Author: Ben Liebowitz
PowerCLI Script to create new vDS Portgroups
We deployed new hosts into one of our office locations. Because these hosts would have different number of uplinks as well as use a LAG group instead of normal dvUplinks, we decided to create a new vDS Switch. Then, we needed to re-create all the portgroups as well. I figured, instead of manually adding 15-20 portgroups, I’ll automate it. I…
Disabling FCOE on vSphere 10gb NICs per VMware KB 2130092
So, we recently had an issue with some of our Dell blade vSphere hosts. Seems they all crashed (PSOD) at the same time (6 nodes across 2 different clusters). After submitting the log bundles and Dell TSRs, support recommended, along with upgrading drivers & firmware (the support go to!) that we remove FCoE from the NICs (as it’s not being…
Creating shortcuts for PowerCLI that automatically log you in.
So, I started a new job a couple of months ago and we have multiple vCenter environments. My friend & temporary co-worker, Brian Spagna (@bspagna) and I both wanted to have shortcuts to launch PowerCLI windows and have a different background color for each to easily identify which environment we were in. We thought it would be cool to have…
Disabling WiFi Power Management Permanently for Raspberry PI 3 with Raspbian Jessie
One problem I found when playing with my Raspberry PI3 (running Raspbian Jessie), is that the WiFi would drop after a certain amount of inactivity. This was problematic at VMUG Meetings, and due to lack of having a screen to connect, I was forced to power-cycle the unit to get it back online. After doing some googling, I found the…
Script to delete folder older than 30 days… by Name
I had a need, on one of my file servers, to delete some data that was older than 30 days, to clear space. This would need to be a re-occurring task, so what better way to accomplish it than to script it! Here’s the rub… The folders are each in a YYYYMMDD format (ex: 20170115), yet the content in the…
Setting up the Raspberry PI 3 As A VMUG Registration System
Sometime in 2016, there were some posts in the VMUG Leader Workspace on vmug.com by Patrick Stasko (@PatrickStasko), from Cleveland VMUG, about setting up Raspberry PI as a VMUG Registration System. I was very intrigued and decided to look into doing it for NJ VMUG! We purchased the following items: Raspberry PI 3 Model B Motherboard http://amzn.to/2l8bFjk CanaKit 5V 2.5A…
Configuring my Dell PowerEdge R920 for dual SD Cards instead of Internal HDs
We recently setup a Dell PowerEdge R920 that was in storage to add to our VDI Environment for additional resources. This server differs from the other R920s in our environment as it has dual SD Cards internally instead of Hard Disks. I had to configure the SD Cards in a mirror so we had fault tolerance, so this is the…
Windows 2012 R2: Static IP displays as DHCP IP
I ran across this issue this week with a bunch of new servers I built using a new Windows 2012 R2 Image I built and captured using Symantec Altiris. There must have been some sort of corruption in the image that caused this issue. The issue displays like this… You set a static IP on your server (in this case,…
VMworld 2016 Scheduling Tip
Are you going to VMworld 2016 US in Las Vegas? I am! And one thing that annoys me is that you cannot manually add anything to the schedule builder. Also, this year they removed the old schedule builder and integrated it into the Content Catalog, removing some features the old Schedule Builder had, like exporting to PDF, etc. A fellow…
One of my favorite tools – Remote Desktop Manager by Devolutions
One of the tools I’ve been using for many years now is called Remote Desktop Manager by Devolutions. Based on the name, you’d think it’s just another RDP tool, but it’s much MUCH more! There are 2 versions of the product. There is a FREE version, which gives you limited functionality, and an ENTERPRISE version for full functionality. There is…