Configuring all the alarm actions on a new vCenter build can be quite cumbersome, so I wrote the following script to speed up the process. The script adds a new email alarm action for...
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vSphere (HA, DRS, vMotion) + MSCS Testing
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...
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...
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...
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...
ESX Trunk Configuration (vCenter, vDS and Network Rollback)
vDS (Distributed Switch) Environment If an ESX host is using a vDS some network settings, including VLAN settings, on the console are grayed out. This means you need to change the VLAN settings using...