Mike Tabor

VMware extends VCP550D exam deadline again, provides VCP6 discount

March 9, 2015March 9, 2015 VMware

VMware has just announced good news for many VCP’s and procrastinators alike by extending the VMware VCP550D Delta Exam from March 10, 2015 to May 8, 2015!

It seems VMware had some issues with the myLean system over this last weekend as well as some partners of VMware expressed concern that the initial deadline (Nov 30, 2014) and first extension (March 10, 2015) was not enough notice and asked for another extension so they (the partners) could schedule time to have their VCP’s re-certified.

If you haven’t taken the VCP550D exam yet, I’m compiled a list of topics to study in my VMware delta exam passed post.

Welcome new site sponsor, SolarWinds!

March 6, 2015July 9, 2020 Other

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solarwinds

I would like to welcome my new site sponsor, SolarWinds. SolarWinds offers a large variety of tools, management, monitoring, and analyizers for various systems.

The one tool many readers of this blog might find more interesting is their Virtualization Manager which offers capacity planning, VM Right-Sizing, various management reports and system monitoring and works with both VMware and Hyper-V.

Be sure to check out the video demo below, they are also offering a 30 day free trial!

How to schedule CrashPlan on Synology NAS

February 21, 2015February 20, 2015 Synology

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CrashPlan Backup

This is a continuation of the previous article, how to install CrashPlan on Synology NAS, by default CrashPlan is always running after the install which prevents your Synology NAS from entering sleep mode.

Below are the steps to schedule when CrashPlan runs in order to allow the NAS to go into sleep mode, thus conserving energy while still being backed up.

VMware Workstation 11 updates to 11.1.0

February 19, 2015 VMware

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VMware Workstation 11 gets its first update with version 11.1.0 which adds support for VMware vCloud Air Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand and includes several bug fixes, linux guest fixes, and performance improvements.

Installing Windows 10 without using a Microsoft account

February 15, 2015February 13, 2015 Other

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If you’ve installed Windows 8 or later you’ve probably noticed that Microsoft has been trying to push users to setup a Microsoft account and use it during the install process. Doing so gives users the ability to use OneDrive and sync various configurations and Internet Explorer (people still use IE?) favorites, settings, and history.

Since I use CloudStation on my Synology NAS and don’t care to use OneDrive nor did I want the Windows 10 test machines configurations sync’ed between them either.

vShield driver renamed to Guest Introspection driver

February 5, 2015February 4, 2015 VMware

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vmware tools vshield drivers

A component found in the VMware Tools called vShield drivers, which is used to accommodate agent-less antivirus solutions such as McAfee MOVE has been renamed from “vShield drivers” to “Guest Introspection driver”.

vmware tools guest introspection driver

Synology patches GHOST vulnerability with DSM 5.1-5022 Update 2

February 4, 2015March 6, 2017 Synology

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Synology released an important DSM update that fixes GHOST glibc vulnerability as well as several other PHP vulnerabilities, with DSM 5.1-5022 Update 2.

Fixed Issues in DSM 5.1-5022 Update 2

Implemented fixes related to the GHOST vulnerability (CVE-2015-0235).
Upgraded PHP to 5.5.21 to address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2015-0231, CVE-2014-9427, and CVE-2015-0232).

RIP VMware VCAP, replaced by VCIX

February 3, 2015February 3, 2015 VMware

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Yesterday VMware announced vSphere 6 and today VMware has announced the new certification roadmap and to no surprise the new VCP6 DCV exam has been announced. One certification that’s missing is the VCAP (VMware Certified Advanced Professional), replacing the VCAP is the VCIX (VMware Certified Implementation Expert).

How to setup NFS on Synology NAS for VMware ESXi lab

January 30, 2015January 27, 2015 Synology

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I’ve been asked several times how and why I setup my home lab to use NFS on my Synology NAS and thought a post detailing the steps would be best. First the why, when I purchased my Synology DS412+ about two years I recall seeing several people stating NFS was out performing iSCSI (like this post) on the Synology. It was strictly from reading other peoples findings that I started with NFS and have continued to use NFS without any issue. In fact I’ve been very happy with my DS412+ in a RAID 10 setup.

How I setup NFS on the Synology for my ESXi homelab is pretty simple as well.

VMware Workstation 10.0.5 update released

January 27, 2015January 27, 2015 VMware

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VMware Workstation 10

The fifth minor update for VMware Workstation 10 has just been released and available for download which brings Workstation version to 10.0.5. This update contains mostly bug fixes and performance improvements.

Fixed Issues in DSM 5.1-5022 Update 2

VMware Workstation 10.0.5 Resolved Issues