Imagine having to expand disk for more than 20 VMs and you sadly opt to do it the click next and next and next and click next way? Well you know where I am going with this. I must admit I use to do it this way until a colleague wowed me with a script…
Category: VMware
How to Calculate pCPU to vCPU and pMem to vMem Ratio Using PowerCLI – VirtuallyThatGuy
In my time working for an Online betting company, I use to do a lot of capacity planning and cluster over commit analysis for our IT director. This sphered me on to try and automate the process…Thanks to the vmware powercli you can automate the process with below. So once again welcome to VirtuallyThatGuy – this…
How Does vCenter Communicates with ESXi (vPXA, HostD, vPXD) – TCP/UDP 902 – VirtuallyThatGuy
Welcome to VirtuallyThatGuy – today we are going to discuss how vCenter communicates with ESXi host … when the hosts are been managed by the vCenter , either in cluster or standalone Management. First of all what is the difference between Vsphere , vCenter and ESXi host? Many at times people new to virtualisation get…
How to Add Multiple ESXi Hosts to vCenter Using PowerCLI – Automation – VirtuallyThatGuy
Ever wondered how to add a bunch of ESXi Hosts to a newly or existing vCenter using powershell or automate with powercli? Well below script can help you achieve just that:
How to Fix VMware Error PSC or VCSA in Maintenance Mode Ctrl+ D – VirtuallyThatGuy
So yesterday I restarted my Synology and completely forgot to shut down the lab gracefully. On restarting the VMs, both psc’s and vCSA started throwing up with errors “VCSA 6.5 ‘Failed to start File System Check’” – I did a few googling as I’m not a Linux expert and couldn’t find any solutions on…
VMware ESXi Logs Location And Use Cases – Virtually That Guy
This is reference article for VMware ESXi logs, their locations and use-cases. I often google them when troubleshooting as I can’t remember all apart from the obvious so here’s a list. Log File Location. Description. Troubleshooting. /var/log/auth.log. ESXi Shell authentication success and failure.
How to Create Virtual Machines VMs Using PowerCLI Automation – VirtuallyThatGuy
This is a quick script using CSV to create VMs from template
Back to Basics PowerCLI Setting Up Profile For Automation – VirtuallyThatGuy
Welcome to VirtuallyThatGuy – This post will be looking at setting up your PowerShell profile and getting you ready for the journey of Automation