tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61254675104130810872024-03-13T20:25:52.232-07:00I.T. Monsterrrrrr's BlogCommitted to bringing you super mega awesome amazing blog posts containing pure gold or blog posts with a thin coat of gold, either way, they look expensive. Blog subjects include: Powershell tips, tricks and scripts; PowerCLI tips, tricks and scripts; VMware design, implementation, and deep dives; IT tech book reviews; Windows administration and troubleshooting; and tons more!!.....and pictures of my dogs....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263249428700913934noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125467510413081087.post-18725600663708941052013-09-24T15:10:00.002-07:002013-09-24T16:05:54.455-07:00vSphere Flash Read Cache (vFRC)
Flash Reads Cash...
Pretty awesome alterations and additions are implemented in VMware's latest vSphere release, vSphere 5.5. Amongst the additions are items like a newly revised and much easier to deploy version of SSO, VMware vSAN, improved vCloud services and a lot of other features. A couple stood out to me and one in particular, vSphere Flash Read Cache, was an awesome and much needed Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263249428700913934noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125467510413081087.post-13286693071411786742013-08-09T17:00:00.001-07:002013-11-22T10:29:48.115-08:00Veeam - Cannot Perform Threshold Check
I'll tell you one thing I hate and that's any kind of warning, alert, exclamation point, red triangle danger zone alert that shows up in the environments I work in. I get a little crazy and I HAVE to know what is causing it and get rid of them ASAP. Just like most admins, you want to see a clean, alert free, properly working environment so when I was helping a client relocate their Veeam backupsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263249428700913934noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125467510413081087.post-47993739365221686352013-07-28T15:46:00.003-07:002013-07-28T15:50:36.051-07:00Jumbo Frame MTU on vSphere Software iSCSI Adapters
In the book "Storage Implementation in vSphere 5.0" (SIIV5) from VMware Press, I ran across a really cool piece of information. It is regarding the MTU on port groups bound to Software iSCSI Adapters in vSphere environments. It has been a discussion I have had with a handful of people previously but in a slightly different sense. Previously when discussing this topic it was a conversation which Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263249428700913934noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125467510413081087.post-39541364855465807632012-10-23T19:55:00.003-07:002012-10-24T06:57:44.880-07:00PowerCLI: ESXi Host Audit
I try to keep up with the VMware communities/message boards for PowerCLI related questions and saw one that I thought was interesting. Someone was interested in creating a script that could preform an audit of their ESXi hosts in inventory. He wanted the script to include the following:
Product Name
Version
Edition
Host Name
Number of Cores
Number of Physical Processors
So Mr. Buzzlightyear..Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263249428700913934noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125467510413081087.post-33936354908505127632012-10-07T16:01:00.003-07:002012-10-08T07:03:28.157-07:00VCP5: Memory ReservationsUnderstanding entitlements ,and in this case memory reservations, is a key concept to pass the VCP5 exam, although this concept is easily grasped by most people, the exam presents questions regarding these subjects in ways that will have you thinking hard. Remember entitlements are not only configured in one location. Knowing these locations and the optional settings you could configure is Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263249428700913934noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125467510413081087.post-54144156500303831172012-10-07T13:46:00.000-07:002012-10-08T10:56:07.714-07:00SQL Saturday: #165 Lincoln
Had an awesome time at SQL Saturday #165 in Lincoln yesterday! Went down to Lincoln with a few co-workers and was able to see 3 co-workers from House of Brick Technologies present in different sessions. Great job David Pettengill, Andy Galbraith (@ DBA_ANDY) and David Klee (@kleegeek) on your presentations I enjoyed them all. This was my first SQL Saturday and it was a great Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263249428700913934noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125467510413081087.post-54818390350573933092012-09-30T16:01:00.002-07:002012-10-01T06:56:31.134-07:00VCP5: Resources and Refrences for Study
The VCP5 exam is a well written and structured test. It was a surprisingly difficult exam, and I was caught off guard. Based on mock exams and practice exams I was taking, as one portion of my preparation, I should have blown the test right out of the water. I feel like nothing I had done had properly helped me prepare for the exam so because of that fact I felt a little mad when I Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263249428700913934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125467510413081087.post-8130713490823022862012-09-26T21:17:00.001-07:002012-09-29T19:52:55.687-07:00VMware Certified Professional 5
It has been awhile since I composed a new blog post, there was a really good reason for it...I swear! I had been studying for quite awhile to take the VCP5 exam. If you have never attempted this test, be forewarned, it is extremely hard. I had studied super hard, I had even bought the new Official VCP5 Certification Guide published by VMware and blew through the book in a week, and feltAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263249428700913934noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125467510413081087.post-70122518022213891742012-09-04T19:45:00.002-07:002012-09-06T06:48:25.358-07:00Deep Dive: CPU Ready Time
In my last post we tackled the topic, "VMWare ESX/ESXi CPU Scheduler",with extreme prejudice, this week will be an extension of that post. Lets talk about CPU Ready Time, how bout' it? (if you said "No", Click Here...). To put it simply: CPU Ready time is your enemy, but, to give a more formal definition of what CPU Ready Time: CPU Ready Time is when a Virtual Machine exists in a state Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263249428700913934noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125467510413081087.post-10230921605819924652012-08-30T21:23:00.003-07:002012-08-31T06:35:13.237-07:00Deep Dive: VMWare ESX/ESXi CPU SchedulerReviewing the concepts covered in Larry Loucks book "Critical VMware Mistakes you Should Avoid", we will first look at the CPU Scheduler. Larry's book does a great job of giving an overview of the CPU scheduler and core concepts of how it works, I hope this post builds on top of the core concepts and I hope this post feels more like a deep dive than a general overview, soak it up you nautical Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263249428700913934noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125467510413081087.post-39831754656484490582012-08-28T11:48:00.000-07:002012-08-31T06:12:42.164-07:00Powershell: Get the Services Running and Their Service Accounts on a list of Remote Machines
Time for me to play Powershell Ranger and throw a quick script at you! BAM. A co-worker asked me today to whip up a quick script that could retrieve the services and their corresponding service accounts (user account who the system uses to run the service) from a list or array of remote hosts. I first thought, "Hey no Biggie....Smalls!, I will use the Get-Service cmdlet". The issue Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263249428700913934noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125467510413081087.post-30238029320169645562012-08-27T21:41:00.003-07:002012-09-04T17:46:48.223-07:00Shout Out: David Klee "Virtualizing Business-Critical SQL Servers – Part 2: Understanding the Physical Workload"Another Shout Out coming full speed, course correcting to ram right into you. This time a post from David Klee, a Solutions Architect at House of Brick Technologies. In this Shout Out, bring on the bench marking, performance charting, workload tracking pie and give me the whole thing. David's posts is second part to a multipart blog post series on Virtualizing Business Critical SQL Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263249428700913934noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125467510413081087.post-48798709147757953392012-08-27T21:12:00.000-07:002012-09-29T19:03:05.569-07:00Shout Out: Jim Hannan "vSphere 5 Advantages for VBCA -- Part 4 vMotion"Call me silly, ....nevermind....don't. But I get amazed at features within vSphere that now a days are taken for granted a lot of times. I can't seem to ever get enough of the nitty gritty details of how all the components like vMotion, HA, DRS, NUMA, etc work and orchestrate together. Good thing for me, I work with a bunch of people who share that same desire to know and understand how the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263249428700913934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125467510413081087.post-60565887970264511042012-08-27T11:40:00.000-07:002012-09-01T17:46:55.964-07:00Book Review: "Critical VMware Mistakes You Should Avoid" by Larry Loucks
Awhile back I was doing some shopping on Amazon for a few technical books that I could read in my free time, co-workers of mine had recommended a handful of books that they thought I would like. My day job provides a book allowance for employees and I had planned to take advantage of the whole shabang at once. I had funneled down to the last bit of allotted money, and had stayed true to the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263249428700913934noreply@blogger.com0