Category Archives: Virtualization

Using VI/JSON with Powershell

Posted on June 13, 2023 by brian.wuchner

I recently saw a post on a new feature that is enabled by default in vSphere 8.0u1: https://blogs.vmware.com/code/2023/06/10/introducing-vi-json-a-modern-wire-protocol-for-vsphere-management. The article describes a new JSON-based, REST-like protocol named VI/JSON that allows access to all the familiar SOAP XML properties. It seemed … Continue reading →

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Emulating a Wide Area Network with Latency and Packet Loss

Posted on May 31, 2023 by brian.wuchner

Have you ever found yourself needing to simulate network latency or packet loss? I recently wanted to test a replication scenario but needed to have at least 15ms or so of latency between the source and destination. Years ago I … Continue reading →

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Horizon Linux Virtual Desktop – Non Persistent Ubuntu 22.04

Posted on March 24, 2023 by brian.wuchner

I recently wanted to apply some updates (OS updates and Horizon Agent) to my Ubuntu 20.04 desktop. It had been several months since I had last updated the desktop and realized the Ubuntu 22.04 had since been released. This is … Continue reading →

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Add vRealize Log Insight endpoint to Skyline Collector

Posted on March 20, 2023 by brian.wuchner

The Skyline Collector 3.3 release [release notes] recently added support for vRealize Log Insight / Aria Operations of Logs to the Skyline platform. As described in the release notes, only local authentication is supported in this release. I had not … Continue reading →

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Homelab Power Outage & Recovery – Lessons Learned

Posted on March 17, 2023 by brian.wuchner

My homelab has a small UPS to help carry through short power ‘blips’ that occur from time to time — it is not sized for prolonged outages. As such, I don’t have any automation to detect/respond to these on battery … Continue reading →

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