I took the Advanced Design VMware vSphere 7.0 Exam recently and the VMware Exam Guide did not have active resource hyperlinks in the PDF. Here they are, plus some additional ones I used: vSphere Resource Management vSphere Networking vCenter Server Installation and Setup vSphere Availability vSphere Storage vSphere Security vSAN
I recently setup an Intel NUC 9 Extreme with ESXi and found the included printed instructions a little vague. Here are some photos to show what the internals look like and where to install the RAM and NVMe M.2 devices. What I like about the Intel NUC 9 Extreme: Very
The VMware Cloud on AWS Link-O-Rama Resource Page This is an aggregation of resources for VMware Cloud on AWS and the 3rd party solutions that support the platform. If I have missed any other resources, reach out to me on Twitter and I will add them. This page will continue
I was talking to some potential NPX candidates the other day and I was describing the strategy for selecting the correct hypervisors for the NPX Design Review (NDR). Nutanix is a hypervisor agnostic platform, you can use ESXi, Hyper-V, AHV (KVM-base) or Citrix (for Citrix VDI only). The NPX candidate
As you go through the VCDX process, you will get a lot of feedback from your study group and the VCDX mentors you have mock sessions with. That feedback is a gift, you need it to evolve and grow the skills to be successful as a VCDX and an Architect.
In the last month I have been involved in a few VCDX mocks. One of the things I have been explaining to VCDX candidates is the importance of being knowledgeable about modern infrastructure design and being able to articulate the business value. List of articles in my VCDX Deep-Dive series
This post is applicable to customers using VMware vSphere 7.0 trying to join AD 2016 running on Windows Server 2019. Problem: When trying to join AD from vCenter Server 7.0 via the vSphere Client, the error message “lcm client exception: Error trying to join AD, error code [1225], user [xyz],
