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vHighlights #001

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

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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VMworld Europe 2016 Day 2

Oct 19, 2016 · 3 min read · vmworld vmw2016 vmware aws vsan powercli vsphere ·

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Day 2, Tuesday, is when the real meat of VMworld starts- kicking off with the General Session (a.k.a. Keynote) at 9am. We were expecting some big announcements and weren’t disappointed. Here’s a look at some of my sessions today- these are the highlights only and more detail will follow.
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Finding Deprecated VMFS Volumes

Sep 8, 2016 · 1 min read · vmware powercli ·

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Following an upgrade to vSphere 6, hosts popped up an error message reporting that some old VMFS volumes were found on the host. Whilst these still worked, it would be prudent to tidy them up and replace them with modern datastores. The message is: Deprecated VMFS volume(s) found on the host. Please consider upgrading …

Sessions to look out for at #VMWorld Europe 2016

Aug 18, 2016 · 3 min read · vmworld vmw2016 vmware powercli vrealize ·

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With 60 days to go to the Barcelona event, the Content Catalog for VMworld Europe 2016 is filling up and the Schedule Builder will be coming online later this month. Here’s a look at some of the sessions already listed that I’m hoping to get onto my timetable. There’s lots to choose from, and this is by no means a …
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Automated Deployment in the HomeLab- Part 1

Jun 21, 2016 · 3 min read · vmware esxi powercli homelab ·

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I’m commencing a project with my HomeLab- I’m going to build a system whereby I can produce custom mini-lab environments by means of a script. There are off the shelf solutions to do this (see AutoLab as an example) but if I build this myself I get something tailored exactly to my needs (and available resources) and …

Home Lab Upgrade to 6.0u2

Mar 18, 2016 · 1 min read · vmware esxi powercli ·

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VMware have released vSphere 6.0 Update 2 - this brings with it many new features, but amongst the most exciting for my home lab was the host-based web client. I no longer need to rely on the functionality of the traditional Windows application to manage my virtual environment. Here’s how I installed it:
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PowerCLI Snippet- Total Memory Allocation

Jan 20, 2016 · 1 min read · esxi vcenter vmware powercli ·

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PowerCLI Snippet- Total Memory Allocation

This PowerShell one liner looks at all the powered on Virtual Machines in a vCenter estate and returns the total memory allocated, rounded to the nearest GB.
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VMworld Europe 2015 Day 3

Oct 20, 2015 · 3 min read · vmworld vmw2015 vmware #ReadyForAny powercli ·

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Here’s my five highlights (each) of some of the sessions I attended on the Wednesday at VMworld Europe 2015. Full videos of most of the sessions will be online shortly, but this is a taster.
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Using PowerCLI to measure VM disk space usage.

May 5, 2015 · 2 min read · esxi vcenter vmware powercli ·

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I had a recent need to calculate how much disk space was being taken up by all the VMs in my vSphere environment for capacity planning purposes.
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Migrate VM to a new datastore

Jan 9, 2015 · 2 min read · esxi vcenter vmware powercli powershell ·

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In an ESXi environment with no Storage vMotion I had the need to move a production VM from one datastore to another.
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