Set persistent scratch location with PowerCLI
In common server configurations for VMware ESXi Hosts, the boot device is usually an SD-Card or a USB stick. These devices are cheap, require very low-maintenance and have a …
NetApp NFS Export with Ansible
For some time now I have been focusing more on NetApp Data ONTAP again. As usual, automation is a spotlight of my interest. NetApp offers a lot of options …
Veeam ONE unattended installation with Ansible
My new hobby project, Veeam ONE unattended installation with Ansible, was pretty interesting for me because of two reasons. First of all, I’ve never taken a closer look at …
Veeam and vSphere Tag Integration with Ansible
VMware vSphere Tags are a great tool to build a deep integration with other VMware or third-party products. Veeam already could use vSphere Tags as a backup object in …
Ansible Veeam Modules Preview
Creating an initial set of Ansible Veeam modules has been my goal for a while. It was clear that this had to be possible with the Ansible concept of …
Veeam unattended installation with Ansible
There are already a lot of great projects out there for the Veeam unattended installation. One of the most advanced projects is for sure the Chef cookbook for Veeam …
vSphere VM Security Configuration with Ansible
Since security is a requirement for the complete infrastructure stack, we will cover the vSphere VM Security Configuration with Ansible in this article. One of my prior posts has …
CA signed vCenter Certificate from XCA
For a small lab or test environment is a full CA setup far too much effort. So, I have decided to create a new root and intermediate CA with …
VMware ESXi Security Configuration with Ansible
If you read the vSphere 6.7 Update 1 Security Configuration Guide you will agree that the security configuration of VMware ESXi hosts is mostly about managing services, advanced options, …
My Ansible Development Setup
A few weeks ago I started digging into the Ansible universe. One of the first things I learned was the need for a proper Ansible Development Setup. My common …
Atlassian Bamboo PowerShell Pester Integration
Some time ago I have moved one of my PowerShell projects to a new Atlassian Bitbucket server with Bamboo connection for Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment. To continue using …
Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 Update 4 – PowerShell goodies
With all the Cmdlets for the new features in Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 Update 4 and the additional ones for exiting features, the number of Cmdlets of the …
Dashboard – Host vCPU to Core Allocation Ratio
With the release of the vRealize Operations Manager 7.0, VMware has changed the capacity planning behavior of the product. The vRealize Operations Manager 7.0 does not anymore make the Host vCPU …
Script – Create VMware vSphere NetApp NFS Volume
A few weeks ago I started to write a PowerShell Function that creates an optimized VMware vSphere NetApp NFS Volume and mounts this new volume to all VMware ESXi hosts …
vRealize Orchestrator – Manage Host Lockdown Mode and SSH Service
Most of the time does a high security standard not make you daily operation tasks easier, but anyway, a high security standard is necessary for a VMware Enterprise Environment. You …