Changing the Cloud Director DB dstore_moref value in bulk
As co-author Bryan described in great detail a situation can occur where the dstore_moref value of a VM in the cloud director database is empty.…
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Rudolf Kleijwegt
40 posts
Using the adapter instance in Aria Operations notifications
When building a new VMware SDDC it takes some time before you can hand over management duties to an existing team. In the meantime you…
Remove legacy EAM baseline in vLCM
Recently I upgraded a vSphere 7 environment to version 8. This left me with a vCLM baseline which was no longer applicable to any of…
Analyze ESXi network captures remotely using Wireshark
In my previous post I explained how to quickly interpret a network capture on ESXi by using pktcap-uw and tcpdump-uw. This works great to get…
Fast packet interpretation on ESXi using pktcap-uw and pipes – updated
As a vSphere admin you are sometimes tasked with investigating network issues. You don't always have VM access so you need to diagnose at the…
Refresh NSX-T site information
Recently I upgraded a NSX-T multisite deployment. Unfortunately following the upgrade on one of the local sites it failed to display that site's status on…
Replace Edge Transport nodes using the NSX Manager API
NSX-T makes it very easy to deploy virtual edge transport nodes using the NSX manager. Simply fill in a couple of variables and it will…
Using pcap filters with pktcap-uw on ESXi
A feature that was introduced in vSphere 7 is the ability to use pcap (tcpdump) filters with pktcap-uw. One of the use cases where this…
Running Azure DevOps runner on an ARM device
In this post I wanted to draw your attention to a couple of Docker images I created. I found that while increasingly automating more aspects…
Check ESXi installation date using Powershell
Have you ever found yourself wondering when a certain ESXi server was installed? In this case VMware GSS has your back. Check out KB 2144905…