I have been working on a script to deploy environments on a regular basis in my homelab. While I...
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Cross vCenter vMotion Utility
My take on the Cross vCenter vMotion Utility
Why you should register for one of the last seats available at #vmugbe
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Manage your PowerCLI vCenter menu entries
When connecting to your vCenter server via PowerCLI, one can use the -menu option. This will give a list of entries you recently used. You can manage the entries here: C:\Users\username\Appdata\Roaming\VMware\PowerCLI\RecentServerList.xml Connect-viserver -menu
vShield Endpoint SVM status vCenter alarm
vCenter is showing an alarm on the TrendMicro Deep Security Virtual Appliance (DSVA): 'vShield Endpoint SVM status' Checking vShield for errors: The DSVA VA console window shows: (as to where it should show a red/grey screen) Let's go for some log file analysis To get...
Start or stop ESXi services using PowerCLI
Start the ssh service on all hosts: [crayon-5fc99d4348266712160231/] Thanks to Alan Renouf at virtu-al.net, where I found this snippet: https://www.virtu-al.net/2010/11/23/enabling-esx-ssh-via-powercli/ If you want to start the ssh service on a single host, change...
From IOmeter to VMware I/O Analyzer fling
VMware I/O Analyzer is a tool to launch orchestrated tests against a storage solution available from the VMware flings website. It can be used as a single appliance where the worker process and the analytics is done within. Additional appliances can be deployed to act...
VMware SRM 5.8.1 Embedded Database refuses to uninstall
VMware SRM 5.8.1 Embedded Database refuses to uninstall. Clicking uninstall in 'Control Panel - Programs and Features' showed a progress bar going forward and then rolling back. Afterwards 'Control Panel - Programs and Features' showed that the embedded PostgreSQL was...
UCS Manager errors due to Firmware Packages removal
UCS Manager is showing 309 errors because a Firmware Packages have been deleted but the references in the Host Firmware Packages (HFP) still exist. Appears that all of the errors show a cause of ‘image-deleted’. In the ‘Affected object’ the path where the error is...
Failed to clear bootbank content /altbootbank: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor: ‘/altbootbank/state.xxxxxxx’
In a VSAN project the VMware Compatibility Guide mentioned a different driver version for the raid controller than the one that was installed. So I tried to install a driver update for the raid controller through the CLI. This did not work out as...
Usefull vi commands
Some useful commands to work with vi iinsertrreplace9ylcopy nine characters from cursor position, e.g 192.168.1.0 192.168.1 will be copiedppaste what you have copiedxdelete character:wqwrite and quit (save and close)/search_stringfind search_stringngo to next...
PowerShell goodies
Powershell goodies Anyone knowing a bit of Linux has come across tail. For those who don't know tail, it is a tool that will monitor text files, eg log files, for changes and display the newly added content in the terminal window. This comes in handy when...