Re: VMware offering Mock Exam
Use these practice questions > http://blog.mwpreston.net/vcp-5/ When I took my VCP about a year ago, the questions were close to the ones in the above link in terms of difficulty and style.
View ArticleRe: Access lab from production network using rdp server 2 nics(1 connected to...
Yes this is safe - the traffic on the internal only network is isolated from you productin network - only traffic will get out is if place a router between the two networks
View ArticleRe: Reading / Writing to Network Shares using vCO
Thanks for the help. I am able to get the above working for local files, but I cannot get it working for remote files. I understand that I need the proper permissions to get the files working, but I...
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VCAP5-DCA exam - That lab is slooooooowwwww!
Sat the VCAP5-DCA exam today. It was really frustrating. RDP screen redraws were taking 30 seconds at times. There wasn't anything that I didn't know how to do, however I just started skipping...
View ArticleNewbie - Trial question (pro/standard)
Hi. I'd like to try the 30 day evaluation of fusion with the plan to purchase the standard version if I like it. Since the trial is for the pro version - will I have trouble when I move to the standard...
View Articleslow NFS transfer speeds
Hi everyone, My scenario:FreeNAS with:-one CIFS directory-one NFS directory Esxi 5.1 with:-2 hosts-windows machines and linux machines I have added the NFS directory as a new Datastore on both hosts...
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Re: VM Sizing on ESXi
When you are done reading that blog post you can start reading this white paper http://www.vmware.com/pdf/Perf_Best_Practices_vSphere5.0.pdf Summary of both: Start with as little as possible and grow...
View ArticleRe: VCAP5-DCA exam - That lab is slooooooowwwww!
I had very similar problems too, best thing you can do is email certification@vmware.com and describe in DETAIL how the clunky exam environment prevented you from answering all the stuff you knew....
View ArticleDoes ovftool 3.0.2 support vCenter 5.0?
I'm using ovftool 3.0.2 to deploy an OVA to vCenter 5.0. I'm getting this message:Error: A connection to the remote object could not be made. OVF Tool does not support this server. My command with...
View ArticleRe: Best way to move VM from an old Blade environment to a NEW one
Thanks Andre, So I'm assuming that there is no way to do this without having downtime because of the different hardware? Are there going to be any gotchas because the new vcenter and esxi hosts will be...
View ArticleRe: VCAP5-DCA exam today - Performance issues
Sounds exactly like my experience, except I ended up shooting myself in the foot and breaking my access to the lab for a while. I figured the only way I would finish is to rocket through everything,...
View ArticleRe: Newbie - Trial question (pro/standard)
After installing the trial version of Fusion and running Windows virtual machine you need not reinstall Windows after you have purchased the license ( pro or standard ) . You can continue to use the...
View ArticleHow do you create a "network" folder
Can anyone tell me how to create a network folder. The New-Folder cmdlet doesn't provide that as an option ,but yet under the vSphere 5.1 Webclient that's an option. I'm trying to automate the...
View ArticleRe: Powercli, change pathing: RDMS to Fixed and VMFS to Round Robin
I could also do it with the EMC VSI if i wanted to change ALL to round robin but then my ms cluster vms would go to round robin and that would be BAD as they then go into flap and the clusters fail and...
View ArticleRetrieving IP Address/Hostname of an extension from Serenity
We are writing a vCenter server extension that runs in its own VM. And we have a client web server plugin that would like to make calls to it. After receiving the call, I need to know where our own...
View ArticleRe: Allocation Based
Hello - have actually set the allocation values against each entity in your hierarchy? When you go to the Manage Hierarchy tab, if you right-click an entity you will see "Set Allocation Units". Have...
View ArticleRe: vCOPS Script errors when using vSphere Client Plugin?
I have the same problem, but the say "just use it in IE" is rubbish. What is the point of integrating these products if you can't use them in an integrated fashion? Does anyone know if there is a KB...
View ArticleRe: SSO DC Server changed
I logged in to Web client with the admin@domain-system account and saw that sign on and discovery configuration the active directory identity still prompts to the old server. I changed it to the new...
View ArticleRe: Allocation Based
Hi Diwakar, What do you mean " you need to set the same manually for its entities." How to do that? Regards, Hudan Sent from my LG Mobile
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