Random Technology thoughts from an Irish Virtualization Geek (who enjoys saving the world in his spare time).
So I finally got the time and opportunity to start contributing to this great initiative. I've done lots of work with and around PowerVCF before, but never actually contributed code. Thats changed with this release. Hurrah! In my spare time, I've been doing a lot of PowerShell development on internal tooling used to prepare for... Continue Reading →
As part of some recent testing, I had the need for a quick and easy backup tool for creating imaged-based backups of my various virtual machines and appliances. To get moving quickly I decided to use a little tool called ghettoVCB created by William Lam (https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2015/05/ghettovcb-vib-offline-bundle-for-esxi.html). It's easy to install, has a near zero learning... Continue Reading →
If you have a lot of configurations in a lab the way we do in VMware, then most of them are using private networks that are not even routable inside your company, let alone the internet. So you can very quickly get into a nested rathole of RDP/SSH sessions from your terminal to a jump-box... Continue Reading →
Here's a little something I found in my folder of scripts that someone else might find useful. I created it to backup vRealize Automation Entitlements for Catalog Items and Resource Actions. Originally it was needed to ensure we could retain the correct entitlements during an upgrade of Enterprise Hybrid Cloud, but it can be used... Continue Reading →
As part of building, testing (and breaking!) Enterprise Hybrid Cloud, we had the need for reusable, virtual instances of the entire vRealize stack and all the supporting components both beneath it (vCenter, PSC etc) and above it (Avamar and such). So we made extensive use of VMware vCloud Director (vCD) to create templates we could... Continue Reading →
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