Nicholas Sousa
Systems Administrator
Homepage: https://seamlesscomputing.wordpress.com
vSphere HA Does Not Use vMotion
Posted in VMware on August 6, 2015
You could have VMHosts running without a vMotion network and with DRS disabled. HA does not use vMotion to power on VMs.
vSphere 5.5 Backup and Restore
Posted in VMware on November 23, 2014
List of what should be backed up There is some overlap between components listed below – some are within the vCenter database, but should still be exported separately (such as vDS’s). Other components can be disregarded if you have VM-level backups that can perform file-level restores. This is not a complete list, but it might […]
Powershell Training–Beginner
Posted in Powershell, VMware on April 22, 2014
Table of Contents · Working with the script editor · Powershell File Types · Code Comments · Variables o Assigning data to a variable o Running Scripts o Running Scripts – continued o Assigning data to variables – continued · If-Else Statements · Looping · Getting Help · Pipeline o Out-GridView, Out-Null o ForEach-Object o […]
VMware General Notes
Posted in VMware on March 17, 2014
Below is a collection of general VMware notes. Some of it references functions from the VMware Module Library. Table of Contents Fix – Identifying Mismatched HBA zoning Fix – vMotion “Operation Timed Out” error (ESX 4.1 Classic) Fix – Datastore mismatches (showing “[]” as the VMDK path in the VM properties) – ESX 4.1 Fix […]
VMware Module Library
Posted in Powershell, VMware on March 9, 2014
This is a collection of useful PowerCLI functions that various people have created. Below is a summary. I plan on updating this over time so feel free to bookmark it if you find it useful. VMware Module Library Table of Contents “Function Get-MotionHistory” Returns the vMotion/svMotion history “Function Get-VIEventPlus” Returns vSphere events “Function Get-VMAdvancedConfiguration” Lists […]
vSphere 5.0 Backup and Restore
Posted in VMware on December 4, 2013
List of what should be backed up There is some overlap between components listed below – some are within the vCenter database, but should still be exported separately (such as vDS’s). Other components can be disregarded if you have VM-level backups that can perform file-level restores. This is not a complete list, but it might […]
ESXi Dump Collector Setup
Posted in VMware on December 29, 2012
Install the ESXi Dump Collector from the vCenter installation media Configure ESXi Dump Collector (link) Log into the host using SSH/Putty esxcli system coredump network get esxcli system coredump network set –interface-name vmk0 –server-ipv4 <ip address> –server-port 6500 esxcli system coredump network set –enable true esxcli system coredump network get Force a linux kernel panic […]
