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VMware SRM Installation

November 6, 2012munishpalmakhija

Following steps demonstrates the installation of SRM 5.0 Server Here you can specify whether you need to install vSphere Replication (Host based replication) Here you have to specify the SQL Credentials Once the installation is complete…Continue readingVMware SRM Installation

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Virtual Machine Creation

November 6, 2012munishpalmakhija

1. When you will click on the vSphere client icon on the client machine you have to enter the IP address of the ESXi host, username and the password for the authentication. Then you will login into the ESXi host. If you are using the vSphere client to connect to…Continue readingVirtual Machine Creation

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VMware Videos

October 29, 2012munishpalmakhija

VMware Education releases a new video site with over 50 of our free instructional videos, on products including: This is an excellent way to begin your learning vSphere, vCloud Director, Site Recovery Manager (SRM), vFabric, and more. http://vmwarelearning.com

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SRM Videos

October 29, 2012munishpalmakhija

VMware has uploaded videos for getting started with VMware vCenter SRM 5.0 1. SRM5 Concepts/Architecture 2. Installing SRM5 3. Site Pairing 4. Storage Replication – Part 1 5. Storage Replication – Part 2 6. Inventory Mapping 7. Protection Groups 8. Creating a Recovery Plan 9. Testing a Recovery Plan 10. …Continue readingSRM Videos

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vSphere 5.0 – Configuration Maximums

July 4, 2012munishpalmakhija

Today I was going through my documents and realised that while preparing for the VCP in Feb 2012. I had created this sheet to test how much i know or how much i remember This spreadsheet has been designed to help learn the many tables of maximums associated with the…Continue readingvSphere 5.0 – Configuration Maximums

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Dell buying Quest for $2.4 billion

July 4, 2012munishpalmakhija

Dell announced Monday that it is buying Quest Software for US$2.4 billion, following weeks of speculation over its interest in the infrastructure software vendor. The deal is expected to close later this year. Quest\’s products include the Toad database management toolset, Quest One Identity management software, and the SonicWALL and…Continue readingDell buying Quest for $2.4 billion

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VMware acquiring cloud automation vendor DynamicOps

July 3, 2012munishpalmakhija

DynamicOps provides software for running virtualized workloads across different cloud platforms VMware is acquiring DynamicOps for its heterogenous cloud management offerings as it expands beyond the delivery of software for its own cloud platform.For Complete Article Click Here

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Virtual Machine Compression

July 3, 2012munishpalmakhija

For some purposes i had to copy the VMs and ship it across for which I wanted to compress the VM files. I have done comparison between 3 different tools for same VMs. I noticed the best Compression Ratio was for 7zip Original Size 24 GB 7Zip 2.19 GB WinRar…Continue readingVirtual Machine Compression

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Latest fling from VMware Labs – VMware Guest Reclaim

July 3, 2012munishpalmakhija

VMware Labs presents its latest fling Guest Reclaim . Guest Reclaim reclaims dead space from NTFS volumes hosted on a thin provisioned SCSI disk. The tool can also reclaim space from full disks and partitions, thereby wiping off the file systems on it. As the tool deals with active data,…Continue readingLatest fling from VMware Labs – VMware Guest Reclaim

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vCenter Recovery

June 29, 2012munishpalmakhija

I had come across a instance where my vCenter Crashed and it didn\’t want to start. Tried many things to troubleshoot. In order to get the things sorted out I reinstalled vCenter on another VM with the existing database. (This may not be the right thing to do) I would…Continue readingvCenter Recovery