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11 August

New free tool: Veeam Task Manager for Hyper-V

Written by Marco

Today Veeam released a new free tool for your Hyper-V environment called “Veeam Task Manager for Hyper-V” Veeam Task Manager for Hyper-V is a portable, standalone performance monitoring tool that’s FREE! Improve troubleshooting in your Hyper-V environment by seeing...

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10 June

Veeam Backup & Replication v7 Patch 4 released

Written by Marco

I noticed on twitter that Veeam released Patch 4 for Veeam B&R v7. So what is fixed? New Features and Enhancements VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) In addition to adding basic support (as provided by other vendors), the intelligent load-balancing...

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15 April

VCAP5-DCA Objective 8.2 – Administer vSphere Using the vSphere Management Assistant

Written by Marco

Knowledge Identify vMA prerequisites Identify vMA specific commands Determine when vMA is needed Skills and Abilities Install and configure vMA Add/Remove target servers Perform updates to the vMA Use vmkfstools to manage VMFS datastores Use vmware-cmd to manage VMs...

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07 April

Solving the com.vmware.sps.fault.QsConnectionException error

Written by Marco

After en APD (All Path Down) in our hosting environment I had the following error when I tried to do something with the ESXi datastores. The VMware environment was working correctly. I started searching the VMware Knowledge base and...

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01 April

vExpert 2014 Announcement

Written by Marco

Today, April 1ste the VMware vExperts for 2014 are announced. And YES!!! I am one of them for the second time. And no this is not a joke!! For some prove, the complete list of all the vExperts can...

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13 March

Win a trip around the world with Veeam

Written by Marco

Veeam is about to get its 100,000th customer and is launching an interactive contest for a chance to win a trip around the world and other prizes (Google Glass, iPad and Microsoft Surface). To participate, visitors need to register...

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27 February

VCAP5-DCA Objective 8.1 – Execute VMware Cmdlets and Customize Scripts Using PowerCLI

Written by Marco

Knowledge Identify vSphere PowerCLI requirements Identify Cmdlet concepts Identify environment variables usage Skills and Abilities Install and configure vSphere PowerCLI Install and configure Update Manager PowerShell Library Use basic and advanced Cmdlets to manage VMs and ESXi Hosts Use...

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18 February

Veeam Backup & Replication v7 Patch 3 released

Written by Marco

I noticed on twitter that Veeam released Patch 3 for Veeam B&R v7. So what is fixed? Engine Significantly reduced load on SQL Server hosting the configuration database, and improved performance of various job activities and user interface operations....

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27 January

VCAP5-DCA Objective 7.2 – Configure and Maintain the ESXi Firewall

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Knowledge Identify esxcli firewall configuration commands Explain the three firewall security levels Skills and Abilities Enable/Disable pre-configured services Configure service behavior automation Open/Close ports in the firewall Create a custom service Set firewall security level

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16 January

VCAP5-DCA Objective 7.1 – Secure ESXi Hosts

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Knowledge Identify configuration files related to network security Identify virtual switch security characteristics Skills and Abilities Add/Edit Remove users/groups on an ESXi host Customize SSH settings for increased security Enable/Disable certificate checking Generate ESXi host certificates Enable ESXi lockdown...

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