Wednesday, January 22, 2014

vSphere 5.5 exam (VCP5-DCV)

Two Available VCP5-DCV Exams

On January 22, vmware released a new exam to qualify candidates for the VMware Certified Professional 5 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV) Certification.

This new exam (exam code VCP550) is based on vSphere v5.5, where the existing exam (exam code VCP510) is based on vSphere 5.0/5.1.

Passing either of these exams will earn VCP5-DCV certification if you have also taken an approved qualifying course.

vSphere 5.5 Based Exam – Exam Code VCP550

Kindly use exam blue print for more details.

vSphere 5.0/5.1 Based Exam – Exam Code VCP510

Kindly use exam blue print for more details.

Approved Courses

Attendance at one of these courses, in combination with passing either the VCP510 or VCP550 exam, is required to earn VCP5-DCV certification.

The following courses are appropriate for general candidates.

The following courses are only recommended for candidates who have significant experience with VMware vSphere 5.x technology and a high level of comfort with the exam objectives.

The following courses fulfill the course requirement only for candidates who have already achieved the VCP4-DCV certification or have attended a VCP4-DCV qualifying class.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

PowerCLI script to change the security setting of you vSwitch vSphere 4.x/5.x (Bulk Changes)

You need to open the PowerCLI and then connect to your vCenter Server system with administrator privilege account and then run the script below (you can change the security True or False as per your requirement)

foreach ($VMHost in Get-VMHost){
Write-Host "`n"$VMHost.Name
foreach($vSwitch in $VMHost | Get-VirtualSwitch -Standard){
Write-Host " "$vSwitch.Name
foreach ($esxid in $VMhost |% {get-view $_.Id}){
Write-host " "$esxid.Name
#get the current vSwitch configuration
$esxidconfig=$esxid.configmanager
$esxns=$esxidconfig.networksystem
$esxnsview=get-view $esxns
$esxvSwitch=$esxnsview.NetworkConfig.Vswitch | where {$_.Name -eq $vSwitch}
#Add changes to the vSwitch specification
$specChange= $esxvSwitch.Spec
$specChange.policy.security.allowPromiscuous=$True
$specChange.policy.security.forgedTransmits=$True
$specChange.policy.security.macChanges=$True
#update the specification for the vSwitch
$esxnsview.UpdateVirtualSwitch($esxvSwitch.name,$specChange)
echo "Added security updates to $vSwitch"
}
}
}

Thursday, October 31, 2013

VMware Certified Associate certification ! 50% free voucher till 31 January 2014 ! Hurry UP !

VMware Certified Associate certification is available now for all the who have attended VMware vSphere Training program, or even who have the vmware product knowledge and want to have some recognition to that, You can go for the VCA certification.

· VCA-DCV - vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [5.1] supported by Fundamentals e-Learning - VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals &VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals (Japanese)

· VCA-WM - Horizon View: ICM AND Horizon Mirage, each supported by Fundamentals e-Learning - VMware Workforce Mobility Fundamentals&VMware Workforce Mobility Fundamentals (Japanese)

· VCA-Cloud - vCloud Automation Center: ICM, supported by Fundamentals e-Learning - VMware Cloud Fundamentals & VMware Cloud Fundamentals (Japanese)

So hurry up add some more certification to profile.

Good Luck !

50% free voucher till 31 January 2014

Promotion Code:- VMRT9A9E506C

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

What’s New with VMware vCloud Director 5.5

vCloud Director 5.5 is a significant milestone for vCloud Director. The following are among the many new
features and capabilities provided in this release:

• Enhancements to the catalog, including the ability to limit access to shared catalogs, automated versioning of catalog content, and the ability to upload any type of file to the catalog

• Usability improvements for VMware vSphere® vApp™ provisioning and life-cycle management, including the ability to customize virtual machine hardware settings when deploying vApps from templates, support for
hot-add and hot-remove of hard disk and NICs, and vApp clone support for running and suspended vApps
including capturing memory state

• The ability to import and export vApps directly to and from the virtual datacenter (VDC), together with
support for the Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) file format

• Support for the CentOS operating system to host the vCloud Director cell

• Google Chrome Web browser support and the ability to access virtual machine consoles on Mac OS

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Which VMware Course or Certification is Suitable for you, as per your job role ??

VMware have a learning path tool on website, where you can find the suitable course as per you job profile and interest. You can use the link below and explore after that decide the course suitable for your job role.

http://vmwarelearningpaths.com/#sthash.fiR5w8CI.apJ9hVCY.dpbs

Thursday, October 24, 2013

How to become VCP-Cloud Certified !

Become VCP-Cloud Certified

There are two paths to earning your VCP-Cloud certification.

Path 1

Be a VMware Certified Professional 5 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV)
Pass the IaaS Exam
- Suggested Courses to help you prepare:
- These courses can help you prepare for the IaaS exam, but they are not required if you are following this path to earn your VCP-Cloud certification.