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Tuesday, November 19. 2013

Free e-learning course - VMware Horizon Workspace Fundamentals

The Horizon Workspace Fundamentals free eLearning course will provide you with a fundamental understanding of how to install, configure, and use VMware Horizon Workspace.

In Module 1, you will learn how VMware Horizon Workspace works, the key industry challenges it solves, and you are provided with an overview of the Horizon Workspace end user interface and the Administrator Web interface.

In Module 2, you will learn about the Horizon Workspace architecture and components. In Module 3, you will learn the main Horizon Workspace installation and configuration tasks.

In Module 4, you will learn how to access the Horizon Workspace interfaces and how to work with the Administrator Web interface to manage Horizon Workspace modules, users, groups, catalog of resources, policies, reports, and settings.

In Module 5, you will learn how users can sign in from the Horizon Workspace Web client and install Horizon Workspace on the appropriate devices. In addition, you will learn how users access their Horizon Workspace applications and how they use Horizon Files to manage and share their files and folders.

Monday, November 18. 2013

Free e-learning course - VMware vSphere 5.5 What’s New

VMware vSphere 5.5 introduces many new features and enhancements to further extend the core capabilities of the vSphere platform. This E-Learning will discuss features and capabilities of the vSphere platform, including vSphere ESXi Hypervisor, VMware vSphere High Availability (vSphere HA), virtual machines, VMware vCenter Server, storage networking and vSphere Big Data Extensions.

Monday, November 4. 2013

Video - vSphere 5.5 Traffic Filtering

Traffic filtering is the ability to filter packets based on the various parameters of the packet header. This capability is also referred to as access control lists (ACLs), and it is used to provide port-level security. The VDS supports packet classification, based on the following three different types of qualifiers:

MAC SA and DA qualifiers
System traffic qualifiers
vSphere vMotion, vSphere management, vSphere FT, and so on
IP qualifiers
Protocol type, IP SA, IP DA, and port number

After the qualifier has been selected and packets have been classified, users have the option to either filter or tag those packets. When the classified packets have been selected for filtering, users have the option to filter ingress, egress, or traffic in both directions.

Free e-learning course - Virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 with VMware Fundamentals

This free self paced eLearning course facilitates the avoidance of the pitfalls commonly encountered when experienced VMware vSphere professionals cross the chasm of Tier-1 SQL Server virtualization.

After completing the course, you should be able to:

Describe how to design and implement SQL Server database on VMware.
Describe how to design for uptime and performance.
Discuss how to leverage VMware products and technologies.
Discuss various SQL Server licensing scenarios.

The course consists of five modules:

Introduction to SQL Server Database Virtualization discusses virtualization trends. This module also covers vSphere performance transparency, customer perceptions, and common objections to virtualization of Microsoft SQL Server.
Physical Stack Fundamentals discusses Microsoft SQL Server licensing concepts. This module also covers reference architecture of SQL Server database on vSphere. In addition, the module discusses several storage, vSphere host sizing, and networking considerations.
Virtual Machine Layer Fundamentals discusses how to configure guest Windows OS. This module also discusses various storage presentation options and compares their pros and cons. Finally, this module discusses how to optimally install SQL Server instance.
SQL Server Database on vSphere Prototype Project discusses project management and team dynamics of the prototype project. This module also details techniques for baselining performance and discusses considerations for selection of a viable workload candidate for virtualization prototye. Finally, this module covers the process by which an organization validates the prototype's performance.
Beyond the Prototype Implementation discusses two disaster recovery architectures. One with SQL database mirroring and one without SQL database mirroring. This module compares single-instance SQL Server on VMware with MFC-on-vSphere. This module also discusses the logical reference architecture for MFC. This module covers vSphere's security advantages compared to native hardware. Finally, this module reviews some prominent opportunities to apply tooling to optimize every qualitative, operational, and financial aspect of the preproduction lifecycle.

Tuesday, October 29. 2013

Video - Using the pktcap-uw tool in ESXi 5.5

This video will show you how to use the pktcap-uw tool in ESXi 5.5. It's an enhanced packet capture and analysis tool that can be used in place of the legacy tcpdump-uw tool. The pktcap-uw tool is included by default in ESXi 5.5.

The tcpdump-uw tool can only capture packets/frames at the vmkernel interface level and cannot capture frames at the uplinks, or vSwitch, or virtual port levels. The new pktcap-uw tool allows traffic to be captured at all points within the hypervisor for greater flexibility and improved troubleshooting.

This article provides information on using the pktcap-uw tool for packet capture and analysis.

Monday, October 21. 2013

Eric Sloof of VMworld TV talks to Kevin Johnson about the free VCA certification

VMware has released three new certifications. There's no training course requirement for the new exams although VMware offers a free self-paced eLearning course which is recommended to help you prepare for the VCA exams. Earning VMware Certified Associate (VCA) certification demonstrates your foundational understanding of virtualization technology.

There's a special promotion that expires on 31 January, 2014 - As of today, the free VCA exam promotion code for all VCA exams is:

VMRT7A0D9F9B

Also take a look at: How to become a VMware Certified Associate for free

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