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Another script in my series of scripts to assist with the configuration of a vSphere environment. This PowerCLI script enables the Software iSCSI Adapter and sets the iSCSI SendTargets on each host.
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Last week (or it may have been the week before) a new VMware Fling was released to allow VMware Tools to be installed in a nested ESXi server.
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This script uses the PowerCLI cmdlet Get-EsxCli to execute the esxcli command to set the default PSP policy for the specified SATP on each host in vCenter Inventory.
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This is the second post in a series of PowerCLI scripts I use when doing new vSphere implementations. This PowerCLI script configures the primary and alternate DNS servers, the domain name, and the NTP settings of each ESXi hosts.
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This first PowerCLI script creates a new Data Center in vCenter inventory and adds a list of ESXi hosts to the new Data Center. Nothing real fancy here but the script does help speed up adding ESXi hosts to the vCenter inventory.
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Several students of the VMware IT Academy Program at TCC have asked me about the new VMware Certified Associate – Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DV) certification. I really did not have much information about the exam other than it was a new (or re-introduced?) entry level VMware Certification exam with no training requirement.
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The discussion lead to what happens if you lose everything, say in the event of a power failure or something like that. We did not get to deep into designing the infrastructure correctly to make sure things like that do not happen we focused on the “Well what if it did?”
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Using ESXi Lockdown Mode to reduce the security risks associated with simple root passwords on the hosts.
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During the install the pop up warned me, but I was sure that the Domain Admin group had been configured with Administrator access (it was not). The upgrade finished successfully but it had deleted the local Administrator group which was configured with Administrator access. Oh no!!!
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The vExpert awards for 2013 were announced yesterday afternoon. This is my second year as a vExpert!
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Update 1 for ESXi 5.1 has been out for a few weeks now. I had a few minutes of downtime so I decided to go ahead and update the host running my home lab. Not for any specific reason other than I had some time and wanted to get to the latest version.
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