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…
Here it is, my little project I have been working on for the last few weeks. Yes, I know, a few weeks is quite a long time for a script. This however is my first time writing a powershell script, so there have a been a few road bumps and Read more…
Not sure if everyone has seen this one yet. VMWare just announced that VDR is now included in Standard, which essentially means that now everyone has access to it. So if you or your company are paying a bunch of money for a backup solution, you now have an alternative Read more…