Dump Virtual Machine Info as XML (powershell)
Hi All, I was recently asked to provide a comprehensive list of VM’s and their currently provisioned hardware. We have a need to duplicate this view in the future, so I decided to script it. My org...
View ArticlevHW Upgrade Risk Calculator v0.5
One of the tasks on my plate is to upgrade the virtual hardware of approximately 300ish VM’s. We need this done to support backup using the VDAP mechanism through Commvault. My environment is...
View ArticleMy VMware Test Environment
So I thought I’d share with you some background on the test environment I’m building, as I’ll be posting the scripts I’m developing to make it all happen… so a bit of context will hopefully help you....
View ArticleVMware Basic VM Performance as XML (Powershell)
Well continuing my recent foray into scripting, I wrote a small script to dump some basic stats about each VM into formatted XML. The purpose is to get a basic idea of average use accross all our VM’s....
View ArticleClone-to-test: Part 1
Well it’s taken me a while, but I’ve just completed the first part of my test environment migration process. So I thought I’d post up the design and architecture diagrams. The idea is to provide a...
View ArticleClone-to-test: Part 2
In this post I present the first script. It took me quite a while, as I had to figure out how to do everything. I’m no rocket-scientist, so if I can figure it out, you all have hope too. I really do...
View ArticleVirtual Distributed Switch (vDS): Clearing it up (to myself).
One of the design decisions I’m currently faced with is the network configuration for a new virtualization platform. This has led me to doing some further reading on vDS and its implications to design....
View ArticleNew Home Lab: CniLab 1.0 (Part 1)
Well, since I’m moving on from my current workplace which has a fantastic lab environment, I thought it was probably about time to build myself a testlab at home. I’ve done a fair bit of research into...
View ArticleRouted vMotion: Why?
Recently, a customer asked me, “What are the limitations around vMotion across an L3 Clos?”. That question prompted me to re-raise the issue via a discussion I had on Twitter. This post documents my...
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