VMware SRM 5 with NetApp SRA 2.0.1
I was working with a customer this week setting up their SRM environment. Let me tell you about some of the hurdles I went through with Netapp's latest SRA in their environment. First off I would like...
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4TB Virtual to Virtual Migration Using Veeam 6.5
Requirements Over the past month I have been working with a client to migrate 4TB of Virtual Machines from their existing fiberchannel EMC array to their new 10GB compellant array. The requirements...
View ArticleSpawning Test VMs
I wrote a powershell the script the other day that I would like to share. This script spawns test virtual machines from a template for lab testing.#Spawn vm's from templates$numVMs = 10$template =...
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Provisioning Dell EqualLogic iscsi Storage to esxi without Vcenter
There are certain circumstances where having a script that can execute in these situations is helpful. I tend to use this script to speed up the build process while waiting on VCenter and Hitkit...
View ArticleExport CDP info using Powercli
I was asked the other day to export cdp information from esx hosts at a client site to file. I used the vmware kb here...
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SCSI Unmap Tool for ESXi5.0 / ESXi5.1
Last night I was hit with a question from a client about performing SCSI unmaps on an equallogic array. At first I reviewed Cormac Hogan's excellent blog post on performing this operation here. After...
View ArticleGenerate DR Portgroups for SRM with Powercli
The ProblemToday I was working at a customer site doing a SRM setup and was hit with a situation. The customer had setup a new DHCP vlan and portgroup at their DR site for SRM and wanted to fail over...
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