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How to use and extend the workflow "Request a catalog item" from the vCAC...
The vCAC plug-in for vCO comes with an out of the box workflow for requesting catalog items from any vCAC host configured in the plug-in. Let's see how it's used and how to extending to request...
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Climb the VSAN World Leaderboard - and win!
Get ready to climb the VSAN World Leaderboard The CloudCred player who rides highest on the VSAN World 6-month Leaderboardon Thursday, June 26thwill score this: Canon PIXMA MX922 Wireless Color Photo...
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vSphere AppHA のアプリ監視とアプリ保護の設定について。
今回は、vSphere AppHA のアプリケーション監視とアプリケーション監視の設定についてです。 AppHA は vCenter Hyperic と連携して動作しています。それぞれの役割分担は、下記のような感じです。保護対象アプリケーションの障害をどう検知するかは、Hyperic 側で設定します。アプリケーションで障害があった時に、どう復旧するかは、WebClient の AppHA...
View ArticleBackup and Recovery Best Practices for Backup Vendors - credit to Jeff Hunter
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM):https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager%20for%20Virtual%20Environments EMC...
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Every Two Weeks
Get ready, CloudCred Players - Because the game is on, and we're going to be rolling out a new contest with a new prize Every Two Weeks.Starting NOW. VSAN World Leaderboard Contest That's right. Log...
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vSphere 5.x Notes & Tips - Welcome
Hi All ...My Name is Shady Ali Ahmed El-Malatawey. I’m working as VMware System Engineer with 4 years experience (I know it’s too short ). Currently certified as:MCITP: Virtualization...
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vSphere 5.x Notes & Tips - Part I: ESXi Hosts & vCenter Server - Basic/Best...
Hi All ..This is the first part of our series. In this part, we'll cover basic concepts and best practices guides of ESXi hosts and vCenter Server installation and configuration.Credits:Derek...
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vSphere 5.x Notes & Tips - Part II: ESXi Hosts & vCenter Server -...
Hi All ..In this Part, we'll cover all advanced settings of ESXi hosts and vCenter Server, as well as some troubleshooting guides and hints.Credits:Rick VanoverJason BocheBob PlankersRick BlytheDuncan...
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vSphere 5.x Notes & Tips - Part III: Virtual Machines Settings - Basic/Best...
Hi All ...In the third part, we will talk about VMs: their basic settings and configuration and best practices when creating and configuring a VM.Credits:Cormac HoganPetra JorgensonAndrea Mauro, aka....
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vSphere 5.x Notes & Tips - Part IV: Virtual Machines Settings -...
Hi All ...In the fourth part, we'll examine all advanced settings of VM Configuration, like: RDM, NPIV & NUMA, as well as some troubleshooting guides.Credits:Mohammed Al-BaqariCormac HoganFrank...
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vSphere 5.x Notes & Tips - Part V: General Storage Concepts:
Hi All ...This part is somehow not about vSphere, but about some basic and advanced storage concepts. These concepts are necessary for understanding how Storage and Datastores work in vSphere...
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vSphere 5.x Notes & Tips - Part VI: vSphere Datastore Configuration –...
Hi All ..In this part, we'll start diving through basic concepts of vSphere Storage (Datastores) as well as best practices guide to use them in production.Credits:Larus HjartarsonMike Da CostaLet's...
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vSphere 5.x Notes & Tips - Part VII: vSphere Datastore Configuration -...
Hi All ...In the seventh part of our series, we'll go through many advanced configurations of vSphere Datastores, like: Datastores Clusters, SIOC & Storage vMotion.Kindly, concentrate well as it's...
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vSphere 5.x Notes & Tips - Part VIII: vSphere Networking Configuration -...
Hi All In this part, we'll talk about vSphere Networking, only basic concepts and best practices guides. I hope you enjoy it.Credits:Mohammed RafficMike Da CostaSreekanth SettyFrank DennemanRickard...
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vSphere 5.x Notes & Tips - Part IX: vSphere Networking Configuration -...
Hi All ...In the ninth part of our series, we'll go through many advanced configurations of vSphere Networking, like: Jumbo Frames, NetQueue and NIOC, as well as some troubleshooting guides.Kindly,...
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vSphere 5.x Notes & Tips - Part X: vSphere Resource Pools and Resources...
Hi All ...In the tenth part of our series, we'll go through vSphere Resources Pools and Resources Management algorithms and techniques.We'll go through ESXTOP tool which is so important monitoring...
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vSphere 5.x Notes & Tips - Part XI: vSphere Clustering - General:
Hi All ...In the eleventh part of our series, we'll go through general concepts of Clustering in vSphere, as well as vMotion and Enhanced vMotion.Credits:Frank DennemanNow, Let's Start...1. vMotion...
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vSphere 5.x Notes & Tips - Part XII: vSphere Clustering - Distributed...
Hi All ...In the twelfth part of our series, we'll go through first main Clustering feature in vSphere: Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) and its supplementary feature: Distributed Power Management...
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vSphere 5.x Notes & Tips - Part XIII: vSphere Clustering – High Availability...
Hi All ...In the thirteenth part of our series, we'll go through second main Clustering feature in vSphere: High Availability (HA) as well as, Admission Control and Slot Size Calculations which are...
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vSphere 5.x Notes & Tips - Part XIV: vSphere Clustering – Fault Tolerance (FT):
Hi All ...In the fourteenth part of our series, we'll go through a supplementary feature of vSphere Clustering: Fault Tolerance (FT). This feature is sometimes called Super HA, as it saves a critical...
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