Jason has graciously asked if I would Guest Blog about a certain feature that I uncovered, while studying for my VCAP-DCA, with respect the IOMEGA Storcenter NAS devices. In particular I was looking for a way to simulate the Snapshot and Resignaturing process that is on the VCAP-DCA Blueprint, Section 1.1 – Implement and Manage Complex Storage Solutions - Understand and [...]
Seattle VMUG User Conference
Spring is here and with that comes the annual Seattle VMUG User Conference! The event this year is on Monday May 13th and will be held at Hyatt Regency hotel in Bellevue. Last year we had over 350 attendees and are aiming to expand on that number this year. Make sure to register HERE! Below [...]
Get Your NFR License
One of the great joys in studying and taking an exam for me is that feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction I get when all the hard work and effort pays off with a successful pass. Over the last few years there has been an added benefit to becoming certified in various technologies. Many companies now [...]
Feeling Lucky? Win a Trip to VMworld 2013 from Veeam
Today I was having lunch with a few ex-coworkers and the conversation around IT budgeting came up. As it always seems to happen we discussed how usually the first thing to get trimmed from budgets are training dollars for the IT staff. These training dollars usually include the ability to attend tech conferences as well. [...]
Setting Up Google Authenticator for WordPress Blogs
Recently I was looking for a solution to add additional security/protection for my blog. With like anything else, if I don’t know the best place to start I take to the interwebs to do some research on the best tools/way to secure a WordPress blog. Found several great articles that pointed to a great plugin, [...]
50% Off on VMware VCP Exams, 20% Off on Study Materials
TweetLate last week VMware Education Services sent out a tweet (follow them on Twitter HERE) that VMware is running a promotion for 50% off all VMware Certified Professional Exams (VCP-Cloud, VCP5-DV, VCP5-DT, and IaaS). On top of that they are also offering 20% of study materials from the “VMware Certification Marketplace” Both of these are [...]
VCP5-DT Objective 2.11–Configure the Environment for Kiosk Mode
Objective 2.11 – Configure the Environment for Kiosk Mode For this objective I used the following resources VMware View Administration documentation VMware KB Article 1028287 – Configuring kiosk mode in VMware View Manager 4.5 Knowledge Utilize vdmadmin (e.g, enable/disable Kiosk Mode, assign client to desktop, etc.) Identify client device’s identification mechanism (MAC, custom name, etc) [...]
VCP5-DT Objective 2.10–Configure the Environment for Local Mode
Objective 2.10 – Configure the Environment for Local Mode For this objective I used the following resources: VMware View Administration documentation VMware View Installation documentation Knowledge Publish Linked Clone Replica to Transfer Server Repository Refer to section “Configure/Identify Transfer Server Repository” in Objective 2.5 Configure View Transfer Servers Configure Local Mode Policies View/Modify Global Settings [...]
VMware VCAP Studying with Trainsignal
Last week I received an email from someone who recently passed their VMware VCP 5 exam (congratulations again Justin!) leveraging the study guide that myself and Josh Coen have put together (located HERE). Justin also let me know that his next goal was to begin prepping for and passing the VMware VCAP-DCA 5 exam and [...]
Book Review–VMware View 5: Building A Successful Virtual Desktop
In the last few of months I have began working with VMware View both in my home lab and for my day job working for a VMware partner. In the past my core focus around VMware had to do more with virtualized sever workloads and my experience with VDI/EUC has been around using Citrix’s XenDesktop [...]
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