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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VCAP-DCA5 Objective 8.1 – Execute VMware Cmdlets and Customize Scripts Using PowerCLI
Hey vNoob here; Helping out Jason and Josh by doing an objective for them. Hope it is helpful Objective 8.1 – Execute VMware Cmdlets and Customize Scripts Using PowerCLI Knowledge Identify vSphere PowerCLI requirements Directly from the vmware website for PowerCLI 5.1 release notes: To use VMware vSphere PowerCLI, you need to have installed the following software: [...]
VCAP-DCD 5 Document Package
Just a quick post. I am currently studying for the VMware VCAP-DCD 5 exam and the blue print references a lot of different documents to be used as study material. I have gone through and downloaded all of the documents and put them into the “VDCD510_DocPackage.zip” file below. The zip file is just shy of [...]
Migrating portgroups from a vSS to a VDS
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 [...]
VCAP-DCA 5 Objective 5.1–Implement and Maintain Host Profiles
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” [...]
VCAP-DCA 5 Objective 7.2–Configure and Maintain the ESXi Firewall
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 [...]
VCAP-DCA 5 Objective 7.1– Secure ESXi Hosts
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 [...]
VCAP-DCA 5 Objective 2.3 – Deploy & Maintain Scalable Virtual Networking
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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