by Duncan Epping
Duncan Epping · ·
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 to use the second option:
vmware-vim-cmd vimsvc/license --source server
vmware-vim-cmd vimsvc/license --source file
Don’t you just love “vmware-vim-cmd”….
Duncan Epping · ·
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 running on the license server and for instance email the results if there’s an error… [Read more…] about Check if your license server is still running…
Duncan Epping · ·
I just received an email about an excellent article on VI:OPS. The article is titled “Automating Network Setting Changes and DNS Updates on Recovery Site Using VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager“. It includes a PDF file which contains a description for configuring automatic IP-Changes but also includes batch files for DNS updates.
When performing site failover, IT administrators are often faced with challenges to deal with disparate networks on the recovery site:
- Network properties of virtual machines need to be customized according to the network specification of the recovery site.
- Domain Name Server (DNS) records pertaining to these virtual machines need to be updated.
VMware® vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) enables customers to design automated recovery plans that incorporate all these necessary network property changes, relieving them of the repetitive and error-prone manual tasks.
This paper shows the mechanisms that SRM customers can use in order to automate these tasks related to network related changes.
Duncan Epping · ·
I just noticed this awesome work by LucD. He developed two scripts which can import and export DRS affinity rules. Especially in large environments or environments that have multiple affinity rules this is an excellent solution. Take a look at the link above for more details. Luc posted the script half way down the topic in text but also added a modified version at the bottom. The VI Toolkit at it’s best… or should we call it PowerCLI these days?
Duncan Epping · ·
I already blogged about this awesome healthcheck script by William Lam a couple of times and it just has been updated to version 1.0. The following details have been added to the already extensive list:
Check the detailed output example William uploaded recently.