Author: Ben Liebowitz
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…
I NEED YOUR HELP – VMworld & GoFundMe Edition!
WHY: Last year was my first time attending VMworld. As someone who’s whole career is currently centered around VMware products, this conference is THE conference to attend. I received a free conference pass to VMworld in Las Vegas this year, however I am looking for assistance covering the Travel Expenses (Airfare, Hotel, Transportation). I’ll cover meal costs myself. ABOUT ME: I am…
Mission: VMUG Virtual Event – May 17, 2016
As a VMUG Leader, I felt like I needed to post a blog entry on the upcoming VMUG Virtual event on May 17th, 2016. The VMUG Virtual Events are always packed with information from VMware and vendors as well. VMware is presenting on topics like: VSAN 6.2, vRA & NSX Technical Deepdive, AirWatch, Taking Virtualization to the next level, EUC,…
What do you do when a path to a NFS Datastore goes down?
My QA environment uses Isilon as it’s backend storage platform. The Isilon share is one large storage volume that is setup with different paths (IPs) to the storage. This environment has 6 datastores (6 paths). The other day, we had one of those paths go down, taking down approx 75 VMs with it. I debated attempting to remove the down…
Adding a PowerShell Windows Update Script to my VMware Customizations
In my environments, we typically convert the templates to Virtual Machines once a quarter so we can install Windows Updates. This means, there could be a number of patches to install if you’re 2+ months out from the last time they were updated. So I decided to use a PowerShell script that my coworker wrote to do Windows Updates and…
My Experience Upgrading vCenter to 5.5 Update 3b
I recently upgraded my vCenter from 5.5 Update 2, to 5.5 Update 3b. As this is a fairly straightforward process, I didn’t expect anything to go wrong. I proceeded through all the main components and once completed, attempted to connect to vCenter… I found I couldn’t connect. Further investigation found that the service would not start! Attempting to start the…