Variables: $ServerIP = "YourESXiServerIP" $SysLog = "YourSyslogServerIP" Configure Syslog server using Powershell function syslog { $VMHost = Get-VMHost -Name $ServerIP Set-VMHostSysLogServer -VMHost $VMHost -SysLogServer $SysLog -SysLogServerPort 514 } Configure NTP server and restart NTP service …

Today we got our first HP DL380G6 server with 2x 2,8GHz Intel Nehalem, 72GB RAM and 2x 146GB Disks. I have successfully installed VMware ESXi 4 on this box. After this I have started the configuration. In the next days I’m going to run some test on this box and hopefully get the 2nd HP Dl380G6. I’m currently working on …

Currently I setup a Windows XP appliance which I would like to use for a new way to manage a VMware ESXi plattform. A colleague had this idea to create an interface to manage ESXi free server’s from any kind of CMS. Some details: OS: Windows XP Software: Apache, PHP, Powershell, VMware PowerCLI, JSON for PHP more …

My private Homelab is up and running 🙂 Server: HP ML115 G5 CPU: AMD Quad Core 2,2 GHz RAM: 8GB Memory HDD: 2x 160GB Sata OS: VMware ESXi free