So unless you live under a rock, (and if you do live under one, good for you and welcome back,) Voting has started today for the Top Virtualization Blogs of 2011. This voting takes place on V-Sphere Land, which I am sure is different things to different people, but to Read more…
Recently I have had two servers that have been giving me a hard time when I try to back them up using VDR. These are a couple of the errors I am seeing and this one… These two VMs happen to both be Windows 2008 with Sql Server 2008. Now Read more…
A while ago my vCenter Service shutdown and I could not get it restarted. I looked in the event logs of the server and found this guy Log Name: Application Source: MSSQL$SQLEXP_VIM Date: 11/14/2011 6:02:25 PM Event ID: 9002 Task Category: (2) Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: SYSTEM Computer: Description: Read more…
A little over a week ago, 2012/01/05, I was fortunate enough to be on the Powerscripting Podcast. This was both a fun and an educational experience for me. Although I wish I could say I am a long listener of the show. I am really not, my first time listening Read more…
I figured I would join in on the fun. 2011 was a very different year for me both professionally and personally. Professionally it was the first full year I have had at my current job. That’s awesome because this is my first “big boy” professional job that I have actually Read more…
So this weekend I read the last 250 pages Mastering VMware vSphere 5 to finish it off. I have been busy with other things lately and have neglected reading it for longer than I probably should have. To start, if you read Mastering 4 by Scott Lowe, you probably have a Read more…
This is one of those scripts that come about when my boss walks into my office… Boss: “Can powershell…” Me:”Yes” He doesn’t even need to finish his sentence because I know powershell can do it. That doesn’t mean I will immediately know how to accomplish it with powershell, but Oh Read more…