Author Archives: brian.wuchner

Disable SSL for VMware Converter 5 using powershell

Posted on April 9, 2012 by brian.wuchner

Starting with VMware Converter Standalone 5.0, the default action is to secure the P2V data with SSL. While this is nice if you are converting machines across an untrusted network or need the additional level of security, it can really … Continue reading →

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Why does the ‘Update Tools’ button not work from within VMware Tools?

Posted on March 30, 2012 by brian.wuchner

I recently upgraded an ESXi 4.1 Update 1 cluster to ESXi 5.0 Update 1 — but have not upgraded the tools yet. One of the Windows admins I work with mentioned that he noticed a development guest needed a tools … Continue reading →

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Use PowerCLI to mark disk as as SSD

Posted on March 12, 2012 by brian.wuchner

I’ve recently been working with a few new ESXi hosts. These systems have a pair of solid state disks that I planned to use for host cache. However, ESXi 5.0 did not detect these disks as an SSD type. I … Continue reading →

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PowerCLI, say hello to UCS PowerTool

Posted on March 5, 2012 by brian.wuchner

I’ve recently been digging into Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS). I wanted a report showing which ESXi host was in each chassis. I don’t have a lot of blades (yet) so making this list by hand wouldn’t have been a … Continue reading →

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How vCenter assigns MAC addresses

Posted on February 27, 2012 by brian.wuchner

I’ve recently posted several entries on MAC address conflicts within vCenter: Multiple vCenters and MAC address conflicts Virtual Machines with Duplicate MAC addresses If you look at the first post (and VMware KB 1024025) you’ll notice that vCenter uses a … Continue reading →