Category Archives: Virtualization

Quick vSphere Cluster BIOS check

Posted on February 13, 2013 by brian.wuchner

The following check will compare the BIOS versions of the ESX hosts in a cluster and verify they are all at a consistent level. The check makes use of a $Clusters variable, which can be created using the following line … Continue reading →

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Network related vSphere checks

Posted on February 12, 2013 by brian.wuchner

The following two sections of code can be ran independently or used in conjunction with Alan Renouf’s vCheck script. They return network specific issues that could happen in a vSphere environment. The first check makes use of a $clusters variable, … Continue reading →

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General vSphere Cluster counts/averages

Posted on February 11, 2013 by brian.wuchner

A year or so ago, I had added some generic sections to Alan Renouf’s vCheck 5 script, which I was using to report on several environments that I managed. A few months ago, Alan released a new version of vCheck … Continue reading →

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VMware Support Assistant SSL

Posted on January 27, 2013 by brian.wuchner

VMware recently released a new product call vCenter Support Assistant. This virtual appliance places an icon in the vCenter ‘Solutions and Applications’ area where you can contact support, open SRs and upload support bundles. You can view the entire product … Continue reading →

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Linked mode, server replacement and VMwareVCMSDS errors

Posted on January 8, 2013 by brian.wuchner

This is an issue I experienced a couple of months back, but thought I’d take some time and document it here as I couldn’t find any reference to other people experiencing this issue. For some background for this environment there … Continue reading →

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