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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

If you are configuring a cluster with less than 2 datastores, you will receive an HA warning “The number of heartbeat datastores for host is 1, which is less than required: 2” You can add an option to the HA Advanced Options to supress this warning. Log in to vCenter Server Right-click the cluster and …

When setting up a cluster for testing you may not have 2 nics to use for management. to bypass the warning you can configure HA to not alert you for this issue. To perform the steps in the c# client. From the VMware Infrastructure Client, right-click on the cluster and click Edit Settings. Select vSphere HA and click …

This is a great script to keep handy. If you have multiple RDM’s on a VM and need to get the NAA_ID for them the below PowerCLI command will get you that information. 1Get-VM VMNAME| Get-HardDisk -DiskType "RawPhysical","RawVirtual" | Select …