VMworld Labs: Hands-On
First off, Happy VMworld everyone! It’s finally here, so let the socialization, learning and exhaustion begin. I had a bit of free time this morning so I decided to do a lab. I didn’t arrive early...
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ESXi: Kickstart installs using CD-ROM or USB media
Kickstart and PXE are almost always used in conjunction, however you don’t have to use PXE to kickstart your installs. Fortunately you can provide the location of a kickstart even if you are using...
View ArticleNetApp: Quick and dirty way to start the simulator at system startup
Being a primarily NetApp shop I do a fair amount of testing against their simulator before using any of the perl (and slowly PoSH) scripts against production systems. One of the things that I did a...
View ArticlePowerCLI: Force NetApp Virtual Storage Console (VSC) to use a FQDN
First let me say, I love VCS, it took all of the complexity out of using NetApp storage in a vSphere environment. I have been tolerating one annoyance for quite some time now, and this morning said...
View ArticleNetApp: Change Virtual Storage Console (VSC) SSL Certificates
Glenn posited an interesting question this morning…how to change the SSL certificate that VSC uses to one that is signed by your CA so that the warning(s) would no longer appear. Turns out it’s...
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PowerShell: Automate SUN ILOM configuration
I’m currently winding down on a datacenter build that has consumed me for the better part of six months. Last night our team went through and stood up vSphere on 200+ hosts. I know that’s nothing for...
View ArticlePowerShell: NetApp DataONTAP Toolkit v1.3 A PSProvider done right!
Within the PowerShell community there has been a lingering debate over modules and providers. Initially everyone seemed compelled to do both. Personally, I’ve never been very impressed by third party...
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PowerCLI: Why you need this book!
The VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference will officially go on sale April 12th, and if your a vSphere administrator this one is a must have. We gathered the collective automation experience of four...
View ArticlePowerShell: A note on Execution policy.
While driving up to RTP today I was listening to the PowerScritpting podcast episode 140. Hal and Johnathan received a question about execution policy settings. The conclusion they reached was that...
View ArticleDirect Downloads for Common Software
Applications that I commonly need to install to desktops/servers and their offline installers. Just making note of these links for myself…. This list will grow over time. Adobe Products Adobe Flash...
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