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Virtualization
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010 00:40 |
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Over a year and a half later than I hoped to take the exam, I finally did and I passed! The main reasons for the delay was because of the VMware requirement of taking at least one VMware class prior to the exam and the decision to change jobs back in December of 2009. I have to admit, while I feel extremely comfortable using VMware datacenter products like ESX(i) and vCenter Server, the exam was much harder than I expected. The questions, while fair, were not what I expected or considered important to know. In addition, all the mock exams I found online were of little or no assistance for the real test. My advice for anyone preparing to take the exam is to make sure you read the configuration maximums and installation guides at a minimum. Ideally, I would recommend reading most of the white papers including ones about networking and storage. Finally, be sure to study things that are outside of your comfort zone and outside of the core datacenter components like ESX(i) and vCenter Server such as VMware Guided Consolidation, VMware Host Update Utility, vCenter Orchestrator, vCenter Converter, VMware Data Recovery, VMware vShield zones, VMware Fault Tolerance, etc.
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Virtualization
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Saturday, 14 August 2010 11:56 |
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Following Scott Lowe's lead, here is my VMworld 2010 Schedule:
Monday
| 09:00 AM-10:00 AM |
MA7140 |
vCloud Architecture Design Strategies and Design Considerations |
| 10:30 AM-11:30 AM |
TA6720 |
Troubleshooting using ESXTOP for Advanced Users |
| 12:00 PM-01:00 PM |
SE7813 |
vShield Edge & Application Protection - Architecure and Use Cases |
| 01:30 PM-02:30 PM |
SS8222 |
Transitioning to ESXi |
| 03:00 PM-04:00 PM |
TA8245 |
ESXi Internals: Better Understanding for Better Management and Troubleshooting |
Tuesday
| 11:00 AM-12:00 PM |
TA8101 |
Virtual Storage and VMware vSphere: Best Practices and Design Considerations |
| 12:30 PM-01:30 PM |
MA8317 |
Technical Deep Dive: VMware vCenter Chargeback |
| 02:00 PM-03:00 PM |
PC7707 |
vCloud Deployments - Real World Lessons Learned |
| 03:30 PM-04:30 PM |
SE8389 |
Architectural Overview of Virtualization Security for the Private Cloud |
| 05:00 PM-06:00 PM |
BC7803 |
Planning and Designing an HA Cluster that Maximizes VM Uptime |
Wednesday
| 09:00 AM-10:00 AM |
MA6580 |
Bridge the ESX/ESXi Management Gap Using the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) - Tips & Tricks Included |
| 10:30 AM-11:30 AM |
TA8133 |
Best Practices to Increase Availability and Throughput for VMware |
| 12:00 PM-01:00 PM |
BC6701 |
VMware Data Recovery – All You Need to Know! |
| 01:30 PM-02:30 PM |
TA6862 |
vDS Deep Dive: Managing and Troubleshooting |
| 03:00 PM-04:00 PM |
TA8158 |
Surviving VMware on Blades |
| 04:30 PM-05:30 PM |
TA8102 |
Tuning Linux for Virtual Machines |
Thursday
| 10:30 AM-11:30 AM |
TA6944 |
PowerCLI Is For Administrators! |
| 12:00 PM-01:00 PM |
MA9800 |
How To Get From A VMware Cluster To Cloud? |
| 01:30 PM-02:30 PM |
TA7171 |
Performance Best Practices for vSphere |
| 03:00 PM-04:00 PM |
TA7805 |
Tech Preview: Storage DRS |
My goal is to focus primarily on cloud and best practices.
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System
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 09:32 |
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So I installed a Windows XP VM the other day with a corporate ISO file. The initial login screen showed the administrator account and another corporate specific account. I logged in as administrator and applied the latest patches. Upon rebooting the system, only the corporate specific account was available. I was unable to find a way to log in as administrator and I did not know the password for the corporate specific account.
How could I log in as administrator?
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Mobile
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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 18:05 |
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As I am sure you have heard, the Droid 2 announcement is official! I thought I would take the time to compare the fact sheets. As you can see, they are nearly identical except for the significantly improved talk and standby times. I find it interesting that they do not list the processors in the fact sheet...
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Droid |
Droid 2 |
| Talk and Standby Time |
Talk Time: Up to 385 mins / 6.4 hours
Standby Time: Up to 270 hours / 11.25 days |
Talk Time: Up to 575 mins / 9.5 hours
Standby Time: Up to 315 hours / 13.12 days |
| Form Factor |
Capacitive Touch; Full QWERTY Slider |
QWERTY Slider |
| Band/Modes |
CDMA 800/1900, CDMA EV-DO rev A |
CDMA 800/1900, CDMA EV-DO |
| OS |
Android 2.0 |
Android 2.2 |
| Weight |
169 g / 6 oz |
169 g |
Dimensions
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60.00 (x) x 115.80 (y) x 13.70 (z) mm
2.4 (x) x 4.6 (y) x 0.5 (z) inches |
60.5 x 116.3 x 13.7 mm
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Browser
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Webkit HTML5 based browser; Flash 10 ready
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Webkit HTML5 based browser; Adobe Flash 10.1, Pinch to Zoom |
Email Support
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GmailTM, Exchange, IMAP, POP, Macmail,
GmailTM, MSN Hotmail, Yahoo and AOL® |
IMAP and POP, Gmail™, MSN Hotmail®,
Yahoo!®, and AOL®, Exchange
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| Battery |
1400 mAh |
1400 mAh |
Connectivity
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Bluetooth® v2.1+EDR, 3.5mm Headset jack, USB 2.0 HS
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Stereo Bluetooth3 Class 1.5, Version 2.1+EDR, 3.5mm,
USB 2.0 HS, FOTA, Over the Air Sync (OTA), DLNA |
| Display |
3.7”, 480x854 WVGA |
3.7”, 480x854 WVGA |
| Resolution |
WVGA display houses 400,000 pixels |
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| Messaging |
MMS/SMS, Full HTML5 Browser |
EMS/MMS/SMS, Email |
| Audio |
AAC, AAC+, AMR-NB/WB, eAAC+, MP3, WAV, WMA |
AAC, AAC+, AAC+ Enhanced, MIDI, MP3, WAV |
Video
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Advanced Video record/playback at D1 resolution (720x480) with
up to 24fps capture and 30fps playback, H.263, H.264, MPEG4 |
Video capture, playback via HDMI or DLNA,
H.263, H.264, MPEG4, WMV9, WMV10
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| Camera |
5.0 megapixel, AutoFocus, dual LED Flash and image stablization |
5- megapixel with Dual LED Flash |
| Memory |
16GB card included in phone, Up to 32GB microSD expandable |
8 GB embedded plus8 GB card included in phone |
| Location |
aGPS, sGPS |
aGPS (assisted), Google Maps Navigation |
| Extras |
802.11b/g, 3-axis accelerometer |
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Mobile
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Friday, 06 August 2010 19:16 |
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Surprisingly, I found out about the ING Android (amongst other phones) application via an email from ING prior to it being reported by any of the usual suspects including Gizmodo, Everything Android, and LifeHacker. All I can say is it is about time!
Check it out at: http://www.ingdirect.com/mobile/
Update: Unfortunately, for Android the application only currently supports finding free ATMs :-(
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