Category Archives: Scripting

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 →

Posted in Scripting, Virtualization | 1 Comment

Scripted Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) Configuration

Posted on April 3, 2011 by brian.wuchner

Recently I had an opportunity to work with several new Dell PowerEdge R810 physical servers. I needed to remotely connect to the console of these servers and found out they were equipped with Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 – … Continue reading →

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Minor Update to vCheck 5.31 — beta testers required

Posted on March 30, 2011 by brian.wuchner

I typically do not view my vCheck report as an email message…I have a link to the report on the home screen of my vSphere Client (if you’d like to see how to do that, please check out this post: … Continue reading →

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Get ActiveSync Users

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Steve Kremer

When you have almost 30,000 mailboxes, managing ActiveSync can become a nightmare.  The nice thing about ActiveSync is that is just works.  There is not too much configuration to get it setup, but if you do not plan ahead, you … Continue reading →

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vCheck (daily report) version 5.31

Posted on February 4, 2011 by brian.wuchner

As many of you know, I have created a vCheck feature request list (http://bit.ly/dGrNjh) using comments from the Virtu-Al.net site. I’ve been working through them as time permits. In a post earlier in the week, I provided a solution to … Continue reading →

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