Export the list of virtual machines to a CSV file

Here is the script to collect vmware virtual machines details and export to an excel (.csv) using  vSphere PowerCLI commands. This will help Vmware administrator to take a report of Memory, CPU usage,  Data store, HDD space allocation, Host server, Guest OS etc..  here we are using command “get-vm” and “Select-Object” to filter the properties [...]

[ More ] December 12th, 2011 | Your thoughts are welcome | Posted in Servers |

List of VM Property Names in Vmware – vSphere PowerCLI

VMware vSphere PowerCLI is a Powerful tool to automate the vmware infrastructure management. Here is the list of object names which you can use with “Get-vm” command. This object name will help you to create scripts with specific parameters like Host, Power State, CPU etc. Its also helpful to generate VM list (Inventory). Following list [...]

[ More ] December 7th, 2011 | 2 Comments | Posted in Servers |

Configure LACP with ESX/ESXi and Foundry BigIron switches

Here we are explaining how to configure ESXi server and Foundry Bigiron  switch for Link aggregation ( LACP ).  It is known as NIC teaming In VMware virtualization. Make sure that you have a Esxi configuration backup before the changes. There are different type of network load balancing mechanisms. here we are using “Route based [...]

[ More ] November 18th, 2011 | Your thoughts are welcome | Posted in Networking, Servers |

Backup and Restore ESXi configuration using VMware vSphere CLI

How to backup Here is the command to Backup ESXi server configuration to your local computer. You should have access to the ESXi server using  vSphere CLI tool. This will help administrator to schedule ESXi backup using Scripts. Download vSphere CLI tool from here. Open the CLI console and run following command. Tool located at [...]

[ More ] August 30th, 2011 | 1 Comment | Posted in Servers |

Automatically start virtual machine (guest) Xen Server

It is difficult to start all guest servers whenever the Xen server (Host) restarts. Sometimes the Host Server restarts are unplanned. Services (guest) will be unavailable after restarts. This can be solved by enable feature called “Auto-Start”. Follow the steps to enable this option in Xen Server. Open your Xen – Center Go to the [...]

[ More ] July 12th, 2011 | Your thoughts are welcome | Posted in Servers |

Create a simple web based file server

HFS is an open source application to create a simple file server. It is a lightweight file server with file size of 600 Kbyte. This is a standalone application. So you can setup your web based file server in minutes. Good for small offices / instant file sharing. This server can be used as anonymous [...]

[ More ] April 7th, 2011 | 1 Comment | Posted in Servers, Softwares |

Command line tool to Kill remote desktop connections from XP

Error : The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections We have explained the command to reset the remote desktop connections from a windows 7 PC,  As you know windows RDP client will give an error if multiple users are connected through terminal service. Its including console access. In critical situations we [...]

[ More ] March 17th, 2011 | Your thoughts are welcome | Posted in Servers |

Download Windows 7 SP1

Microsoft has released the first service pack (Final release) for Windows 7. It is a collection of all previous updates. It is also includes client side support for RemoteFX and Dynamic Memory for Windows 7 VMs. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 helps keep your PCs and servers on the latest support level. [...]

[ More ] February 23rd, 2011 | Your thoughts are welcome | Posted in Servers |

Java Applet Not Working (Blank) in IE9

Hi all, Microsoft launched IE9 RC successfully, in IE9 when we try to play videos, musics or TV shows which is based on Adobe flash,Microsoft silverlight or Java the plugins are not loading and it seems blank. The Java is not running in IE9 problem happens the user has installed the latest version of Java [...]

[ More ] February 18th, 2011 | 3 Comments | Posted in Servers |

Redhat linux hardening tips & bash script

From the time a servers goes to live environment its prone to too many attacks from the hands of crackers (hackers) also as a system administrator you need to secure your Linux server to protect and save your data, intellectual property, and time here server hardening comes into effect. Securing a server is much different [...]

[ More ] January 18th, 2011 | 2 Comments | Posted in Security, Servers |