VCDX Design Exam - Check!
Now I am happy to say that I have completed the VCDX Design Exam today - and if you did not know that will probably be because you missed my announcement on Twitter this afternoon. OK so first what …
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Today we will be dealing with some details of the parts involved. In my previous post - I explained the rationale behind the whole process. So let us get into the schematics. An ESX server can be …
IBM IMM integration into AD
This one has nothing to do with Virtualization as such. All new IBM servers from the M2 series and up have a IMM IBM Integrated Management Module. For you HP’ers - it is the same as ILO. The …
ESXi Deployment Solution - the beginning
I posted a small preview about a new ESXi Deployment Solution. First question I would like to answer is why? Why is a Deployment solution needed for ESXi? Why is it any different to Deploying the full …
Sneak Preview of ESXi Deployment Solution
Well after cursing more than once at Python on Twitter over the past week or so - I finally got managed to overcome This is a sneak preview of my ESXi Deployment Solution How exactly it works - will …
Those Annoying thing in Powershell
Powershell v2.0 has a cmdlet that allows you to send an email Send-MailMessage NAME Send-MailMessage SYNOPSIS Sends an e-mail message. SYNTAX Send-MailMessage [-To] <string[]> [-Subject] …
How to Speed Up Your PowerCLI Queries
It is a known fact that using PowerCLI there are more than one way to skin a cat - or more than one way to access the SDK and the properties that you would like to get. Take for example getting all …
Small Quirk with Get-View vs. Get-VM
I was trying something last night to compare the speed of the two Cmdlets here. I noticed something though. While running the command I wanted to check against how many machines I was running the …
Deploy-ESXi v1.0 - My ESXi Script-0-Mania entry
As I posted a few weeks ago - I entered the ESXi Script-0-Mania Contest. Unfortunately, my entry was not chosen as one of the top entries, but hey - I don’t do this for the money - I enjoy what …
Review Your Infrastructure Needs Regularly - or ....
Let me give you a real case scenario. (I am not saying that any of the implementations in this example are best practice) Default rack that was installed was a 42U rack. Each rack was populated with …