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Auto Power On and VCSA Upgrades

Mar 27, 2017 · 4 min read · homelab vmware vcenter rest-api powershell ·

VMware vSphere 6.5 comes with a RESTful API implementation and there’s some great documentation out there- starting with the API Explorer (http://my.vcenter.name/apiexplorer ). Here’s a quick piece on how to use this API to create a VM from the PowerShell command line. This is intentionally not using PowerCLI, just the …

vHighlights #003

Mar 26, 2017 · 1 min read · vmware aws vcenter ·

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Some highlights from VMware ecosystem and Virtualisation in general from the past 7 days. Announcements, discoveries, and useful bits-and-bobs found on the internet. Week ending 26 March 2017
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Rolling back a failed VCSA HA deployment

Mar 23, 2017 · 2 min read · vmware vcenter ·

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Rolling back a failed VCSA HA deployment

The deployment of High Availability in the vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 is very slick and there’s a great step-by-step walkthrough of how to implement it. However, sometimes things go wrong
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vHighlights #002

Mar 19, 2017 · 2 min read · vmware vcenter solidfire hpe nimble-storage simplivity microsoft windows ·

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Some highlights from VMware ecosystem and Virtualisation in general from the past 7 days. Announcements, discoveries, and useful bits-and-bobs found on the internet. Week ending 19 March 2017
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100,000 good reasons to virtualise those apps

Mar 16, 2017 · 5 min read · application-virtualisation numecent software2 higher-education ·

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A few years ago the IT department I work for set about revolutionising it’s software delivery methods using application virtualisation. As a University we were faced with the challenge of providing all applications to the staff and students on any PC- fighting the situation where “Package A is only …

PowerShell Quick Tip- Letter Frequency

Mar 16, 2017 · 1 min read · powershell ·

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With a list of Surnames in a text file I wanted to see how many start with A, how many with B, and so on. This is my PowerShell solution:
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Auto Power On and VCSA Upgrades

Mar 13, 2017 · 2 min read · homelab vmware vcenter ·

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The vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) upgrade from 6.0 to 6.5 is a slick, well managed, process. The installer deploys a new appliance, transfers all the settings from the old one (including IP address and identity) and then powers the old appliance VM off. This provides a neat roll-back option if something has gone …

About vHighlights

Mar 12, 2017 · 1 min read · vmware ·

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vHighlights are my recent key talking points from the VMware ecosystem, the vCommunity, and Virtualisation in general. Hopefully it comes across as more than a summary of useful things rather than just a list of what I’ve tweeted or retweeted, as well as an opportunity for the less time-sensitive information to be more …

vHighlights #001

Mar 12, 2017 · 1 min read · vmware nimble-storage hpe simplivity powercli ·

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Some highlights from VMware ecosystem and Virtualisation in general from the past 7 days. Announcements, discoveries, and useful bits-and-bobs found on the internet. Week ending 12 March 2017
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Mailbox filling up harddisk? Turn Off Cached Exchange Mode

Feb 16, 2017 · 2 min read · microsoft outlook ·

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This came up in conversation at work earlier today- a user has connected to their own mailbox and those of other staff. They now have a whopping 35GB of Outlook files on their workstation. They are having performance issues. Here’s a 30-second highlight of the solution.
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