automation
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VMware PowerCLI
Install VMware Pester PowerCLI Configuration Management
PowerShell can do so many cool things for us not just from an automation standpoint but also from a configuration management standpoint. I wanted to help give some visibility to a great bit of PowerShell PowerCLI code called Vester that…
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VDI
Automate and Repurpose Old PCs into Thin Client VDI
In many enterprise environments that may have aging desktop hardware and who are looking to transition to a VDI solution for end users, there are often difficult fiscal decisions that come to light when thinking of replacing hardware across the…
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Software
Automate VMware Best Practices with Runecast Analyzer
One of the words that we typically hear a lot in the IT industry especially when thinking about configurations of hardware and software is “best practices”. It is certainly important to make sure we configure our software and hardware according…
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VMware PowerCLI
Automate vSwitch and VMkernel configuration VMware PowerCLI
As we have already detailed in this post about how we can configure VMware clusters with PowerCLI and the benefits of doing so, the sky is the limit in what we can do with VMware PowerCLI and automating configuration processes…
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VMware PowerCLI
Configure VMware vSphere Cluster with Web Client or PowerCLI
As powerful as VMware ESXi is out of the box in a standalone single server format, we really don’t get all the benefits of running a hypervisor in a single server standalone configuration. The real power with VMware vSphere comes…
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Powershell
Veeam Powershell Automatically Add Backup Jobs
One of the great things with Veeam Backup & Replication is the integration with PowerShell and the ability to automate many of the job options using PowerShell. This is extremely handy when it comes to mass creating Veeam jobs in…
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Automation
Best Rest API Client Download
These days APIs are all the rage when it comes to interacting with devices, infrastructure, software, etc. Most vendors and software are providing APIs that allow you to interact, configure, and query software and hardware. This is powerful when it…
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Backup Software
Install Veeam 9.5 Backup and Replication Remote Console with PowerShell Snapin
Installing Veeam Backup & Replication Console remotely is a great way to have the Veeam Console tools available on an administrative workstation where one does not have to login to the Veeam server in order to check jobs, replication, etc.…
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Powershell
Automatically add corresponding Veeam backup copy and replication jobs with Powershell
I had written just a few days ago about a PowerShell script to compare Veeam copy or replication jobs to the regular backup jobs you have setup and see which ones are missing. This is useful if you have single…
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VMware PowerCLI
VMware PowerCLI quickly add multiple VM vmnics
PowerCLI is a powerful tool that can be utilized to quickly perform tasks in a VMware environment. One of the overly painful tasks that you encounter when configuring or reconfiguring a VM is adding vmnics. Especially is this painful if…
