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: vSphere in the software-defined data center

StarWind VSAN with ZFS Details

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 29, 2021

StarWind Virtual SAN uses Linux OS for the underlying VSA for several releases. Part of each VSA is also ZFS. In this post, we’ll have a look at some advantages of ZFS if you’re not aware of them, when you’re looking for a storage solution. Most likely you’ll already know what ZFS is and that […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: StarWind ZFS

VCP7-DCV – Objective 1.9 – Describe the basics of vSAN as primary storage

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 11, 2021

VMware vSphere 7 and vSAN storage is a large topic. In this post, we’ll describe some bases and talk about vSAN. This post is a part of a free Study Guide when preparing to pass the VMware VCP-DCV certification exam. In our free guide, we cover all topics from VCP-DCV 2021 exam that are listed on […]

| Filed Under: Cloud, Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware vSAN

New PowerShell Book (Spanish)

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 25, 2021

A fellow blogger Xavier Genestos from Spain just published a new book. As you know, Xavier is publishing books on a regular basis and they’re all published at LULU, an independent publishing platform where they “print-on-demand” not wasting paper when not needed. The new book is all about PowerShell and its use within the enterprise. […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization

TOP-10 Office 365 backup solutions

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2021

In this post, we’ll try to list Top 10 Office 356 Backup solutions. Pretty hard task as we obviously don’t know all the vendors which are providing O365 backup support even though we know some of them pretty well, but they all won’t be listed here. This post is called TOP-10 Office 365 backup solutions […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization

FREE VMware VCTA Study Guide

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 14, 2021

Some of our readers perhaps noticed that I have put on a VCTA study guide. It’s been a couple of month and today I have received a great document from Valerio Passeri called VCTA Study Guide (direct link to my Dropbox folder shared for ALL where you’ll find the guide and also other PDFs useful […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: VCTA study guide

StarWind SAN & NAS Free For VMware vSphere Released

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 28, 2021

A new very nice solution from StarWind I want to share the news with you today. In fact, StarWind software just released a free version based on their flagship product, StarWind VSAN, but with some additions and a completely new UI and wizard that makes the setup really much easier. This version is free and […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: StarWind Free NAS & SAN For VMware vSphere

VCP7-DCV – Objective 4.1 – Describe single sign-on (SSO) deployment topology

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 11, 2021

VMware vSphere 7 and higher only supports vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) based architecture where a conversion utility is provided for Windows-based vCenter server and also for external Platform Service Controllers (PSC). Starting vCenter server 7 the deployment topology is fairly simpler than in previous releases as external PSCs are no longer supported. The services provided […]

| Filed Under: Featured, How To, Server Virtualization Tagged With: vSphere signle sign-on

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