Understanding the Upgrade Process - MJTV2
To continue my experiences and planning for the upgrade to vSphere, here is the next stage. First and foremost you have to understand what the process is for upgrading your environment. So off I went …
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I started this blog - like most of us bloggers for none other than a personal reference for keeping track of things I find during my day. Officially my first blog post is dated somewhere in November …
VMwareVCMSDS - A time for change
As of vCenter 4.0 when installing a new instance of vCenter, in order to allow for Linked Mode, an instance of Microsoft ADAM is installed on Windows 2003 or AD LDS on Windows 2008. The reason for …
The case of the my SSL cert – RTFM!!!!!
It took me a while to understand why this was not working - it could be because I hate - actually loath -having to dig through logs because of Java and Tomcat issues, but I only have my self to blame …
ESX Disconnecting from vCenter
I got a call today from a colleague that had an issue with an ESX Server that was behind a firewall that kept on disconnecting every 30 seconds, and he could not understand why. I remember that I had …
Assigning Permissions – PowerCLI
Have you ever been asked to assign permissions to a VM/Folder/Resource? Come on, own up! Of course you have. Ever done it with the GUI? I guess the answer is the same. So GUI is pretty easy: Find …
Updating a User attribute in the Enterprise
I was asked to update an attribute of the EmployeeNumber for each and every user in the Enterprise for a new Application that will be using the newly populated attribute for a Global Database …
Benefits and Justification - MJTV1
Firstly, you might ask what is MJTV1? I was thinking that I would like to tag all my posts for this series with something to be easy to recognize it by. So no it is not Michael Jackson TV 1, but …
Once Upon a Performance Issue
if you were following me on Twitter - you would have noticed this week that I was extremely busy with troubleshooting and solving a serious performance issue that I encountered. First things first - …
Deep Security 7 - Trend Micro & VMsafe
Trend Micro have now joined Altor Networks and Reflex Systems with their new offering that utilizes VMware’s VMsafe technology. I expect we will be seeing more and more of the Security Companies …