Configuring SNMP for ESXi 4.1
Configuring SNMP for ESXi is completely different from ESX.This will need to be run from a vMA or from the vmware-cli installed on your machine. The command to run is: vicfg-snmp.pl –server ESXiServer...
View ArticleHP Service Desk 4.5 on Windows 7
UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE This method is no longer needed. Install SD as normal, and drop the latest service pack jar file into “installation path\Hewlett-Packard\OpenView\service desk 4.5\client\lib” and...
View ArticleESX Cannot Boot Stating “kernel panic not syncing:VFS: unable to mount root fs”
This is a fun one. The server will boot fine into Debug mode or Service Console Only mode, but will not boot normally. Seems this is a common problem with the latest patches. I’ve also seen it happen...
View ArticleKeeping your system up to speed
The biggest concern with home computers is how slow they get over time. You see and hear about this through ads, articles, web sites, your friends, ect. This is also one of the biggest reasons I have...
View ArticleFix for Vista SP1 and Windows 7 error: “The security database on the server...
I work in an AD environment, powered by Windows Server 2003. When I received my new workstation loaded with Vista, I was able to join the domain and all was good. After 2 days of using it, I started...
View ArticleHow to fix a VMware datastore that has been initialized by a windows machine...
Today our storage admin was adding some disks to our backup media server and he accidentally initialized a VMFS datastore from the windows box. Needless to say, this made us lose a bunch of VM’s. In my...
View ArticleExporting vCenter Information with PowerCLI
We’re getting ready to migrate to 2 new vCenter 5 servers from vCenter 4. I’ve been looking for a way to easily export information from vCenter so I can distribute the detail to the members of the ops...
View ArticleAppend Notes to Virtual Machine with PowerCLI
We use NetBackup to back up our virtual environment. The exclusion queries used by NetBackup can be cumbersome to manage when you have a large environment like we do. One feature supported in NetBackup...
View ArticleFix VSS Writers When “vssadmin list writers” Returns Nothing
Now and then the VSS writers in our VM’s will go haywire, causing backups to fail. The solution for this is fairly simple, and in most cases does not require reboot. In regedit, delete the key...
View ArticleWhat to do if your iPhone won’t turn on
Had a bit of a scare today. My iPhone 4S wouldn’t turn on. It was fully charged, but nothing seemed to work to get it to start up. Found this here. Basically the solution was to hold down the power and...
View ArticleHandy Script for Duming VM Network Information
Now and then it’s handy to have some exported information from the Virtual Environment. This is a script I use to get all of my VM network information by cluster. #Set Variables $cluster = “Cluster...
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