-
Search
-
Categories
- Lab Infrastructure (82)
- Messaging (10)
- Scripting (156)
- Uncategorized (2)
- Virtualization (212)
-
Archives
Category Archives: Scripting
Fine-Tuning Updates: Targeted Host Remediation with vSphere Lifecycle Manager
In vSphere 7.0 functionality was introduced to be able to manage a cluster of ESXi hosts with a single image. In addition to being a bit easier to configure than the prior Update Manager Baselines, this feature also integrates with … Continue reading
Posted in Lab Infrastructure, Scripting, Virtualization
Leave a comment
TinyCore 15 Virtual Machine – very small VM for testing
For several years I’ve been using a couple of very small TinyCore Linux virtual machines for testing in my lab. These run very well in nested infrastructure and have a package to support open-vm-tools so you can interact with them … Continue reading
Posted in Lab Infrastructure, Scripting, Virtualization
3 Comments
vSphere ESXi Host Certificate Status Alarm bulk resolution
In the vSphere UI, some hosts will occasionally trigger an alarm of “ESXi Host Certificate Status”. VMware Skyline has a finding for this issue as well — vSphere-HostCertStatusAlarm. The resolution is typically straightforward, right click the host > certificates > … Continue reading
Posted in Lab Infrastructure, Scripting, Virtualization
Leave a comment
Testing Syslog from the command line
From time to time it is helpful to be able to send a syslog message to confirm that things are working correctly — firewall ports are open, nothing is filtering out the traffic in line, including a timestamp in the … Continue reading
Jenkins & Java Upgrade on Windows
One service that I use quite frequently in my lab is Jenkins. I have this running on a Windows VM and have a variety of tasks that run from there, some on a scheduled and others consumed by web hooks. … Continue reading
Posted in Lab Infrastructure, Scripting
1 Comment