Quick tip – Arc resource bridge via powershell – working for AS HCI 22H2 Setup your powershell environment Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -Force Install-Module -Name PowershellGet -Force -Confirm:$false -SkipPublisherCheck Install-Module -Name Moc -Repository PSGallery -AcceptLicense -Force Initialize-MocNode Install-Module -Name ArcHci -Force -Confirm:$false -SkipPublisherCheck -AcceptLicense Define variables for the MOC: $vswitchName=”ConvergedSwitch(compute)”
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Azure Stack HCI network config with NetworkATC
Network ATC deployment. Recommendations: Use the defaults where possible If unsure, refer to rule #1. This cluster is a 5x node each with 4x 25Gbps adapters. 2x for Compute & Management, and 2x for Storage. I set jumbo across the board. Don’t argue, just do it. I use default Vlan
Read moreManage your existing datacenter with Azure Arc
The Azure Arc Resource Bridge is a powerful feature of Azure Arc that enables organizations to integrate their non-Azure resources into Azure Arc. This allows them to have a consistent management experience for all their resources, regardless of where they are located. The Azure Arc Resource Bridge provides a number
Read moreBlown away – I received a Microsoft MVP award.
Today I was received an email advising that I’d been awarded the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award from Microsoft in Cloud and Datacenter Management. Needles to say, this was a very humbling moment. I am still at a loss for words, so I don’t really have anything more to add
Read moreUnable to delete duplicate cluster resource for Hyper-V VM
Quick tip: You find yourself with duplicate HA roles for a virtual machine and you’re unable delete the problematic resource… Symptoms: Duplicate cluster roles for a virtual machine. When attempting to delete, you get the error: Error code: 0x8007012f The file cannot be opened because it is in the process
Read moreManaging a Hyper-V Datacenter– Converged Networking and RDMA
Server 2016 brings great new feature called Switch Embedded Teaming (SET). A great overview of SET can be found in this TechNet article. But to summarize, SET basically allows a Virtual Network Adapter to access the features available by RDMA. I won’t go into too much detail on RDMA, there
Read moreConfiguring 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 Logical Network Definitions Host Groups etc. can be found here.
Read moreCreate empty 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 the name for new management pack. If the operator types
Read moreApplying updates (cab & msu) by batch file…
Another one from my toolkit.. Basically run this batch file from a folder with the required update files and it will install them all. Once it is finished it will prompt for any input to restart the server. Enjoy! Dan @ECHO OFF SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION FOR /R “%~dp0” %%A IN
Read moreSCOM assessment in OMS – getting it going..
Firstly, make sure you have: Admin access to your SCOM environment SCOM management servers are added to your Ops Inslights portal. Enabled the SCOM Assessment solution Then go to the SCOM assessment configuration tile Download the PS1 I ran from one of my SCOM management servers At
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