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• VMOTION
• FAULT TOLERANCE Logging
• Management TRAFFIC

YES. This METHOD is CALLED NIC TEAMING.

Yes. This method is called NIC teaming.

IPAM is IP ADDRESS Management server in WINDOWS Server 2012. It enables CENTRAL management of both DHCP and DNS servers. It can also be USED to discover, monitor, and audit DHCP and DNS servers.

IPAM is IP Address Management server in Windows Server 2012. It enables central management of both DHCP and DNS servers. It can also be used to discover, monitor, and audit DHCP and DNS servers.

• DCPROMO was the conventional tool used to promote a normal server to DC. This is now deprecated in Server 2012. 
• In Server 2012, you can CONVERT a server into DC using the server manager console. Under Server Manager, add a NEW role "ACTIVE DIRECTORY Domain Services"

• To manage storage MULTIPATHING, ESX/ESXi uses a special VMkernel LAYER called Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA)
• Handles I/O QUEUEING to the logical devices. Handles physical PATH discovery and removal

VFAT

VFAT

• NMP is Native Multipath Plugin
• It is the default multipath plugin in VMWARE
• Manages physical path claiming and unclaiming
• Registers and de-registers LOGICAL devices
• Associates physical paths with logical devices
• Processes I/O REQUESTS to logical devices

• SATP and PSP are the two sub plugins of NMP
• SATP or STORAGE ARRAY Type Plugins take CARE of the fail over mechanism of DATASTORE and keeps track of paths available to a LUN or datastore
• PSP or Path Selection Plugins determines which physical path should be used to issue I/O requests to a storage device

You need to SHUTDOWN all RUNNING VMs in that cluster to change the EVC mode

You need to shutdown all running VMs in that cluster to change the EVC mode

• Make a note of the VM folders
• Remove the ESXI host from the INVENTORY
• Add the ESXi host directly to the vCenter OUTSIDE the EVC cluster
• Now move the server to the EVC cluster
• Add the VMs BACK to the folders

• PSC is Platform Service Controller
• This is an extended SSO model which was there in PRE 6.0 versions
• It takes care of authentication,LICENSING,CERTIFICATES ETC..

Embedded & External

• Embedded if PSC is INSTALLED in VCENTER BOX
• External if PSC is installed outside vCenter in separate box

Embedded & External

CHECK DATASTORE and CONFIRM if it supports HARDWARE ACCELERATION

Check datastore and confirm if it supports Hardware Acceleration

• In addition to the normal vmx file, from vSphere 6.0 ONWARDS there is an additional file vmx~
• vmx~ FIRST takes any configuration CHANGES and then writes to the actual vmx file
• This ENSURES that the actual vmx file do not GET corrupted

• HIGH
• CLEAR
• SOFT
• HARD
• LOW

VMCP is VMware Component PROTECTION

This NEW feature in 6.0 ENSURES that VMs are rebooted in other servers during APD or PDL situations

VMCP is VMware Component Protection

This new feature in 6.0 ensures that VMs are rebooted in other servers during APD or PDL situations

vmmemctl

vmmemctl

SCRATCH PARTITION STORES the logs and other DETAILS of ESXi which helps in troubleshooting

Scratch partition stores the logs and other details of ESXi which helps in troubleshooting

Some of the main uses of ntdsutil tool:

• Authoritative Restore - Authoritatively restores the Active Directory DATABASE or AD LDS instance
• ifm - Create installation MEDIA for writable and RODC setups (Offline DC provisioning)
• metadata cleanup - Cleans up objects of decommissioned servers
• roles - Transfers and seizes operations master roles
• set DSRM password - RESETS DSRM administrator password
• snapshot - Manages SNAPSHOTS of the volumes that contain the Active Directory database and log files

Some of the main uses of ntdsutil tool:

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