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As soon as you get introduced to Cisco media resources, you will learn about one specific service: the Cisco IP Voice Media Streaming Application service. What is this service responsible for? The Streaming App service is responsible for running (or stopping) the following software media resources: Conferencing , Annunciator, Music on Hold, and Media Termination Point, This can be accomplished from a single location in CUCM. Besides, The main settings of these media resources can be changed on the same CUCM GUI. Checking the service status Ever got surprised not to find your configured media resources on CUCM? That’s probably a sign that the service is not running. Here is the way to verify that: In the navigation menu, select Cisco Unified Serviceability and click the Go button In Cisco Unified Serviceability menu, go to Tools –> Service Activation Select the server where the Media Streaming App service is located and click Go button In Service Activation menu, under...

Many graduates nowadays and even folks considering a career conversion ask themselves the following question: should I go for a Software Engineer position or a Network Engineer position? The answer to this question is not in a sentence. And nobody can give a perfect exclusive answer to it. However I can guide you to take your own decision based on a personal experience. First thoughts after graduation shortly after graduation in 2008 the first thing that haunted not only my mind, but the graduation class (96 engineers) in general, was to find a job. Talking to my classmates and knowing them for 5 years in a row, I could formulate roughly a theory about their future perspectives: 15% are going to continue higher education 82% are searching for a job 3% are searching for a job in telecommunication and network engineering My best friends and I were among the last three percent. The day I took a leap of faith It was February 2008, only one month after my graduation as an Engineer in Teleco...

I created these ITIL flashcards by myself. They helped me to remember the most important topics and to pass the exam. To hide the answers (and encourage you to make an effort), I got inspired from a technique that I discovered on Cisco Dreamer’s blog . To see the answer, highlight the text after the “A:” letter. Enjoy! Q: Define a Service . A: A means to create value to customers Q: What does a service do? A: A service allows the customer to get an output, without forcing him to own the costs and risks, Q: true/false: a service is durable A: False; a service is highly perishable, if not consumed when needed Q: What’s the impact of the ITSM on an company that uses IT? A: With ITSM, a company becomes an IT Service Provider, instead of a technology provider Q: To which type of customers does a service provider provide services to? A: both internal and external customers Q: Define ITSM. A: ITSM: a standardized set of methodological capabilities that allow an organiza...

For Which Purpose do we Need it? A Microsoft Loopback adapter is useful during home lab creation. If you study for any networking exam such as Cisco, then you may need to emulate subnets in order to see how end points communicate with each others across routing or firewalling devices. That is exactly what I am doing in my eve-based home lab. If you read my older posts, all the subnets you see are based on Microsoft Loopback adapters. Creating a Microsoft Loopback Adapter Here is a method to create a Microsoft loopback network adapter in Windows. I executed this process on Windows 7. Therefore, I don’t know what it would look like in Windows 10.   Go to Control Panel –> Device Manager In the Device Manager menu, right click on the icon that has your computer name and select Add Legacy Hardware In the Add Hardware Wizard , accept the warning and click Next : Select the second radio button that says Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced) and cl...

Passed today on my second attempt. 95% of the questions are different from what I had in my last attempt. I was saying “Oh s***” during the exam. Most of the topics I reviewed were not covered in the second attempt, which makes me think that Solarwinds certification team is generating new questions each time. That’s great! This should make it harder to pass. Bottom line: if you do network administration/mgmt on a daily basis, and have played with Orion components (which are available for free evaluation), you can pass it.

I sat for the exam and failed on my first attempt with 68.8%, which is not bad I messed up the Orion section, the exam requires some hands on. I’ve only used NPM in very basic ways (top 10, device details) I knew the logic of things since I’ve been using Cisco LMS for years. However, the question choices assume that you know the names of the components and menus. Anyway, it’s a decent network management exam.

There’s an info on the Internet that says it’s possible to pass Vmware VCA certs for free. It’s been a while now and Vmware retired this offer. However, there are some folks that say they could get around and pass without spending a penny. They say it’s a matter of combining promo codes. I’ve been trying all the codes. Pearson Vue warned me that they’re going to shut down my account if I do another attempt! :p So I created a new Vmware account. And I chose very famous first and last Names: The nice part is that Vmware responded positively to my schedule request! The certification team did not watch the Jason Bourne Trilogy, lol: Anyway, back to serious stuff. The 100% discount is officially retired. Only 50% promo codes are still valid. I’ll publish valid promo codes in a later post, inchAllah.