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VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 Architect Exam (2V0-13.24) Exam Experience

After completing the new VCP VCF Administrator Exam in early November I decided to have a go at the Architect equivalent... The exam is a 60-question multiple choice in a limited time of 135mins. The links below helped me in preparation, although as the VCF Admin and Architect exams had

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 Administrator (2V0-11.24) Exam Experience

This was the first of two new VCP "VCF" Exams that I wanted to take as soon as possible after their release date, in this post I will aim to provide some detail on how I went about preparing for the Administrator variant of exam along with my

Rightsize Virtual Machines in bulk using PowerCLI

If you have attempted to rightsize or correct the CPU or RAM on a large amount of virtual machines you will know this is not always a quick task, while the ability to rightsize virtual machines in bulk does exist within later versions of vRealize Operations Manager (Now known as

Managing Snapshots the Easy Way with vROps 7.0

The use of snapshots within VMware vCenter has always been a useful feature, however managing this easily when there are 1000's of virtual machines in an estate, with multiple IT teams all using the platform can prove to be quite a challenge. I have used fixed rules in

Reclaimable Capacity Tab missing from vROPS 7.0

Since upgrading from vROPs 6.7 to the latest 7.0 release I have discovered a few changes that have affected our current way of working with the tool, one of these is looking at a specific VM to see if there is any spare capacity across CPU, RAM or

One Stop Shop for VMware Configuration Maximums

I've often found myself "googling" in search of configuration maximums across the various versions of vSphere, this has sometimes led me to websites holding incorrect or suspicious values that I have the had to go and double check against VMware official material. The last time I