Changing IP / Hostname on existing vCenter 7.x

At one time or another, we've all found our current IP scheme to be lacking or needing a refresh. That's the situation I found myself in this week. In order to match with other networks and systems, I needed to change some IP addresses around. In the past changing this...
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VCP-DCV 2020 vSphere 7 Study Guide, Complete PDF

VCP-DCV 2020 v7-Study-GuideDownload Thanks for everyone's support! If you want to use this in a business capacity, let me know. Also if you appreciate it and want to donate something. I have a patreon made at the suggestion of a fellow community friend...
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VMware VCP 2020 vSphere 7 Edition Exam Prep Guide (pt.5)

Section 6 – Troubleshooting and Repairing - There are no testable objectives for this section. Since this isn't a testable section, we won't cover this. If there is enough of an ask, I may add a bit in here. Section 7 – Administrative and Operational...
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VMware VCP 2020 vSphere 7 Edition Exam Prep Guide (pt.4)

Section 5 – Performance-tuning, Optimization, Upgrades Objective 5.1 – Identify resource pools use cases The official description of a resource pool is a logical abstraction for the flexible management of resources (same exact definition as vSphere 6.x). My...
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VMware VCP 2020 vSphere 7 Edition Exam Prep Guide (pt.3)

And we're back for post 3 of the VCP-DCV 2020. Section 3 is Planning and Design. VMware has no testable objectives for this section, so we won't write anything on it. Perhaps we may cover it in a future blog if enough are interested in it, on to Section 4. Section 4...
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VMware VCP 2020 vSphere 7 Edition Exam Prep Guide (pt.2)

Picking up where we left off, here is Section 2. Once again, this version has been shaken up quite a bit from previous VCP objectives; this section is a bit lighter than Section 1. Let's dig in. Section 2 – VMware Products and Solutions Objective 2.1 – Describe the...
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VMware VCP 2020 vSphere 7 Edition Exam Prep Guide (pt.1)

Introduction Hello again. My 2019 VCP Study Guide was well received, so, to help the community further, I decided to embark on another exam study guide with vSphere 7. This guide is exciting for me to write due to the many new things I'll get to learn myself, and I...
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VCP 2019 Study Guide in PDF format

VCP-2019-Study-Guide-1Download Here is my full study guide in entirety for download. Feel free to let me know if there is something that needs correction etc. Hope this helps....
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VCP 2019 Study Guide Section 7 (Final Section)

Section 7 – Administrative and Operational Tasks in a VMware vSphere Solution Objective 7.1 – Manage virtual networking I've gone over virtual networking a bit already. But there are two basic types of switches to manage in vSphere. Virtual Standard Switches and...
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VCP 2019 Study Guide Section 5

Section 5 – Performance-tuning and Optimizing a VMware vSphere Solution Objective 5.1 – Determine effective snapshot use cases Many companies use the term snapshot. There are numerous definitions for snapshots that vary on the company. We should first define what...
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