The Slog – Simon Long’s Blog
- vBeers: August 5th 2010 - Hi guys, just a quick post to remind you that the next vBeers will be help this Thursday, August 5th. The last vBeers was great fun, I met a lot of new people so I'm hoping there will be more new faces again this time. This time I must remember to eat something!!
When & Where
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- VCP Changes Post vSphere 4.1 - VMware have just released their latest version of vSphere, version 4.1. There are a lot of new features and changes, all of which can be found here: What’s New in vSphere 4.1
So, what does that mean for you if you're about to start studying for the VCP exam? Well I've heard from an "unofficial" source that [...]
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- vBeers: July 1st 2010 - Hi guys, just a quick post to remind you that the next vBeers will be help this Thursday, July 1st.
When & Where
The London vBeers is held on the first Thursday of every month starting at 6pm in ‘The Cittie of Yorke’ pub which is placed centrally to both London’s West End and The City. This [...]
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- I Must Have Done Something Right In A Previous Life -
What an amazing past two weeks it's been…….
vExpert
About two weeks ago I received an email from John Troyer from VMware notifying me that I have been awarded the vExpert award. This was one of my targets for the year, so I have to say that I am very happy to recieve this award. For those [...]
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- Hitachi Data Systems’ Bloggers Day #HDSday -
It's 6am here in San Jose, as you can tell I have a little jetlag. If you regularly follow me on Twitter, you'll probably know that I am over here in the US for the Hitachi Data Systems' Bloggers day which takes place tomorrow and Wednesday.
I'll be joined today by a small list of other [...]
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- VMware ESXi 4 Log Files -
Like most VI Admins, I've been using VMware ESXi quite a lot more lately and I'm slowly coming across things that are different to how they are in ESX. Log files being one of these differences.
With the absence of the Service Console, ESXi presents a slightly different architecture. If you haven't yet read The Architecture [...]
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- Using vMA As Your ESXi Syslog Server -
This is something I did a while ago, but it came to my attention that people didn't; a) Know that it's recommended to use a syslog server with ESXi b) You could use an application built in to vMA called vilogger.
Although it is stated in The Architecture of VMware ESXi…..
Because the in-memory file system does [...]
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- VMware Certified Advanced Professional – VCAP - Today VMware finally officially announced their new Exam set named; VMware Certified Advanced Professional – VCAP
The VCAP Certification will sit in between VCP and VCDX.
The VCAP comprises of two Exams:
VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Datacenter Administrator (VCAP4-DCA)
VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Datacenter Design (VCAP4-DCD)
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- vSphere 4 – System Resource Allocation/Reservation - This is more of a discussion point than a informational Post. I've been trying to find out about what is the best practice for an ESX Hosts System Resource Reservation (Not Resource Pools). What values to use? And should I dive deeper and apply/remove reservations from System Resource Pools (See Screenshot).
I've been reading through these two [...]
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- Global Knowledge – Going The Xtra Mile -
A few weeks back, Global Knowledge announced a new service called VMware Xtra. VMware Xtra is the brainchild of awarding winning Instructor Scott Vessey. Having already met Scott and regularly chatting with him I had a feeling that this will be good.
VMware Xtra is a selection of online resources to help you get the most from [...]
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