I had come across the scenario where we need to change ESXi root passwords frequently.. when we have 100+ ESXi hosts in the environment it is not going to be easy., In this post i am going to share two scripts,
Disable/Enable/View ATSHB in ESXi
In this post we are going to see how to enable/disable ATSHB feature in ESXi using powershell.
I am sharing two commands in single script you can modify accordingly. First line is to view current settings and second is to modify values.
SRM custom installation
In this post we are going to see how to do custom SRM setup. This is mostly needed when you are trying to setup Shared recovery model. Here am going to share step by step guide for the same.
Dead Paths list using powershell
Dead Paths are always been an headache for vmware admin. Some cases that leads host into not responding state. Here i am sharing powershell script to pull dead path list from vcenter. you can modify it accordingly if you want to run it for specific cluster/host.
Fetching Vmotion IP address for ESXi hosts
Most of the cases we use private IP addresses for vmotion vmkernel. Sometimes we run into IP conflict , which cause issues with vmotion. Here i am going to share script to pull vmotion IP details for your environment.
VCSA showing unknown command (VCSA file system full)
In this post we are going to see, how to fix unknown command error in VCSA appliance. When you access vcsa through ssh, after enabling shell you are not able to run any command. It is throwing unknown command. This happened with me twice and here is a fix.
UCS
UCS is not much about troubleshooting as it is hardware, but still you need to prepare yourself about LAN, SAN, policies and pools etc. Here are few questions i came across..
VMware (Vcenter and ESXi)
In this page, we are going to see frequently asked vmware questions. I am not going to segregate it into L1, L2 and L3 level. Because questions are purely depends on interviewer mindset. Even for L3 position you can expect very basic questions.
Regenerate expired Keyring certificate
The default UCSM keyring certificate needs to be regenerated if cluster name changes or certificate expires( one year valid).
Powershell and Powercli integration
Lets integrate Powercli with powershell, So that our day to day tasks can be automated using powershell in efficient way.
Powershell/PowerCli
Below questions can be expected if you mentioned about powershell in your resume.
- Did you create any Powershell script?
- What are the possible ways to pass input to your script?
- What kind of scripts you use in day to day work ?
- what kind of function you use to run script for multiple entities ?
Step by step guide to deploy VCSA 6.5
In this post, we are going to see how to install VCSA 6.5. Please go through the vmware release notes to make sure you are aware of known issues with this version.