Issue with vCenter Versions
I noticed something that I thought was an issue with my the vCenter installation and perhaps a change in location of the SQL database. But it turns out not to be the case. Many of us have, are in the …
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Subscribe via RSS →Troubleshooting Tools for vCenter
What troubleshooting tools are you familiar with for monitoring your ESX host? I am sure that one of the first things that pop into your mind is of course ESXTOP. ESXTOP will provide a great deal of …
The HP G7 does not use /dev/cciss/c0d0
I was entrusted with the deployment of a new HP DL380 G7 as a new ESX Host. I have my build process down very well. I use the UDA: create a new sub-template enter the information that I need in for …
Linux vs. Windows Live Conversion
I have been entrusted with converting a large number of Virtual machines that are currently hosted on Xen Server into the VMware Infrastructure. There are all sorts of ways of migrating these a …
ESXi 4.1 Active Directory Integration
The previous post about what was new in vSphere 4.1 was a general overview with some slide shots. For all ye of little faith thinking that I was only going to post those screenshots with no details …
Updating VMware vSphere Hypervisor
So first post about the free Hypervisor under its new name. I wrote an article regarding the process of upgrading from ESXi 3.5 to ESXi 4.0. Well I am happy to announce that this has changed - again! …
SureBackup Demo - Veeam Backup & Replication 5
Veeam will be releasing a new Backup product including verification of the integrity of the backup job. I blogged about this a few months ago I would like to point you to a small Demo that was brought …
Plug-ins and Tomcat
I have another post coming up regarding 2rd party plug-ins - explaining a few things I have learned over the past two days - regarding SSL and getting that to work with your properly in the vSphere …
Updating pictures for Users in AD - pt. 2
The last sentence in my previous post on Updating Pictures for Users in AD was: Now the only part hat needs to be taken care of - is getting a proper image from HR in the correct size. Maybe we will …
Get-AllDomainControllers Function
Sometimes you would like to run a query against all DC’s in your forest. For example today – I was looking a specific error on the System Event Logs. Here is a quick way to get all the DC’s in …