Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Starting from June I have started to take Azure examination from Fundamentals, Associate and finally I have successfully achieved my Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification!

These are the examination path I took –
1. Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
2. Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
3. Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
4. Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies (AZ-300) + Microsoft Azure Architect Design (AZ-301) = Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Microsoft have their certifications aligned in three levels:

  1. Fundamentals – entry-level covering basic concepts
  2. Associate – more technical, mid-level
  3. Expert – aimed at experienced professionals

As you can see, if you are aiming to obtain an Expert certification, it’s highly recommended that you have had significant Azure experience. This can be demonstrated by obtaining the Associate level exam, however, it’s not a prerequisite to obtain an Associate exam prior to taking the Azure Solutions Architect Expert exams. For sure, without exposure to Azure, this will be a difficult certification to achieve.

Extending disk space in FortiAnalyzer VM

The log archive size of the network devices are increasing every year due to heavy data traffic. Even though we may only keep for one year retention for this kind of log, capacity planning is a must on every year to ensure the log storage will not getting exhausted.

1)  In the FortiAnalyzer/FortiManager CLI, run the following command to check if the logical volume manager (LVM) is enabled:

#execute lvm start

2) Provision the disk on the VM

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