VMware Network Ports Diagrams (vSphere, vCloud, vCenter, SRM, VR, VCD, Update Manager)

For long time there are various Diagrams when it comes to configuring Firewall and make the changes on the Network to provide access to certain person to certain product.

There is lot of work done to make a singular Diagram available now.

A KB is also published http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2054806 which has a link to the PDF file.

But here is the Pictorial view of the Ports which includes the products such as vSphere, vCenter Server (w Linked Mode), VMware Update Manager, vCO, vCloud Director, ESXi, vSphere Client etc.

The port information are integrated on the diagram using information from various KB articles mentioned below.

1012382, 2031843, 2039095.

@simonlong_ has recently blogged about VMware Horizon View 5.2 Diagrams for Internal and External facing Designs.

Internal Facing

External Facing

While we are at the Firwall Diagrams you can refer the SRM diagrams blogged by Grant Orchard (@grantorchard and also refer the KB article 1009562 for details tables.


vSphere Replication

Site Recovery Manager

SRM and VR

SRM and VR

@Hany_Michael has contributed towards developing the diagram which is documented under KB 1030954. He also blogged about various other diagrams on his blog here.


vCloud Director Diagram

Hope you enjoy using all the Diagrams and configure your environment accordingly to make them secure and also go with your requirements.


These are also helpful in studying for VCP or VCAP exams as well.

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Cheers !!

vSphere, vCloud and other VMware Product Updates

There are new updates available for the following products and including their release notes.

 To download the updates you need MyVMware credentials.


VMware vSphere 5.1 Update 1
https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsphere-vcenter-server-51u1-release-notes.html


VMware vSphere Update Manager 5.1 Update 1
http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsphere-update-manager-51u1-release-notes.html


vCenter Server Multi-Hypervisor Manager 1.1
https://www.vmware.com/support/mhm/doc/vcenter-multi-hypervisor-manager-11-release-notes.html


VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1
https://www.vmware.com/support/converter/doc/conv_sa_51_rel_notes.html


VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat 6.5 Update 1
https://www.vmware.com/support/heartbeat/doc/vcenter-server-heartbeat-65-u1-release-notes.html


VMware vCloud Director 5.1.2
https://www.vmware.com/support/vcd/doc/rel_notes_vcloud_director_512.html


VMware vCloud Director Appliance 5.1.2
http://www.vmware.com/support/vcd/doc/rel_notes_vcloud_director_512.html

VMware vSphere Replication 5.1.1
http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsphere-replication-511-release-notes.html


vSphere Site Recovery Manager 5.1.1
https://www.vmware.com/support/srm/srm-releasenotes-5-1-1.html


vSphere Data Protection 5.1.20
https://www.vmware.com/support/vdr/doc/vdp_5120_releasenotes.html


vSphere Storage Appliance 5.1.3
http://www.vmware.com/support/vsa/doc/vsphere-storage-appliance-513-release-notes.html


vCloud Networking and Security 5.1.2a
https://www.vmware.com/support/vshield/doc/releasenotes_vshield_512a.html


Please refer the upgrade guides before you plan the upgrade to stay away from any gotchas.

Enjoy your upgrade Time !!

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Passed VCP-Cloud - Links and Resources

I attempted the BETA Exam and missed it by few. Saw all the Tweets when the BETA results was announced as people were passing. I had nothing but to take that as an opportunity to prepare again and Never give up.

For last week or so I have been studying the vCloud, vShield, vCloud Connector and Chargeback.

Today I went to one of the centers to give the VCP-IaaS Exam and after finishing the survey my heart beats are started to becoming little faster. With all the study resources I have gone through which were immensely  helped me to understand the concepts of vClound and other components tied up with it.

Chargeback is definitely a BEAST which will play a crucial role in organizations when it comes to cost and resource allocation. So much new to learn about it and I can see the future of Chargeback is very bright along with the vCloud implementations where the strength of the same can be utilized in both Public and Private Clouds. Now a days everything e.g. Storage, Networking becoming cheaper in the cost per GB per / MB. But still to see if your underlying hardware resources are fully optimized or not and giving you the best ROI with reasonable CAPEX/OPEX involved, it will be a priority subject for any organization which are in the business of using IT infrastructure.

I would probably posts about Chargeback in near future as it keeps attracting me by its features and offerings.

Finishing the 85 questions I got only 90 minutes but was able to finish it within lot of time to review the questions. As I pressed End Exam and I could not see the "Congratulations" word right away but saw your score which was "426", which means I passed. :-). I was excited while attempting the questions so not even bothered to review all the questions but just went back reviews 4-5 flagged about which I was double minded. Now the journey is just started in the vCloud track as VCP-Cloud is the first stepping stone while going for VCAP-CID (BEAT recently finished) and VCAP-CIA (not released yet).

Now lets discuss the resources I have used to prepare for this exam.

1) First of all the official documentation are the highest priority who ever is preparing for the examination. Majority of them are listed here by @davidmdavis.

2) I went through all the videos posted on mylearn.vmware.com for vCloud Training which I blogged about earlier. 

3) vCloud Deploy and Manage Course - offered by VMware Education.

4) VMware vCloud Director Fundamentals - offered by VMware Education.


5) Before going for the exam David Davis also helped me in last few days to review the recently launched training from TrainSignal "VMware vCloud Director Organizations" by @jakerobinson which I highly recommend to anyone who wants learn about vCloud Director and preparing for this certification. Its kind of paced training so the basic requirements includes the knowledge of related components to understand the subject better. there is vCloud Director Essentials Training is also available which will give you the knowledge about vCloud Director setup and other features offered by the same.

6) I'm previous post I have listed some links where similar resources are blogged about community members. but recently I referred the blog from Larus Hjartarson (@lhjartarson). He blogged about VCP-IaaS study notes. 

7) VCAT 2.0/ 3.0 documents

8)  Home LAB :-)

Cheers and Good Luck to all.

VMware vCloud Solutions Infographic

While attending the selfpaced training for vCloud Director 1.5 I found out this #Cool (Courtesy @esloof) Infographic about all the solutions provided by VMware for mainly all the vCloud components such as IaaS, Paas and SaaS.

As you can see by going from bottom to Top you will find the solution for each layer starting with
Foundation of Cloud Computing.

This image is part of this FREE online Self-Paced Course  "VMware vCloud Director Fundamentals [V1.5]" which is for 3.5 hours and which is completely worth attending.

I would suggest this course to all the people who are new to VMware vCloud and also to those who would like to take a challenge to Pass the VCPVCD511 (aka VCP-IaaS) certification when it becomes GA later this year as a first stepping stone for the Cloud Certification.

Good Luck and hope this helps.