I recently installed 2 ESXi 5 servers into my lab to assist with my ESXi 5 certification update. In my home lab i do not have a spare monitor so each time i have to display the console i have to unplug the monitor from my main PC and plug it in which is a …
Installing and configuring PowerCLI
In this article i am going to go over the steps to install and configure PowerCLI to run on my virtual center server. This will enable me to interrogate all the virtual machines and VMware environment by using Powershell. 1) The first step is to download Powershell v2.0 from Microsoft. Note this is only applicable …
XenDesktop 5 SP1 Licence problems
Recently encountered a problem where i had installed XenDesktop 5 SP1 and when i tried to point to the licence server i received the following error: “The License server found at this address can not be used for this version of XenDesktop” This threw me a bit as the environment i was working in had …
Netapp vfilers & Quest Storage Manager
Hello, In this post I am going to describe a recent problem that we encountered with using Quest Storage Manager on our NetApp vfiler. The problem is that Quest Storage Manager tries to automatically create and write a licence file up to \\vfiler\c$\programme files\quest. The problem is that on a vfiler the c$ is not …
Installing XenDesktop 4.0
In this post I am going to install a Citrix XenDesktop Delivery Controller 4.0 as part of my studies for CCA in XenDesktop. Before going through the steps i have done the following: Installed a Server 2003 R2 SP2 x64 into a virtual machine with all security updates SQL Server 2005 SP4 Terminal Services in …
Virtualization Webcasts
Here is a link to a great set of webcasts from Microsoft. 15 hours of content in there = plenty of learning! Enjoy http://blogs.technet.com/b/nicholasp/archive/2011/05/11/online-jump-start-microsoft-virtualisation-management-and-vdi.aspx Virtualization Jump Start (01): Virtualization Overview Virtualization Jump Start (02): Differentiating Microsoft & VMware Virtualization Jump Start (03a): Hyper-V Deployment Options & Architecture | Part 1 Virtualization Jump Start (03b): Hyper-V …
VCP-410 Passed!
On Wednesday May 4th 2011 i took and passed my VMware VCP-410 exam. This is one certification that i have been after for a while so i am over the moon that I passed it. I have been studying hard for the exam for roughly 3 months as I started in February. Beginning of April …
Get-Hotfix–Retrieve hotfix information using Powershell
Recently I wanted to verify that I had a certain hotfix installed on my server. I thought i could see if there was a nice and easy way in Powershell to do this and there was. The cmdlet get-hotfix will retrieve the information you need. PS C:\Users\Administrator> Get-HotFix Source Description HotFixID InstalledBy InstalledOn —— ———– …
Take your career to the next level
I have been wanting to write this blog post for a while, but i have never managed to get round to it, so i find myself unable to sleep at 3am in the morning so i thought what the heck! So here it is! Over the past 6 months I have been listening to a …
SP1 released for Windows 7 & 2008 R2
Microsoft have now officially released SP1 for Win7 and 2008 R2 to the public. A lot of companies i have worked with previously normally wait till the first service pack is released of a product before they decide to roll it out. SP1 includes a number of enhancements and bug fixes. Enhancements include: Dynamic Memory …