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If you are a regular visitor you may have noticed the Advertise Here spaces that have appeared on the home page and at the top of each post and page on vHersey.com. I am using this advertising space to hopefully offset some of the cost associated with hosting, lab gear, etc.
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The ability to search vCenter inventory from the vSphere Client has been available for at least as long as I have been using it but each time you wanted to search for something you had to recreate the query. The Web Client provides the same search functionality adding the ability to also save commonly used searches. This allows for regularly used queries to be recalled quickly using the Web Client.
Read MoreAn important design consideration when provisioning using PVS becomes; where should you put write cache for images deployed using PVS? Unfortunately like any design consideration the answer is: it depends and there may be more than one good way to do it. There are a number of ways to configure write cache but for this article I am going to look at two of the most commonly used options: Cache on Device Hard Disk and Cache on Server Disk.
Read MoreIn case you missed it AutoLab 1.5 has been released and includes support for vSphere 5.5. The ability to lab up VSAN is also supported in this version. AutoLab automates the deployment of a nested VMware lab either in VMware Workstation (or Fusion) or on ESXi.
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If you have trouble keeping up with all the different access UIs and servers in your lab (vCenter, vCOPs, vCO, NAS Admin UI, etc, etc, etc) JumpSquares may be the simple (and FREE) solution you are looking for. You can Bookmark the URLs for Administration interfaces along with the ability to launch SSH, RDP, or VNC from the JumpSquares Dashboard.
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If you have not already heard VMware has made some changes to the VCP certification effective March 10, 2014 (but already showing up in Mylearn). The new policy is that the VCP certification will now expire after 2 years unless you either re-certify or certify on a newer version.
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Last night members of the Hampton Roads VMware Community met at Jillian’s in Chesapeake to take the first steps towards reviving the Hampton Roads VMUG. Over 20 people attended the meeting.
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On Monday, February 10, 2014 at 2:00 PM I defended the design I submitted before a panel of VCDXs. The preparation and the defense process was a time consuming, somewhat stressful, very educational, and ultimately enjoyable experience. I learned a tremendous amount about my abilities and about the design process.
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There once was a Hampton Roads VMUG that met occasionally but it has been inactive for some time. A couple of folks that have participated in the vITA program at TCC and myself are working to organize a VMUG here in the Tidewater/Hampton Roads area of Virginia.
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I had the opportunity to attend VMware PEX again this year. This is the second time I have attended and I really enjoy this conference.
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Snapshots are a great tool but it is important that you monitor the snapshots to ensure they do not grow too large. This post covers some different options that are available for monitoring snapshot usage.
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