The other day, one of my coworkers was attempting to upgrade a cluster from ESX 4.0 to ESXi 4.1. He started on a host that was empty (no DRS; manually load balanced cluster), and after that completed he began to evacuate the other 2 ESX 4.0 hosts to the newly installed ESXi 4.1 host. While […]
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Beyond this point lies a lot of content that is likely irrelevant, but I felt that it would be a waste to delete it. So, here it is in all of its outdated glory.
Cluster HA/EVC & Guest HA Reporting: PowerCLI
One of the unique but potentially frustrating things about the environment that I support is that many of the clusters & guests are setup the same exact way at multiple locations. PowerCLI has really helped reduce the amount of time it takes to verify settings, and to set them correctly (although, that’s another post). This […]
Guest troubleshooting 101: VMware
Lately I’ve been fighting a remote cluster that has had its share of host and guest issues; this latest issue piqued my interest and its solution was so simple that I chuckled a bit. Problem: The guest will not respond to power commands thru vCenter The guest OS has been shutdown thru Windows, but the […]
Ghetto host evacuation: PowerCLI
Do you need to easily evacuate a clustered vSphere host, and you don’t have DRS (no vSphere Enterprise/Plus licensing)? Then look no further. This little beauty will get you pointed in the right direction, and save you some time.
ESX & ESXi counts: PowerCLI
Nothing too fancy here, just a quick and dirty way to find the current counts of all of my ESXi 4.1 (Build 260247) versus the remaining ESX hosts.