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PowerShell - vCenter License Handling It’s that time of year again for vExperts… Time to replace the NFR licenses the vExpert program has graciously supplied us. Was given a gentle reminder of this the other day while preparing for a vBrownbag presentation: I’ve been on a big Powershell module making binge lately and noticed there really isn’t much for handling vCenter’s licensing, so I created one and published it out on Github. Feb 26, 2016 - 2 min read
Commitmas: Learning Git Revert Commitmas time has come again! For those of you that aren’t aware, Commitmas is a program which started last year (2014) with a goal of pushing people to learn how to use GitHub by way of 12 days of different challenges. Dec 11, 2015 - 1 min read
PowerCLI - Quick Stats Not Up To Date Error Recently rebooted one of my vCenters and came across an error on my ESXi hosts stating “Quick stats on *vmhost* is not up-to-date”. A couple seconds worth of googling brought me to VMware KB2061008 which helped to resolve the issue. Nov 9, 2015 - 1 min read
PowerShell - NSX Module Update A new update has been published to the NSX Module which I previously published on GitHub: NSXModule A reference to the first blog post I made concerning the module, including some screenshots of it actually in use: http://thatcouldbeaproblem. Nov 2, 2015 - 2 min read
PowerShell - Finally Testing PernixData! My home lab has been in need of some upgrades lately. One of the easiest, and cheapest, was the addition of PernixData and their FVP Freedom edition release. Couple of caveats I feel I should cover if you’ve never been exposed to PernixData’s FVP product: Oct 29, 2015 - 3 min read
PowerCLI 6.0 R2 - Announcing vROps Integration For those that have been requesting some vCOps and/or vROps integration into PowerCLI, as I have been, we finally have our solution! PowerCLI 6.0 R2 brings that to the table in the form of a new module:VMware. Sep 15, 2015 - 3 min read
PoSh - Gathering VMware NSX Info via API I’ve been lucky enough to get a chance to do some work involving VMware’s NSX product lately. Having watched a bunch of VMworld sessions, live demos, and messed around with it in the VMware Hands on Labs I was fairly comfortable in an existing environment. Aug 24, 2015 - 2 min read
PowerShell - Configuring the HP iLO Hostname If you’ve had any chance to use the HP Scripting Tools for Powershell at all you might have noticed some inconsistencies specific to the handling of server names. These issues are only made worse when combined with blade enclosures. Feb 17, 2015 - 2 min read
PowerCLI - View - Pool Health Check Report I’ve been given the chance to work with View a little more here recently and focus in on some of the gaps that are missing, specifically around reporting and alerting. vC Ops and the View adapter are in use, however the alerts leave much to be desired. Dec 29, 2014 - 2 min read
PowerCLI - Automate the vROps OVA Deployment For those that haven’t heard, vCenter Operations (known better as vC Ops) has been not only updated but renamed. It’s new name is vRealize Operations (or, probably, vR Ops) and it is officially version 6. Dec 19, 2014 - 2 min read