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VCAP-DCA 5 Objective 9.2 – Install ESXi Hosts Using Auto Deploy

By on October 1, 2012 in VCAP-DCA, VMware

Objective 9.2 – Install ESXi Hosts Using Auto Deploy For this objective I used the following resources: VMware “vSphere Installation and Setup” documentation Knowledge Identify Auto Deploy Requirements Auto Deploy Environment Requirements Do not use VLAN tagged networks at the boot NIC 2GB of disk space (minimum) for Auto Deploy repository DHCP server in the [...]

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Migrating portgroups from a vSS to a VDS

By on September 8, 2012 in VCAP-DCA, VCP 5, VMware

Over the last few days I have a had a few people ask (this means you Tim Jabaut) about the process of migrating from a virtual standard switch over to a virtual distributed switch without any corresponding down time. I am guessing the reason for this question is more folks are planning and studying for [...]

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VCAP-DCA 5 Objective 5.1–Implement and Maintain Host Profiles

By on August 14, 2012 in VCAP-DCA, VMware

Objective 5.1 – Implement and Maintain Host Profiles For this objective I used the following documentation: vSphere Host Profiles documentation VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch: Migration and Configuration white paper Skills and Abilities Use Profile Editor to edit and/or disable policies To access/manage Host Profiles from the “Home” menu screen select “Host Profiles” under the “Management” [...]

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VCAP-DCA 5 Objective 7.2–Configure and Maintain the ESXi Firewall

By on July 6, 2012 in VCAP-DCA, VMware

Objective 7.2 – Configure and Maintain the ESXi Firewall For this objective I used the following resources: VMware “What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.0 – Platform VMware KB Article 2005284 “About the ESXi 5.0 Firewall” Eric Sloof’s Blog William Lam’s Blog Knowledge Identify esxcli firewall configuration commands New in ESXi 5 is a esxcli firewall [...]

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VCAP-DCA 5 Objective 7.1– Secure ESXi Hosts

By on July 2, 2012 in VCAP-DCA, VMware

Objective 7.1 Secure ESXi Hosts For this objective I used the following resources:  vSphere Security Documentation vSphere Examples and Scenarios Documentation vSphere 5 Hardening Guide VMware KB Article 1002934 How promiscuous mode works at the virtual switch and portgroup levels VMware KB Article 1017910 Using Tech Support Mode in ESXi 4.1 and ESXi 5.0 VMware [...]

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VCAP-DCA 5 Objective 2.3 – Deploy & Maintain Scalable Virtual Networking

By on May 31, 2012 in VCAP-DCA, VMware

Objective 2.3 – Deploy & Maintain Scalable Virtual Networking For this objective I used the following resources: vSphere Networking Documentation VMware Virtual Networking Concepts Whitepaper VMware KB Article 1006558 VMware KB Article 1006778 VMware KB Article 1005577 VMware KB Article 1002722 VMware KB Article 1004088 VMware KB Article 1004048 VMware KB Article 1001938 Knowledge Identify [...]

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VCAP-DCA 5 Objective 2.2 – Configure & Maintain VLANs, PVLANs, & VLAN Settings

By on May 29, 2012 in VCAP-DCA, VMware

  Objective 2.2 – Configure & Maintain VLANs, PVLANs, & VLAN Settings For this objective I used the following resources VMware KB Article 1010691 VMware KB Article 1004048 VMware KB Article 1010703 Chris Wahl’s blog IT Cookbook blog Knowledge Identify types of VLANs and PVLANs  A VLAN (virtual lan) is a grouping of hosts that [...]

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