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 …
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Subscribe via RSS →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 …
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 …
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 - …
My Journey to vSphere - The Beginning
My policy is not to update to new releases until they have stabilized for a decent period of time. Therefore, we have not yet performed our upgrade to Version 4.0 yet. We were waiting for the release …
Testing Network Failover with PowerCLI
Two weeks ago I wrote an article about How To Bring Down A Single NIC In ESX?. In that post you could see that in order to test this you had to go into the console of the ESX and run the commands on …
"Need have have" - revisited
If you remember about 6 months ago I wrote an article about the fact that hot add of any kind of virtual hardware in the free free version of ESXi. I thought I would revisit the problems I had now …
71-663 - Exchange 2010 Beta exam
71-663: Pro: Designing and Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. If you pass the beta exam, the exam credit will be added to your transcript and you will not need to take …
Disconnected ESX Host
Got a call today. Panic!!!! All VM on an ESX host just went grey – all disconnected. Trouble shooting steps: Ping ESX host Service Console – All ok Look in the VI client what is with the server – NOT …