Create local accounts for VMware ESXi via vMA
Short and simple script to add local users to VMware ESXi hosts via VMware Management Assistant version 6.0 or higher!
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Fortigate Firmware 5.0 to 5.2.2 results in msg=”Denied by forward policy check (policy 0)”
tl;dr: If you do not want to read the details. The 5.2.2 firmware changes ALL service to Protocol Number 6. The solution is navigate to Policy & Objects > Objects > Services > ALL and change Protocol Number to 0 (zero) Testing out a FortiWiFi 30D for placement at customer’s …
VMware Transparent Page Sharing change
VMware disables a major feature of ESXi – this is how you reenable it.
Getting ckermit working with the Netapp console
Attempting to setup a NetApp 3070 from scratch. What does that mean “from scratch”? It means the NetApp doesn’t have Ontap installed and just continually reboots. You’ll see something like this on the console. WARNING: there do not appear to be any disks attached to the system. Check that disks …
Setup SNMP: VMware ESXi via vMA
Short and simple vMA scripts to configure SNMP on VMware ESXi systems including SNMP trap configuration.
Create local accounts for VMware ESXi via PowerCLI
Short and simple PowerCLI script to add local users to VMware ESXi hosts.
Configure syslog for VMware ESXi via PowerCLI
Very simple VMware PowerCLI script to update all hosts in a vCenter to accomplish centralized syslog configuration.
Where’s the new Mac Pro?
My 2009 edition Mac Pro is really starting to feel long in the tooth. Not slow, just not as perky as she was when I bought it. Intel Xeon 5520s were great when released but the time has come to upgrade to the current generation. Yeah, I like having 8 …
VXLAN and Juniper – the quick and dirty way
I made the VXLAN submit to my Juniper whims. I hope this is helpful to others doing a quick and dirty deployment like I was working on.