Virtualization, EUC, and Computing in General
I use FreeNAS to store the virtual machines for my lab. I had previously used NFS as it allowed for really simple backups of VMs – take a snapshot, do a copy from the snapshot directory to a different dataset, remove the snapshot, done. NFS is nice because it allows you to view the filesystem directly from the storage server…NFS on FreeNAS\ZFS is not nice because it essentially requires flash for the intent log due to … Read more…
This is a minor release. What’s new: vCenter permissions and non-standard roles (admin, read-only, etc are built in and thus won’t output) DRS rules and groups Note: the above features are available only in HTML, Word, and export output formats; text is not included and will not be for any minor upcoming features. A major overhaul of the script output functionality is planned for 2.0 and new features outputting in text will be deferred until then. … Read more…
This is a minor release. What’s new: Fix for Word not closing when exporting to PDF (from Webster Framework) Several fixes for HTML general functions and HTML table functions Full output to HTML is now available Download the latest version here: CarlWebster.com My notes and the latest version is available here: http://blogs.serioustek.net/vcenter-documentation
Happy 2015!! With the new year comes a much requested feature for the VMware Inventory script: the ability to export the PowerCLI data running on a machine without MS Word, then import the data later with a machine that has MS Word, but no access to vCenter or PowerCLI! VCenter Inventory V1.2 So – how does it work? Two new parameters: -Export and -Import -Export runs on a machine with PS v3 and PowerCLI as before, … Read more…
This release is a minor release, fixing a few issues and adding one additional set of information. Bug Fixes: Save as PDF not saving Help text in script not showing for Get-Help .\VMware_Inventory.ps1 -full Removed some extra parameters not used in this script Fixed calculation for CPU\Memory heatmap New Data: Added installed VCenter plugins As always, this and many other documentation scripts can be found on CarlWebster.com
One of the last (and sometimes most painful) steps in most deployment or upgrade projects is the documentation step. Producing usable, accurate documentation can be difficult but it is one of the most important steps in every technology project – the larger the environment, the more important the documentation. VMware vSphere is one of the most powerful, efficient, secure and robust x86 server virtualization platforms available today. It allows the enterprise to consolidate server and … Read more…
Most XenDesktop deployments are not rolled out all at once – they are usually done in phases: demo, pilot, test, initial, major, and completion. And more often then not, these phases span months if not years depending on the size of the project. Or sometimes hardware is purchased at different times and happens to be before and after a release of new processor tech. The below error can be a bit hard to track down: … Read more…
I should probably call this one “FreeNAS Performance: The REAL Test”…my previous performance tests were completely unfair to FreeNAS and I’d like to show what it can really do. So – what was wrong with the first tests? FreeNAS needs RAM for ZFS to do what it does best A single spindle just isn’t a good test for ZFS Didn’t do my homework on FreeNAS or ZFS FreeNAS needs RAM – more than 3GB … So … Read more…
The XBOX 360 is proving more and more useful these days. First, there is the Verizon FiOS app (which I have not tried yet). But more importantly is the fact that it is a Media Center Extender (one of the best…and only, really). I had paired it to a desktop that I wasn’t really using and could leave powered on… But the real power came when I upgraded the lab\infrastructure to VMware. I never had … Read more…