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…
Wow, First I think that was the longest title I have had thus far for a blog post. Anyway, when updating/upgrading VMware Tools with VMware Update Manager the error I run into the most is just that VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe needs to be deleted from the target pc. I always get very Read more…
For the past couple weeks I have been using a nice one-liner to find out the VMs in my environment have the upgrade policy that I want them to have. I almost always personally want my virtual machines to upgrade vmware tools on a powercycle. It makes it easier for Read more…
You just updated vCenter and VUM to the latest vSphere 5, now you get to take a break and have a drink, right? Nope! You get to now upgrade your hosts to the latest version. Fortunately this is a super easy process. Let’s get started. Connect your vSphere Client to Read more…
In one of my environments I was still running SQL Server Express 2005 with both vCenter and VUM attached to it. I decided that with my upgrade to vSphere 5, I should go ahead and do the full upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2 as well. My plan is as Read more…
Upgrading vSphere Update Manager: Fortunately for me and my sanity, this upgrade process was drastically better than my vCenter Upgrad. It was a pretty simple process to Launch from the overall vSphere 5 installer. I know sometimes I delay installing/upgrading things if I think they might be a hassle. Hopefully Read more…
It sucked. This is all mostly my own fault. I spent a few hours fighting with an issue I shouldn’t have any dealings with at all. I admit, I had a super noob moment. For those of you who don’t know or don’t remember. vCenter 5 does not support SQL Read more…
I was super excited to get this book in the mail today. Pretty much as soon as I opened the book I knew I had to do this post. I wanted to be one of the first to give a review of the book, albeit a partial review. I know Read more…
Shares seem to be a topic that comes up a lot just because not everyone understands them very well. So I wanted to take a moment to see if I can take a stab at explaining them. I know there are several good explanation that exist already, but it never Read more…
I have both fortunately and unfortunately worked with HA a lot lately. I have a process that resolves most of the host HA configuration errors I come across. Obviously it won’t fix the specific errors relating to a vswitch or shared storage etc., but it does fix most of my Read more…