I have a physical RDM that I use for Veeam backups . This pRDM is located on a QNAP (firmware version 3.8.1) and connects as the B:/ drive on a windows 2008 R2 via iSCSI Please note the steps for expanding a vRDM are different. Please consult the VMware guides. First we need to expand the SAN storage. In Read More…
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Upgrade vCenter Service Appliance (VCSA) 5.0 to 5.5
1) Deploy the appliance. In this case I am using the .ova download. You can also download it in .ovf with .vmdk format. I left all fields blank so my DHCP server would assign in. 2) Start the VM up (ensuring you have at least the same RAM and CPUs as the current VCSA) Read More…
Unable to Add Local Storage with Dell PERC in ESXi 5.0
Scenario: I had a Dell R730 which I wanted to install ESXi 5.0 on and implement into an exising test environment. The server had local storage which was to be used as a VMFS-5. ESXI 5.0 installed successfully but no Perc (H730 Mini) driver showed up in Storage Adapters. Before I begin. ESXi 5.0 is NOT Read More…
Listing Largest Tables in vCenter Database
Components: vCenter 5.0 / Windows 2008 / SQL Standard Edition 2008 R2 Open SQL Server Management Studio and log in. Click New Query then ensure you have selected the relevant database in the drop down box below. Paste the following code into the right hand side window: select object_name(id) [Table Name],[Table Size] = convert (varchar, dpages Read More…
Add a Read-Only User to VCSA
Scenario: I wanted to add a user with read-only privileges to the vcenter server appliance in order to run the Dell D-Pack 1) Firstly SSH to the VCSA Then add the user jord-vcenter:~ # useradd delldpack Set a password for the user jord-vcenter:~ # passwd delldpack Changing password for delldpack. New UNIX password: BAD PASSWORD: is Read More…
Script to Reset CBT on a Single VM in VMware
I wanted to reset CBT (Change Block Tracking) on a single VM to due to the VMware bug (KB2090639) which affects any VMs that have expanded disks over 128GB. Using this script over the manual option prevents the restart of the VM as the modification is performed online using a Power CLI script. In the below example the Read More…
Script to Output to CSV and Email Disk Sizes of VMs
I wanted to get a list of all disk sizes, insert this into a .csv file then email the file to a couple of recipients. Using Powershell, I wanted to get a list of all the production severs from a vCenter 5.5 server which were all located in a "Production" folder. Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core Connect-VIServer -Server Read More…
Convert To Template Grayed out after Upgrade to vSphere 5.5
I recently upgraded a vsphere deployment from 5.1 to 5.5. I then wanted to upgrade the templates to the new VM HW and VM Tools. Upon attempting this the convert to virtual machine option was grayed out. To fix this we simply need to remove the template from the inventory and re-add it. To add Read More…
Features in vSphere Traditional Client Versus Web Client in 5.5
As we all know by now VMware are steering end users away from the traditional vSphere client and towards the web client. Below is a list of features that the other doesn't support. Traditional vSphere Client – Resource maps – Update Manager. Users are able to scan hosts and attach baselines in the web client Read More…
Upgrading vCloud Director ESXi Hosts
In my environment to fully upgrade to vcloud suite 5.5 I would have to use the following order: A) vCloud Director B) vCNS (vShield Manager) C) vCenter D) ESXi hosts E) vShield Edge In this post I will be discussing the process of upgrading the ESXi hosts from 5.1 to 5.5 1) In vCloud Read More…
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