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VCP6.7-DCV Objective 4.2 – Create and configure vSphere objects

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This post, VCP6.7-DCV Objective 4.2 – Create and configure vSphere objects, will detail the configuration of vSphere objects (clusters, datacenters….). It is another objective which is a requirement to pass the latest VMware VCP Datacenter Exam called by VMware officially a “VCP-DCV 2019 certification”. As you can see there is a year in the title, […]

StarWind VSAN For vSphere New Release

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StarWind Software keeps updating its product line and especially their flagship product StarWind VSAN. A new release for VMware vSphere has been released a few days back. This release is only a maintenance release, but worth to note some performance improvements and Linux Kernel updates. Some of our readers might remember being StarWind as a […]

VMware NSX-T 2.4 Released – What’s New?

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VMware releasing NSX-2 2.4 which is a major release of the product. VMware has NSX-V and NSX-T. Where NSX-V is tailored for environments running VMware vSphere, NSX-T is designed for multi-hypervisor environments. NSX-V is part of a software-defined data center and it needs VMware vCenter server as it’s tightly integrated into. Previous releases of NSX-T […]

What is VMware Test Drive and Why VMUG Advantage is Great?

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Some of our readers might remember our article about VMUG advantage where we explain the good value and what’s included. The article is here – VMUG is Free, but VMUG Advantage With EVAL Experience is Better for a Reasonable $200/Year. What’s new is the fact that recently an additional feature called VMware Test Drive has […]

VCP6.7-DCV Objective 4.6 – Deploy and configure VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)

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In this objective, we’ll show you how to set up the main piece of VMware infrastructure – a vCenter server running on Linux Photon OS – VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). Since several years, VMware is trying to break out from Windows dependency and since 6.5 and now with 6.7 the feature set of VCSA […]

VCP6.7-DCV Objective 4.4 – Set up ESXi hosts

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Hello students and readers. This is our first post covering the new upcoming VCP6.7-DCV Study Guide. It is a work in progress and we’re just started. I hope it will help VMware admins to successfully pass their VCP6.7-DCV 2019 certification. This post’s title is VCP6.7-DCV Objective 4.4 – Set up ESXi hosts and we’ll have a look […]

How To deploy VMware VCSA 6.7 U1 in VMware Workstation

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Hello readers. Today we’ll deploy VMware VCSA 6.7 U1 in VMware Workstation. We have done a similar video for vSphere 6.5 and we had a few questions from readers about accessing the appliance after configuration so we decided to do a new video which details the process. Additionally, we do the deployment in a very […]

VCP-DCV 2019 VMware Certification Exam Officially Announced – Professional vSphere 6.7 Exam 2019

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VMware is announcing a new professional certification VCP-DCV 2019. I’ve already blogged about the new certification changes that VMware is implementing in this blog post – VMware Certification Changes in 2019 and you could see that the passed certification will be named after the year when you met the requirement. Example VCP 6.5-DCV will become VCP 2019 […]

Windows Server 2019 Book in Spanish

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A fellow blogger from Barcelona Xavier Genestos has written another book which will be a good read for Spanish speaking audience. If you are Spanish speaking, person, check it out. The books can be purchased at the LULU publishing. I have met with Xavier during VMworld in Barcelona, together with other Spanish bloggers, Jorge de la Cruz and Frederico Cinalli. […]