VMware NSX Insight From an Expert, Part 1

VMware NSX Insight From an Expert, Part 1

VMware NSX Insight From an Expert, Part 1

VCP6-DCV, VCP6-DCV Delta, and vSphere 6 Foundation Exams Open for Registration Registration opened last month for live versions of the VCP6-DCV, VCP6-DCV Delta, and vSphere 6 Foundation Exams. The exams will be available starting August 30, 2015 at several PearsonVue testing centers around the world. They will also be offered at the special VMworld 2015 exam centers in San Francisco and Barcelona. Register now: vSphere 6 Foundations Exam VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center…Read More


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Using the Intel Xeon Phi Compute Accelerator…

Using the Intel Xeon Phi Compute Accelerator with #VMware #ESX 6.0

Using the Intel Xeon Phi Compute Accelerator…

Compute accelerators — whether they be GPUs, Intel Xeon Phi, or FPGAs — are increasingly common in HPC and so it is important that we assess the use of such technologies from within VMware vSphere® as part of our efforts to virtualize research computing and other HPC environments. Last year when I tested Intel Xeon Phi in passthrough mode (VM Direct Path I/O) with VMware ESX® 5.5, we found that it didn’t work due to some limitations in our passthrough implementation. However, using an…Read More


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New Self Paced Courses on vSphere 6, VIO, and…

New Self Paced Courses on vSphere 6, VIO, and User Environment Manager

New Self Paced Courses on vSphere 6, VIO, and…

This is a repost from the EDU Blog. Three new self-paced courses were released last month: VMware vSphere: What’s New [V5.5 to V6] On Demand -This On Demand course explores the newest features and enhancements in VMware vCenter Serverâ„¢ 6 and VMware ESXiâ„¢ 6. Real-world use case deployment scenarios, hands-on lab exercises, and lecture material teach the skills […]


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How to uninstall and remove PernixData FVP

How to uninstall and remove PernixData FVP for reinstallstion #PernixPro

How to uninstall and remove PernixData FVP

Hi there, This was not like what the documentation said, and it was not as smooth as I would have liked so I thought I best to write it down. My NFR license expired, and I have to clean things … Read more ›


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Deprecated VMFS Volumes found on host in ESXi 6.0

Deprecated VMFS Volumes found on host in ESXi 6.0

Deprecated VMFS Volumes found on host in ESXi 6.0

Today after upgraded my ESXi 5.5 host to ESXi 6.0, I started seeing a continuous warning on my ESXi 6.0 host “Deprecated VMFS Volumes found on host. Please consider upgrading volume(s) to the latest version“. From vSphere 6.0, VMFS3 Version is deprecated but all my datastores were already at VMFS 5 Version. I still see […]]> Today after upgraded my ESXi 5.5 host to ESXi 6.0, I started seeing a continuous warning on my ESXi 6.0 host “ Deprecated VMFS Volumes found on host. Please consider…Read More


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vCenter Server won’t start

vCenter Server won’t start

vCenter Server won’t start

This is actually the second blog post with the same name. I had the same problem, vCenter Server didn’t start, about a year ago and you can read that blog post here. This blog postapplies to vCenter Server 5.5.0 build2442329 and the problem was that thevCenter Server service didn’t start after an unexpected reboot of … Continue reading »


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How To Kill Flash on Your Mac

How To Kill Flash on Your Mac

How To Kill Flash on Your Mac

The End of Flash? That might just be the way things will or should pan out over the next year or less. How may times have we all heard of multiple critical vulnerabilities within Adobe’s Flash Player over recent years? Way too many I think.So who is going to tell … The post How To Kill Flash on Your Mac appeared first on The vCenterNerd.


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VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.2]…

VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.2] Beta Course in DC

VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.2]…

On September 21-25 in Reston, Virginia, you have a unique opportunity to participate in the BETA version of our new VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.2] course. This comprehensive, fast-paced training course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware NSX™. This course covers VMware NSX as a part of the software-defined data center (SDDC) platform, […]


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5 Compelling Reasons to Upgrade to vSphere 6 Today

5 Compelling Reasons to Upgrade to vSphere 6 Today

5 Compelling Reasons to Upgrade to vSphere 6 Today

Post by vExpert Michael Webster vSphere 6 is the latest and much anticipated flagship release from VMware and has been available since March 2015. It is the first time in a while that we’ve seen a new major release from VMware, and they’ve made a concerted effort to ensure that this release is as rock […]


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Integrating VMware NSX with VMware vRealize Log…

Integrating VMware NSX with VMware vRealize Log Insight

Integrating VMware NSX with VMware vRealize Log…

I put this post primarily on VMGuru.com, taking you there now. Hold on to your butts. VMware vRealize Log Insight is a log analyser with capabilities to receive logs from regular syslog (so every device that can send syslog over the network) and from agents for Windows and Linux. Mostly every device can be configured to send logs to it and it can be used for quick and easy operation tasks, giving one a full picture of their environment. Inside Log Insight, you can install (or create your own)…Read More


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Ready for what’s next? The Fusion 2015 Tech…

Ready for what’s next? The Fusion 2015 Tech Preview is now live, and free to the public! https://t.co/NT76cbunEl

Ready for what’s next? The Fusion 2015 Tech…

Ready for what’s next? The Fusion 2015 Tech Preview is now live, and free to the public! https://t.co/NT76cbunEl


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