Sounds strange but yes it is possible 🙂 Just one module and some lines of Powershell code and thats it. Import-Module SSH-Sessions $old_passwd = "vmware" $new_passwd = "VMware1!" New-SshSession -ComputerName IP-ADDRESS -Username admin -Password $old_passwd $result = Invoke-SshCommand -ComputerName IP-ADDRESS -Command …

The great virtualization solution Proxmox VE has been release in version 2.1. Release notes – simplify GUI for users without permissions – implemented startup/shutdown ordering – improved task logs on node startup/shutdown – added Russian, Italian and Turkish translation – updated corosync cluster stack to 1.4.3 – …

I’m currently facing an problem with my vdr that it runs into a kernel panic. It looks like an issue with the hot add function which add’s vmdks from virtual machines. The response from vmware was to set to parameters in the datarecovery.ini file. Location: /var/vmware/datarecovery/datarecovery.ini If the file doesn’t …

I’m very busy at work as we are currently in major reorganisation. Personal for myself everything has changed. I’m now in a new department including a new boss and new responsibilities. But now everything settles and I have time for new stuff like my preparation for the VCP 5 exam. 🙂 As preparation I have upgraded my …

I tried a lot of “appliance” but the most of them are not appliance. Always the same stuff, they virtualize a server and call it virtual appliance. There is no menu to configure the network and so on. Just an virtual machine with an full OS and an application. A real virtual appliance has an OS called JeOS (Just enough …

I wish all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Enjoy the days with your family and friends. Wish you all the best! hemmi

I was not quite happy with the statistics from the vCenter. It is not possible to get an overview overall my ESXi servers. 🙁 Someone pointed me to the tool Graphite that this is a cool solution to visualize such kind of statistics. So I decided to give it a try. I created and virtual machine running Centos and Graphite …

I got my 2nd HP Microserver today including the Remote Access Card. In the next days the memory upgrade of both boxes to 8GB each will arrive too. So that means my private Lab is nearly ready. I just miss the external iSCSI storage but this is currently no issue as I use a freenas on my ML115 G5 as shared storage. Let …

Today I have ordered a Second HP Microserver N40L. Additionally 8GB for my old and the new Microserver and the Remote Access Card. I will create a Cluster with both Micro’s and my ML115 G5 using EVC. This will be enough power to run all my test as preparation for the VCP 5 exam.

It is supported by VMware to run the VDR 2.0 with 4GB memory. This will reduce the swap usage a lot. Hopefully this will help to stabilize the Backup System.