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VCAP-Desktop Design Certification Released

VCAP-Desktop Design Certification Released

At VMworld 2012 VMware already announced that they would be releasing new certifications related to View and vCloud. Today VMware announced the new Desktop certificate you can achieve: VCAP-Desktop Design Certification (VCAP-DTD). And pretty soon VMware will also announce VCDX-DT. About the exam The VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Desktop Design (VCAP-DTD) certification shows that you have continued to enhance your desktop virtualization skills, and validates your ability to design, plan, and optimize VMware View solutions. It shows that you…

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New Fling: View Pool Manager by VMware Labs

New Fling: View Pool Manager by VMware Labs

VMware Labs released a new Fling called View Pool Manager. The download is available as zip package and the total size is about 57KB. This tool has been created by Andre Leibovici. Quote taken from the Fling page: View Pool Manager is a Fling that allows VMware View administrators to easily manage users across desktop pools and security groups. One of the biggest challenges VMware View administrators face in large deployments is desktop pool maintenance. Commonly each desktop pool has…

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vExpert 2013 applications are open!

vExpert 2013 applications are open!

Today VMware (or better said John Troyer) announced they have opened the vExpert 2013 applications. You can now submit your application and invite other people. This year VMware offers 3 different paths, just like last year. The deadline for application is April 15, 2013 at midnight PDT. Evangelist Path
 The Evangelist Path includes book authors, bloggers, tool builders, public speakers, VMTN contributors, and other IT professionals who share their knowledge and passion with others with the leverage of a personal…

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New Fling: vCenter 5.1 Pre-Install Check Script by VMware Labs

New Fling: vCenter 5.1 Pre-Install Check Script by VMware Labs

VMware Labs released a new Fling called vCenter 5.1 Pre-Install Check Script. The download is available as zip package and the total size is about 1MB. Quote taken from the Fling page: This is a PowerShell script written to help customers validate their environment and assess if it is ready for a 5.1.x upgrade. The script checks against known misconfiguration and issues raised with VMware Support. This script checks the Windows Server and Active Directory configuration and provides an on…

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RVTools 3.5 released

RVTools 3.5 released

What is RVTools? RVTools is a windows .NET 2.0 application which uses the VI SDK to display information about your virtual machines and ESX hosts. Interacting with VirtualCenter 2.5, ESX Server 3.5, ESX Server 3i, ESX Server 4i, VirtualCenter 4.0, ESX Server 4.0, VirtualCenter 4.1, ESX Server 4.1, VirtualCenter 5.0, VirtualCenter Appliance, ESX Server 5, VirtualCenter 5.1 and ESX Server 5.1. RVTools is able to list information about VMs, CPU, Memory, Disks, Partitions, Network, Floppy drives, CD drives, Snapshots, VMware…

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