VxRail 7.0 – Shut-down Via API
The VxRail REST API provides a programmatic interface for performing VxRail administrative tasks. There are many ways to interact with the VxRail API functions, in this example I cover the […]
VMware ESXi – Monitoring Tasks VIA CLI
The following post details how to view task information via CLI on an ESXi host. Task details such as: Snapshot operations, for example create/delete/consolidate Clone operations As can be seen […]
VMware – Install PowerCLI on Offline Machine
In most cases a machines are connected to the internet which allows a PowerCLI user download the modules directly from the web using: Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI In the event the […]
ESXi 6.x -Restart Mgmt Agents via CLI
Experiencing issues connecting to an ESXi host from vCenter Server? A good place to start your troubleshooting is by restarting the ESXi management agents. The following method uses the CLI […]
vSphere – Migrating A VM To A New VMFS Datastore (CLI: VMKFSTOOLS)
You may encounter a scenario where a vCenter server is not part of a solution and SVMotion is not an option to migrate a VM from one VMFS datastore to […]
EMC VMAX3 – CLI Cheat Sheet
Guest post by the VMAX Guru – Paul Martin @rawstorage VMAX3 CLI Cheat Sheet Disclaimer, this is not a comprehensive how to, just a toe in the ocean of VMAX3, […]
EMC VNXe Configuration Using Unisphere CLI (Part 3)
Part 1 Part 2 This is the third part in the series on configuring the VNXe via command line. Here I will detail the Steps involved in adding VMware ESXi […]
EMC XtremIO – Configuring DNS & NTP
Setting DNS xmcli (tech)> modify-dns-servers primary=”10.10.10.1″ secondary=”10.10.10.1″ xmcli (tech)> show-dns-servers Setting NTP Set date & time: xmcli (tech)> modify-datetime datetime=”2014-11-07 11:00:48″ Set timezone: List all timezones available: xmcli (tech)> show-timezones xmcli (tech)> modify-datetime timezone=”Europe/Paris” Set NTP Servers: xmcli (tech)> modify-datetime ntp-servers=[“10.10.10.101″,”10.10.10.102”] Display time config: xmcli (tech)> show-datetime Mode NTP-Servers Cluster-Time Cluster-Time-Zone automatic 10.10.10.10110.10.10.102 2014-11-07 11:07:08 CET Europe/Paris
EMC VNX&VMAX – Updating EMULEX HBA Firmware On LINUX
Firstly download the latest version from the EMC-approved section of the Emulex website for EMC VNX/VMAX: http://www.emulex.com/downloads/oem-qualified/emc/ In this example we are downloading the Emulex LPe16002 Firmware and BootCode version […]
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