UUIDs are wonderful! Really. They’re just not all that easy to get to, at least not when you need more than a few of them at a time. That is where this script comes in:
# get-uuid.ps1 # # Takes either a VMHost or VM object from [...]
So one of the things that did happen whilst I was away, and that does bear repeating (as it’s not marketing fluff) is the Virtualization Eco Shell Initiative and their beta release landing (Thanks Virtua-al).
The goal of the Vizioncore Virtualization EcoShell is to provide a freeware desktop application for novice and expert IT administrators leveraging [...]
Ok, so it was over this weekend, but that is when On-Call started, so getting back on track has been a bit off. Sorry!
There has been quite a lot that happened over that week too, vSphere (Cloud OS) and yet another pissing match between Microsoft and VMware. We’ll not get into that however, it’s already [...]
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I Calm across the “Must-have VMware infrastructure plug-ins” post earlier today and got to thinking what plug-ins I’d recommend.
Turns out, that my recommendations would not differ too much, I consider these Must Haves:
– Update Manager (included) – Storage VMotion. From Andrew at H9Labs [...]
This post started out as a bit of nonsense. A bit of an exploration into what could be done via the API using PowerShell. What better place to start I thought than the MOTD. Who doesn’t love the way VMware greets you… sometimes repeatedly in the same session with it.
Then, I got to thinking… (and [...]
Happy spring holiday from ProfessionalVMware.
While glancing over at PoSH today (the tiny turtle) I was inspired to do a bit of thinking and talking about using PoSH. Specifically the VI Toolkit, it really wouldn’t be blog worth otherwise would it? What I got thinking on, and what someone on irc clued me into, was storing credentials.
Why store credentials?
Well, the [...]
Late Tuesday evening I was troubleshooting an issue with a Mr. Smith from #vmware on Freenode. Yes, really, his name was smith. The issue we were troubleshooting was related to sharing VMDK files, between two VMs running on separate hosts.
After pointing Mr. Smith to my “Share and Share Alike” and feverently insisting that it would [...]
HyTrust today came out of quazi-stealth mode and released it’s security virtual appliance. It now comes in 6 new flavors of bacon-like goodness. Ok, so not bacon, but just as awesome!
From the press release:
The new HyTrust Appliance features the following key benefits:
Consistent Control – access and configuration controls are enforced consistently across the entire virtual [...]
“Managing VMware Infrastructure with Windows PowerShell: TFM” Is now available for pre-order from Sapien
In "Managing VMware Infrastructure with PowerShell", you will learn how to perform everything from simple ad-hoc reporting at the command-line ("are any of my virtual machines powered off?") to complex scripts to automate a massive deployment of hundreds of virtual machines. Simple, [...]
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