Had a fun one for a client recently whereby they were standing up some new DNS servers for a segment of their network. The forward lookup zones were very easy, import csv and PowerShell them in without much fuss
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Configuring a network team for a logical Switch in SCVMM
Had a few queries from clients and colleagues who get confused on the workflow for creating a Logical Switch and Port Profile. This quick post is to just run through that process. More info on the design decisions around
Read moreDPM 2016 and SQL 2016 – Error 4387
Scenario: SQL01 – SQL 2016 RTM install (At this point in time I still recommend SQL2014 for DPM2016) DPM01 – Data Protection Manager 2016 RTM install When ‘check and install’ get the below error. Clicking on OK then closes
Read moreOn the go Hyper-V performance with OMS Log Analytics & PowerBI…
Hi there, I have been wanting to share my fun times had with the Capacity and Performance solution in OMS for a while now, but have struggled to find the time.. Luckily for you I found a few moments today
Read moreSMA Runbook: SCVMM Logical Networks into HP OneView
This SMA Runbook will add any new or missing logical network definitions (i.e. VLAN’s) in SCVMM and to HP OneView appliance. As well as having a “working SMA deployment”, the prerequisites for this Runbook are 5 SMA Variables (Assets) which
Read moreAdd networks to HP OneView 3.00 using REST API via PowerShell
I recently had the task of creating a PowerShell script to call REST API for adding Networks to an uplink set in HP OneView. A quick overview of the environment. Our enclosures have 4x FlexFabrics, 2 used to
Read moreDisable all alerts for a SCOM management pack using PowerShell
So use this wisely… This script will use Out-Gridview to prompt the operator for the management pack to disable the alerts for and the override management pack to save those overrides in. Enjoy! Dan First, the script to do this
Read moreCreate empty overrides Management Pack for SCOM via PowerShell
Along the same line as this post, the below will create an empty overrides management pack based on a source management pack and client number These are meant for the SCOM operators to use for consistent management pack naming. Enjoy
Read moreCreate empty custom Management Pack from SCOM via PowerShell
Found this one in my toolkit recently and thought I’d share. It’s a little old so the code could do with some optimizing.. What it does: Prompts the script runner for a client number and then asks them to confirm
Read moreSCVMM and Datastores
Was cleaning out some old PS scripts recently and found this one in my toolkit. This one will appease some of those out there who came to Hyper-V from another virtualization technology and are familiar with the term datastore… We use SOFS storage
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