My notes and ramblings, normally about automation.
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PowerCLI - Community Module - VMware ToolsVMware Tools is a collection of in-guest drivers and agents that optimize performance and increase the manageability for VMs within vSphere environments. Guess what, PowerCLI provides a way to automate the management of the VMware Tools lifecycle!Jan 9, 2018
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PowerCLI - NSX-T Module UsagePowerCLI 6.5.3 was released a few short weeks ago and one of the biggest additions was the module to manage VMware NSX-T! This version of NSX provides network virtualization to not only VMware environments, but also multi-cloud and multi-hypervisor environments too.Nov 28, 2017
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Python - Using the vSphere Automation SDKWe’ve been looking at how to get started using the new vSphere Automation SDKs. In the last couple parts of the series we looked at the SDK for REST, which included Postman REST client samples, as well as some JavaScript samples.Apr 11, 2017
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REST - Using the vSphere Automation SDKvSphere 6.5 introduced a big update to its newest API service, which is known as the vSphere Automation API. This API is a big step forward in the process of simplifying and modernizing our APIs.Feb 2, 2017
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EUC Day 2016: PowerCLI for ViewThe Minneapolis VMUG had a terrific idea to put together a specialized event based around End User Computing (EUC) and I was lucky enough to be asked to come and present something around automation.Apr 5, 2016
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PowerShell - vCenter License HandlingIt’s that time of year again for vExperts… Time to replace the NFR licenses the vExpert program has graciously supplied us. Was given a gentle reminder of this the other day while preparing for a vBrownbag presentation: I’ve been on a big Powershell module making binge lately and noticed there really isn’t much for handling vCenter’s licensing, so I created one and published it out on Github.Feb 26, 2016
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Commitmas: Learning Git RevertCommitmas time has come again!
For those of you that aren’t aware, Commitmas is a program which started last year (2014) with a goal of pushing people to learn how to use GitHub by way of 12 days of different challenges.Dec 11, 2015
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PowerCLI - Quick Stats Not Up To Date ErrorRecently rebooted one of my vCenters and came across an error on my ESXi hosts stating “Quick stats on *vmhost* is not up-to-date”. A couple seconds worth of googling brought me to VMware KB2061008 which helped to resolve the issue.Nov 9, 2015
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PowerShell - NSX Module UpdateA new update has been published to the NSX Module which I previously published on GitHub: NSXModule A reference to the first blog post I made concerning the module, including some screenshots of it actually in use: http://thatcouldbeaproblem.Nov 2, 2015
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