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  • PowerCLI - Enable CPU and Memory HotAdd

    Jan 14, 2015 PowerCLI
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    I had a need to enable CPU and Memory hotadd to many virtual machines prior to a template being updated, doing some research there is no easy way, however there are some functions out there to do it. You can copy and paste each function into a powershell window and then run the associated command. 1Enable-MemHotAdd $ServerName 2Disable-MemHotAdd $ServerName 3Enable-vCPUHotAdd $ServerName 4Disable-vCPUHotAdd $ServerName Enable Memory HotAdd 1Function Enable-MemHotAdd($vm){ 2$vmview = Get-vm $vm | Get-View 3$vmConfigSpec = New-Object VMware.

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  • vSphere Data Protection - Insufficient Disk Space for Upgrade

    Sep 22, 2014 vSphere Data Protection
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    As I was upgrading my VDP-A environment from 5.5 to 5.8 the upgrade failed due to the following error. “Please make sure you have at least 20GB for repo, 10GB for var, and 1GB for root partition.” Upon further research there seems to be an issue from 5.5.1 and 5.5.5 appliances with the /space partition filling up due to PostGres events. The issue can be resolving by installing the following VDP patch (vdp_patch-5.

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  • Sysprep runs repeatedly on virtual machines deployed to ESXi 5.1 build 1743533

    Jul 8, 2014 PowerCLI Sysprep vSphere 5.1
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    We had a strange issue that any time a VM was snapshotted it then forced a reboot and sysprep. Reviewing the customization logs(C:\windows\temp\vmware-imc\guestcust.log) I noticed the following error..Unable to set customization status in vmx. Upon further research it seems this is a known issue and is resolved in ESXi 5.1 Express Patch 5 KB2077640 as referenced in this article KB2078352. However the hotfix only fixes future occurences, you still need to fix all the VMs affected.

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  • Configuring ESXi 5.5 Dump Collector

    Jun 10, 2014 PowerCLI Dump Collector
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    Thank you to everyone who listened to me on the EMEA vBrownbag. Here are copies of documentation and scripts on how to configure ESXi to use the remote dump collector. Check the ESXi Dump Collector Configuration Example: 1Foreach ($vmhost in (get-vmhost)){ 2$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -vmhost $vmhost 3$esxcli.system.coredump.network.get()} Setting the ESXi Dump Collector Example: 1Foreach ($vmhost in (get-vmhost)) { 2$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -vmhost $vmhost 3$esxcli.system.coredump.network.set($null, “vmk0″, “IPtoDumpCollector″, “6500″) 4$esxcli.system.coredump.network.set($true)} Test Host by Causing …

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  • Configuring ESXi 5.5 Syslog Collector

    Jun 10, 2014 PowerCLI Syslog
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    Thank you to everyone who listened to me on the EMEA vBrownbag. Here are copies of documentation and scripts on how to configure ESXi to use the Syslog collector. Check the ESXi Syslog Collector Configuration Example: 1Foreach ($vmhost in (get-vmhost)){ 2$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -vmhost $vmhost 3$esxcli.system.syslog.config.get()} Setting the ESXi Syslog Collector Example: 1Foreach ($vmhost in (get-vmhost)){ 2$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -vmhost $vmhost 3$esxcli.system.syslog.config.set($null, $null, $null, $null,"udp://IPtoSyslogServer:514″) 4$esxcli.system.syslog.reload()} Post-Installation Changes …

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  • Deploying vCloud Connector 2.6 and Configuring For vCHS (Part 3)

    Jun 4, 2014 vCloud Air
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    In Part 1 we showed you how to deploy vCloud Connector 2.6, and in Part 2 we showed you how to configure it. Here in Part 3 we will show you how to migrate a workload from your private cloud to your public cloud. Lets go back to our vCenter and select our vCloud Connector Plugin Expand your vCenter and select the folder that contains the VM you wish to copy to vCHS.

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  • Deploying vCloud Connector 2.6 and Configuring For vCHS (Part 1)

    Jun 3, 2014 vCloud Air
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    So luckily i was selected for the June 2014 wave of vCloud Hybrid Service access as a vExpert. I have been looking forwarding to using vCHS since it went GA and am glad to finally have the opportunity to use it hands on. Once I got access I knew I wanted to copy some of my existing workloads to vCHS instead of having to start from scratch. I begin to look for some good guides on implementing vCloud Connector 2.

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  • Deploying vCloud Connector 2.6 and Configuring For vCHS (Part 2)

    Jun 3, 2014 vCloud Air
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    Here is Part 2 a continuation of Deploying vCloud Connector 2.6 and Configuring For vCHS (Part 1) (http://davidstamen.com/2014/06/03/deploying-vcloud-connector-2-6-and-configuring-for-vchs-part-1/) where we will configure vCloud connector to your Private(vCenter) and Public(vCHS) clouds. Lets start with getting the vCloud Connector Server ready. Just in case you forgot what IP you assigned we can open the appliance and view the management information. As we can see here the URL to configure the appliace is https://192.

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  • Create VMFS Datastore Using PowerCLI

    May 22, 2014 PowerCLI Storage
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    For upcoming testing there was a need to create 140 datastores on a cluster for testing. Who wants to do that much clicking and typing? Not me! You can use the below PowerCLI commands to get the SCSI ID’s, Create the Datastore and then Rescan all hosts in the cluster. How do i get the CanonicalName for allocated disks? 1Get-SCSILun -VMhost 192.168.1.103 -LunType Disk | Select CanonicalName,Capacity How do I create a VMFS datastore for the CanonicalName I identified above?

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  • vSphere 5.x Storage vMotion Does Not Rename Virtual Machine Files.

    May 21, 2014 vMotion Storage
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    After upgrading vCenter this functionality is no longer enabled by default. Please perform the following steps to enable rename of files upon successful Storage vMotion. Log into the vSphere Client as an Administrator Click Administration > vCenter Server Settings Click Advanced Settings Add this advanced parameter key: provisioning.relocate.enableRename Set the value to: true Click Add Click OK Restart the VMware VirtualCenter Server service for the changes to take effect

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