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 …
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Subscribe via RSS →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 …
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 …
Install EMC PowerPath/VE with Update Manager
I was looking into this a short while ago – after updating the hosts to Update 4.01. This VMware KB – 1018740 will show you the way. Download the the Powerpath/VE 5.4 SP1 package from Powerlink (if …
Inject VMware drivers into Source OS before P2V
P2V a machine - who does not want to get rid of all their physical machines to get the rid of the old hardware? If so raise you hand! So now that we have that out the way - P2V’ing a Windows …
SureBackup by Veeam
I was one of a few blogger that were invited to participate yesterday in a Bloggers briefing - given by Doug Hazelman - presenting Veeam’s new product Surebackup. Well this is not actually a new …