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$ soultec get list/insights/year/2017 -o yaml$ soultec get list/insights/year/2017 -o json$ soultec get list/insights/year/2017 -o toml$ soultec get list/insights/year/2017 -o xml$ python3 insights/year/2017.pyPS> ./insights/year/2017.ps1$ go run insights/year/2017.go$ node insights/year/2017.js

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2017

Every post from 2017.

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Topic All 169 Virtualization 44 · 1.42 Automation 36 · 1.81 Cloud 19 · 1.92 Modern Workplace 19 · 1.69 Security 18 · 1.91 Backup and Recovery 16 · 2.14 Containers 15 · 2.51 Network 11 · 2.16 Storage 11 · 2.36 Monitoring 7 · 2.44 DevOps 2 · 3.16 Migration 2 · 2.82 Strategy 2 · 2.87 Data Management 1 · 2.87
Author Dario Dörflinger 80 Michael Steg 19 Patrick Pletscher 14 Daniel Stadelmann 13 Yannick Gerber 10 Valentina Cicmak 9 Matthias Grasmück 7 Marco Mattei 5 Norbert Hamm 3 Rene Pfister 1
Format How-To 37 Scripting 23 News 16 Product overview 15 Community 14 Lessons learned 12 Event 10 Homelab 2
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Reporting the duration of snapshots

One of our customers had a problem with VMs losing network connectivity while the backup was running. Their backup solution was based on VMware snapshots.

Automation 1.81

Checking ESXi Hosts Advanced Settings against VMware's default

Over the years and releases from VMware the best practices change sometimes.

Automation 1.81

Adding a disk to a VM

Recently I stumbled upon a stubborn vSphere Client at a customer. It just would not let me add a disk a VM.

Automation 1.81

Setting up a greenfield vSAN cluster on 6.5 Update 1

Recently I had the pleasure of doing a vSAN project for one of our customers. The project scale was very small but nonetheless very interesting.

Storage 2.36

Getting Started with Clarity UI

As you know when you read my blog, I like to develop and script a lot of things. One things that was always hard for me was the design of the user interface.

Automation 1.81

Find and disconnect CD Drives on your VMs

One of the things that regularly pops up in our health checks in VMware environments are connected CD Drives that prevent DRS from functioning properly or prevents a host from entering maintenance

Automation 1.81

vSphere 6.5 Update 1

A couple of days ago VMware released version 6.5 Update 1 for some of their products: vCenter Server: Link ESXi: Link, Link to HPE Custom Image Site Recovery Manager (SRM): Link I was waiting for

Virtualization 1.42

Cannot power on VMs after deleting resource pools

One of my colleagues had a problem the other night. He was called to troubleshoot a VMware View environment which was not running as expected.

Modern Workplace 1.69 Virtualization 1.42

Tips and Tricks for vSAN troubleshooting

Today I attended a Web-Session from VMware with the topic vSAN troubleshooting tips and tricks and I wanted to share those tips and tricks with you.

Storage 2.36

Testing your networks

If you are knee-deep in a troubleshooting session with a customer you want to be able to have some tools ready that do some tests for you.

Automation 1.81

a fast and awesome way to protect your vms

First off: This article is not sponsored by zerto in any way. I got to know zerto in-depth during a PoC we did for one of our customers and I fell in love with it.

Backup and Recovery 2.14

Backing up Fault-Tolerance protected VMs (the operation is not supported on the object)

How to get rid of the error “the operation is not supported on the object”

Virtualization 1.42 Backup and Recovery 2.14

Find Zombie Files on Datastores

Everyone who works in our industry is familiar with RVTools. It's a great tool that achieves a lot in short time in terms of infrastructure checks. I would not want to do my job without it.

Automation 1.81

Automating VMware Tools and Hardware Upgrades

A couple of years ago I struggled with VMware Update Manager in a large environment. The Use case was to update about a 1000 VMs to the latest VMware Tools and VM Version (hardware).

Automation 1.81

Report Empty LUNs

Once again I'm writing about a customer use-case.

Automation 1.81

Automating VM Shutdown triggered by USV

So another customer had a requirement. They want their USV to trigger a script that moves all VMs from one datacenter to the other datacenter in case of a power failure.

Virtualization 1.42 Automation 1.81

Automating VCSA Backup & Restore

I've recently stumbled upon a VMware communities thread where someone had trouble backing up the VCSA database.

Automation 1.81

Automating VM Skeleton Deployment

We recently had to write a script for a customer which would deploy a VM skeleton.

Automation 1.81

New Fling: DRS Lens

I have always been a fan of the VMware Flings. There have been some great Flings in the past that eventually made it into VMware's products.

Virtualization 1.42

share powershell scripts on-site

If you work in the field of VMware you tend to automate things as soon as the opportunity presents itself. Either to save time or to rid yourself of tedious work that repeats itself over and over.

Automation 1.81 DevOps 3.16

Starting the journey towards VCDX DCV

I always wanted to prove the skills that I obtained working for a IT service provider over the last two years.

Introducing the new ESXi Staging Appliance

A couple of years ago I made a post about the “REDA – Rapid ESXi Deployment Appliance” which was basically a customized version of the old “EDA” which was available to download from the VMware

Automation 1.81

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