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issues loging into Pearson Vue
Hello guys, so I have gone ahead and decided to register for the exam. I completed the stanly course back in March and have the voucher to get the discount. Unfortunately every time that I try to log into my account and to Pearson to register (before I could) I get the error message attached. Can anybody else attempt to…
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New VMware Toys :)
New VMware toys have been added today to our cluster at work. SRM, vROPS, NSX. Looks like more books to read now.
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Deciding between a few servers for a home lab, need opinions
So after looking into the advice given in my other thread, I've come down to two servers I'm deciding between. My budget is around $500 and all I need is something that can handle three ESXi 5.5 or 6.0 hosts. These are the ones I'm looking at. First up is the Dell PowerEdge R710 Dell PowerEdge R710 Server 2X Xeon 2 26GHz…
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VCAP6-DCV Deploy - study options?
Unfortunately I found out about the VCAP5-DCA/DCD retirements too late (I am in the middle of a few projects at work, have a young family, and the only available exam date is on a day I am on a course!) and so am looking at my options for studying for the VCAP6-DCV Deploy exam. Obviously the blueprint, the docs and a lab…
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2016 VCAP Stats!
Source: Where in the World are VCAPs? [Infographic] - VMware Education and Certification Blog - VMware Blogs
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Iscsi SAN
I am running out of space on my internal drive to act as iscsi SAN for my vsphere home lab. Anyone tried using external HDD (USB 3.0) as iscsi SAN? Or any good alternative methods on the cheap? Thanks all.
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Passed VCP5
First a big thank you to Stanly C.C. Without their training I would not have been able to self fund the cert. Also thanks to the posters on this forum for their ongoing help and encouragement. Resources Home lab server – You can cover the vast majority of objectives with a quad core server, 32GB memory, and nested ESXi.…
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EX210 RedHat OpenStack RHCSA
Hi everybody, i'm studying for this exam, please if someone has passed this exam, can tell me if it is asked all what covered in the class/course? or maybe only a piece of course?? if you can give me only a suggestion for study deep on specific themes instead all course. Thanks in advance guys! Bye
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Vmware Fusion vmnet
Hello everyone, I am building a vsphere lab on my mac using nested esxi solution with vmware fusion. I am tad confused with vmnet on Fusion and how it correlates on vsphere vmnic. In Fusion, vmnet starts with 2 and vsphere vmnic begins with 0 (zero). How do i ensure the vmnic I wish to assign to vSwitch in vsphere is…
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Home lab - White box or server
Hi, I have been considering studying for some of the more advanced VMware exams (and the Microsoft Private Cloud exams too for that matter) and could do with updating my current lab to facilitate this. My current lab is based on an AMD A6 quad core chip, and the motherboard can handle up to 16gb of Ram, I used this for my…
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VCP5-DCV Retirement?
First, please forgive me for opening a new thread if this was already discussed elsewhere. When is the VCP5-DCV course and exam being retired? I can't seem to find any information on the VMware website (VMware Virtualization for Desktop & Server, Application, Public & Hybrid Clouds | United States) that indicates a…
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VMware Fast Track Lab
Im booked on to the VMware vSphere: Fast Track v6.0 course in March. I want to prepare myself and also begin to study towards VCP6-DCV. What spec home lab pc will I need to practice everything to pass the course. I have been looking at the Apple Mac Mini i7 or intel NUC i7. Would this be enough or would i need full case…
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Ex318 rhcva
Hello Everyone, I did a quick search and I could not find an answer that satisfies me. I am sorry if this a duplicate one, here it comes: I am interested in learning more about virtualisation and would like to pursue a certificate for this. I did some virtual deployments before on RedHat 7,kvm and my interest is here EX318…
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Vmware view consolidation ratio
Hi, On a duel Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 v2 @ 2.50GHz server with 250G memory how many general office desktops would people expect to run for a VDI deployment, desktops used for word/excel/access etc? not power users but constant office use? 10, 20, 40, 60, 100? I am just curious what is the average Real world ratios.…
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Tracing dell r720 hardware errors in ESXi 6
Hi, we are running some R720's for VMware View and they all are having this same issues. where they purple screen of death. and in the logs we have the following errors A bus fatal error was detected on a component at bus 0 device 3 function 0. A bus fatal error was detected on a component at slot 6. I tried to use lspci…
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Anyone know where I could get an ESXCLI 6.0 Reference Poster?
I have some awesome reference posters I picked up at a VMUG vForum a few years ago showing common ESXCLI commands and namespace mindmaps. It really helps. I also have one for PowerCLI which I use less often but our PowerCLI guy likes to look at. Does VMware sale those anywhere or make them easily available for 6?
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VCP Homelab Plan
I'm currently setting up a homelab that I plan to use to study for the VCP as well as additional certifications in the future. My current plans are: MB: SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SRA-F-O ATX Server Motherboard Single Socket R3 (LGA 2011) Intel C612 CPU: E5-2670v3 (from work) RAM: 32GB (to start) Storage: 4x4TB drives in an…
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Passed VCAP5-DCA
Thanks to everyone on here that posted resources and suggestions on the DCA. I passed it with a 373 on Thursday. The blueprint is 100% on point for this test. Download it, download a checklist too and check off each point as you are reading and labbing them. I used the pluralsight Optimize and Scale course taught by Jason…
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Which VCP certification should I focus on?
I have list of certifications that I want to take this year and was looking to add one to the list. One of them is the VCP but, I am unsure of which one I should take. I was thinking of taking the DTM version which is Desktop and Mobility. Are the other ones like Network Virtualization, Data Center Virtualization, and…
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Might I be ready for the VCP550-DCV exam in two months?
My goal is to have my VCP certification by June 1st of this year. Here is what I've done to prepare so far, and what I'm planning to do next. 1. I just completed the Stanly CC course. It's not "over" until May 10th, but I've completed all objectives. 2. I'm nearly finished going through Keith Barker's CBT Nuggets videos…
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Finally got into the Stanly CC Class-Additional Resources?
Hello All, I got an email confirmation that I got into the March 2016 Stanly CC class. I realize the class has lectures and labs. I suppose what i'm wondering is what else would be beneficial in terms of study material? Thus far I've complied: Mastering VMware vSphere 5.5 (Lowe & Marshall)…
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Stanly Mar-May
W00t w00t got accepted into the ICM 5.5 class from Stanly college. Some of you may be like, why? Because I want too. :)
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MeasureUp practice questions worth studying for VCP550?
I've already purchased them based on reading they're very helpful with understanding what type of questions will be posed in the actual exam. I've since read from other people that they aren't helpful in the slightest. So this is not a matter of "should I purchase", rather, should I dedicate much time in studying these…
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VMWare VCP-DV Resources
I noticed that there wasnt a resource thread for the VCP-DV exam. So I thought I would create one and share what I have. Blueprint VMware Certified Professional 5 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV) (VCP5-DCV) VCP-Datacenter Virtualization Mock Exam VMware Certification Lots of VMWare documentation (Got this from a…
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Your Daily VMware quiz!
Had this idea about a daily VMware quiz where I'd pose a question everyday and give the answer the next day. Feel free to reply with an answer or wait for me to give the answer. I'll start off with one question everyday and perhaps up the number of questions if this thing gains traction. Please note that the questions -…
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VMWare vs Citrix how do they work together
Hello all, For you virtualization guys I thought to share something here I heard which boggled me. Our VP for virtualization said that VMWare and Citrix complement each other! I almost could not believe my ears. I always thought that they were competing products. At the place where I work they primarily use Citrix to…
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Should I install Vcenter for only 2 server?
hello all i am novice in Virtualization and hurry in training because i should install and config it very soon as it possible and my problem will become solve I have only 2 server 2008 ( TMG Server , DC Server) if i install ESxi with Vmclient Vshphere and config it ........ is it enough? or no i should install Vcenter?…
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Dell 2950 Hard Drives
I hope this isn't in an inappropriate forum. But, I'm hope to get some information on hard drives for a Dell 2950. I recently bought this 2950 and it came with no hard drives, but I do have 6 caddies to put hard drives. Looking at the back plane it looks like it has all SAS connectors. 4 of the caddies have the interposer…
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Stanly CC VMWare course Mar-May
I received my confirmation email today with the instructions for logging in and setting up my account for the VMWare course which starts on Monday. If you were on the wait list for it I recommend checking your spam/junk mail folder in case you have an email stuck in there - it has been reported by others in the recent…
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Virtualization Careers?
Hi everyone, I have just started to discover virtualization and how it works. I have very little basic knowledge of the technology. I see that many people are starting to get VMWare certs and I was wondering what types of jobs people are getting with these certs and what type of basic cert could I get to get my foot in the…
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Tiny Linux: 41 MB's for FT in Home-lab
Hey guys, here is a neat tiny VM OFA on the VMware Forums, might be useful for people in home-labs. :) Only need 48 MB's of RAM and 41 MB's of disk space. https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-21621
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Snapshot scheduling
Could someone point me in the right direction for scheduling snapshots in vCenter? I've created a PowerShell script to snapshot virtual machines but what I would like to do is tap into the Scheduled Task portion of vCenter and schedule these snapshots for a time in the future. I do not want to schedule this locally using a…
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VMWare VCA
Is the VCA 6 exam worth it?
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How did you become a vExpert?
I've noticed quite a few of you are vExperts. What did you do to get that designation? I love being active in the community and want to try to get there for 2017. Currently I am moderately active here and starting to post on /r/vmware. I'm also the a co-leader of the local VMUG. Setting up a blog seems like the next step…
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PowerCLI - is it supposed to be this much fun?
Ok, so maybe I'm just a tad too much excited about all this and being that I've never scripted with Powershell before this PowerCLI stuff is pretty fun and makes my life easier....been using the content from chapter 14 in Mastering vSphere 6.... So I'm curious did anyone ever use the Edition one of VMware vSphere PowerCLI…
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Multipathing in VSphere 6
Question came up today. Is multipathing needed at the OS level (RHEL 7) if its done at the Hosts/Datastore level? We have a new DBA who is VERY new to virtualization is dead set on getting multipathing set up in RHEL but I dont think its as necessary in a virtual environment where its set up between the hosts & datastores.…
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Using current computer for vSphere 5.5
I'll be taking the vSphere 5.5 with SCC. I've read about people having equipment but I'm curious if it would be okay to use what I have and get another drive for ESXi. I have a Intel quad core with 16GB of RAM. I've been thinking about getting 32GB of RAM because I do VM stuff anyways. I think we use vSphere 5.5 at work…
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SSD's not support on PERC 6/i Controller: Workaround found.
So last ngiht and today I ran into an issue where my Dell R610's wouldn't see these new SSD's I got for flash cache, so are scowering the interest I found these commands: Now my SSD that is setup in RAID 0 in the raid controller now shows up as a SSD inside of ESXi and in vCenter. :) Take that HCL!!!
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Does nesting ESXi negate the hardware compatibility requirements?
I've been spending a few days looking at the VMware HCL, checking prices on Ebay, and doing a little bit of research on home lab servers. According to the HCL there are only certain servers that can run ESXi version 6.0. When I was talking to my cousin he mentioned nesting ESXi in Hyper-V. That got me thinking, I've got…
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Changes in VMware Certification Program
Got a mail now..VMware Certification Program Simplified Exam Registration ProcessVMware and Pearson VUE have simplified the certification exam registration process. As of March 5, 2016 you will find that the exam registration process is a seamless experience when you’re logged into your VMware myLearn account.Starting…
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GNS3 idle pc time out Flashing Please WAIT like forever? what do I do?
Hi Guys. i have installed GNS3 2x and I have never had this issue. I have tried many image bin files like that have normally worked fine in my GNS3 but i updated to the new GNS3 and my IDLE PC finder is flashing Please wait like forever never finding the IDLE PC value. I have no clue what to do to fix this issues? Any…
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Home Lab Server
Good day TE members! I'm trying to figure out if building a white box or buying a used server IBM3650 M3 on ebay will be more beneficial in terms of studying for VCP 5.5 and eventually for CCIE R&S v5? Here is the specs of the white box: mb lga2011: MSI X99A SLI Plus cpu lga2011: Intel Core i7 5820K 3.3-3.6Ghz 6-Core psu:…
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Can I do the VCP6 PSE exam after the Stanly Course
After completing the Stanly course, I should get a voucher which gives 70% discount on up to three PSE VCP exams. Does anyone know If after doing the Stanly 5.5 course, I can book the VCP-DCV6-PSE exam and still get credit for the course/achieve VCP6 certification? In addition I presume I would need the foundation exam…
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Veeam VCP6-DCV free study guide
Hi all, Just found this free study guide @veeam.com which is very relevant for any VCP6 wannabe.. https://go.veeam.com/vmware-certification-vcp6-dcv-study-guide-exam-blueprint.html Sadly on my side i've found it after my exam (which i've nevertheless passed hehe) Regards, m.
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VCAP5 - DCD resources
To give back to the community that helped me greatly in preparing for this exam, here's a thread containing links I found useful. Please note that due to the open-ended nature of the blueprint, this is not an exhaustive list of resources you may need. Read, read, keep reading and then read some more - that's how you…
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VCP5.5 Pass
I am little late on this update but I passed VCP5.5 back on Feb 10th. It's been a longer journey than anticipated with several breaks in between. I initially began this certification training last year around this time with the Stanly CC class. I took a 6-month hiatus due to some career and personal moves. With my career…
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2V0-621D passed
Hi all, Just a quick one to let you know that i've passed my 2V0-621D exam in order to keep/update my VCP cert to v6. I haven't had all the time I've wanted to prepare although i basically prepared almost solely in my small lab. There were clearly a few questions where i've purely guessed the answers because i didn't…
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vSAN: Network Requirements
Hey guys, So I know from reading, since I've never done a vSAN before, that VMware calls for a 10G connection per host connecting to a OOB Storage Fabric. What I'm curious about is in a Home-lab is a 10G connection truly needed or would a Quad 1G bonded link suffice per host vs a 10G link to an obvious FC or FCoE…
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Home-Lab: vCenter and DC's as a OVF along with ESXi configuration backup
Hey guys, So I'm curious I use OVF's to make one massive portable backup of my home-lab cluster whenever I blow away my cluster, but I'm curious if this OVF template could also include vCenter and if so would it work correctly after re-installing ESXi on the hosts and restoring the OVF template? Assuming of course I keep…
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VMWare 5.5 Format Question
Prepping for the VCP550PSE test, I cannot seem to locate information on how the test is formatted. While in class for example, we had labs which simulated a server and completed tasks. Is this type of work something I should focus on while making sure I am ready for the test. So what I am asking is: is the test simple…
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vmWare Lab / Stanly Course
Hi I have enrolled on the March Stanly vmWare course with the intention of obtaining the VCP5-DCV cert. What (if any) additional resources have people used for this cert? I'm mulling over options and price points for a home lab. What are people's thoughts on physical vs cloud labs / cost vs return. Many thanks DC
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Enabling TOE in a VMware VM for the effect of improved networking performance
Hey guys, I'm curious if anyone here has ever enabled this command: "netsh int tcp set global chimney = enabled" It essentially enables TOE, RSS, Checksum/Segmentation offload.
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How to add to datastore on ESXi host only?
I've always used VCenter and could "Browse Datastore" I'm setting up a stand alone ESXi 6.0 host for some temporary VM's and need to add .ISO's to the datastores. The "Browse Datastore" option is not available. What's the easiest way to get a .iso over to the datastore which is local storage? Thanks
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Does anyone see a problem doing this with a stand alone ESXi host and VCenter Cnvrtr?
We have a location w/two ESXi physical hosts and some VM's. Not beefy machines and they are in bad shape. This locations data is moving to a different state at some point so we don't want to invest in a full blow VCenter install but do want to swap out hardware to give them some breathing room until the move. My thoughts…
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Nested ESXi within Hyper-V
Hi Does anyone know if it's possible to nest vmWare's ESXi within Hyper-V (on Windows 10) and run 64bit vm's? I've seen some blog posts from a few years ago saying that it's only possible to run 32bit vm's this way (due to a hardware virtualization requirement). Just wondering if there have been any recent advances/changes…
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VM for daily use
anyone here use a VM as their daily PC? i have a Dell precision M4500 that i bought new in 2010. it has a quad-core i5 with 8GB Ram. knowing it is fairly old i thought of setting up a VM and using that as my daily PC. so last night i set up a Win7 test VM in my ESXi box with 12GB Ram and 4 cores. my thoughts were it would…
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Sound Card passthrough in ESXi 5.5/6.0 for a Dell R Series Server
So I'm running into a hurdle and when I hear from Dell that it's not support it makes me want to see if some other monkey on this planet has a sound card working in a server as a PCI pass-through for desktops in VDI or Terminal Services to have sound. I simply don't believe Dell when they say it can't be done, curious if…
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This has turned into a pricey hobby...
I just spent $500 extra on the home cluster in one fell swoop. $500+ dollars for memory for two of my hosts: Refurbished: Micron 48GB (6x 8GB) PC3L-10600R ECC Registered DDR3 1333MHz Server Memory Kit for Dell PowerEdge R610 R620 R710 R720 R810 R820 R910, (6x Model MT36KSZF1G72PZ-1G4) - Newegg.com But now the cluster will…
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Vcp-dtm 6
I took it and got 266. Know your Mirage. Know it very, very well. And Workspaces.
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VMware vSphere 6.x HA Deepdive * Free eBook *
Get it here : http://ha.yellow-bricks.com/
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Stanly CC
Can people outside the US attend the online Training for VCP5.5 with Stanley CC ? we are based in Ireland Thanks
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VMware IT Academy List
Does anyone know where I can find an accurate or even accessible list? I know there was a Google doc floating around in several threads and I've requested access to it several times over the last couple months but never get approval. Anyone? Bueller. Bueller. Bueller...
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VCAP vocuher - does anyone have?
Does anyone have a valid voucher for the VCAP exam w at least 25-50% discount? After the successful DCA I have failed the DCD with 288/300.. this "second free attempt" from vmware is really kind, and it would be really awesome, but that promo is valid only in Japan, India, etc. Thank you guys.
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Guest not using MAC address assigned to it in VM settings.
I ran into a weird problem at work yesterday, and I'm wondering if anyone has any idea of the root cause. At work our laptops are running Redhat, with a windows VM within VMware Workstation. All addresses are statically assigned (no DHCP), so when I first started the VM, I went into network settings to assign it an address…
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MCA100 mirantis OPENSTACK certification exam
HI eb!! I'd like to train my self for the MCA100 exam (mirantis openstack first certification) . At the moment I only have what is available on the mirantis web site but it's too few Does anyone have a collection of exam questions (even if they come from another similar exam i.e. RH) ? Thanks in advance ciao from italy!
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Boston labs for VCP6-DCV
I just picked up these labs from the Boston Exam Prep website....also, a basic vSphere course on Udemy. Boston was $149, Udemy $15. Anyone else use anything like this to prepare for the VCP6-DCV exam? I've been impressed so far with both Boston and Udemy. Here's hoping I didn't just waste 165 bucks...
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Finally, VCP5 -DCV passed
I passed the exam last week, and now I am certified in vsphere 5.5 - Data Center Virtualization. The 70% discount voucher also worked, so that was an added bonus. Now, to upgrade to vsphere 6, do I require any other course, or just go for the delta exam?
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Passing ks=floppy to RHEL 6.7 guest on ESXi 6.0U1b
On my home lab, I'm working on automating RHEL virtual guest provisioning. I am using Ansible to provision the guest, William Lam's updateVMBootOrder.pl script to set the guest's boot order to CD-ROM, and a floppy disk image for kickstart. What I did was create a custom ISO which includes ks=floppy in the ISO's…
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Storage Education
I have been crushing pluralsight videos on VMWare as well as Masterinng vSphere but an area of expertise I feel I lack is in the storage realm. Being that storage is closely related to virtualization can anyone reccomend me some good educational resources in the storage realm? I know there is a whole storage subforum but I…
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Custom IP Stack
Hey guys, So I've been pondering this thought lately and I'm curious about the TCP/IP custom stacks. I'm pondering if I could make a custom stack for a server or VOIP vlan, I see they say you can only do it for storage traffic, well that's supported. ...smells like it 'can' be possible...I like a challenge!! Curious if…
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vExpert 2016
Hi All, It's that time again for vExpert nominations. New applicant: https://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2015/11/vexpert-2016-applications-are-now-open.html Fast Track (Previous vExpert): https://form.jotform.com/40345965737969 Good luck everyone.
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VCP6-DCV exam in 3 weeks!
Changing up my routine, since I failed the ICDN2 3 times in a row, switching course and going for the VCP6-DCV and then come back to the ICDN2. I think maybe I need a break from the content to absorb it and go at it again in a few months... Exam will be in 3 weeks.
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Inexpensive VMware Training Options
As many know, VMware requires authorized training to order to attain the VCP credential, in addition to the exam. This training is rather expensive compared to many other IT training courses, especially if you are paying for it out of pocket. There have been numerous threads with questions about inexpensive training…
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Need help brainstoring for large WAN VMWare Migration
I'm looking for some input and ideas. I have a company that is moving from one state to another. West Coast to Central US. They have a VMWare Infrastructure of about 100 machines. Spread over VMWare 4.5 and 5.0. They are also using multiple SAN's. HP, Compellent and Equalogic. We are trying to figure out the best way to…
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who actually paid for their vmware course?
who paid for their course or had their company paid for it.
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recommend me a vmware cert for my cv?
Looking to get a vmware cert on my cv but cannot afford to do the vcp, any others worth doing that are worth puting on the CV?
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vCenter alerts
Has anyone worked with creating an alert for the scratch config location? I would like a vCenter alert setup to email out if the scratch config location is on non-persistent storage OR is blank. We currently write out log files to an iSCSI storage array, we started doing this because we started ordering servers that don't…
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VCP-DVC eligibility
Either I am to confused/paranoid or scheduling exam for Vmware sucks big time. I am currently doing official training of vSphere 6: Install, Configure, Manage. I have received 70% discount on the exam through the university I am taking the training. I think its VCP-DCV PSE someting like academic. I have created account on…
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VCP Exam
have booked my VCP exam for tomorrow at 10. still unsure about the exam, my study was Plural-sight VCP6 with Greg and CBT Nuggets with Keth, also i used VCP6-DCV Study Guide - ESX Virtualization for review i heard people had trouble with this exam alot of catch you type questions.. any last tips ? for the people who done…
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AutoLab Assistance?
Hey, gang, I am trying to deploy AutoLab on my laptop, but I am getting an error near the end of the ESXi automatic installation: Error: cannot open file Errno2 No such file or directory: '/tardisks/xhci_xhc.v00' Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
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So ... vRealize Automation 7
Anyone here designing / deploying / breaking vRA7 as i.e. consultant ?
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An Absolute VMware Newbie; Where on earth do I start?
Hello, folks. I've been at the same company for 10+ years, and this year we will be virtualizing about 90% of our servers. As someone who has never had to really think about that, where does one begin to learn about VMware? Gotta start at the beginning. My end goal is to get some sort of certification, but right now, I…
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Stanly Oct-Dec
Hey Guys I got a email for the Oct To Dec class. Any Classmates Out There .............
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Study machine........ Dell t3500
Hey guys I am thinking about getting a dell t 3500 to use for my vcp studies. It has 12 gb of ddr3 ram and a 4core 8 thread intel processor, 320 gb hard drive. Also any thoughts on how I should allocate the ram? for vsphere and esxi?
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Exam Preparation for VCP550
Hi all , I am toes in the VCP550 preparation and about to jump deep. I am going to organise some sort of remote access to a largely unused rack of servers (perhaps 2 or 3 servers). I need to organise a practise plan for the practical exercises lab, which I will use and share with my study partner (we are group of 2). I am…
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VCIX-6 (Datacenter/Cloud/Desktop certs)
Announcement today in regards to VCIX-6. At this point, they are having update releases (This being the First). https://blogs.vmware.com/education/2015/12/vcix6-certification-announcement-part-1-of-3.html There is a road map outlined for December and January. So keep an eye out. Time for me to get back into VMware again…
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Where are all the VCPs? (literally!)
Cool infographic: https://blogs.vmware.com/education/2015/12/where-in-the-world-are-vcps-infographic.html
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VCA-DCV Worth IT
So, I am working towards getting into Virtualization and am enrolled at Stanly for the program as well as the VCP class that starts in January. I see that CBT Nuggets offers VCA-DCV and I am wondering if this cert is worth the time or should I spend my time with the Horizon 6 vids? Thanks for the help Matt
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Vcp - cma
Hi All, does anyone know where i can do this Course Online ? would like to Do the Course and sit the Exam.. after i take my VCP Exam in Jan.. what book i should read before sitting the Exam.. any study guides around that you recommend
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Cheap nas for Esxi home lab
Hi Guys, I'm wondering could someone recommend a decent but more importantly cheap NAS device for network storage for an ESXI home lab, I'm running nested VMs with internal storage from the first host shared out via Freenas and I'm having lots of connection problems so I'm hoping a real shared storage device would solve…
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Will VMware support virtual TPM chips like Hyper v 2016?
Hi all, Im a big fan of virtualization and in my line of work security is our top priority. Will VMware support virtual TPM chips like Hyper v 2016? Not having this capability on pur GUEST OS level is a concern especially for large VDI deployments that have strict security requirements. Has anyone heard anything come out…
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VMWare 2V0-620 Exam Prep
Good afternoon everyone, I'm looking into taking this exam and was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction as far as study materials and such? As the books aren't out until May of next year at the earliest. I have a little knowledge of VMware(my background was in desktop support).
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what happend with VMware certification support?
Hi all, I've recently bought a promotional offer from VMware offering an online training for VMware 6 plus 50% voucher for the VCP6 delta exam. I've never got the voucher and after 2-3 support requests they simply closed my last one without any answers.. This is frankly inadmissible. Had anyone else had issues with them…
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Stanley CC or New Horizons Training
My job recently offered to pay for my training via new horizons training center for the ICM class. I was on the wait-list for Stanley cc. I have to make the payment by December 18th to join the class this coming January. The stanley cc class runs from January to March and the New horizons runs from Jan 11th through the…
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Cyber Sunday - 2 hours away from VCP exam
I learned a lot on my former job about Vmware. Today will be a relief, pass or fail. After this exam is cleared, I can ease up on the coffee and cigarettes haha.
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Cisco path to VCP/VCAP/VCIX to remain indefinitely
On top of the recent VCAP announcements, VMware are also now indefinitely offering the "Cisco path" to VCP/VCAP/VCIX certifications. https://blogs.vmware.com/education/2015/12/extending-the-cisco-certification-credit-for-network-virtualization-certification.html
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VDP to backup SQL Database
I would like to backup 2 two 3 Databases on my SQL Server 2012 running on Windows Server 2012 R2 i have installed the 64bit Agent that i got on the VDP plugin and installed it on the SQL Server. but when i go to Add Backup job on Application and i select Microsoft SQL Server i keep getting the following error "There are no…
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ESXI 6 server suddenly cannot ping default gateway
This server has been running without any issues for months. All of a sudden the vm's can't be reached and the management address for the ESXI server cannot be reached. I connected a monitor to the physical server to see if it was online. It was, so i checked that status of the network interfaces and they were connected. I…
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Migrate Data from Virtual to Physical
I didn't see any hits online for this, so I thought I would start here. Maybe its more of a storage question then Virtualization... I've been tasked with migrating a virtual server to a physical server. Its around 28 TB of data and the reason for this is due to alot of rules and regulations that are being pushed down from…
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VMware 6.0 Graphic memory settings
Hi, Can some one tell me (or give me a link to the documentation) as to what the two different graphic memory settings are for a VM? WE run sVGA on Nvida graphic cards will with all the drivers installed and it seems to work OK, just never really got what the two different values are. First is "Total Video Memory" Second…