UK National VMUG

UK National VMUG – Call for Papers

Simon Gallagher, one of the organisers of the UK VMUG sent an email out today asking for people to considering submitting “papers” for the UK National VMUG. Personally I think this is a great idea. I have enjoyed my trips to the UK VMUG and found the caliber of people at these events to be of the highest grade, with the sessions being as good as what you find at VMworld. This is a summary of Simon’s email: Hello friend of LonVMUG..(!), We (the LonVMUG committee) are putting together plans for the national UK VMUG on November 21st in Solihull, Brum (National Motorcycle museum). As you know I’m continually pushing for community content and ensuring that we as a VMUG provide the best community content of any VMUG, as well as excellent official VMware and sponsor content, as such I’ve opened up the community ‘call for papers’ for this event. […]

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enumerate network adapters Powershell

Enumerate network adapters Powershell (PowerCLI) – VMware vmnic

This is a script I wrote a while ago to enumerate network adapters Powershell (PowerCLI) and add the total amount to a variable. I thought some people may find it useful. enumerate network adapters Powershell What I am achieving here is actually enumerating (count) the number of vmnic’s in a host. Why? Well if you think about automating your ESXi deployment, not all physical hosts have the same configurations, some have 4 1GB Nic’s others have 2 10GB nics, however you want to have a standard build for all configurations. This is an easy way to be able to automatically create the portgroups required without having to change your builds for different configurations. The script below shows how you can easily count the total number of vmnics and add to the variable no_nics. [powershell] $no_nics = get-vmhostnetworkadapter -Physical ##Sets Physical NIC count to -1 to match VMware NIC names, eg, […]

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Failed to communicate with the vCenter Single Sign on server

Failed to communicate with the vCenter Single Sign on server

Deploying a new VMware vCenter Virtual Appliance today, I received the error ” Failed to communicate with the vCenter Single Sign On server https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:7444…. ” This error has the same resolution as my previous article Failed to connect to VMware Lookup Service Failed to communicate with the vCenter Single Sign on server   Now the issue I have found with both of these problems, is after the first power on, the appliance does an automatic configuration, including assigning a DHCP IP address.  If you then re-configure the appliance and chang the hostname or IP address of the vCenter Virtual Appliance.  The certificate that was created on initial configuration is no longer valid.  To resolve this issue, follow the steps below: Login into vCenter VA Configuration https://[hostname/IP]:5480 Select the Admin tab Click Toggle certificate setting, you will see Certificate regeneration enabled change to Yes. Re-boot the Virtual Appliance During the bootup procedure […]

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vmworld 2013 session

VMworld 2013 session accepted

Another year another VMworld. I have just received the email telling me my VMworld 2013 session was accepted. It is a crazy ride working for VMware. Session: PHC4750 – How to Build a Hybrid Cloud in Less than a Day Presenters: David Hill Abstract: In this session we will discuss how you can build a hybrid cloud in less than a day. With multiple technologies available to enable the hybrid cloud, we will look at how you can turn your current vSphere infrastructure into a Hybrid. This will help businesses lower there total cost of ownership and operational costs. Key Takeaways: Understanding of how to deploy vCloud Connector in a vSphere infrastructure Learn how to move workloads seamlessly between clouds Understand the potential pitfalls and mistakes real customers have made in the past I hope to see you all there, it will be another awesome week. I will write a […]

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Florida Disney Villa

Florida Disney Villa 15% discount for 2013

If you want to stay in our Florida Disney Villa for a 15% discount in 2013, you have come to the right place. This is a rather unusual post for my site, and nothing virtualization related. I am offering a 15% discount on the remaining days to stay at our Florida villa.  For anyone wanting to stay on the dates that are showing available on the calendar below, I will offer a 15% discount. This is a rare opportunity and a special offer to anyone who visits my site. Florida Disney Villa   (more…)

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