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Recovering Corrupt/Deleted VMDK/VMFS

intervirt — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:59:16 +0000

An ounce of prevention is worth gigabytes of cure!

You need to have a recent block list, but at least it provides path to return:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=1007243&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&dialogID=44158434&stateId=0%200%2043468355

VM will not boot due to missing files or locked files

intervirt — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:18:11 +0000

It happpens. It can be a pain, but it can be fixed.

When SANs go bad, things happen. On of the most common things to be a byproduct of a SAN event is file lock errors and even Invalid VMs.

See this VMware KB article to resolve:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=10051&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&dialogID=44150210&stateId=0%200%2043448234

NetApp Best Pratices vSphere 4

intervirt — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:29:18 +0000

http://communities.netapp.com/docs/DOC-3473#

Upgrade VMtools on reboot on all VMS

intervirt — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:44:39 +0000

Foreach ($v in (get-vm)) {

$vm = $v | Get-View

$vmConfigSpec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec

$vmConfigSpec.Tools = New-Object VMware.Vim.ToolsConfigInfo

$vmConfigSpec.Tools.ToolsUpgradePolicy = “UpgradeAtPowerCycle”

$vm.ReconfigVM($vmConfigSpec)

}

Original Post @: http://jeremywaldrop.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/how-to-automatically-upgrade-vmware-tools/

Project Onyx

intervirt — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:13:27 +0000

An interesting app that can take actions from the VI Client and create PowerShell scripts:

http://lucd.info/?p=412

http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/2009/08/what-is-onyx-visit-us-at-vmworld-and-get-a-chance-to-find-out.html

Brocade: NPIV on vSphere 4.0

intervirt — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:43:36 +0000

A good white paper on setting up and using NPIV in a vSphere 4.0 environment.

http://www.brocade.com/downloads/documents/white_papers/white_papers_partners/NPIV_ESX4_0_GA-TB-145-01.pdf

HP Matrix: Did you take the Blue Pill???

intervirt — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:28:17 +0000

“You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.”

Remember this qoute! The Blue pill represented remaining in the “illusion”, the realm where there was not basis in truth. The Red pill of course represented openning you eyes and seeing things for what they are.

Come Neo, take the Red pill!!!

HP Matrix vs Cisco UCS : Fact or Fud ?

intervirt — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:18:56 +0000

Here is HP’s response to the Cisco UCS. Can you spot the Fud?!

http://h20338.www2.hp.com/enterprise/us/en/messaging/realstory-cisco-datacenter-view.html

Cisco UCS Discussion

intervirt — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:40:43 +0000

The new Cisco UCS is causing a stir in the Virtual World. It brings to bear some of the latest hardware based virtualization featues allow streamlined interaction between VMs and Hardware without having to always deal with the hypervisor. It also offers an environment which provides converged services in one box, drastically reducing cabling.

The following is an interesting post regarding the UCS on Scott Lowe’s site:

http://blog.scottlowe.org/2009/03/18/cisco-ucs-virtualization-optimized-cnas/

The Virtualization EcoShell Initiative

intervirt — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:28:42 +0000

If you do any Powershell/VI Toolkit scripting, check this out. Vizioncore is sponsoring a really cool initiative for managing your environments. What’s cool is the download not only comes with a great way to discover objects in you environment but it also has a decent Powershell script editor. Beats the hell out of Notepad!!!

http://www.thevesi.org/downloads.jspa