Author Archives: brian.wuchner

Configure virtual machine for nested ESX/ESXi with PowerCLI

Posted on May 17, 2011 by brian.wuchner

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 … Continue reading →

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PowerCLI vCheck 5.38

Posted on May 14, 2011 by brian.wuchner

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 … Continue reading →

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vSphere Snapshot Report

Posted on May 13, 2011 by brian.wuchner

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 … Continue reading →

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2011 Governor’s Public Service Achievement Award

Posted on May 11, 2011 by brian.wuchner

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 … Continue reading →

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Windows Disk Partition Alignment Best Practices

Posted on May 6, 2011 by brian.wuchner

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, … Continue reading →

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