ESX/ESXi
Migrating ESX to ESXi
Just released on the VMware Flings site is a fling which is designed to help when you make the move from ESX to ESXi, this tool will help you check hardware software and also that there are no lingering scripts or locally stored VMs etc. A great tool to download and run against your environment [...]
ESXi 5.0 Reference Poster
During VMworld most people I talked to were either moving to ESXi or excited by the new features of vSphere 5 and were investigating what they would need to do to upgrade and get the latest and greatest. Those who attended the Hands on Lab were lucky enough to grab a poster bought to you [...]
Backing up the ESXi System Image
ESXi is based on a system image, VMware used to call this a firmware but some people found this misleading, most people still refer to it as firmware but in this post I will refer to it as a system image. The system image is a unified image which is the same whether booting from [...]
Automated support bundles
I received an email recently from a gentleman asking if it was possible to export the support bundles for each host on a daily basis, this can be useful for not only having an archive of your system logs to help resolve problems and work out when they started but also useful for auditing purposes. [...]
Enabling ESX SSH via PowerCLI
Ok, I have been living under a rock a little recently, I have had so much going on that my blog and my hands on time has been suffering, sorry for that. Whilst delivering a presentation on the new features in vSphere 4.1 – Of which there are tons (should have been 4.5 in my [...]
VMware Session 4: Advanced performance troubleshooting using esxtop
And last in this series of presentations given in London on the 8th October but by no means least is Advanced performance troubleshooting using esxtop, this was an absolutely fantastic presentation by a guy who blew my mind, the best bit was when someone asked him a question and he told the audience member where [...]
VMware Session 3: PowerCLI & Onyx
Following on in the series of presentations (listed below) given by VMware on the 8th October in London please find below the PowerCLI & Onyx slide deck and MP3 file. Other presentations given: VMware Session 1: Exploring VMware APIs VMware Session 2: vSphere APIs for Performance Monitoring This presentation focused on PowerCLI and Onyx, they [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
