Day to Day SysAdmin

Using the new Tag features of vSphere 5.1

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Using the new Tag features of vSphere 5.1

mwpreston October 17, 2012

So the release of vSphere 5.1 has brought us many new features;  we have integrated backup, integrated...

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Customize the VMware vSphere Health Check to only email report if there is a hardware issue.

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Customize the VMware vSphere Health Check to only email report if there is a hardware issue.

mwpreston September 18, 2012

One of the things that I love most about utilizing vCenter Server to manage my hosts is...

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Hide those ‘Getting Started’ tabs in the #vSphere 5.1 Web Client

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Hide those ‘Getting Started’ tabs in the #vSphere 5.1 Web Client

mwpreston September 14, 2012

OK another quick post with some hopefully useful information for someone.. Remember these? And how we could...

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Creating Roles and adding Active Directory Users & Groups to the role through PowerCLI

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Creating Roles and adding Active Directory Users & Groups to the role through PowerCLI

mwpreston September 13, 2012

As of late I’ve been working on a PowerCLI script to assist me with the deployment of...

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Getting rid of those VM Memory Limits (you know, the ones you didn’t know existed)

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Getting rid of those VM Memory Limits (you know, the ones you didn’t know existed)

mwpreston September 4, 2012

OK so here’s a quick one.  I know there are many other posts out there about this,...

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Generating a Remote Console URL in vSphere 5

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Generating a Remote Console URL in vSphere 5

mwpreston August 16, 2012

I’ve ran into a “real-world” situation where I actually needed to grant one person access to one...

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PXE booting a scripted ESXi 5.x Install

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PXE booting a scripted ESXi 5.x Install

mwpreston August 15, 2012

As of late I’ve been working on an automated deployment solution for ESXi.  Seeing as I will...

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Practise makes perfect! More PowerCLI APC Powerchute Network Shutdown Goodness (Now with Power On!)

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Practise makes perfect! More PowerCLI APC Powerchute Network Shutdown Goodness (Now with Power On!)

mwpreston August 7, 2012

Picture this, a quaint little city in Eastern Ontario. It’s been at least a couple of months...

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#Veeam Explorer for Exchange – It’s veeamy cool!

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#Veeam Explorer for Exchange – It’s veeamy cool!

mwpreston July 18, 2012

If you are still looking for a valid excuse to virtualize your Exchange mailbox server you might...

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Dell Storage missing from VMware Health Status

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Dell Storage missing from VMware Health Status

mwpreston July 17, 2012

We have probably all been there at one point while messing around with ESXi and certain types...

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