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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

Deploying VMware Holodeck 2.0 in a Homelab

In this post i will outline the step i took to deploy the VMware VCF Holodeck 2.0 Solution in my homelab Documentation for the VCF Holodeck 2.0 solution can be found here Details of my current nested home lab solution can be found here Step 0 - Download

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

Configuring vCenter HTML5 Client to display English UK Day Date format DD/MM/YYYY

This one has been asked by several colleagues of mine and after researching online there doesn't seem to be much on the topic. While configuring the setting is pretty trivial finding where (and how) to set it is not clear. I will cover how to change to a

Failure to deploy from Content Library when Proxy settings are enabled on VCSA 7.0

After upgrading to vSphere 7.0 from 6.7 I was unable to deploy any new Virtual Machines from previously created Content Libraries, this looks to be an issue with the appliance using the configured proxy settings for internal file transfer... Here's how I managed to work around

Modifying DNS on SRM 8.3 Appliance

I recently had to modify the DNS entries on a several SRM appliances, my first port of call was the GUI, after making my modifications I found that the appliance would not remove the old DNS entries, it just added the new ones to the list. This shows 4 entries

Error when vMotioning or Storage vMotioning - The object 'vim. Datastore:datastore-XXXX' has already been deleted or has not been completely created

Ran in to this error today when trying to storage vMotion a Virtual Machine, on further investigation the ability to perform a standard vMotion was also affected. I then tried to vMotion another VM on the same ESXi host, this reported the same error, pointing to an issue with the

Useful Commands Collected from VMware GSS tickets

This post is an attempt to capture some of the more useful commands used while troubleshooting issues with vCenter and ESXi in-conjunction with VMware GSS. I will add to this any other commands that I find along the way... ESXi DCUI ALT+F1 - Switches to the console. ALT+F2

VCAP 6.5-DCV Advanced Deploy Exam Experience

After passing the VCAP 6.5 DCV Design exam in March this year I booked to sit the second part of the certification in early August, this post provides detail on how I found the VCAP 6.5 DCV Deploy exam and my overall experience, along with the material I

VMware vCSA 6.5 & 6.7 does not accept https proxy settings through the GUI

Having recently moved six vCenter Servers over from Windows to the VMware appliance I ran into an issue with configuring the proxy settings from the GUI to allow the appliance to check for updates online. Here is how I manged to work around the issue both for the 6.5

VCAP6.5-DCV Design Exam Experience

After completing my VCP 6.5 back in May 2018 I decided to pursue the next round of VMware certifications. I went for the VCAP 6.5 Design exam first as this was multiple choice and I could sit this closer to home, the Deploy exam can only be sat

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

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