vSphere 5.5 Most of the tests for vSphere 5.5 are expected to fail. vSphere 5.5 (vCenter 5.5, ESXi 5.5 and VM Hardware Version 8) vMotion Testing Test 1: vMotion (change host) of a VM...
Netscaler VPX TLS 1.1/1.2 Support
Currently (11/3/16, NS11.0 64.34.nc) Netscaler VPX’s do not support TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 to back end services. You can still use TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 on the front end but TLS 1.0...
Exporting Performance Metrics with vSphere PowerCLI
The script below exports performance data for the last 7 days for a specified list of virtual machines. Data is first stored into a hash table where it is then exported into CSV files...
BT Infinity – Replacing the Openreach Modem and BT Home Hub with a Cisco 887VA
In relation to my previous post on replacing a TalkTalk router with a Cisco 800, the steps below are for doing the same with BT Infinity. Openreach Modem: Huawei HG612 BT Home Hub 5...
TalkTalk Fibre – Replacing the Openreach Modem and TalkTalk Router with a Cisco 887VA
I was never a fan of Huawei or any other entry level devices sent out by the ISP’s for residential use. Even though they work fine for the majority of time I found them...
Email Alerting Stops Working After Upgrading VMware VCSA 5.5 to VCSA 6.0
The settings looked correct and in the events list I could see vCenter trying to send the email, DNS was fine and there were no firewall issues. Tracing on Exchange showed that the email...
Outlook 2011 for Mac – Username/Password Error
During an email migration I came across this unusual issue and I thought it was worth sharing. A bunch of Mac user’s emails were migrated from one Exchange 2010 organization into another, where for...
XenApp 7.x Architecture (FMA) Diagram
After working with previous version of Citrix XenApp for many years, getting my head around the new concepts in 7.x took a bit of getting used to. I created this diagram as much for...
Moving a vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) to an EVC Cluster
Let’s say you have a VMWare infrastructure with a bunch of HP DL380 G8 servers. All the ESX hosts and VM’s are in one cluster, including a vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA). You then,...
VMware Network Load Balancing with LBT
Recently I had a discussion with another forum user on VMWare Communities regarding different network load balancing methods. After this I decided that Physical NIC Load/Load Based Teaming (referred to as LBT) was not...