Nakivo v.7 beta and EC2 replication
Staring with a news During the writing, an important news is coming out: Nakivo v.7 beta is out! This is a great opportunity for lab man to try new features…
Starting 2017 in community
Last 2 months come with some interesting news about communities around VMUG and VMware. People, events and fun facts are key element are moving in the changes and improvement way.…
Tech Tip: Share your AirPlay device with LonelyScreen
This tip could be useful when you are struggling to find a way to share your “iDevice” screen with MAC or PC using AirPlay. Simply download the receiver from http://eu.lonelyscreen.com/…
VCP6 Datacenter Virtualization Exam experience and suggestions
With 3 years from my last DCV certification exam, I tried with success VCP6 Delta certification exam. Could I be the last from re-certification people? I don’t know but, sure,…
Nakivo v.7 one click to protect VMware, Amazon… and Hyper-V
During my research across VMware ecosystem, something catch my attention in Nakivo. The announcement today, is the upcoming release of version 7, that, in addiction of the protection for VMware…
VCP 6 Study Note – vCenter Overview
vCenter is primary management tool for vSphere admins. It provides: point of control for all components in vDC management functionalities and services rights, permission and roles management storage and resource…
VCP 6 Study Note – VM version and features
Source: KB 2051652 https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2051652 Version 11 (>= Esxi 6.0) Version 10 (>= Esxi 5.5) Version 9 (>= ESXi 5.1) Max memory (GB) 4080 1011 1011 Max logical processors 128 64…
VCP 6 Study Note – Logs purposes and locations
This is not only a study, this could be a rapid guide to identify logs locations and their purposes. Sources: KB 1021806 https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1021806 ESXi Source: https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/index.jsp#com.vmware.vsphere.security.doc/GUID-F35D7005-58EB-48AC-99D5-B9942EB2A8EF.html VMkernel Location: /var/log/vmkernel.log Purpose:…
VCP 6 Study Note – Security Certificate
vSphere components use SSL to communicate securely with each other and with ESXi and is also used by vCenter services such as the vSphere Web Client for initial authentication to…
VCP 6 Study Note – Numa system with ESXi
Sources: wikipedia (numa available in many languages) https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/index.jsp#com.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc/GUID-7E0C6311-5B27-408E-8F51-E4F1FC997283.html ESXi supports memory access optimization for Intel and AMD Opteron processors in server architectures that support NUMA (non-uniform memory access). NUMA architecture…