Author Archives: brian.wuchner

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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Free VMware Transition to ESXi Essentials course

Posted on April 30, 2011 by brian.wuchner

I recently completed the free VMware Transition to ESXi Essentials course. If you’d like more information on how to sign up for this course yourself, check out the following link: http://blogs.vmware.com/esxi/2011/04/become-a-true-esxi-expert-with-the-new-free-vmware-elearning-course-and-ebook-offer.html I wanted to share a few specific things I … Continue reading →

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Migrate virtual machines and enable thin provisioning

Posted on April 26, 2011 by brian.wuchner

I recently used this code to move a couple dozen terabytes of virtual machines from one array to another — all while enabling thin provisioning (aka sparse disk). Once the LUN migration is complete a nice little message shows up … Continue reading →

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