Category Archives: Virtualization

In one vSphere environment I support we do not use templates to deploy virtual machines. Instead, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit is used. This allows both physical and virtual servers to be created using the same process and improves overall standardization of … Continue reading →

I have been using the vCheck v5 for several months and have nothing but good things to say about it. The script has helped me find and resolve several issues in the environments I maintain. There are a few additional … Continue reading →

Several times I have ran into the following issue with an event being logged in the vCenter Server event log every minute: Active Directory Web Services encountered an error while reading the settings for the specified Active Directory Lightweight Directory … Continue reading →

When I setup a vCenter server I typically use a DNS alias (CNAME). This allows me to use a server name that follows an enterprise naming convention, such as S898PAP1B.domain.parent.local, but connect to vCenter with an easy to remember name … Continue reading →

I was recently working with a Dell PowerEdge M610 blade server that had a processor problem. During troubleshooting steps, Dell requested a DSET report from my ESXi host. I knew this wouldn’t be a problem as I could use the … Continue reading →