When I was playing with ESXi 5.0 in my lab I noticed some changes during the installation process. Of course I had not bothered to read the documentation but when I watched the installer fail I figured it might make sense to start reading. I’ve documented the scripted installation procedure multiple times by now. But in short, when you would [...]

Rob just released a brand new version of RVTools. So what’s new? Version 3.1 (April, 2011) Logon form tab order rearranged Logon form will remember your last selected host / vCenter server On vInfo new fields Provisioned, Used and shared storage On vInfo new fields install Boot Required, number of Virtual Disks On vInfo new fields Fault Tolerance State,  FT [...]

I was able to connect my PowerCLI instance without any problems to my vCenter, until all of a sudden I got the following error: Connect-VIServer : 8/12/2010 11:51:36 Connect-VIServer Could not connect using the requested protocol. I discovered that this was due to a change in the Proxy Server settings on the client. After removing this proxy address everything was [...]

I wanted to output some data with PowerCLI using the Out-GridView cmdlet. Reason for using this cmdlet is that I needed to create an index for the .vmdk’s  attached to the virtual machines and the number varies, however I encountered the following error on my system: Out-GridView : To use the Out-GridView cmdlet, install the Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment [...]

As you hopefully have read I have been busy over the last weeks with a new project. This project is all about enabling migrations to ESXi. I wrote two articles for the ESXi Chronicles blog of which the first article describes the scripted install procedure and the seconds gives some additional advanced examples of what is possible in these scripts. [...]

I never noticed this set of scripts to be honest but Anne Holler(VMware Employee) posted these about a year ago. What the scripts do is change various DRS/DPM settings to pro-actively manage your environment and change DRS and DPM behaviour based on expected workload. Proactive DRS: setDRSAggressive.pl The script setDRSAggressive.pl sets various DRS operating parameters so that it will recommend rebalancing [...]

Somehow I missed out on this excellent script/blog about diagramming your vmdk’s and associated snapshot trees for the Planet V12n Top 5 post I do for the VMTN Blog weekly. Luc Dekens is one of the leading PowerCLI script gurus and created this amazing script that creates a diagram of the relationship between VMs, VMDKs and Snapshots. Now you might [...]