(We are using old version of VCenter Server 6.5 Update 1e), Yes, we are about to upgrade! When you clone a machine in HTML5 it failes to powered on the cloned machine, this works when you are using Flash client. In HTML5 the cloned machine still points to the original vmdk files. In Flash it... Continue Reading →
Add & Remove VM from DRS Groups based on datastore. Using PowerShell Ubuntu 19.10 Budgie. Add-DrsVMtoDrsVMGroup and Remove-DrsVMFromDrsVMGroup
Thanks to Author: Tim Carman Twitter: @tpcarman Github: tpcarman https://www.timcarman.net/2017/10/27/add-remove-virtual-machines-based-datastore-location-powercli/ Functions: Add-DrsVMtoDrsVMGroup Remove-DrsVMFromDrsVMGroup install Powershell Get PowerShell to work with ubuntu 19.10 Budgie Create Powershell Profile Run it! sudo snap install powershell --classic export DOTNET_SYSTEM_GLOBALIZATION_INVARIANT=1 vi /home/USERNAME/config/powershell/Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 Paste the following in the file: $Hour = (Get-Date).Hour If ($Hour -lt 12) {"Morning Master"} ElseIf ($Hour -gt... Continue Reading →
Getting Powershell to work with Ubuntu 19.10 (budgie). Couldn’t find a valid ICU package installed on the system
You get error like this: Process terminated. Couldn't find a valid ICU package installed on the system. Set the configuration flag System.Globalization.Invariant to true if you want to run with no globalization support. Did not work with powershell preview sudo snap install powershell --classic export DOTNET_SYSTEM_GLOBALIZATION_INVARIANT=1 pwsh
Ubuntu Budgie 19.10 mousepad right click how to switch from two finger click.
Standard is to use 2 finger and click to get right mouse click. You can switch to "standard" Right click on mouse pad: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad click-method areas To get back to two fingers click: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad click-method fingers
Configure snmp for Esxi and Virtual Center Appliance
If you want to monitor your enviroment using snmp you can. I will recommend going to SNMPv3 not v2 like this....but I just wanted to try esxi: esxcli system snmp set --communities secret esxcli system snmp set --port 161 esxcli system snmp set --syslocation SERVERROOM esxcli system snmp set --enable true Virtual appliance: snmp.set --port... Continue Reading →
How to manual replace disk in 3PAR when you get: Proactive Disk Replacement Required: NBD.
We received a new disk from HP because we had proactive failure on disk. If you ssh to 3par, we can not see any alarms,logs or anything that indicates that a disk have proactive failure. In short words: 1.servicemag start 0 1 Failing the drive... Continue Reading →
Ubuntu running Librenms with MariaDB don’t start after 100% disk full.
I am trying out Librenms under Ubuntu 18.04. I did dumb thing and sized the disk to small. So today my disks was used 100%. I expand the disk (lvm) and resize the partitions. But the mariaDB did not start. What I did was, I removed this file /var/lib/mysql/tc.log rm /var/lib/mysql/tc.log systemctl start maridb.services And... Continue Reading →
How to get vDocumentation to work in PowerShell
Start PowerShell as Administrator Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -Scope CurrentUser Install-Module ImportExcel -scope CurrentUser Install-Module vDocumentation -Scope CurrentUser Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -Confirm:$false Connect-VIServer Then you are up and runnig Great work from Ariel Sanchez Mora https://github.com/arielsanchezmora/vDocumentation Get-Module vDocumentation -ListAvailable | Format-List Get-ESXInventory Document host hardware inventory and host configuration Get-ESXIODevice Document information from HBAs,... Continue Reading →
Get service tag from Linux on Dell machine
sudo dmidecode | grep "Serial Number" You get something like this: Serial Number: 21XHTN1
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