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From the editors virtual desk

Hi everyone, hope you are enjoying the final week of January 2014. It always seems to be such a short month because of the holidays and is over very quickly. For many it;s back to university and school time in your family and I suspect the traffic and transport will start to get back to normal again, no more easy drive to work.

 

This week I have been sent some information on the new updates VCP5-DCV exam which has just been released and I thought I would highlight this exam as for many it is the gateway into the world of VMware certification.

 

VCP5.5-DCV Exam Info:

http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=12457&ui=www_cert&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CEgQFjAA&url=http://www.vmware.com/go/vcp5dcv&ei=OeviUvn2PImAiQf26YGYBg&usg=AFQjCNHsJ_nkMqXPun7SsYaYGH3JH6xXcQ&sig2=1lg5oSzzv_1uFpK8-t24rw&bvm=bv.59930103,d.aGc - Certification Page

 

http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=45082&ui=www_cert - Info Page


http://mylearn.vmware.com/register.cfm?course=198292 - New Blueprint


http://sostechblog.com/2014/01/21/vcp5-dcv-updated-for-vsphere-5-5-now-135-questions-and-two-hours/

 

I suggest checking out the information above if you are planning on taking the new 5.5 exam as there has been a substantial change to this extremely important exam.

 

I would like to wish all my Australian Colleagues a happy Australia Day.

 

Have a fantastic week everyone.

 

Virtually Yours

Neil Isserow

Senior Technical Account Manager

VMware Australia

 

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VMware Bloggers

 

  • VMware End User Computing: VMware Horizon View Clients Version 2.3-Now Available! (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=5021)by Kristina De Nike, Product Management, End-User Computing Today we are pleased to announce that we are releasing the 2.3 version of the VMware® Horizon View™ Clients. The updated clients offer refinements and new features. The Windows and OS X clients are available from the VMware site . Updates to the iOS and Android clients are available from the application stores, use your in-device update mechanism to get the new versions. Work with your device manufacturer to get an update for your Linux thin…

     

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    VMware Virtualization Management Blog: Introducing version 2.0 of the F5 Networks Management Plug-in for vCenter OrchestratorAutomation and orchestration of application and infrastructure services is critical to the long term success of data center models that rely on software-defined precepts such as cloud and highly virtualized environments and even virtual networking. The ability to orchestrate workflows that encapsulate the deployment of applications is an important step in the journey toward cloud and highly automated data centers. vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) enables the encapsulation and execution of such workflows and…

     

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    By Michael Hubbard Cloud technology has matured in recent years, offering cost optimization, security, and quality of service for the full range of enterprise requirements, not just tactical needs. Yet many businesses have adopted cloud services in an ad hoc fashion with IT organizations tending to focus on the part of a cloud transformation that comes naturally to them—the technology. IT leaders shouldn’t forget that success equally depends on transforming how IT operates, factoring in people…

     

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    VMware Virtualization Management Blog: Welcome to Erdős (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=2718)Welcome to Erdős   Erdős Number n. The number of “hops” needed to connect the author of a paper with the prolific late mathematician Paul Erdős. An author’s Erdős number is 1 if he has co-authored a paper with Erdős, 2 if he has co-authored a paper with someone who has co-authored a paper with Erdős, etc. (Source: Wolfram MathWorld) I’m pleased to announce Erdős, a new initiative from VMware designed to give IT professionals from around the globe a place to share future-thinking insight…

     

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    VMware for Small-Medium Business Blog: How do I … Virtualize (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=2452)Post by Ivan Talley, Associate System Engineer (Mid-Market) One of the first, and best, things to understand is how most customers progress through the VMware product stack. You start out by virtualizing your Tier 2 and lower servers to gain the benefits and experience of virtualizing your datacenter . Next, customers typically progress to virtualizing their Tier 1 applications such as SQL and Exchange . Step 3 is usually the point where Disaster Recovery becomes the focus. As your company grows you might…

     

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    VMware Cloud Ops Blog: Assembling Your Cloud’s Dream Team (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=780)By: Pierre Moncassin Putting together a Cloud Center of Excellence (COE) is not about recruiting ‘super-heroes’ – but a matter of balancing skills and exploiting learning opportunities. On several occasions, I’ve heard customers who are embarking on the journey to the cloud ask: “How exactly do you go about putting together a ‘dream team’ capable of launching and delivering cloud services in my organization ?” VMware Cloud Operation’s advice is fairly straightforward: put together a core…

     

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    VMware vCloud Blog: Moving to Hybrid Cloud: Top Considerations (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=3161)Some of the public cloud’s most popular features include its agility and scalability, but unfortunately, some of its less popular aspects, such as security and complexity concerns, can be hard to ignore. Enter the hybrid cloud: a solution designed to help make meeting business demands not only easy, but secure as well. The hybrid cloud combines everything businesses love about the public cloud with manageable internal control systems. Is your organization ready to take the plunge into hybrid cloud? …

     

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    VMware vSphere Blog: When to Centralize vCenter Single Sign-On Server 5.5 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=11487)While VMware highly recommends the deployment of all vCenter Server components into a single virtual machine (excluding the vCenter Server database), large enterprise customers running multiple vCenter Server instances within a single physical location can simplify the vCenter Single Sign-On architecture and management by reducing the footprint and required resources and specify a dedicated vCenter Single Sign-On environment for all local resources in each physical location. For vSphere 5.5 the VMware…

     

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    VMware Education & Certification Blog: Asia Pacific: Get Free VMware Lab Connect (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=3542)Jan 24 Update: The VMware Lab Connect offer has been extended for additional ASEAN countries, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam.   Get extra hands on practice time on VMware course labs, dive deeper into features of interest, and do it anytime from anywhere! VMware is offering FREE access to  VMware Lab Connect™ when you complete one of the following VMware-delivered, instructor-led class in Australia or New Zealand by March 20, 2014. VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage…

     

External Bloggers

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    Awesome VSAN contest results (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=14251)Every once in a while I have someone asking me how about VSAN scale? Typically the question is triggered by a conversation had with another storage vendor and either a misunderstanding or pure FUD that was spread. It is nice to see some of our beta testers showing the possibilities with VSAN. How about the […] " Awesome VSAN contest results " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.

     

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    Startup News Flash part 12 (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=14131)First edition of the 2014 of the Startup News Flash. I expect this year to be full of announcements, new rounds of funding, new products, new features and new companies. There are various startups planning to come out of stealth this year and all play in the storage / flash space, so make sure to […] " Startup News Flash part 12 " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.

     

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    Creating a manual VSAN Cluster with PowerCLI (http://www.virtu-al.net/?p=3082)In my previous post I showed how to create a datacenter, cluster, add hosts and create an automatic VSAN cluster allowing for the local SSDs and HDDs to be added to a new VSAN... Creating a manual VSAN Cluster with PowerCLI is a post from: Virtu-Al . Virtu-Al is one of the authors of VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference: Automating vSphere Administration" Buy it now from: Amazon USA Amazon UK Sybex

     

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    Creating a VSAN Cluster with PowerCLI (http://www.virtu-al.net/?p=3076)Recently there was a new fling released on the VMware Flings site, this enables us to use VSAN and VMware Flash Read Cache with PowerCLI, check out the site here for more details. I... Creating a VSAN Cluster with PowerCLI is a post from: Virtu-Al . Virtu-Al is one of the authors of VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference: Automating vSphere Administration" Buy it now from: Amazon USA Amazon UK Sybex

     

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    VMware acquires AirWatch (http://www.vmguru.nl/wordpress/?p=12155)VMware and AirWatch just announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which VMware will acquire AirWatch. Airwatch is a leading provider of enterprise mobile management and security solutions. VMware will acquire AirWatch for approximately $1.175B in cash and approximately $365M of installment payments and assumed unvested equity. AirWatch is a leading provider of enterprise solutions for Mobile Device Management, Mobile Application Management and Mobile Content Management with 1.600…

     

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    VMware VCP-DCV Preparation Workshop – free Online (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=33783)Recently I’ve published link to a VCP and VCAP (un)official study guides.  Those excellent guides Josh Cohen (@joshcoen) and Jason Langer (@jaslanger) with screenshots strictly follow the blueprints and present only what’s required to pass the exam. If you missed that post, check check it out here. VMware on the other hand offers free 4 hours online course […] Read the full post VMware VCP-DCV Preparation Workshop – free Online at ESX Virtualization . Featured Paper : Top Seven Networking…

     

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    New VCP Exam VCP550 based on vSphere 5.5 is available (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=33775)Just to let you know that it’s now possible to get certified on vSphere 5.5. VMware has released new certification exam yesterday which allows to pass an exam based on vSphere 5.5. So the new certification exam VCP550,  is based on VMware vSphere 5.5 but earns you still a VCP5-DCV certification only. The same certification […] Read the full post New VCP Exam VCP550 based on vSphere 5.5 is available at ESX Virtualization . Featured Paper : Top Seven Networking Concepts Every Virtualization…

     

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    New Free VMworld Sessions are Online (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=33767)VMworld TV has put on a new VMworld sessions freely available on YouTube. If you haven’t attended VMworld or if you have missed some of those sessions, you now have the chance to check them out. There is 11 of those sessions available. I see couple of good ones, for example already the first one […] Read the full post New Free VMworld Sessions are Online at ESX Virtualization .   Featured Paper : Top Seven Networking Concepts Every Virtualization Administrator Should Know

     

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    Free E-Learning for VDP Advanced available (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=33754)VMware vSphere 5.5 brought vSphere Data Protection (VDP) and also VDP advanced (as separate product). Both backup products which are tightly integrated with web based vSphere console offers backup/replication and recovery of VMs, individual OS files or (for VDP advanced) AD/Exchange/SQL/Sharepoint Objects. There is a new Free E-Learning for VDP Advanced called VDP Advanced Fundamentals 5.5 […] Read the full post Free E-Learning for VDP Advanced available at ESX Virtualization . Featured Paper : Top…

     

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    ESXi 5.x – Managing and troubleshooting NAS/NFS datastores via CLI (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=33727)One of the topics to master for VCAP-DCA exam (but not only) is to handle some CLI commands which enables NFS management.  Those commands can list existing connected NFS storage, Add new storage or delete NAS file system. Those commands are also useful when you troubleshoot your NFS storage or when your NFS server has […] Read the full post ESXi 5.x – Managing and troubleshooting NAS/NFS datastores via CLI at ESX Virtualization . Featured Paper : Top Seven Networking Concepts Every Virtualization…

     

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    VMware vCenter Server 5.1 Update 2 – what’s in (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=33732)VMware has released few days back a vCenter Server 5.1 Update 2 (vCenter Server 5.1 Update 2 | Build 1473063). This update brings customization for Windows 8.1, Windows 2012 R2 and SLES 11 SP3 plus more. Also there has been multiple fixes released which might interest you or your clients if they run on 5.1. To […] Read the full post VMware vCenter Server 5.1 Update 2 – what’s in at ESX Virtualization .   Featured Paper : Top Seven Networking Concepts Every Virtualization Administrator Should Know

     

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    JumpSquares v1.2 - Nmap XML Parsing (http://www.kendrickcoleman.com/index.php/Tech-Blog/jumpsquares-v12-nmap-xml-parsing.html)Over the past 2 weeks I've been working on implementing a new feature that was requested by Christian Mohn ( @h0bbel ) on the the vSoup Podcast . This new feature will hopefully allow you to create more JumpSquares faster. Version 1.2 (1.9.14) Added Nmap Scan XML functions. Upload Nmap XML file to create JumpSquares quickly. Changed a bunch of deprecated Rails 3 warnings to be Rails 4 compliant. Uploaded new wiki appliance with all new functionality and Debian Wheezy patches Fixed bootstrap modal…

     

 

KB Articles

VMware ESX
4 concurrent vMotion Migrations per host when using VMware vSphere Distributed Switch or Cisco Nexus 1000v (2068664)
Date Published: 1/14/2014
Hardware faults on ESXi hosts (2069475)
Date Published: 1/17/2014

VMware ESXi
Starting an ESXi host that has custom defined resource pool with predefined memory reservation might result in failure after an upgrade (2066894)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
Network coredump in host profile breaks networking configuration (2068603)
Date Published: 1/14/2014
ESXi 5.0 host reports the error: Unable to parse MaxRam value (2033095)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
VMware ESXi 5.1, Patch ESXi510-201401202-UG: Updates ESXi 5.1 tools-light vib (2062302)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
VMware ESXi 5.1, Patch ESXi510-201401204-UG: Updates ESXi 5.1 net-e1000e vib (2062304)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
VMware ESXi 5.1, Patch ESXi510-201401205-UG: Updates ESXi 5.1 scsi-rste vib (2062305)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
VMware ESXi 5.1, Patch ESXi510-201401206-UG: Updates ESXi 5.1 scsi-mpt2sas vib (2062306)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
VMware ESXi 5.1, Patch ESXi510-201401101-SG: Updates ESXi 5.1 esx-base vib (2062307)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
VMware ESXi 5.1, Patch ESXi510-201401103-SG: Updates ESXi 5.1 esx-xlibs and esx-xserver vib (2062309)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
VMware ESXi 5.1 Patch Image Profile ESXi-5.1.0-20140102001-no-tools (2062311)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
VMware ESXi 5.1 Patch Image Profile ESXi-5.1.0-20140101001s-no-tools (2062313)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
Unmounting a datastore used for Host Cache on ESXi 5.5 fails with the error: Cannot unmount volume <datastore_name> because file system is busy (2069171)
Date Published: 1/14/2014
Unable to extend the partition using the guest Disk Utility after extending the disk of a virtual machine running Mac OS X (2069255)
Date Published: 1/14/2014
Deleting the VMDK disk fails with the error: This operation not allowed in the current state (2066983)
Date Published: 1/14/2014
ESXi Hostd crashes while attempting to map a NULL value from serial0.fileName (2069234)
Date Published: 1/14/2014
VMware ESXi 5.1, Patch ESXi510-201401207-UG: Updates ESX 5.1 sata-ata-piix vib (2065609)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
VMware ESXi 5.1, Patch ESXi510-201401208-UG: Updates ESX 5.1 sata-ahci vib (2065610)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
Cannot enable or test SNMP on an ESXi 5.1 host (2036910)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
VMware ESXi 5.1, Patch ESXi510-201401201-UG: Updates ESXi 5.1 esx-base vib (2062300)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
VMware ESXi 5.1, Patch ESXi510-201401203-UG: Updates ESXi 5.1 net-tg3 vib (2062303)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
VMware ESXi 5.1, Patch ESXi510-201401102-SG: Updates ESXi 5.1 tools-light vib (2062308)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
VMware ESXi 5.1 Patch Image Profile ESXi-5.1.0-20140102001-standard (2062310)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
VMware ESXi 5.1 Patch Image Profile ESXi-5.1.0-20140101001s-standard (2062312)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
VMware ESXi 5.1, Patch ESXi510-Update02: ESXi 5.1 Complete Update 2 (2062314)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
ESXi 5.0/5.1 host disconnects during vApp operation or randomly in a vCloud environment (2065197)
Date Published: 1/13/2014
Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 guest operating options are not available in vSphere 5.x (2067000)
Date Published: 1/15/2014
Quiesced snapshots fail on a Windows Server 2012 virtual machine with Microsoft Exchange 2013 (2068653)
Date Published: 1/13/2014

VMware Fusion
After upgrading from Mac OS X 10.8.4 to 10.8.5, VMware Fusion fails with the error: Unable to retrieve kernel symbols (2061791)
Date Published: 1/17/2014

VMware Horizon View
Microsoft Office requests reactivation each time it logs off the VMware Horizon View 5.2.x desktop (2057720)
Date Published: 1/13/2014
Compatibility Matrix for Horizon View Components During an Upgrade to Horizon View 5.3 (2069327)
Date Published: 1/15/2014

VMware IT Business Management Suite
Online help is not accessible in VMware IT Business Management v8.0.0 (2066988)
Date Published: 1/15/2014
Cannot move the textbox framelet freely on a dashboard in VMware IT Business Management Suite 8.x (2069482)
Date Published: 1/15/2014
Flat file adaptor saves Template Type incorrectly in VMware IT Business Management Suite v8.0.0 (2066992)
Date Published: 1/15/2014
Cannot drilldown to reports in VMware IT Business Management Suite 8.x even when the security option for dimension is disabled (2069483)
Date Published: 1/15/2014

VMware Service Manager
Network hyperlinks are converted to file:// or http:// links when added to fields in VMware Service Manager 9.x (2068735)
Date Published: 1/13/2014

VMware vCenter Configuration Manager
Patching Bulletins do not display and downloaded patching content does not parse correctly in VMware vCenter Configuration Manager (2053975)
Date Published: 1/16/2014

VMware vCenter Converter
Logging into P2V conversion of Red Hat Linux 5.7 fails with the error: Network driver cannot bind a name to the port (2005314)
Date Published: 1/16/2014

VMware vCenter Converter Standalone
Physical to Virtual (P2V) conversion using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone fails with the error: Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine (2059581)
Date Published: 1/15/2014
Converting a Linux Machine results in the error: Unable to obtain the IP address of the helper virtual machine (2066956)
Date Published: 1/13/2014

VMware vCenter Lab Manager
Cloning, consolidating, or ssmove migrations convert thin-provisioned disks to thick-provisioned (2004731)
Date Published: 1/16/2014

VMware vCenter Server
Backing up the VMware vCenter Inventory Service database fails with an Authentication Error (2068719)
Date Published: 1/14/2014
ESXi host with ATS disabled cannot access files on ATS-Only mounted VMFS volumes and vCenter Server displays incorrect datastore values (2067686)
Date Published: 1/13/2014
Connecting to vCenter server 5.0 Update 3 from Citrix ZenDesktop Studio fails with the error: Desktop Studio has detected an unexpected error (2069149)
Date Published: 1/13/2014
Installing vCenter Single Sign-On fails with the error: The TCP/IP connection to the host 192.168.1.104, port 1433 has failed (2040068)
Date Published: 1/17/2014

VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager service takes a long time to start (2068329)
Date Published: 1/14/2014

VMware vCenter Update Manager
VMware Update Manager upgrade installation fails with the error: 25127 setup failed to upgrade the VMware vCenter update manager database (2030970)
Date Published: 1/14/2014

VMware vCloud Application Director
Security Guidelines for VMware vCloud Application Director 6.0 (2069352)
Date Published: 1/14/2014

VMware vCloud Automation Center
When configuring endpoints, you only see VMware vCloud Director and VMware vCenter Server options (2068707)
Date Published: 1/13/2014

VMware vCloud Automation Center for Server
VMware vCloud Automation Center tasks fail to time out causing inactive vCAC agent service (2069267)
Date Published: 1/15/2014
Machine name custom property appears duplicated on a request form in VCAC 6 (2069347)
Date Published: 1/14/2014

VMware vCloud Director
vCloud Director 5.5 catalogs show status: UNKNOWN (2066989)
Date Published: 1/14/2014

VMware VirtualCenter
Cannot update to vCenter Server 2.5 Update 6c from a previous localized version of vCenter Server 2.5 Update 6 (2068967)
Date Published: 1/14/2014

VMware vSphere Big Data Extensions
Invalid random password displayed for cluster nodes with custom password (2065595)
Date Published: 1/17/2014
Clusters created in the vSphere Web Client with custom number of CPUs or amount of RAM have default values (2068861)
Date Published: 1/17/2014

VMware vSphere Big Data Extensions
Big Data Extensions vApp upgrade fails (2068859)
Date Published: 1/17/2014

VMware vSphere Storage Appliance
VSA Profile does not allow you to run the product on this system (2057935)
Date Published: 1/19/2014

VMware vSphere Web Services SDK
Unable to edit endpoints.conf using VI editor in VMware vSphere WebService SDK (2069670)
Date Published: 1/17/2014

VMware vSphere Web Services SDK
FibreChannel HBA speed measured in Gb in VMware vSphere Web Service SDK (2069354)
Date Published: 1/15/2014


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