Amend VM Specifications Via VMware PowerCLI
Script can be found at the bottom of this post. You will need to change the "vCenter Name" field to your vCenter address. You will need to save this as a .PS1 Script Pre-Warnings: The Script has been configured to Shut down the VM’s Gracefully using VMware...
Cloudflare Page Rules: Recommendations
I have created this article as I have been exploring Cloudflare page rules for my website so I thought I would advise users on the best rules that I would recommend for use with Cloudflare and WordPress. You can find the different features of the Cloudflare plans...
VMware VCSA 6.5 Failed To Start Network Service
This will be a short post but I thought I'd explain how to fix this issue as I experienced this on a client's site. They had storage issues and this affected the VMware VCSA machine. We had tried everything such as confirming the NIC is on the correct network,...
Check Services Running On Service Account via PowerShell
This is a very short article but I thought I would highlight this as I had the requirement for this while working on a client's site. This would be very useful for when resetting service account passwords, this is often required as part of compliance processes. You...
Install UniFi Controller 5.4.11 As A VM Using VMware OVF
Updated 28/07/2017 - Updated UniFi-5.2.7.tar.gz location as it has now been removed from the previous site. Just a note on this post, the OVF used on this post wasn't created by me. This guide is simply showing how to deploy the OVF and upgrade the Ubiquiti controller...
Microsoft Azure Marketplace Windows Server Base Images C:\ Max Size Now 30GB
Update: 06/04/2017 - The customer has now had a further update from Microsoft: "We have decided to roll back the OS disk size change, and we are waiting on the replication of the images to occur worldwide. In the meantime, you can still expand your OS drive manually...
VMware vCenter Server Appliance Upgrade 6.5A To 6.5B
I would initially advise to backup your appliance, I have completed this using Veeam. You will need to download the latest version of the VMware vCenter Server Appliance Update Bundle. This can be found here (You will need to be logged in). When you have downloaded...
VMware Horizon View 7.0.1 to 7.1.0 Upgrade
You will need to initially download VMware Horizon from here. I'm running this in a lab environment so I have a very simple setup of a connection server and a Windows 10 VDI machine. I have downloaded the Horizon 7.1.0 Connection Server (64-bit) exe from the page...
VMware Horizon 7.1 Is Now GA!
VMware Horizon 7.1 was officially released on the 16/03/2017. There are many new features in this release to bring the platform inline with vSphere 6.5's features. Reading through the release notes the following features have been added such as the following: VMware...
VMware vSphere Patch 6.5B Released
VMware have now released Patch 6.5B, Release Notes can be found here. Reading through the release notes there has been multiple fixes implemented such as the following: Users with no vCenter Server permissions can log in to the vSphere Web Client - If you need to...
Configure GoSquared on WordPress
I have been using GoSquared for a while now so I thought I would blog about the site as I find it very useful for providing analytics on my site. I had been using the Free Trial and it has now ended so I decided to sign up to the full version of the product. The Free...
Plex Cloud: Now Available!
Plex have now officially released Plex Cloud! This has been in beta since last September. This is only available to Plex Pass subscribers. I have always been a fan of Plex so I was pleased to hear this news! Plex have built the ability to be able to use a cloud...
Install VMware vCloud Director 8.10 for Service Providers
Updated: 28/02/2017 - Added Code Snippets. Updated: 02/03/2017 - Added CentOS Routing For Two NICS When Using Same Subnet. (Thanks to Matt F) Before proceeding with the VMware vCloud Director installation I would advise you prepare your environment by installing...
VMware vCloud Director 8.20 Now GA!
VMware vCloud Director 8.20 has now been announced! I've always been a supporter of vCloud Director and I'm very excited for this release! You can find the official post announcement here. This release has added features that should have been implemented a long time...
