I have created the server provisioning workflow in vCO and used it to create couple Windows 2008 servers, really nice and neat! What it does is to Clone a template –> Sysprep it –> Configure it (IP address, hostname, admin password, join domain ….) –> Send an Email to notify the requester when the server … Continue reading vCO: Server Provisioning Workflow
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SQL Server2008 R2 Evaluation period expired!
We ran into the problem this morning - an error Window poped up saying the evaluation period has expired when I launched the SQL Server Management Studio. Don't know why this is happening, as we did use a licensed media to install. The product ID is embeded in the media and no need to manually … Continue reading SQL Server2008 R2 Evaluation period expired!
Good bye Google Reader, Hello Feedly!
Google announced Today that they will shut down Google Reader on July 1st. As a Google Reader user, I have found a new tool to replace it. Feedly is a cloud based RSS application which works on smartphones, tablet and multiple browsers, and also supports seamless transition from Google Reader. More info about Feely: http://blog.feedly.com/2013/03/14/google-reader/
ESXi PowerCLI Enable ssh service
1) Enable SSH service on all ESXi hosts.Get-VMHost | Foreach { Start-VMHostService -HostService ($_ | Get-VMHostService | Where { $_.Key -eq “TSM-SSH”} ) }2) Enable SSH service on a single host.Start-VMHostService -HostService (Get-VMHostService -VMHost ESXi-01.my.lab | where {$_.Key -eq "TSM-SSH"})
ESXi 5 SSH Service Auto Stop
For security, by default ESXi 5 stops the SSH service after 1800 seconds since starting it. If user logins in within the 30 minutes windows, the session will be kept. To change the default value to meet your needs, you have to change the value of 'UserVars.ESXiShellTimeOut' in the Advanced Settings.Here is my example of … Continue reading ESXi 5 SSH Service Auto Stop
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