VCAP-DTA (Desktop Administrator) Exam Experience
I had the pleasure to attend my first VMware Partner Exchange in San Francisco and like all other big VMware events, certification was 75% off the normal price. I decided to do and hopefully...
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Upgrading vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) from 5.1 to 5.5
I’m currently participating in the PernixData FVP 1.5 Beta and so the time has come to upgrade my demo VCSA 5.1 to 5.5. After Veeam released the R2 update for Backup & Replication which...
VMware Partner Exchange Pre-Conference Day 1
After 24 hours of travel we (a colleague and I) finally arrived at San Francisco yesterday. I don’t have to say that I was really tired after 16 hour on a plane. This will be...
VCAP-CIA (Cloud Infrastructure Administrator) Exam Experience
I sat my VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Cloud Infrastructure Administrator (VCAP-CIA) exam on the 24th of January at Global Knowledge in Vienna (Austria). If somebody is not familiar with the certification roadmap here...
Change View Desktop Pool settings (Auto logoff after disconnect) through PowerShell
Today I had to set a specific View Desktop pool setting, in my case “Auto logoff after disconnect” on several pools. Because View Administrator has no integrated possibility to select multiple pools and set multiple settings...
Successful upgrade a vSphere Environment – Part 2: Backup Solutions
In Part 1 of this series I described 3 factors which will put a successful vSphere upgrade at risk. In the second part I will describe the impact of backup solutions. When I get...
Error when browsing or selecting a datastore
Problem When you select and browse a datastore in 5.1 and higher you get the following error message: com.vmware.sps.fault.QsConnectionException If you are not familiar with all the vCenter plug-ins you can login to https://IP-or-FQDN-of-vCenter/mob...
vCenter Operations for View 1.5 – Part 4: Upgrade to vCenter Operations 5.7.2 and vC Ops for View 1.5.1
My current installed version of vCenter Operations for View is 5.7.0 for vC Ops and 1.5.0 for vC Ops for View. Before updating to a newer version you have to consult the VMware Product...
vCenter Operations for View 1.5 – Part 3: Conclusion: Why should a customer use vCenter Operations for View
After Part 1 and Part 2 of this series we come to the conclusion and the question how customers can benefit from vCenter Operations for View. Let’s start with the traditional approach when troubleshooting View...
The problem with 2gbsparse disks and vSphere
In the last several days I got a lot of problems with one of our customers and his VMs. It’s an outsourcing customer which used Hyper-V before the transition to our datacenter. As I...