Category Archives: Scripting

A few months ago, after a round of Windows OS patching on development servers, a server admin notified me that their server did not come back online after the patch initiated reboot. Looking at the VM console he noted that … Continue reading →

Several times in the past few weeks I have ran into virtual machines that do not power on because of locked files. Steps to troubleshoot this issue are described in KB10051: Virtual machine does not power on because of locked … Continue reading →

I recently had a need to validate that all hosts in a specific vCenter had appropriate vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) settings. I didn’t want to change the values, I was just looking for the existing values. This short … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →