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VCP6.5-DCV Objective 4.3 – Perform vCenter Server migration to VCSA

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Another topic today for people studying for VCP6.5-DCV VMware Certification exam. Today we will cover VCP6.5-DCV Objective 4.3 – Perform vCenter Server migration to VCSA, which is a very nice topic since since version 6.0 VMware really pushes vCenter server appliance (vCSA) by adding more features to it and in vSphere 6.5 it surpasses the Windows-based […]

VCP6.5-DCV Objective 3.2 – Configure Software-Defined Storage

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We’ll talk and try to cover another huge topic today which is a topic from VMware VCP6.5-DCV Certification Exam preparation guide. VCP6.5-DCV Objective 3.2 – Configure Software-Defined Storage. We’ll cover vSAN, vVOLs, we’ll also talk about vSAN observer or creating storage policies. While the VCP6-DCV Study Guide has only 28 objectives, the VCP6.5-DCV Study Guide has […]

Mastering VMware vSphere 6.5

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New book for VMware vSphere infrastructure called Mastering VMware vSphere 6.5. If you’re in the virtualization space long enough you might remember the release 6.0 written by Nick Marchall and Scott Lowe. This time, Mastering VMware vSphere 6.5 is authored by three fellow bloggers – Andrea Mauro, Paolo Valsecchi, Karel Novak. All three authors are well known […]

VCP6.5-DCV Objective 2 – Secure ESXi and vCenter Server

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Another new post today with another Objective to study towards VMware VCP6.5-DCV Certification Exam. We have put on a new page centralizing those topics – VCP6.5-DCV Study Guide [Unofficial] Page. Today’s topic will cover VCP6.5-DCV Objective 2 – Secure ESXi and vCenter Server. Funny because we have blogged just recently about What is VMware ESXi Lockdown mode. […]

VCP6.5-DCV Objective 1 – Configure and Administer Role-based Access Control

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This is the first VCP6.5-DCV Objective 1 from the exam guide for preparation for VMware VCP6.5-DCV Datacenter virtualization exam. Find all exam topics directly on our new VCP6.5-DCV Study Guide Page. Note that it is a work in progress which started just recently so we need to add more content to it. VMware certification exam is […]

Performance Optimized VM of Windows Server 2016 On ESXi 6.5 Creation Steps [Guide]

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While it’s fairly simple to take the defaults, for VM hardware components, It’s not always the best ones when it comes to performance. In this post, we will explore the different possibilities to give you the opportunity to create performance Optimized VM of Windows Server 2016 On ESXi 6.5 directly from the installation. We’ll use […]

VMware Updates vCenter Server 6.0 U3c and Other Products

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VMware has released a bunch of new product updates. On the list, there are vCenter Server 6.0 U3C and also VMware SRM 6.1.2.1 update or vCloud Director 9.0.0.1 for Service Providers and vSphere Replication 6.1.2.1. In this post, we’ll have a closer look what’s new in those products. Those updates are not updates to the […]

Configure VMware Tools Update from Shared ProductLocker Location

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when you want to have the latest VMware tools for larger environments, you don’t have other choices then wait for ESXi upgrade which brings the latest version of VMware tools or Configure VMware Tools Update from Shared ProductLocker Location. If you have VMware Enterprise Plus license, you can use host profiles for the job. Since some […]

VMware vSphere Client Download Page

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VMware vSphere Client for Windows is officially dead for vSphere 6.5 but for earlier versions you can still use it. Many VMware and IT consultants are still using it when they visit their clients on older vSphere infrastructures. You perhaps still prefer the old vSphere Windows client for Free ESXi hosts too… so this post is […]