Author: rlevchenko

Passed the 74-409 exam

I have just passed 74-409 (Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center)  exam with score 900 of 1000

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There are 45 questions in the exam (drag and drop~10 + test questions~35). About 70% only Hyper-V (2012 R2)+Windows Server Failover Clustering (2012 R2), 15% – VMM 2012 R2 (P2V migration,logical networks, VMM self-user roles and etc) +DPM 2012 R2 (backup active directory, hyper-v, cluster), 10% – SCOM 2012 R2 (integration with VMM, PRO), 5% -others (Windows Azure+VMM and etc). See list of all required skills.

I will try to start writing study guide for this exam tomorrow. Just stay tune and follow me to receive updates.

HERE IS A STUDY GUIDE

TIP: you can get VOUCHER number to take this exam for free. Please, notice, you have to schedule your exam as quickly as possible. Quantity (exam registrations) of free exams is limited and all exams must be taken by June 30, 2014

System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Update Rollup 5

Microsoft has released new update for System Center  2012 SP1.

ISSUES that are fixed in this update rollup:

  1. Issues that are fixed in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager 
  2. Issues that are fixed in System Center 2012 Orchestrator 
  3. Issues that are fixed in System Center 2012 Operations Manager 
  4. Issues that are fixed in System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager

Also, was updated Linux/Unix management pack for SCOM

If you are planning to update SCVMM 2012 to SP1 , use my guide:

Upgrading VMM 2012 on Server 2008 R2 to VMM SP1

Notice: you don’t have to install rollup 1 for VMM. just install the latest rollup (rollup 5).You should remove rollup 1 before updating if you have one.