In a previous post, I discussed my need to manage HA isolation response and restart priority settings on a per-VM level (separate from the cluster settings). This post is a continuation of that topic, but covers how to manage the VM Monitoring aspect of VMware HA with PowerCLI. At the time of writing, there are […]
ESXi 4
VMware HA Restart Policies: PowerCLI
Recently I received a request to disable any automated HA actions on specific VMs across our infrastructure. To some folks that might sound a bit crazy, but there was good reason: an outside vendor supports an application and wanted to be involved any time the VM was powered up/down/etc. They have contractual obligations with business […]
Controlling VMware Update Manager patch staging: PowerCLI
As you may be aware, VMware Update Manager has functionality built-in that allows the VMware administrator to stage patches to hosts, for remediation at a later time. There are a number of downsides to the way this functionality is implemented in the VMware VUM GUI.
Automating VMware cluster remediation without DRS: PowerCLI
As you may be aware, VMware’s Update Manager (VUM) does a great job of remediating vSphere hosts when they’re in DRS-enabled clusters. You select the cluster you want to remediate, verify the correct baselines are attached, and click Remediate. VUM will automatically evacuate each host in turn, then patch, reboot, repeat as necessary until the […]
ESXi 4.1 remote log collection with VMware vMA 4.1
When I first decided to blog about this, I started doing some Googling for resources. I ran across an excellent post by Simon Long that talked about using vMA’s vilogger capabilities for remote logging, but his blog post was written with 4.0 in mind, and didn’t line up exactly with how things are done with […]