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 … [Continue reading] about Automating VMware cluster remediation without DRS: PowerCLI
Setting up SFTP on Windows 2008
Recently, I had a task assigned to me to get SFTP up and running on a Windows 2008 server. I did some Googling and found a few resources, but only by combining the various bits of information was I able to get it up and running. I thought I'd throw … [Continue reading] about Setting up SFTP on Windows 2008
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, … [Continue reading] about ESXi 4.1 remote log collection with VMware vMA 4.1
NetApp PowerShell Credential Bug (Fixed!)
Update: This has been resolved in the 1.3 release of the Toolkit. I ran into a bug while trying to write a script that would cycle through all of my NetApp filers and change the root password. The issue was that I was unable to pass a PSCredential … [Continue reading] about NetApp PowerShell Credential Bug (Fixed!)
OVA’s and OVF’s: What are they, and what’s the difference?
Chances are good that you’ve run into an OVF/OVA from a variety of sources: as a packaged application or appliance from a vendor, as a download from the VMware community appliances site, or even while physically moving virtual machine files from one … [Continue reading] about OVA’s and OVF’s: What are they, and what’s the difference?