VCP 2019 Study Guide Section 5
Section 5 – Performance-tuning and Optimizing a VMware vSphere Solution
Objective 5.1 – Determine effective snapshot use cases
Many companies use the term snapshot. There are numerous definitions for snapshots that vary on the company. We should first define what...
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VCP 2019 Study Guide Section 4 (No objectives in 3)
Section 4 – Installing, Configuring, and Setting Up a VMware vSphere Solution
Objective 4.1 – Understand basic log output from vSphere products
VMware has come a long way from when I started troubleshooting their products. Their logs have gotten easier to get...
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VCP 2019 Study Guide – Section 2
Section 2 – VMware Products and Solutions
Objective 2.1 – Describe vSphere integration with other VMware products
VMware has just a few products on the market (/sarcasm), and they show no letup in acquiring other companies and expanding to new technologies. One...
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VCP 2019 Study Guide -Section 1
It's been a while since I've done one of these. I did one for the VCP 6.0 and kind of miss it. I've decided to take a little different approach this time. I'm going to actually write it completely up as a single document and then slowly leak it out on my blog but also...
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Dell Outlet – Alienware Aurora R7 bargain find
While I was benchmarking the ASUS ROG, I was on Dell.com outlet and looking at their deals for Memorial Day. Lo and behold I found one! The system I found was the following:
Alienware Aurora R7
i7-8700 (6c/12t)
16 GB RAM (2x8 Hynix 2666Mhz)
256 GB (PC401 Hynix NVMe...
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New Gaming Rig – ASUS ROG Zephyrus G GA502
I am forever in search of deals when it comes to computer hardware. This is possibly one of the reasons why I have 7 Dell servers sitting in a half-rack in my house (leading to disapproving stares from the wife). When I saw this laptop in a sale on Bestbuy.com ($1050),...
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Can you upgrade and Upsize your VCSA?
While brainstorming about one of our labs, the question was raised on whether you can upsize your VCSA while upgrading to a newer version. Specifically, from 6.5u2 to 6.7U1 (build 8815520 to 11726888). We wanted to upgrade to the latest version but we also believe we...
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Intro to MongoDB (part 2)
When I left off last part, we were discussing MongoDB's availability features. We will start next on:
Scalability - We've gone over replica sets in availability. For those who come from more of an infrastructure/hardware background. This is very close to something...
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Intro to MongoDB (part-1)
I don't like feeling dumb. I know this is a weird way to start a blog post. I detest feeling out of my element and inadequate. As the tech world continues to inexorably advance – exponentially even, the likelihood that I will keep running into those feelings becomes...
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