VMware just released vSphere 4.1, Site Recovery Manager 4.1 and VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat 6.3. What’s new in vSphere 4.1. The downloads can be found at: vCenter 4.1 ESX 4.1 - Release Notes ESXi 4.1 - Release Notes Site Recovery Manager 4.1 – Release Notes vSphere PowerCLI 4.1 vSphere CLI 4.1 vSphere Management …

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Notepad++ supports Powershell from version v5.6 but the VMware PowerCLI cmdlets aren’t included.

So I created PowerCLI Language definition file for syntax highlighting. It contains the cmdlets available in vSphere PowerCLI 4 Update 1 and vCenter Update Manager PowerCLI 4 Update 1.

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I had to configure additional portgroups based on vlanids on a vSphere cluster. I couldn’t use host profiles to apply the configuration on all hosts. 1$vCenter = Connect-VIServer -server(Read-Host "Please enter the name of your vCenter Server.") 2$Cluster = Get-Cluster -Name (Read-Host "Please enter the …

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VMware opened the registration for VMworld 2010. More Labs - Self Paced All Labs are self-paced so you have more freedom and options to choose from. No Session Registration No need to pre-register this year. You’ll have ample opportunity to attend the sessions of your choice as each one will be repeated at least …

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[On a Virtual Center 4 update 1 installation I [noticed]{style=“border-bottom:1px dotted #cccccc;"} an Perf Charts service error on the performance overview tab. The advanced performance tab is functioning as normal.]{style=“font-family:sans-serif;"} [ ]{style=“font-family:sans-serif;"} …

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Last I encountered some errors while doing a storage VMotion for a couple of VMs during a migration from ESX 3.5 to vSphere 4.1. {width=“600” height=“40”} When looking in the logs for the CBTMotion errors I found following messages. CBTMotion: scsi0:1: Clone: failed to start block tracking …

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I just came across a post by Jonathan Meddover at simple-talk.com about the new Active Directory recycle bin in Windows Server 2008 R2. It’s definitely worth the read.

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Jon Hall confirmed the names of the new vSphere certifications which will be released somewhere in May. VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Enterprise Admin VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Design In order to become VCAP you need to be VCP 4 and then take an additional exam. The Enterprise Admin 4 exam …

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I needed to add a group of users to the ACL of all our printers. As we currently have about 100 printers; I looked if I could use powershell for this. Currently on Windows server 2008 there are no built in cmdlets to administrate printers. But I did find a useful powershell script with everything I needed. I ended up …

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On our teminal server 2008 farm we had some serious problems the last couple of days. Whenever users tried to login they got a “Access Denied” error. Only administrator accounts were able to log in. Additionally the eventlog, the McAfee services and some other services weren’t started automatically. …

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