Quick hack: How to update the maximum failed OS login attempts on Photon OS 3.0
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Deleting the datastore where a content library is hosted is probably not the best idea
Deleting the datastore where a Content Library is hosted is probably not the best idea but it is resolvable.
Enable Workload Management does not finish
Some time ago we were having issues in the Tanzu PoC class for partners we were teaching. One of...
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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
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 troubleshooting actions and...
List registered SPNs in Active Directory: pimped
List all registered SPNs in Active Directory: pimped This will go and poll all your registered SPNs in Active Directory and write them to a file. It accepts Debug, Log_Dir and Log_FileName as parameters....
Powershell Test AlwaysOn
Powershell Test AlwaysOn This script checks which node is the primary in the SQL AlwaysOn cluster. A test database has been added to see if that database is writable. All actions are logged to a log file. This script is not to be run in a production environment. The...
Reconfigure diagnostic partition
Reconfigure diagnostic partition with PowerCLI using Get-EsxCli The following Get-EsxCli command will unconfigure your diagnostic partition and reconfigure with smart selection. This was needed because the install partition uuid had changed due to an option in the...
PowerCLI goodies
These are powercli goodies I use on a regular base. I have collected them here to find them easily. Some I wrote myself, some are copied from other sites. If I didn't reference the source, I don't know anymore where I found it. Change portgroup on a lot of vm's...