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How To Test Network Connectivity with netcat utility in VMware environments

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

One of the testing tools for VMware networking is netcat. We have a post which explains the basics of vmkping command here – How To Test Network Connectivity with a vmkping command in VMware environments. Check it out. Today’s post is called How To Test Network Connectivity with netcat utility in VMware environments and we’ll explore some […]

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What is VMware Per Incident Support?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 16, 2019

ESXi 6.5 ISO selected and ESXi 6.0 detected

VMware Per Incident support is actually the “pay-as-you-go” model, where you’ll choose 1, 3 or 5 incidents per year, and you use those “pre-paid” tickets to call VMware to open a support ticket when needed without buying a support contract itself. You should know, however, that VMware per incident support does not give you free updates like […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: What is VMware Per Incident Support

What are VMware Learning Credits?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 11, 2019

Today we’ll have a look at VMware learning credits, which are another way you can pay for training. In fact, by buying VMware Learning credits, you purchase, ahead of time, a credit which you can use later, for paying for VMware class, before passing a VCP exam for example. Just like with VCP Exam vouchers […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Tips

How To Change E1000 into VMXNET3 without changing a MAC address

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 10, 2019

You might end up in a situation where you have a VM which you want to change vNIC type, but you want to keep the current MAC address. Today’s post will teach us How To Change E1000 into VMXNET3 without changing a MAC address. This is an easy post which I’m sure everyone knows how to […]

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What Are VMware Exam Vouchers?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 11, 2019

VMware VCP Exam voucher is kind of an “electronic” tickets needed to pass a VCP Exam. You can buy it in advance (or plan the buy) when the IT budgets are distributed or when you have a budget. One Voucher is valid for a duration of a minimum of 12 months and you can use […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: What Are VMware Exam Vouchers

VMware Certification Changes in 2019

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 5, 2019

After introducing a new naming convention back in March, VMware explains other changes which will be implemented this year. This post is about VMware Certification Changes in 2019. There will be new naming conventions. Newly passed certification will be named after the year when you met the requirement. Example VCP 6.5-DCV will become VCP 2019 […]

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What is VMware Learning Zone?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 28, 2018

VMware Learning Zone

When preparing to pass a VCP (or VCA) certification exam and learn about new VMware products, all resources are good. Some of them are free, some of them are paid. Most of the time, paid resources are paid because they’ve been done with more resources and more money, but free resources are good too since they […]

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How to Patch vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) – [Guide]

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 23, 2018

Before you start with the update, make sure to create a backup of your VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) Virtual Machine (VM). The backup is usually done by your backup software, and you can also configure a file-level backup introduced in vSphere 6.5 and further enhanced with a scheduler in vSphere 6.7. The protocols supported […]

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What is VMware VM Customization Specification and How to use it?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 30, 2019

VMware VM Customization Specification is used for cloning of existing data center VMs or deploying a VM from a template.  Some non-VMware admins might not know this feature if they don’t work a lot with VMware technologies. It’s nobody’s fault, everybody is learning every day in IT. Our blog was created mainly for this purpose […]

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How To Create a Stand-Alone Image File device in StarWind VSAN

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 18, 2018

StarWind Management Console

Creating Image file device in StarWind VSAN has some options that we’ll discuss today. In this post, you’ll learn How To Create a Stand-Alone Image File device in StarWind VSAN. Image device can be configured with or without cache. The cache is used to speed up the processing of disk requests using a faster intermediate storage […]

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