Changing IP / Hostname on existing vCenter 7.x
At one time or another, we've all found our current IP scheme to be lacking or needing a refresh. That's the situation I found myself in this week. In order to match with other networks and systems, I needed to change some IP addresses around. In the past changing this...
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A Quick Primer in Troubleshooting vRealize Automation 8.x
Let me start by saying this is definitely not a all-inclusive guide, but this hopefully might help a few people or get you started. I've been working with vRealize Automation for the last year, and I've had to troubleshoot quite a few problems. Not sure if that's...
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Error upgrading VMware Identity Manager from 3.3.4 to 3.3.5
Recently while upgrading my vRealize Suite of products (vRealize Automation, Identity Manager, and Lifecycle Manager) I received an error. I had already updated Lifecycle Manager and downloaded the binaries for IDM and vRA. The error occurred when I tried to upgrade...
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Nested Environments and Cloud Director / vRealize Automation 8
When I started my new job a Pure, one of the reasons why was to push into a new area that I've dabbled very little in. Automation and scripting/programming. I forgot how frustrating learning brand new things can be. That feeling of knowing exactly where you want to go,...
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VCP-DCV 2020 vSphere 7 Study Guide, Complete PDF
VCP-DCV 2020 v7-Study-GuideDownload
Thanks for everyone's support! If you want to use this in a business capacity, let me know. Also if you appreciate it and want to donate something. I have a patreon made at the suggestion of a fellow community friend...
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VMware VCP 2020 vSphere 7 Edition Exam Prep Guide (pt.5)
Section 6 – Troubleshooting and Repairing - There are no testable objectives for this section.
Since this isn't a testable section, we won't cover this. If there is enough of an ask, I may add a bit in here.
Section 7 – Administrative and Operational...
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VMware VCP 2020 vSphere 7 Edition Exam Prep Guide (pt.4)
Section 5 – Performance-tuning, Optimization, Upgrades
Objective 5.1 – Identify resource pools use cases
The official description of a resource pool is a logical abstraction for the flexible management of resources (same exact definition as vSphere 6.x). My...
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VMware VCP 2020 vSphere 7 Edition Exam Prep Guide (pt.3)
And we're back for post 3 of the VCP-DCV 2020. Section 3 is Planning and Design. VMware has no testable objectives for this section, so we won't write anything on it. Perhaps we may cover it in a future blog if enough are interested in it, on to Section 4.
Section 4...
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VMware VCP 2020 vSphere 7 Edition Exam Prep Guide (pt.2)
Picking up where we left off, here is Section 2. Once again, this version has been shaken up quite a bit from previous VCP objectives; this section is a bit lighter than Section 1. Let's dig in.
Section 2 – VMware Products and Solutions
Objective 2.1 – Describe the...
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VMware VCP 2020 vSphere 7 Edition Exam Prep Guide (pt.1)
Introduction
Hello again. My 2019 VCP Study Guide was well received, so, to help the community further, I decided to embark on another exam study guide with vSphere 7. This guide is exciting for me to write due to the many new things I'll get to learn myself, and I...
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