How to Configure vCenter Server SMTP Mail…

How to Configure vCenter Server SMTP Mail Settings in VMWare vCenter Server:

How to Configure vCenter Server SMTP Mail…

Hi All , I believe most of them knows about it but I tried to write it for the people who want to setup it from the scratch. Whenever the alert is generate it throws a mail to the sender email id so you can get a prompt email and act as per the urgencies.… Continue reading…Read More


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How to install Micro Segmentation on your…

How to install Micro Segmentation on your #vSphere cluster

How to install Micro Segmentation on your…

Must Read PostsHow to properly license your infrastructureThe (Un)official VMware VCIX-NV Study GuideMicrosoft SQL 2014 Licensing in a VMware environmentWhat’s new in VMware vSphere 6?VMworld 2014 Highlights – a complete recap Recent commentsvSphere 6.0 Management – What’s Different? on What’s new in vSphere 6 vCenter ServerVMware vSphere 6.0 First Look – VM Man | VMware ,vsphere esxi ,VMware Course ,VCP Course ,Cloud ,VDI ,Hyperv ,Citrix ,شرح كورسات. on What’s new in VMware vSphere 6?vSphere 6.0 Link-O-Rama » Welcome to vSphere-land! on What’s new in vSphere 6 vMotion EnhancementsvSphere 6.0 Link-O-Rama » Welcome to vSphere-land! on What’s new in vSphere 6 vCenter ServervSphere 6.0 Link-O-Rama » Welcome to vSphere-land! on What’s new in…Read More


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Removing VMware Data Security after vShield to…

How to Remove #VMware Data Security after #vShielf to #NSX upgrade

Removing VMware Data Security after vShield to…

An existing vShield environment can be upgraded to a full NSX environment, as described in my VCIX post “Upgrade VMware NSX Components”. All vShield components can be upgraded, except for one; vShield Data Security. The documentation states: NSX Data Security does not support a direct upgrade. You must uninstall the current Data Security software before upgrading to NSX Manager. After NSX Manager is upgraded, you can install NSX Data Security version 6.0. If you upgraded to NSX Manager without uninstalling Data Security, you must do so using a REST call. A few days ago, someone came to me with an environment where this exact thing happened. They had upgraded to NSX for all its goodness, but had not removed Data Security and could not…Read More


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Tuning ESXi for NFV Workloads

Read all about it! Grab the white paper with tips for tuning the #ESXi #hypervisor!

Tuning ESXi for NFV Workloads

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) enables the efficiency and agility benefits that come from untethering network functions from proprietary appliances and moving them to a virtualized infrastructure running over hypervisors and COTS hardware. Enterprise IT departments have been realizing such benefits for a number of years but the telecommunications environment brings new workloads with different requirements. The vSphere ESXi hypervisor provides a high-performance and competitive…Read More


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vSphere 6 Troubleshooting Questions Answered

vSphere 6 Troubleshooting Questions Answered #VCDX

vSphere 6 Troubleshooting Questions Answered

The ViewPoint Webinar Series connects you directly with VMware’s own expert training team of VMware Certified Instructors (VCIs), making it easier to take full advantage of VMware products, from data center virtualization and hybrid cloud to software-defined data center. Our most recent webinar on Troubleshooting Strategies for vSphere 6 is now available as a recording you […]


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Updated version of the vMSC white paper for…

Updated version of the vMSC white paper for vSphere 6.0 available now!

Updated version of the vMSC white paper for…

One of the most popular white papers of the last couple of year has definitely been the vSphere Metro Storage Cluster best practices white paper (vMSC). Over the past 12 months we have received many emails asking if there were changes that needed to be taken in to account for vSphere 5.5. More recently we started […]


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HA Simulator : What will happen to your VM

HA Simulator to test out your #VM environment

HA Simulator : What will happen to your VM

HA Simulator : What will happen to your VM. Date: June 24, 2015Author: Anjani Kumar Hello All, I was answering some Question in the Vmware Communities and Found an interesting question. “What if host failed having HA configured with 33% Admission Control.” Answer Anyone?? I believe everyone will answer the best of their experience, But what if we can also test out the environment and HA Failure As well and see the impact and result sametime. Isnt it awesome ? Yes !!! How can it possible ? You all knows about the different vmware log files. I believe DRMDUMP too. DRMDUMP : This log file been generated once your HA configures and updates once any changes made. Which includes Actions proposed and taken by VMware Distributed Resource…Read More


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VMware App Volumes and Microsoft Office, Part…

VMware App Volumes and Microsoft Office, Part 1: Choosing the Correct Office Version

VMware App Volumes and Microsoft Office, Part…

By Denis Gundarev, Application Solutions Architect, App Volumes R&D, VMware This article is the first in a series of blog posts about using Microsoft Office with VMware App Volumes. Microsoft Office is one of the most popular application suites deployed on Windows enterprise desktops. Microsoft Office applications are often implemented first in VDI installations, both […]


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Making NSX for Horizon 6 More Approachable

Making NSX for Horizon 6 More Approachable #VCDX #vExpert

Making NSX for Horizon 6 More Approachable

By Tristan Todd, Architect, End-User Computing, VMware I love riding bikes! For years I have served as my own bike mechanic. And for about the last 10 years I have hand-built my own bicycle wheels. I do this because I like to choose my parts, I like the quality of the finished product, and I […]


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VM Component Protection (VMCP)

VM Component Protection (VMCP) #VCDX #vExpert

VM Component Protection (VMCP)

This is a repost from the Storage Blog. vSphere 6.0 introduces a powerful new feature as part of vSphere HA called VM Component Protection (VMCP). VMCP protects virtual machines from storage related events, specifically Permanent Device Loss (PDL) and All Paths Down (APD) incidents. Permanent Device Loss (PDL) A PDL event occurs when the storage array issues a […]


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vSphere Replication Synchronization Types

vSphere Replication Synchronization Types

vSphere Replication Synchronization Types

vSphere Replication is VMware’s hypervisor-based virtual machine replication solution that is included with vSphere Essentials Plus Kit and higher editions. We commonly get questions around the differences between the various types and modes of synchronization — or “sync” — vSphere Replication utilizes. This article covers sync types and modes and discusses related performance improvements introduced […]


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Serial Port Redirection for Virtual Desktops in…

Serial Port Redirection for Virtual Desktops in Horizon 6 #VCDX #vExpert #vcdx181.com

Serial Port Redirection for Virtual Desktops in…

By Peter Brown, Director of R&D, VMware, London, UK In December 2014, we gave a sneak peak of the serial port redirection feature in View virtual desktops which we have been working on. We are delighted to announce that we have officially made this function available with our June 2015 Horizon 6 release. The new […]


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VMware CP&C releases VMware vSphere 6.0…

VMware CP&C releases VMware vSphere 6.0 Hardening Guide #VCDX #vExpert #vcdx181.com

VMware CP&C releases VMware vSphere 6.0…

The VMware Center for Policy & Compliance (CP&C) team is pleased to announce the release of VMware vSphere 6.0 Hardening Guide Compliance toolkit in VMware vCenter Configuration Manager (VCM). The toolkit consists of automated compliance rules to assess your VMware vSphere 6 based virtualized environments against the hardening guide. It covers 100% of the hardening […]


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vSphere with Operations Management Product…

vSphere with Operations Management Product Walkthroughs #VCDX #vExpert #vcdx181.com

vSphere with Operations Management Product…

If you’ve ever tried to watch a product demo video, or tried to use it to show a product to someone else, often times you find yourself trying to pause the video at the exact right moment, and then having scrub backwards or forwards because you missed the timing. At VMware we’ve created an alternative […]


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Capacity Management in SDDC – Part 7

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Capacity Management in SDDC – Part 7

In Part 5, I explained a new concept, where we use Contention as the basis of Capacity Management in SDDC. In Part 6, I provided the super metric equation for each charts. In this part, I will provide example of the super metric formula and dashboard screenshots. Tier 1 (Highest) To recap, we need to […]


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