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Using CLI to Manage DVS Host Uplinks
Nov 30, 2015 Networking ESXCLI
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Ever needed to modify a DVS uplink configuration from ESXi Shell? I am currently troubleshooting some issues with DVS uplinks no longer being assigned on reboot.
As a heads up. If you are doing this on ESXi 6.0.. don’t. It can cause an issue with the proxy DVS having different ID than the actual DVS causing my original issue, still working with VMware Support to find out more details.
After “Restoring Network Configuration” a few too many times, I finally realized I could just add the uplinks back via CLI until support can figure out why this is occurring, here are the …
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Configuring Multiple UCS VLAN's
Nov 23, 2015 Cisco UCS Networking
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We are currently working on some Cisco ACI Integration and wanted to add a large VLAN Pool to a UCS Configuration.
Since currently Cisco UCS does not allow selecting multiple VLAN’s easily when adding to a VLAN Group or vNIC Template, we now have a pretty decent script that will do it for you.
The script can be found here.
# PowerCLI Script for adding VLAN to VLAN Group and vNIC Template # @davidstamen # http://davidstamen.com #Define Variables $cred = Get-Credential $ucs = "ucs01" $startvlan = "100" $endvlan = "150" $vnictemplate = "vnic-template" …
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Disconnected vNIC's?
Nov 18, 2015 Networking PowerCLI
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Ever wonder why a VM isn’t on the network?
I was working on deploying some test VM’s and for some reason all the VM’s that were cloned decided to start with the network disconnected, and the connect on power on was also not selected.
I decided to throw together this quick one-liner that will make sure every VM is set to start connected on power on and is currently connected.
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Reusing Horizon View Desktop Names
Nov 11, 2015 Horizon View
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Have you ever worked with a Horizon View pool with 10 VM’s and deleted 3 and it recreated as 11? May want to pay attention to learn how you can reuse view desktop names.
First you will need to connect to the ADAM database on one of your servers. Use KB2012377 for instructions.
To connect to the View ADAM database:
- Log in to one of the View Connection Servers as Domain Administrator.
- Click Start > Administrative Tools > ADSI Edit.
- In the console window, right-click ADSI Edit and click Connect to.
- In the Name field type:
  View ADAM Database
- Select Select or type a Distinguished …

Section 1: Configure and Administer vSphere 6.x Security

Oct 16, 2015 VCP6-DCV Certification

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Section 1 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint

Objective 1.1: Configure and Administer Role-based Access Control

Compare and contrast propagated and explicit permission assignments
- An example of a propagated permission:
  - Most inventory objects inherit permissions from a single parent object in the hierarchy. For example, a datastore inherits permissions from either its parent datastore folder or parent data center. Virtual machines inherit permissions from both the parent virtual machine folder and the parent host, cluster, or resource pool simultaneously.
- An example of an explicit permission: …

Section 10: Administer and Manage vSphere Virtual Machines

Oct 16, 2015 VCP6-DCV Certification

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Section 10 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint

Objective 10.1: Configure Advanced vSphere Virtual Machine Settings

Determine how using a shared USB device impacts the environment
Configure virtual machines for vGPUs, DirectPath I/O and SR-IOV
Configure virtual machines for multicore vCPUs
Differentiate virtual machine configuration settings
Interpret virtual machine configuration files (.vmx) settings
Enable/disable advanced virtual machine settings

Objective 10.2: Create and Manage a Multi-site Content Library

Publish a content catalog
Subscribe to a published catalog
Determine which privileges are …

Section 2: Configure and Administer Advanced vSphere 6.x Networking

Oct 16, 2015 VCP6-DCV Certification

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Section 2 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint

Objective 2.1: Configure Advanced Policies/Features and Verify Network Virtualization Implementation

Create/Delete a vSphere Distributed Switch
- In the vSphere Web Client, navigate to a data center.
- In the navigator, right-click the data center and select Distributed Switch > New Distributed Switch.
- In Name and Location, type a name for the new distributed switch, or accept the generated name, and click Next.
- In Select version, select a distributed switch version and click Next.
- In Edit Settings configure the distributed switch settings.
  - Use the arrow …

Section 3: Configure and Administer Advanced vSphere 6.x Storage

Oct 16, 2015 VCP6-DCV Certification

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Section 3 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint

Objective 3.1: Manage vSphere Storage Virtualization

Discover new storage LUNs
Configure FC/iSCSI/FCoE LUNs as ESXi boot devices
Create an NFS share for use with vSphere
Enable/Configure/Disable vCenter Server storage filters
Configure/Edit hardware/dependent hardware initiators
Enable/Disable software iSCSI initiator
Configure/Edit software iSCSI initiator settings
Configure iSCSI port binding
Enable/Configure/Disable iSCSI CHAP
Determine use cases for fiber channel zoning
Compare and contrast array thin provisioning and virtual disk thin provisioning …

Section 4: Upgrade a vSphere Deployment to 6.x

Oct 16, 2015 VCP6-DCV Certification

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Section 4 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint

Objective 4.1: Perform ESXi Host and Virtual Machine Upgrades

Configure download source(s)
Setup UMDS to setup download repository
Import ESXi images
Create Baselines and/or Baseline groups
Attach Baselines to vSphere objects
Scan vSphere objects
Stage patches & Extensions
Remediate an object
Upgrade a vSphere Distributed Switch
Upgrade VMware Tools
Upgrade Virtual Machine hardware
Upgrade an ESXi Host using vCenter Update Manager
Stage multiple ESXi Host upgrades
Align appropriate baselines with target inventory objects.

Objective 4.2: Perform vCenter …

Section 5: Administer and Manage vSphere 6.x Resources

Oct 16, 2015 VCP6-DCV Certification

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Section 5 of the VCP6-DCV blueprint

Objective 5.1: Configure Advanced/Multilevel Resource Pools

Understand/Apply
Determine the effect of the Expandable Reservation parameter on resource allocation
Create a resource pool hierarchical structure
Configure custom resource pool attributes
Determine how resource pools apply to vApps
Describe vFlash architecture
Create/Remove a Resource Pool
Add/Remove virtual machines from a Resource Pool
Create/Delete vFlash Resource Pool
Assign vFlash resources to VMDKs
Given a scenario, determine appropriate shares, reservations and limits for hierarchical …