It has been a while since I was dealing with vCenter on SQL Server simply because I used vCenter Server appliance. In series of post, I would like to guide you through the installation of Microsoft SQL Server 2014, vCenter database creation and preparation and vCenter 5.5 Update 2 installation.
Today I found that several of my ESXi servers running on HP Blade bl460c G8 had warning in Hardware Status tab in vSphere client.
Third and last day of VMworld was much calmer than the first two days. There were definitely much less sessions Today simply because most of people were leaving Barcelona in the evening. I was lucky to travel back home next day so I wasn’t in a rush.
Second day of VMworld 2014 was even more intense than first one. After Veeam Party finished somewhere about1:30 AM I was quite tired and I had to skip first session. I don’t regret it because it was really good and I will watch first session online.
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First day of VMworld 2014 was very intensive day. Like I wrote Yesterday I spent it mostly on sessions, exchanging knowledge with other VMware experts and in solutions exchange.
This Year thanks to the company I work for I was able to attend VMworld 2014 in Barcelona. I arrived to Barcelona Yesterday with my colleague and I was welcomed by gorgeous weather (+25 Celsius) and really nice hotel Hotel Expo Barcelona.
Last Wednesday after two months of preparation I am happy and proud to inform you that I passed **VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 – Data Center Administration (VCAP5-DCA) **exam.
In Today’s post, I would like to show you how to configure Microsoft Clustering across Virtual Machines with shared disk - so-called Cluster in a Box(CiB). Typical use case for Microsoft Cluster / Failover Cluster is to have cluster nodes with shared storage. Typical use case for Cluster in a Box is when you have to provide availability on Operating System level for application/service and you can’t use Raw Device Mapping in your environment.
During my study for VCAP5-DCA exam, i found one topic which I didn’t cover yet. It was NPIV. Luckily a colleague of mine from storage was as well curious to test it in real life scenario. We sat together and we implemented it in a test environment.
In May 2014 Veeam released excellent free Study Guide written by Orin Thomas about Microsoft Certification Exam 74-409 Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center.