vSphere : File is being locked by a consumer on host
In your vmkernel.log file you can see ” NFSLock: 2210: File is being locked by a consumer on host”. In my case, all the Hosts which shared the same NFS Datastore had the same error.
vSphere : VMs remains “disconnected” after a HA failure.
When a HA occur in your cluster, some VMs can remains “disconnected” after a HA failure. HA should normally restart your VM after a host failure. If your VM is still accessible from another ESX, you can execute a command through ssh. So , start an ssh session on your host and execute this…
Powercli : Check and connect VMs network cards
With this script you will be able to export a list of VMs with Network Cards disconnected. The script will generate a csv file. And at the end of the script you will be able to modify all the network cards that were in a disconnected states. ######################################################################################### ## Script check VM netword cards …
Script – Grow VMFS datastores in command line
Recently, i have worked on a script to automate these operations because it involved a lot of datastores. The script only works if the LUN hosting the datastore has previously been expanded. For more information regarding the command line describe in this article you can check this 2002461. Update :02/06/2015 – Add Powershell + plink…
Tips – Enable copy / paste through the console of a VMware virtual machine
Tips to enable copy / paste between the guest operating system and the remote console. This is very interesting if you have to work with a VM without network. You have two possibilities. The first one, is to enable this option directly to the VM ( The VM needs to be powered off) or you…
Powercli – Audit Script VMware (State,CPU,Size,@mac,IP,etc..)
This is a script that will audited your VMware infrastructure. For example, the script can be usefull if you will migrate your VMware infrastructure. You will be able to retrieve these informations : – State – Name – CPU – Memory – IPAddress – OSFullName – Cluster – Directory – UsedspaceGB – Datastore – Description…
