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Handy VMware ESX NFS Commands

guru — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:50:04 +0000

After migrating the networks on a few ESX servers the NFS mounts stayed inactive – I could browse them but no matter what I did they would not become active.

Two commands are useful here:

esxcfg-nas -r

This command will refresh the NFS subsystem which for me has worked everytime.

esxcfg-nas -l

This command will list all your NFS mounts – very helpful

VMware….

guru — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:51:09 +0000

VMware’s support really let me down today. I had an issue with migrating a number of NFS mounted volumes from one interface to another which involved an IP change – even though the UUID is exactly the same – after many different calls, being turfed between the Storage and System groups – I am told that it’s actually based on the IP address and it’s built that way. This completely ..COMPLETELY fucks some network design I have done around 10gigE – good times and a great waste of a day

Virtu-Al: vDiagram – Draw your VI with one script

guru — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:01:07 +0000

Excellent powershell tool that builds a visio diagram based on information it pulls out of Virtual Center – super super handy. Kudos for sure

Virtu-Al: vDiagram – Draw your VI with one script.

Link: http://teckinfo.blogspot.com/2009/01/vdiagram-document-your-vi-with-one.html

vDiagram – Diagram VI quickly

guru — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:34:25 +0000

An excellent way to quickly diagram your VI world – kudos

link: Virtu-Al: vDiagram – Draw your VI with one script