This year will be my 5th year attending the largest virtualization conference in the world, VMworld 2016. I still remember my first year - arriving into San Francisco in 2012 wide-eyed and overwhelmed. My hotel was a good 25-minute…
Now that ESXi is installed on our server, let's log into each of the vSphere clients - C# client, and the embedded HTML5 host client, to view the configuration options for our server.
It's that time of year again - time to get excited about heading to VMworld 2016! VMworld is the premier virtualization conference in the world, debuting VMware's products, vision, ecosystem partners, and community all in one place. The event lasts…
Now that the Platform Services Controller (PSC) is installed, it's time to install the vCenter server. For the lab, we will be installing vCenter 6 onto Windows 2012 R2. After mounting the ISO image, autorun will give us the option…
To finish off objective 1.1, we have three things to cover: Edit system swap / scratch configuration Configure ESXi to use a central syslog server Manage / edit the core dump configuration of an ESXi host Edit system swap…
To kick off the series on the blueprint for the VCAP-DCV exam, I thought I would start at the beginning. I will split objective 1.1 into 3 parts: Objective 1.1 - Perform advanced ESXi Host Configuration Skills and Abilities (Part 1)…
Since I hold a VCAP-DCD for 5.5, and want to upgrade to the VCIX-DCV 6, I have to study and take the VCAP-DCV Deploy test. Thankfully, VMware has made the process easy - I don't have to upgrade the VCAP-DCD…