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Monitoring vSAN replication tasks using RVC
First, SSH to the vCenter appliance: Then, run the following commands: rvc root@localhost password: 0 / 1 localhost/ > cd localhost/vsandc/computers/ /localhost/vsandc/computers> vsan.resync_dashboard vsan 2014-06-12 14:36:47 +0000: Querying all VMs on VSAN … 2014-06-12 14:36:47 +0000: Querying all objects in the system from r1b41g.domain.local … 2014-06-12 14:36:48 +0000: Got all the info, computing table … […]
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Finding orphaned VMDK’s using PowerCLI
Here is a PowerCLI script I use to find all orphaned VMDK’s in my vCenter environment. $arrayVC = “virtualcenter2” Foreach ($strVC in $arrayVC) { Connect-VIServer $strVC $arrUsedDisks = Get-VM | Get-HardDisk | %{$_.filename} $arrUsedDisks += get-template | Get-HardDisk | %{$_.filename} $arrDS = Get-Datastore Foreach ($strDatastore in $arrDS) { $strDatastoreName = $strDatastore.name $ds = Get-Datastore -Name […]
Tags: PowerCLI, PowerShell, VMDK
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vBeers Columbus, OH (Wednesday, March 26th 2014)
Join us for the next Columbus vBeers. This will be a non-sponsored event so bring your wallet, your sense of humor and get ready for some great IT and virtualization conversations with some of the best people in Central Ohio’s IT community (including YOU!). Location: Back room at Roosters Wings Address: 3370 Olentangy River Rd, […]
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How do you operationalize OpenStack?
So after “living with OpenStack” for a couple months now, I’ve been taking notes and such, figured I’d share them. This view is from a managed services environment, but an enterprise view would be ok as well. Our OpenStack architecture cannot, and will-not look like our Vmware architecture where each hypervisor node also provides storage, […]
Tags: Open Stack, OpenStack, Operationalization, Operations
Posted in Cloud, Coud Security, Networking, Open Compute, Open Stack, SmartCloud, SmartCloud Orchestrator, vCAC, Virtualization, vmware | No Comments »