- - Yesterday I created a post about changing the advanced configuration settings for NFS via PowerCLI. Today I will show you how you can change the advanced configuration settings with the use of esxcfg-advcfg. This is quite useful for kickstart installations. This is a snippet from my ks.cfg file: # Set NFS advanced Configuration Settings /usr/sbin/esxcfg-advcfg [...]
- - After reading Jase’s post http://www.jasemccarty.com/blog/?p=532 about setting the advanced configuration settings. I wanted to create a script and add it to the Community Powerpack (more info about the Powerpack here: http://www.virtu-al.net/2010/06/04/goodbye-virtu-al-hello-community/) So I created two PowerCLI scripts to achieve this. You can see a short demo here: This script will be added [...]
- - After upgrading a large group Virtual Machines to the latest build of VMware Tools. I got an error when I started a vMotion task on a some VMs. The warning is pretty clear but I couldn’t cancel the VMware Tools wizard from the vSphere client. After a short search on Google I found a post [...]
- - vEcoShell 1.2.6 is GA!! Quote from vEcoShell blog: The major difference in 1.2.6 is in how connections to multiple vCenter or ESX Servers are managed. In previous versions, vEcoShell maintained all session management and required custom code in nearly all of it’s scripts to function properly. These scripts could not run externally to vEcoShell, so [...]
- - The first step is to configure the repository server. Before you can start, you have to install the createrepo package. Just run the following command: yum install createrepo If you didn’t already, also install Apache on the Server that’s hosting the repository. Let’s create a folder structure so we can place the rpm’s on the [...]
- - After creating the Restart-VMs.ps1 script, I also created a script to schedule vHardware changes. With this script, you’re able to upgrade or downgrade the amount of memory and or the amount of vCPU’s of a VM. Just lik the restart script, you can schedule this script and change the recommended parameters. These are the parameters [...]
- - I created the following script to schedule some restart jobs overnight. The goal for this script was to add some parameters so you don’t have to edit the script file itself to schedule it for another VM or a group of VM’s. #################################################################### # # Restart-VMs.ps1 # # -vCenter vCenter Server or Servers to connect [...]
- - This post is a complete re-post from Eric Sarakaitis blog: http://www.vmwareadmins.com So, after spending three days on this, I was finally able to get the Intel 82575 and 82576 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter driver slipstreamed onto the installation media. I first followed this: http://patrickvanbeek.wordpress.com/2010/01/30/slipstreaming-drivers-in-the-esx4i-install-iso/ to get the post install drivers working. But I still had [...]
- - In this post I will show you how to hot add a new VMDK to a Linux VM. I will also post how to remove a VMDK if necessary. Hot Add a new VMDK Add the new VMDK: After you added the new VMDK login to the VM and run fdisk –l [root@nagios ~]# [...]
- - In this post I will share some tips / tricks and scripts, which I used to create an unattended ESX4 installation. One of the important lessons I have learned with creating a ks.cfg file for vSphere is how to use proper escaping. for each $ in your script use a \ to escape it [...]
About the Author
My name is Bobby Shea and I am an Infrastructure Practice Team Lead for EMC Application Consulting. When I am not working I enjoy riding my motorcycle with my wife, spending time with my family, watching NHL Hockey and exploring new technology.
