I’ve been working with several scripts in a lab recently. Most of these labs require additional ESXi hosts (namely vCheck testing) so I’ve been propping up some nested ESXi virtual machines. When I create a virtual machine to run nested ESXi, I typically set three advanced configuration options: monitor_control.restrict_backdoor =…
It has been a little over 3 months since I’ve posted an update to vCheck. I still have some features and bug checks I’d like to add, but figured I’d share the current state. Here are the in-code comments for the new sections: # Version 5.38- bwuch: bug fix with…
I have been working on addressing a comment I noticed on the Virtu-Al vCheck comments (http://www.virtu-al.net/featured-scripts/vcheck/). The issue relates to a warning message returned in the “checking snapshots” section: 10:58:25 AM ..Checking Snapshots WARNING: Unable to populate snapshot size due to unsiffucient permissions. The existing code worked for me (I…
In the world of scripting and automation I find it easy to get lost in technical requirements and code while forgetting the reason people automate tasks — improved accuracy and cost savings. Earlier this week my co-workers and I were reminded of these reasons. Our team was recognized with the…
I was recently sent the following link that describes disk partition alignment best practices for SQL Server: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd758814.aspx This is a really good article — it describes the performance implication of mis-aligned drives — which apply to all Windows installs, not just SQL servers. I’ve participated in alignment discussions several…