We’ve all been there. Server is disconnected from the vCenter and you have no idea what happened. This post will show you the basic ESXCLI troubleshooting commands in order for you to get a handle of the situation and get things back up and working in no time. This post...
I wanted to provide quick directions to everyone on how to mount a VMware NFS datastore using the vSphere web client 6.x. This method is very different using the web client and I know I have gotten a lot of questions on how to do it. Before you start, you...
As you already know, the default location for your VMware logs are on the ESXi scratch partition. This is temporary space that gets erased after every ESXi reboot and is a poor location to store your log files. This article will show you why and how you should change it...
Here is a very simple Powercli script for host performance reports. You can take this script and schedule it on your Windows vCenter to automate host performance reports in your environment. The script can be run on demand or scheduled and can be customized for any date range. Small and...
I am an organizational nut. I believe a well-organized and properly documented Generic PowerShell Template will work better. To that end, when I create scripts, I make sure I follow the same organizational structure every time. Each section is cleanly identified in the script and can be easily followed and...
This is my VMware PowerCLI Clone VM script. More and more people are building their critical infrastructure servers as virtual machines (VM) these days. This makes perfect sense and there are many advantages to this approach. The key is to make sure you are protected and can recover your support...
Public vs private cloud, which is better? Everyone is either using cloud or will be in the next few years. Sooner or later, everyone will need to decide if they should use either a private cloud or a public cloud to hold all their data and information. Clouds come...
Are you wondering what is PowerCLI? PowerCLI is a VMware command-line utility to manage VMware environments including ESXi servers and VM’s. It is an incredibility powerful tool. PowerCLI provides anyone with a simple means to automate the management of your virtual infrastructure. PowerCLI allows you to manage your host, guests,...
What is better, a NAS or cloud drive? If you are the owner of a small business, you have probably struggled with where to keep your information. Storing it locally on a laptop or an office computer is never a good idea. Hard drives will fail, they always do. When...
I think a lot of people have been wonder just what is Openstack? I have been reading quite a lot about Openstack over the past few years wondering if it will become the next big thing to cloud computing. After a ton of reading, I have learned that the concept of...