March, 2010
vCheck v5
That’s right, its finally here, vCheck v5 has arrived ! If you have been using previous versions of this report then its time to update, I have added lots of cool new features and checks which make this report (even if I do say so) awesome ! Some of the highlighted features of v5 are: [...]
Dell ESXi Management
Unlike the traditional ESX software, the ESXi software does not have a service console. It helps reduce the installation footprint of the software and can allow the hypervisor to be directly installed on the system’s internal flash storage or a USB key. At the moment I am investigating moving to ESXi from ESX, after resolving [...]
Getting started with the Update Manager Cmdlets
Last night I needed to update some of my hosts with the latest patches that have been released recently, this gave me the ideal opportunity to look at the recently released VMware Update Manager cmdlets for PowerCLI. For a full list of cmdlets or to download click here. Whilst upgrading one of my hosts I [...]
Another reason to upgrade to ESXi
The reasons why not to upgrade to ESXi are getting less and less recently, I think I knocked the automated configuration on the head at the London VMUG with my recent presentation which can be seen here. With the improved vSphere API’s and using PowerCLI we are slowly able to replace most of the things [...]
VMware Update Manager cmdlets
Way back beyond the time before PowerCLI was invented there was this app called the Virtual Infrastructure Toolkit, when you installed the VITK if you had Update manager installed you used to be able to install some beta cmdlets which worked with update manager, this was subsequently removed in future versions….. Until Now ! They [...]
PowerCLI: Technical Support Mode
Today Duncan over at yellow-bricks.com has started quite the conversation on technical support mode for ESXi or otherwise known as “unsupported mode”, check out his blog post and especially the comments here: http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2010/03/01/disable-tech-support-on-esxi/ As always when I see a post my first thought is to PowerCLI, so how can it help in this instance, well [...]
