Category Archives: Virtualization

I recently received several existing ESX hosts to support. As part of the transition I received the root password used by all of the hosts. I wanted to verify that the password I had was correct, so I threw together … Continue reading →

A few months ago I noticed a link to this awesome article titled: NAA id’s and breaking them apart, which dissects the NAA identifiers that you see in the vSphere client when looking at storage devices. Recently I was working … Continue reading →

About a month ago I experienced a production outage that related to improper removal of storage from a cluster. In this scenario, VMFS file systems were deleted from FC devices and then the FC devices were removed from the hosts. … Continue reading →

I typically use vSphere Image Builder to create custom ISO images that contain EMC PowerPath VE. The problem is, I need to add three packages in the correct order — and I never can remember the correct order. A few … Continue reading →

My favorite part of VMworld is the people you meet. Last week I was lucky enough to meet up with many powershell/PowerCLI experts and have some awesome discussions. I wasn’t able to get everyones name/card, but I believe the first … Continue reading →