Now I had the time to setup an vSphere 5 vCenter on Windows (MS Sql Express DB) and 4 HP servers. Setup was quite easy of vCenter no real issue. Only the SQL Express was a not working directly, but with some Google all issues could be resolved. I have than upgraded all 4 servers from 4.1 to 5 using the iso image. 3 of …
Read MoreAfter an short weekend with a minimal of sleep … I’m done my Homelab is up and running. Furthermore I have created an template of an nested ESXi (virtualized ESXi). These nested ESXi are perfect for testing of Powershell scripts which I use to initial configure an new ESXi. Next steps which I have planned is to migrate …
Read MoreYesterday I have ordered the new HP Microserver N40L. This will extend my existing Homelab as second ESXi server. Hardware specs HP Microserver N40L: AMD Turion II Neo N40L (1.5GHz) 2GB Memory installed (up to 8GB possible) 1x 250GB SATA HDD installed (up to 4 SATA HDD possible) Embedded NC107i PCI Express Gigabit …
Read MoreUsing this small script it is possible to change the HA settings for multiple virtual machines in an HA cluster. Example: – multiple virtual machines all with Name XXX-console HA restart policy possible values: -HARestartPriority:Low -HARestartPriority:High -HARestartPriority:Disabled -HARestartPriority:Medium …
Read MoreAfter the 3 days of vSphere 5 training. I would like to point out 3 interesting components. First of all the new vCenter appliance. This is based on SUSE linux. This is a really cool thing for the private Homelab as it is ready to use including an database and there are no Windows and MS SQL licenses necessary. Just …
Read MoreI will be on an VMware training next week. 🙂 Course Description: This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphere™, which consists of ESXi and vCenter Server. The course is based on ESXi 5.0 and vCenter Server 5.0. Completion of this course satisfies the prerequisite …
Read More######################################################################################################## # Steps to use the script: # # 1st: create a folder on an shared datastore # # 2nd: adjust the content of the variable $FolderName to the name of the folder created in step 1 # # 3rd: adjust the content of the …
Read MoreVMware released the 1st information about the new upcoming vSphere5 including an new license model. vSphere 5 Overview vSphere 5 Pricing A full review of vSphere 5 will follow later as I’m currently very busy with our vSphere 4.1 environment and the development of an fully automated management/support system.
Read MoreScript to create a report about the VMware Tools status: Sample Output: Total VMs: 527 Total powered on: 474 Total powered off: 53 ToolsOK: 140 ToolsOld: 227 ToolsNotInstalled: 106 DisConnect from Virtual Center Set-PSDebug -Strict $VIServer = "VCENTERIP" Connect-VIServer -server $VIServer -User USERNAME …
Read MoreFirst you need to connect to a vCenter: Connect-VIServer -Server VCENTERIP -User USERNAME -Password PASSWORD Get-VMHost | Sort | Select Name, @{N="FC Device";E={[string]::Join(",",(($_ | Get-View).Config.StorageDevice.HostBusAdapter | where{$_.GetType().Name -eq "HostFibreChannelHba"} | …
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