Entries from Eric Sloof

So, effective immediately, the mandatory recertification requirement will be removed from all current certifications. 

VMware Certification: Recertification Is Changing and What It Means to You

This course helps you prepare for the VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 – Network Virtualization (VCAP6-NV) Exam and attain the certification.

Completing the Exam Prep course will help you refine your skills and abilities in implementing NSX including deployment, administration, optimization, and troubleshooting. By the end of the course, you should be better prepared to take the VCAP6-NV exam.

You will be provided three NSX use case-based case studies:​

• Micro-segmentation
• Automation & Operations​
• Application Continuity​

Course tasks include:​

• Identifying the NSX feature, configuration, and steps required to deliver a solution based on the requirements of the provided case study.​
• Proving your proficiency by implementing the identified solution in a provided VMware Hands-On Lab environment.

Get Started - Go to http://www.vmware.com/go/vcap-nv-prep

Jase McCarty has released the PowerCLI Cookbook for vSAN. It briefly covers how to get started with PowerShell/PowerShell Core/PowerCLI as well as several recipes for Configuring, Operating, and Managing vSAN at any scale.

You can get your free copy here on the StorageHub.

The Future of Networking and Security with VMware NSX

Automating vSphere with PowerNSX
VMware Micro Segmentation Say 2
VMware NSX Microsegmentation
Building NSX Powered Clouds Data Centers For SMB
VMware NSX Automation Fundamentals Book
VMware Operationalizing NSX
VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals Guide
VMware Multi Site Solutions Cross vCenter NSX Design Guide
VMware NSX Disaster Recovery Guide
NSX for vSphere A Foundation of the SDDC

Operationalizing VMware vSAN written by Paul Wiggett and Kevin Lees ofers guidance to management-level decision makers and influencers concerned with the impact of VMware vSAN on their current organization, talent, and operational processes as well as engineers and technical decision makers responsible for optimizing operational tooling in a VMware vSAN environment.

Operationalizing VMware vSAN provides the information needed to help optimize the on-going operations of a VMware vSAN environment considering the critical aspects of team structure and culture, roles, responsibilities, and skillsets, and operational processes as well as monitoring and troubleshooting in a VMware vSAN environment.

With no faltering in capacity demand, the solid-state memory industry finds itself in interesting times. Exciting times from a development and research perspective, with new technologies reaching mass production, and a steady pace of improvement from a capacity and performance perspective.

But also, uncertain times: massive investments made to satisfy demand, combined with strategic developments in Asia may put the industry at risk of oversupplying the market and causing steep price declines. Or could a significant price drop drive more flash adoption and bring balance?

This TECHunplugged Industry Insights research covers the major events in the solidstate memory industry in 2018 and provides outlook about trends and expected developments in 2019 and beyond.

This eBook is written by Nigel Hickey and David Stamen especially for vSphere administrators looking for additional information to help plan and execute the upgrade process.

The book contains reference scenarios that explain upgrade concepts that can be applied to nearly every situation, including upgrading from vSphere 6.0 and vSphere 6.5 to vSphere 6.7.

Also look at: Now Available – Upgrading to VMware vSphere 6.7 eBook

Download here!

The .vmsn file includes the current configuration (.vmx) and bios setting (.nvram). The memory is stored in the .vmem file. 

Maybe the virtual machine overhead and the delta page with memory changes made during the creation of the VMEM dump are also included so there’s no need for stunning the VM for a long time.  It could also include the memory of the VGA card.

This KB article contains misleading information the VMEM file is not mentioned and the VMSN file doesn't contain memory.

The vmsn also has CPU state, contents of CPU registers, GPU state, all needed for restoring back the exact state of your VM on when the snapshot was taken. The CPU flag list is not only for EVC, but also if you resume a VM on another host. You'll get a warning that CPU changed.

— Wil van Antwerpen (@wilva) January 11, 2019

It is my understanding that the screenshot you see on snapshotting/suspending a VM is also in the vmsn. But I've not confirmed that myself.

— Wil van Antwerpen (@wilva) January 11, 2019