Syslog gone mad after vSphere upgrade vSphere 5.1 update 1
Syslog gone mad I experienced this when I upgraded from vSphere 5.0 update 2 host to vSphere 5.1 update 1 I noticed an issue with the Isassd daemon, after the update manager finished with the upgrade the Isassd starts to write a lot of messages. For just 5 minutes the syslog server received 170k log […]
Release: Veam Backup & Replication 6.5
For those not aware, there has been a new release of the Veam Backup & Replication 6.5. It’s very interesting, the first backup solution for vSphere 5.1 and windows Server 2012 Hyper-3.0. A well brief of the new features can be found on this youtube video, from what I have seen this upgrades are worth […]
PowerShell your world cup
PowerShell This is something that is very exciting and if you are interested you should try it. I found the post and tried it. Here is a function and how you use them. Go to the kimono website and sign up for an account(http: //www.kimonolabs.com/signup) This will get you an APIKey. Click your name once […]
PowerCLI: enable SSH and configure ESXi host Firewall
Here is a post to help you be able to configure SSH to start automatically. This is done by PowerCLI scripts that hide the shell warning message and configure the ESXi firewall to allow connection from specific IP addresses. You first have to know where you can change the ESXi firewall settings. Here are the steps: […]
vCloud VM and VApp Backups with PowerCLI
It appears that at times snapshots solve it and asking the vCloud VM provider to set up backups is unrealistic, these examples will explain it: • Upgrades with testing could take longer than a snapshot can exist. • Temporary workloads may need backups for “warm storage” So many would want to know how to go […]
How to install and configure OpenLDAP on Ubuntu 14.04 Server
LDAP, or lightweight directory access protocol, is a protocol designed to manage and access associated information in a centralized, hierarchical file and directory structure. It operates like a relational database , but this does not hold true for everything. The hierarchical structure part is the main difference in how the database is related. As it […]
PowerCLI in the Cloud
Those who are active with PowerCLI sessions at VMWorld, you may still be having in your mind the mention of a vCloud snapin coming soon. It is going to be the first Powershell snapin that allows administration of your hybrid cloud environment. PowerCLI 5.01 is now available with a new snapin for vCloud Director 1.5. […]
Power combined: PowerCLI and OVFTool
Power combined: Combining two good things creates wonders. In this post I will show how to combine the automation abilities of PowerCLI with OVFTool. You first have to get some old knowledge. Open virtualization format was designed to be a universal packaging system for virtual machines and vApps across any virtualization platform. It’s very useful […]
Import OVF/OVA: No datastore found on target in vCenter Server 5.1
Most of the time when you want to import your lab environment, most of the time we use folders to organize the datastores. But this is not the same when you want to import an OVF/OPVA template to one of your environments it brings an error. It is a bug in the vCenter Server 5.1. […]
Getting Started with the Unofficial vCloud Powershell Functions
Due to high demand I did a little research and found this video on youtube which is a quick how-my vCloud Powershell functions, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wfLBWS0krc
How to be a PowerCLI Ninja
Many people are becoming curious about the powershell/powerCLI and how to become a Powershell/PowerCLI ninja and I think the following tips will help one go a long way to become one: Focus on specific task. When you are curious about something and you want to know how to achieve it, focus on something you like […]
Domain Controller keeps starting in Directory Service Restore mode
About Directory Service Restore mode. I wrote this post in case anyone had the same problem, after installing the last batch of Microsoft updates on one of my virtualized domain controllers. I wanted to restart my machine. After restating there was nothing unusual at that moment, so the virtual machines was started and I logged […]
dvPortgroup Inheritance
Someone may claim the default settings for portgroup inheritance in the dvSwitches, they may be missing in the vSphere client but they still exist and can be set in the API.The real problem was every new dvPortgroup does not have the correct settings for the environment, so you have to manually and set them after […]
Cleaning your vCloud Director Thumbnails (current.png)
Thumbnail images are used by vCloud Director to give you a preview of the screen without opening up to the remote console, the dark side is when you migrate/svMotion a machine managed by vCloud Director, it leaves a folder along with the thumbnail, this thumbnails are created and stored by vCloud Director as current.png on […]
vShield Edge Version Discovery with PowerCL
It has become clear that when upgrading your vShield manager, the shield edge devices will not be upgrade until you restart them. Sometimes we are caught in a situation where you need to do manual scheduled upgrades , then you are in good luck this little script will assist you keep track of all the […]
vCloud Director Snapshots with PowerCLI
Providers and users running vCloud 5.1 have access to take a single snapshot of your VMs.to be able to have all the fun you want with the snapshots in powerCLI you are going to need what I have in this article today. powerCLI 5.1 currently supports only the vCloud API 1.5 which means there are […]
vCloud API 5.1 Metadata
Over the years there has been a lot of changes in metadata in vCloud director,so am going to give te difference between the metadata in vCloud director 5.1 and the previous ones. The difference is: Typed values-in the latest update it must be put into a certain type, on random metadata entry. Domain and visibility-it […]
Simple VM reporting in vCloud with PowerCLI
Its clear that many people are having a challenge of not having a great view of VMs and their location in the organization. This is all due to the unique requirement of VMs to exist inside vApps in vCloud director, this can be solved with a Get-CIVM command,which returns information about your VMs, but still […]
vCloud user training
It is clear that a lot of vCloud users are not well trained by their vCloud providers. This is due to the fact that the current training available is for running your own vCloud Director environment and vCloud training staff is little and combined with provider level stuff. This is confusing for user. But good […]
vCloud 5.1 API Support in PowerCLI 5.1 R2
It has been clear that some people were curious to know when the vCloud 5.1 feature will support powerCLI , wait no more! The powerCLI 5.1 R2 has officially stopped and the new vCloud 5.1 feature are built in. these new properties and featuresd are found in the .extensiondata of objects like a VM returned […]
Time Reporting with Outlook and Powershell
How many people work in companies that require them to keep a Time sheet of all their different projects? You know the answer. Many are forced to have different tools to help with the time tracking and reporting.outlook calenders are used by many people for this task as they are made for many devices, still […]
UPLOADING vmS TO VcLOUD WITH OVFtool
VMware’s OVFtool is a command line tool that allows you to convert VMware Virtual machines to Open virtualization Format (OVF). There have been some update in the latest version that enables the to upload VMs to vCloud Director.it is actually a simple procedure, OVFtool requires a source (VMF or OVF) and a destination (vCloud locator […]
Sharing vApps in vCloud with PowerCLI
Some times vCloud Directors give the organization users grainy control over the the level of access users have to vApps , this is all controlled through the the vCloud API and powerCLI. The code below takes vApps‘ current settings and allow the user to modify the vApp: # Get our required Objects $vapp = Get-CIVApp […]
Setting Default VDSwitch security for vCloud with PowerCLI
Being versed with knowledge on vCloud provider have in many occasions helped my friends who have their own private vCloud ,so I thought it will be a good idea to share this with you. It is about setting default security permissions for all new VDportgroups that were created by vCloud director. Which defers from when […]
Powershell Outlook Time Reporting by Category
This code does the task of an Outlook Time Reporting sheet with all the categories and times of the day and the summary for a week. Hope it will help someone out there to import their time into SAP. This is all made easy with PowerShell here is the code: # # OutlookTimeReport.ps1 # v1.2 # […]
