Reset unresponsive VM with Powershell PowerCLI
I had a recent use case to be able to check the reachability of a certain VM which had shown itself to be problematic. Â If the VM wasn’t responsive or…
Year: 2016
SQL Cluster computer account could not be configured
In working on an older Microsoft SQL Cluster server configuration recently, I ran into an issue with a lab copy of the SQL Cluster not bringing the SQL resources online…
Change Default Gateway with Powershell
One of the best ways to automate or check network settings with modern Windows OS’es is to use Powershell. Recently, I had a really unique use case where the need arose…
Troubleshooting NSX VXLAN jumbo frames in nested lab
In working recently in a nested VMware environment running three clusters and NSX, I ran into a jumbo frames issue with VXLAN connectivity across the clusters. Â I was simulating different…
Configure Dell Nseries switch stack
A quick little how to post on creating a stack between Dell Nseries switches. Â For the purposes of this post, the stack was created using (2) Dell Nseries 4032F 10G…
Monitor application pool IIS recycle if needed
In working with an issue where an application pool was taking an entire website down, it became apparent we needed a programmatic way to monitor the site itself and then…
There was an error connecting to NSX manager API
A quick issue I ran into yesterday connecting a restful API client to an NSX manager – “there was an error connecting”. Â As I had connected to this manager before…
Powershell script signing the easy way
So I wanted to throw a quick blog post out there on Powershell script signing the easy way. Â This is a little bit tongue and cheek on the post as…
ESXi 6 Configure Management Network Greyed out
The other day when playing around “rather hard” with distributed switches and NSX, I broke my distributed switch implementation on one of my lab ESXi 6 hosts. Â I couldn’t ping…
Veeam Big Announcement today
There was a Veeam Big Announcement today or actually quite a few large announcements about their product portfolio which extends their presence in the Virtualization backup field as well as…