William Lam did it again. He created a script that manages FT from the command line. The script is called ftCLI.pl and here are the details: Description: Managing VMware Fault Tolerance via the command line. Params: The following operations are supported: create|enable|disable|stop Requirement: vSphere vCenter 4.0 ESX(i) 4.0 Advanced, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus or Eval licensing Assumption: Your environment is FT [...]

One of the blogs I’ve always enjoyed reading is ICT-Freak.nl. ICT-Freak is maintained by Arne Fokkema. Unfortunately Arne used to mix Dutch and English posts which means his blog is not aggregated on Planet V12n. This is why I wanted to point you out to the following awesome article: With the release of vSphere VMware introduced a new hardware level [...]

For all the developers out there, I just received the following from my colleague Steve Jin: VI (VSphere) Java API 2.0 was GAed last night. The 2.0 release represents 6 months of continuous (after work) engineering effort since this January. It has packed many features: New high performance web service engine. When I told people that we replaced AXIS, most [...]

I visit the VMTN Communities daily and recently noticed a new section called Code Central. I didn’t pay attention to it cause I thought it was a private section but apparently it is not. Nava Davuluri introduced this new section and his role within VMware recently in a blog article: I’m Nava Davuluri, a new hire into Product Marketing. This [...]

Got a question today on how to change the licensing server from the Service Console or how to add the license server via a scripted install. Of course “vmware-vim-cmd” is the keyword here. If you want to use a license server you will need to use the first option, if you want to add a license file you will need [...]

After I wrote the licensing server post a couple of days back one of my colleagues(Thanks Horst!) was so kind to email me the following script. What it basically does is check every server for the availability of the license source. Of course it can be improved by adding for instance a check to see if the license service is [...]

A quick intro: my name is Ian Gibbs, and I’m a former VMware PS Consultant like Duncan currently is. I’ve just transitioned to a role with a VMware customer where I’m responsible for delivering VMware View for real to 3000 users. Duncan has kindly invited me to share the things I learn with the world. I hope to post some [...]