30 Aug 2014
By Yendis

VMware I/O Analyzer

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VMware I/O Analyzer is an integrated framework designed to measure storage performance in a virtual environment and to help diagnose storage performance concerns. I/O Analyzer, supplied as an easy-to-deploy virtual appliance, automates storage performance analysis through a unified interface that can be used to configure and deploy storage tests and view graphical results for those tests. I/O Analyzer can use Iometer to generate synthetic I/O loads or a trace replay tool to deploy real application workloads. It uses the VMware VI SDK to remotely collect storage performance statistics from VMware ESX/ESXi hosts. Standardizing load generation and statistics collection allows users…
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10 Jan 2014
By Yendis

Dell vCentre OpenManage Integration Plugin

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I've been using a really smart VMware vCentre plugin called "OpenManage Intergration" which is produced and sold by Dell.  Basically this plugin is used to patch firmware items on the server like BIOS, Lifecycle controller, NICs, iDrac and PERC card.  The only issue I have come across at the moment is sometimes a job will fail stating that it is already scheduled. [Firmware Update] File: R815_BIOS_F8FCX_WN32_3.0.5.EXE - Status: Failed - Message: iDRAC - A job for this update already exists in the queue and prevents the new job from being scheduled. [Firmware Update] File: R815_BIOS_F8FCX_WN32_3.0.5.EXE, Status: Failed, iDRAC: 10.170.210.107, Host xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx,…
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03 Jan 2014
By Yendis

Resetting a Dell iDRAC or DRAC card

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Sometimes the DRAC cards in Dell servers just seem to not respond or act up. If you still have CLI access to it, you can reset it a two different ways. If you are local to the machine, and it has OpenManage installed (OMSA), use this command to perform a soft-reset: c:racadm racreset soft It will acknowledge that it has completed and you have to wait a few minutes. If you are remote you need to have the DRAC tools installed, and credentials to use the command: racadm -r <ip address> -u <username> -p <password> racreset soft This will perform a…
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20 Oct 2013
By Yendis

Issues with Ports on Windows Servers

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I have come across a number of comments in forums about asking how to determine what software is using a particular port.  This query happens when you are trying to install software which fails due to a port being utilized already.  I came across the same query and remembered that I could do this using NETSTAT but couldn't remember the switches.  Well I found the information and thought I would share:- netstat -aon | findstr Eg: with port 443 If you kill the related process then the port will be become free. Note : Normally PID column will not be visible in…
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17 Jun 2013
By Yendis

VDI Calculator v2 with Citrix XenDesktop support

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Andre Leibovici at myvirtualcloud.net has today released the latest version of his very useful  VDI Calculator tool.  The new calculator is built on Java framework (Java 6 or later required) instead of Flash, and will run on both Windows and Mac computers. The new calculator has all the features available in the previous flash version plus new key features that will make life easier for many users. Features: Offline Support – The new version will be able to run when disconnected from the network. When connected, it will auto-update itself with the latest release. Load/Save – Now you can save and load your configurations eliminating…
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08 Jun 2012
By Yendis

Cool tool update: RVTools 3.3 released!

VMware
Rob de Veij just published RVTools 3.3. I know many of you are using it and I definitely suggest downloading the latest version! RVTools has been downloaded more than 100.000, so definitely worth checking out if you had not so far! Here are the changes in this release: Version 3.3 (April, 2012) GetWebResponse timeout value changed from 5 minutes to 10 minutes (for very big environments) New tabpage with HBA information On vDatastore tab the definition of the Provisioned MB and In Use MB columns was confusing! This is changed now. RVToolsSendMail accepts now multiple recipients (semicolon is used as separator)…
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