Ever wonder why a VM isn’t on the network? I was working on deploying some test VM’s and for some reason all the VM’s that were cloned decided to start with the network disconnected, and the connect on power on was also not selected. I decided to throw together this quick one-liner that will make sure every VM is set to start connected on power on and is currently connected.

Have you ever worked with a Horizon View pool with 10 VM’s and deleted 3 and it recreated as 11? May want to pay attention to learn how you can reuse view desktop names. First you will need to connect to the ADAM database on one of your servers. Use KB2012377 for instructions. To connect to the View ADAM database: Log in to one of the View Connection Servers as Domain Administrator.

Section 1 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint Objective 1.1: Configure and Administer Role-based Access Control Compare and contrast propagated and explicit permission assignments An example of a propagated permission: Most inventory objects inherit permissions from a single parent object in the hierarchy. For example, a datastore inherits permissions from either its parent datastore folder or parent data center. Virtual machines inherit permissions from both the parent virtual machine folder and the parent host, cluster, or resource pool simultaneously.

Section 10 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint Objective 10.1: Configure Advanced vSphere Virtual Machine Settings Determine how using a shared USB device impacts the environment Configure virtual machines for vGPUs, DirectPath I/O and SR-IOV Configure virtual machines for multicore vCPUs Differentiate virtual machine configuration settings Interpret virtual machine configuration files (.vmx) settings Enable/disable advanced virtual machine settings Objective 10.2: Create and Manage a Multi-site Content Library Publish a content catalog Subscribe to a published catalog Determine which privileges are …

Section 2 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint Objective 2.1: Configure Advanced Policies/Features and Verify Network Virtualization Implementation Create/Delete a vSphere Distributed Switch In the vSphere Web Client, navigate to a data center. In the navigator, right-click the data center and select Distributed Switch > New Distributed Switch. In Name and Location, type a name for the new distributed switch, or accept the generated name, and click Next. In Select version, select a distributed switch version and click Next.

Section 3 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint Objective 3.1: Manage vSphere Storage Virtualization Discover new storage LUNs Configure FC/iSCSI/FCoE LUNs as ESXi boot devices Create an NFS share for use with vSphere Enable/Configure/Disable vCenter Server storage filters Configure/Edit hardware/dependent hardware initiators Enable/Disable software iSCSI initiator Configure/Edit software iSCSI initiator settings Configure iSCSI port binding Enable/Configure/Disable iSCSI CHAP Determine use cases for fiber channel zoning Compare and contrast array thin provisioning and virtual disk thin provisioning …

Section 4 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint Objective 4.1: Perform ESXi Host and Virtual Machine Upgrades Configure download source(s) Setup UMDS to setup download repository Import ESXi images Create Baselines and/or Baseline groups Attach Baselines to vSphere objects Scan vSphere objects Stage patches & Extensions Remediate an object Upgrade a vSphere Distributed Switch Upgrade VMware Tools Upgrade Virtual Machine hardware Upgrade an ESXi Host using vCenter Update Manager Stage multiple ESXi Host upgrades Align appropriate baselines with target inventory objects.

Section 5 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint Objective 5.1: Configure Advanced/Multilevel Resource Pools Understand/Apply Determine the effect of the Expandable Reservation parameter on resource allocation Create a resource pool hierarchical structure Configure custom resource pool attributes Determine how resource pools apply to vApps Describe vFlash architecture Create/Remove a Resource Pool Add/Remove virtual machines from a Resource Pool Create/Delete vFlash Resource Pool Assign vFlash resources to VMDKs Given a scenario, determine appropriate shares, reservations and limits for hierarchical …

Section 6 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint Objective 6.1: Configure and Administer a vSphere Backups/Restore/Replication Solution Compare and contrast vSphere Replication compression methods Differentiate VMware Data Protection capabilities Configure recovery point objective (RPO) for a protected virtual machine Explain VMware Data Protection sizing guidelines Create/Delete/Consolidate virtual machine snapshots Install and Configure VMware Data Protection Create a backup job with VMware Data Protection Backup/Restore a virtual machine with VMware Data Protection Install/Configure/Upgrade vSphere …

Section 7 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint Objective 7.1: Troubleshoot vCenter Server, ESXi Hosts, and Virtual Machines Monitor status of the vCenter Server service Perform basic maintenance of a vCenter Server database Monitor status of ESXi management agents Determine ESXi Host stability issues and gather diagnostics information Monitor ESXi system health Locate and analyze vCenter Server and ESXi logs Determine the appropriate Command Line Interface (CLI) command for a given troubleshooting task Troubleshoot common issues, including: vCenter Server service SSO vCenter Server connectivity Virtual …