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Learn from home
<This was written in the time of the virus, so some resources are likely to be short-lived> I’ve seen lots of links to free training, I’l trying to keep a running list. I’m focusing on formal stuff, especially stuff that … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Virtualization, VMware 2 Comments
VCAP DCV 6.5 Deploy a.k.a VMware Certified Advanced Professional — Data Center Virtualization Deploy 2018 a.k.a 3V0-21.18
<Edi 2t> PASS! After almost 10 weeks of waiting I finally got my score back.</Edit 2> <Edit> Apparently I was the first to publicly take the exam! Hope the tips help out future candidates! Drop me a line if you … Continue reading
Posted in Certification, Computing, Virtualization, VMware Tagged 6.5, DCV, vcap, VCAP-DCV, VSAN, vSphere 38 Comments
VMWorld 2018: Monday
Today kicked off with the main keynote featuring Pat Gelsinger. There were several new announcements including: Amazon RDS database service will now run on your local VMware servers VMware ESXi now fully supports ARM processors VSAN now supports S3 storage … Continue reading
Posted in CLI, Cloud, Computing, Disaster Recovery, Security, Storage, Virtualization, VMware Tagged AWC, HCX, NSX, VMC Leave a comment
VMWorld 2018: Sunday Funday!
Another year another VMworld! I got registered early this morning and headed to the HandOnLabs. Lots of 19xx labs, but nothing groundbreaking that I noticed – mostly updates. Hopefully any big announcements will release cool labs. I tried challenge labs … Continue reading
Posted in API, Certification, CLI, Cloud, Computing, Scripting, Storage, Virtualization, VMware Tagged vcap, VCIX, vmworld Leave a comment
VMC on AWS – Sign up for a paid trial
VMware announced sometime back the availability to rent bare-metal vSphere hosts in an AWS data center, with such perks as the (included) ability to stretch from your existing data center and “local” no-egress-charge access to AWS features like S3. They … Continue reading
Day 1: VMware Center for Advanced Learning – Advanced Architecture Course
Every wish there was a 9-day/81-hour course to propel you down the road to being a VMware Architect? Wish no more. The VMware Center for Advanced Learning has gone live with a course intended to: Strengthen architectural & solution outcome skills in … Continue reading
Posted in Certification, Cloud, Computing, Network, Security, Virtualization, VMware 2 Comments
VMware on AWS Quick Hits
vSphere plus SDDC Manager (VMware Cloud Foundation) plus NSX-V hosted on bare-metal at AWS. VMware manages hardware account and bills you (separate from any AWS account you have) 4 nodes to start – each 2 socket/36 core, 512GB RAM, … Continue reading
How to write a certification exam question
On piece of advice I always give about studying for certification exams is to write your own questions for any exam you are studying for. It’s a great exercise to put yourself in the mindset of the SMEs writing the … Continue reading
Posted in Certification, Computing, PowerShell, Scripting, Virtualization, VMware Tagged vcap, VCAP-DCA, VCAP5-DCA, VCAP6-DCV, VCIX Leave a comment
Moving VMs from ESX to Workstation (pt2)
Back in 2011 I posted screen shots for using the fat client to download a VM from an ESX/ESXI host to use in VMware Workstation. I never updated that post when Workstation added a download feature, so here is the … Continue reading
Virtual Machines 1 (TestTrack Unplugged)
I’ll assume you read the first post in the series. Virtual Machines 1 Things to note: “Another administrator has already started by creating the VM” = Don’t make a new one and don’t delete the existing one. “using any means … Continue reading
Posted in Certification, Computing, PowerShell, Scripting, Virtualization, VMware Tagged certification, vcap, VCAP-DCA, VCAP5-DCA, VCAP6-DCV, VCIX Leave a comment
