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VAMI: Probably shouldn’t use hashtags for the VCSA root password, either.
October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 Dave

VAMI: Probably shouldn’t use hashtags for the VCSA root password, either.

VMware Tips

So, I was updating a 6.7 vSphere via the VAMI (vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface) yesterday and I noted that I had gotten lucky, and

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Search for an Active Directory user or group with PowerShell
August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Dave

Search for an Active Directory user or group with PowerShell

End User Computing, General IT, Windows Tips

I actually don’t even care if I’m late to the game on this one. I search AD for users a few times a month, and

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Reboot ALL ESXi hosts in a cluster at one time
July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Dave

Reboot ALL ESXi hosts in a cluster at one time

PowerCLI, VMware Tips

Do you: hate your job? dislike your users?  like getting headaches at 3:45pm on a Friday? love creating RCAs for your leadership? Well you’re in

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Updating Standalone ESXi the Easy Way
June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 Dave

Updating Standalone ESXi the Easy Way

VMware Tips

Managing ESXi without vCenter is annoying enough, but updating it is the worst. I feel like I have to relearn it every time I do

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Fixing missing coredumps error in ESXi
June 5, 2020June 20, 2020 Dave

Fixing missing coredumps error in ESXi

Cisco UCS, iSCSI, VMware Tips

If you use iSCSI storage for your ESXi hosts- including boot from SAN, you will need to create dump files for your ESXi hosts. If

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Configuring ESXi after Boot from SAN
November 10, 2019November 15, 2019 Dave

Configuring ESXi after Boot from SAN

Cisco UCS, General IT, VMware Tips

You know what sucks? iSCSI Boot from SAN with Cisco UCS.  Well- not really. What sucks is doing Boot from SAN on UCS for a

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Sizing vROPS for idiots (like me)
August 27, 2019August 28, 2019 Dave

Sizing vROPS for idiots (like me)

General IT, VMware Tips

Sizing your vROPS (vRealize Operations Manager) can be tricky. You definitely don’t want to undersize it, but you also don’t want to make it too

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NOPE: Roaming Start Menu and Task Bar items in Horizon 7.x
August 3, 2019August 4, 2019 Dave

NOPE: Roaming Start Menu and Task Bar items in Horizon 7.x

End User Computing, Horizon, VMware Tips, Windows Tips

Specifically- you can’t really roam Task Bar and Start Menu items in Windows 10 at all. I checked with VMware support. You have two alternatives:

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Restart ESXi Host Management Agents on 6.5 via SSH
July 30, 2019September 5, 2020 Dave

Restart ESXi Host Management Agents on 6.5 via SSH

VMware Tips

I came in this morning with a Host that was disconnected from vCenter. It was showing the typical “Host Connection and Power State” and “Cannot

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The other way to cold migrate vCenter safely on a DvSwitch
March 19, 2019August 22, 2019 Dave

The other way to cold migrate vCenter safely on a DvSwitch

VMware Tips

I needed to turn on EVC. It was a long time coming, really. I should have turned it on when I had the entire vSphere

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