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VMware Certification Changes in 2019

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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 […]

What is VMware Learning Zone?

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

What is VMware Cloud Foundation?

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VMware Cloud Foundation has recently released 3.5 version, but some of our readers might don’t know What is VMware Cloud Foundation? As we reported in our post during VMworld Barcelona 2018, VMware Cloud Foundation is an integrated software stack, with compute virtualization (VMware vSphere), storage virtualization (VMware vSAN), network virtualization (VMware NSX), and cloud management and monitoring […]

What is NVMe Over Fabrics (NVMe-oF)?

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NVMe SSDs are the fastest storage for consumer laptops for example but exists also as PCIe add-on cards for desktops or servers. Those kind of SSDs are much faster than SATA and SAS SSDs in the data center and will probably replace, sooner or later, the traditional SATA/SAS devices. The storage industry today seeks lower latency and […]

StarWind Latest Update Build and How to Update StarWind Linux Appliance

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StarWind VSAN has a new update which we’ll talk about today, but also we’ll show you that it’s is now dead easy to update existing StarWind appliance running Linux. StarWind continues to progress and packs new features and fixes bugs in every release. I have written about their previous release here which has already brought […]

VMware vCenter Server 6.5 Update 2d adds tool to convert external PSCs into embedded PSCs

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VMware releases another update for vSphere 6.5. This update brings a Command Line tool (CLI) which is able to convert vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) instances with an external Platform Service Controller (PSC) into a VCSA with an embedded PSC connected in Embedded Linked Mode. We’ve talked about Embedded Linked Mode (ELM) in this post. Basically, (vCSA) supports […]