VMware Developer Community EXTREME MAKEOVER EDITION!
Well, I’m not sure how “Extreme” it is, but over the weekend VMware’s Developer community site got a face lift. Unlike Joan Rivers, this one actually kinda looks good afterwards:
Getting Virtual Center “Summary” Stats With the VI Toolkit
First let me explain exactly what I’m talking about. In virtual center, when you select a host, you get a “Summary” page. On this page there are some statistics… A picture perhaps will make this easier: Better? I think so. So first for those resources on top: PS C:\> get-vmhost | get-view | %{ $_.Summary.QuickStats
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ProfessionalVMware In Person – Presenting at the Virtualization.info Congress 2009
It’s official, my submission has been accepted for the Virtualization.info Congress 2009 in Vegas, May 4-7. Be sure to register, and come on down and see me in action. I’ll be presenting: “Automating VI3 using PowerShell”. WOO!
psVIC – PowerShell Virtual Infrastructure Client
Yes, that is what it is! You can get it from here. As listed on the page, it requires the PowerShell 2.0 CTP 3 available from here. You’ll also want to grab the VMware Remote Console from here (It is optional however). Installation: After you pull down the .7z file, extract it anywhere you like.
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vpxd.exe – The Other White Meat
Came across this useful little gem today, its the executable responsible for running, or at least managing the VMware Virtual Center Service. Where is it located? C:Program FilesVMwareInfrastructureVirtualCenter Server>dir vpxd.exe Volume in drive C is C_DRIVE Volume Serial Number is F463-F653 Directory of C:Program FilesVMwareInfrastructureVirtualCenter Server 07/12/2008 04:07 AM 13,557,760 vpxd.exe 1 File(s) 13,557,760 bytes
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Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP 3, The Integrated Script Editor, And You
Microsoft has released CTP (Community Technology Preview) 3 of PowerShell 2.0. You can grab it here. After having tossed it on a VM, I found that it now includes a pretty script editor of it’s own: Cute, no? When you create a “WindowsPowerShell\profile.ps1” containing: “add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core” It’ll include all your VI cmdlets too. Nice!
Managing Your vCenter Events with PowerShell
While great, managing events with the the VI Client can be a pain. No search functionality, old events fall off the list, etc, etc. So what is an admin to do? A resourceful admin will have been playing with the VI Toolkit, and would have found the get-vievent cmdlet. Let’s take a look at how
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To extend or not to extend? That is the question.
Using extents gives you flexibility with your volumes and adding extents is a very simple and usually painless process. The ability to dynamically increase your total storage for a single VMFS volume is a feature we all love, but how many of us actually use it? Is it worth the risk? Are you running extents
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Removing VMware Snapshots – With a Bat (PowerShell, CLI, rCLI… and Perl)
I’ve found a few situations in which snapshots get stuck, like glue, to a running VM, and despite your best effort to delete them, they wont go away. Like in-laws, they stick around, a bit longer than is pleasant. If a snapshot has not been removed cleanly on the first try, you may want to
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Early Monday Turtle Blogging
I forgotted. Really I did. In the midst of getting the PowerShell post out, I missed the Sunday turtle post. To make up for it, here is a video one of the readers linked: Kirby from Lucasberg on Vimeo.
Answering VM Questions With PowerShell
Because there is an answer for everything and for everything that answer is PowerShell. Sometimes in your Virtual Infrastructure, you will have a need to answer a question or two. Normally these questions are put to you by vCenter: “Did you copy or move this VM?”, “Is today your birthday?”, “Who shot Kennedy?”. For Example:
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My Own Little Spot In The Cloud
In case you didn’t notice, or with some of the random 404s did notice. We’ve more or less completely moved over to the Mosso “Cloud Sites” platform. The 404s were a result of my not doing 100% of the steps I had planned on, but should be mostly resolved by now. Drop me a comment
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Moving to the Cloud. Cloud Sites By Mosso That Is
Some of you may remember the downtime we had back in December. I know that I do. That got me thinking, and talking, and talking and thinking. Apparently, after talking to Pancil a bit, and him then talking to Rob Lagesse at Mosso. We decided that the best long term home for ProfessionalVMware, was over
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vExpert, vIdiot, What?
Today VMware launched it’s vExpert program. Similar to Microsoft’s MVP program, it’s a reward from VMware, to those out in the community, blogging, on the forums, etc. In addition, vInternals today, launched the vIdiot program, designed to be just the opposite. Wonder what list I’ll end up on.
VMware – An Introduction To Scripting VI Using Perl or PowerShell
These slides look to have been released after last years VMworld, and provide a great introduction to scripting and automation with the VMware tools. Link! The labs will help you get started with scripting VMware Infrastructure to enable automation, extensibility, and integration with existing tools. When we ran this at VMworld, we had about 600
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A Question For You – Videos
Is there an interest out there, from you my readers, in how-to style videos? Similar to If so, around what sort of topics? Let me know in the comments.
Virtualization Security Round Table Podcast
Edward Haletky, a regular on VMTN, and the VMTN round table podcasts, is starting his own spinoff, the “Virtualization Security Round Table Podcast” The first show, scheduled for Thursday at 2:30p EST, is going to feature the following topics: Use of Virtualization in a DMZ. Review of security lockdown standards/benchmarks and tools Virtualization Security in
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HALP! My Virtual Infrastructure Client Events Have Disappeared!
This is one of those settings that you only find when you need. Today, I needed it. While writing another post, I decided to go back and get the text of an error that I encountered. This can be done in the VIC by editing the client settings, and then “Lists” in order to grab
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Exchange on VMware – Podcast, Webinar, and White Papers, Oh My
This particular topic comes up from time to time in discussions. Yes it is OK to run Exchange on VMware, and Exchange 2007 on VMware is a supported configuration… for more info, follow the links below: The Podcast – Wednesday, Jan 14, for another round of the VMware Communities Roundtable podcast The Webinar – Jan
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BlueBear Kodiak Invites – I Has Them!
Actually had a wonderful discussion on BlueBear, Kodiak, and all things Geek with the Head Bear Matt himself. Sparing y’all the geeky details, what came of this my dear readers, is that I have Kodiak invites. Lots of them. Right here in fact! Just click on through, and be sure to mention that you came
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