Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) v8 – Exam experience
After attending the Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) version 7 course and passing the VMCE v7 exam last year I needed to update the VMCE to version 8 during the grace period which is 120 days...
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VMware Certified Professional 6 Datacenter (VCP6-DCV) Delta Beta Exam Experience
On March 31, 2015 VMware announced the availability of VMware Certified Professional 6 – Datacenter Virtualization exam. This announcement was for the Beta version of the exam. Because I would never do VCPs anymore, I’m a...
Things you should know (TYSK) – VCSA and AD Authentication
Since I started using the Virtual Center Server Appliance (VCSA) I noticed a strange behaviour which I didn’t understand in the beginning. When using the WebClient or the C# Client and selected “Use Windows session...
Things you should know (TYSK) – vSphere 5.5 and VMDKs larger than 2TB
I had a recent conversation with one of my ex-colleague discussing about a problem he saw on a NFS datastore with VMDKs when he tries to extend it online beyond 2TB. I told him that...
Backup Interoperability Matrix Update for vSphere 6.0
After reading a post from Andrea Mauro I thought that I’m little behind with my update cycle on my Backup Interoperability Matrix. I wanted to update it since vSphere 6 was GA but I didn’t find the time...
Top vBlog Voting 2015 – Please VOTE
It’s February and if you are an virtualization blogger you know what that means. Correct it’s time for Eric Siebert’s annual Top vBlog voting contest presented by vSphere-land.com. Infinio is the proud sponsor this...
HomeLab Part 6: Install most recent driver for the LSI2308 controller
After I upgraded the onboard LSI controller to firmware P19 I recognized some strang behaviour. After a few days I saw that all of the disks connected to the LSI become inactive or better said APD...
HomeLab Part 5: Upgrade LSI2308 Firmware
After building my new ESXi hosts I have to upgrade the onboard LSI 2308 firmware to IT mode so I can use it for VSAN in the future when I will get my third host....
That was 2014 and 2015 will be even better!
It’s still January 2015 so it’s not to late for a 2014 review. I was busy the last few weeks so I had only time for some quick posts. That’s why I haven’t done...
Farewell PernixPros….
Since the day I joined VMware in September I knew that this day will come sooner or later. In December it happened then. I got a mail from Jeff Aaron, who is Vice President Marketing at PernixData,...