Last Friday morning I sat and successfully passed VMware’s VCP5 Desktop exam (VCP5-DT). VMware states that the exam is “Directed toward Virtualization Systems Engineers who seek to demonstrate their ability to install and configure VMware View environment and enable View Client users.” This was my first time taking and studying for one of VMware’s VDI [...]
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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. [...]
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 [...]
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