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Migrating vCenter to a new server

Migrating vCenter to a new server

mwpreston November 3, 2011

Maybe its during the upgrade from vSphere 4.0 to 4.1 and you require the 64 bit hardware....

The Resource Pool Priority Pie Paradox – Part 3 – The Powershell Code

The Resource Pool Priority Pie Paradox – Part 3 – The Powershell Code

mwpreston November 1, 2011

Part 1 – Small Piece of Big Pie or Big Piece of Small Pie Part 2 – The...

Unable to delete an inactive datastore.

Unable to delete an inactive datastore.

mwpreston October 26, 2011

I ran into an issue where there was a datastore present in the datastore inventory view that...

The Resource Pool Priority Pie Paradox – Part 2 – The Formula!

The Resource Pool Priority Pie Paradox – Part 2 – The Formula!

mwpreston October 24, 2011

Part 1 – Small Piece of Big Pie or Big Piece of Small Pie Part 2 –...

The Resource Pool Priority Pie Paradox Part 1 – Small Piece of Big Pie or Big Piece of Small Pie???

The Resource Pool Priority Pie Paradox Part 1 – Small Piece of Big Pie or Big Piece of Small Pie???

mwpreston October 21, 2011

Part 1 – Small Piece of Big Pie or Big Piece of Small Pie Part 2 – The...

Use PowerCli to shutdown VM’s and Hosts when running on battery.

Use PowerCli to shutdown VM’s and Hosts when running on battery.

mwpreston October 19, 2011

UPDATE – I’ve had the unfortunate chance of testing this script a few times and have found...

Cannot Power On virtual machine – Invalid Signature in change tracking file

Cannot Power On virtual machine – Invalid Signature in change tracking file

mwpreston October 14, 2011

So, I've run into this issue a few times now, and since a google search of the...

Installing VMware Tools on Debian 6 (squeeze)

Installing VMware Tools on Debian 6 (squeeze)

mwpreston October 12, 2011

I was in the process of spinning up a few Debian 6 squeeze servers today when I...

HA Error: Unable to contact a primary HA agent.

HA Error: Unable to contact a primary HA agent.

mwpreston October 11, 2011

Ok, here's a quick one of an issue and resolution (sort of) that I ran into today....