In case you missed it, William Lam recently put up a couple of excellent posts on how to configure some important vCenter Server alarms. As it turns…
Log Insight 2.0 Announced!
VMware announced Log Insight 2.0 today though the actual bits will not be available until later in Q2 2014. Read on for all the details.
ESXi syslog – A general system error occurred: Internal error
A long time ago, I talked about an internal error message I received on ESXi. The workaround was to reboot the ESXi host, which is…
Log Insight 2.0 Beta: Dashboard Filters
Another new feature in the Log Insight 2.0 beta is dashboard filters. What are dashboard filters, how do you create them, and how do they…
Creating and Extending Logical Volumes
While I do not frequently have the need to create or extend logical volumes, I find that every time I do I need to lookup…
Log Insight 2.0 Beta: Machine Learning
Another more subtle, but in my opinion amazing and very powerful, feature in Log Insight 2.0 beta is machine learning. So what does machine learning…
VMworld 2014 public voting and my 6 sessions
As I am sure you heard, voting for VMworld 2014 sessions is now open! Based on my count this morning, it looks like 1,179 public…
ESXi: Got no data from process
I hit an interesting issue the other day when attempting to reconfigure remote syslog on some ESXi hosts. What followed was an exercise on troubleshooting…
Log Insight 2.0 Beta: Load Balancing
After covering the new scale-out and Windows agent features available in the Log Insight 2.0 beta, it is important to understand how to load balance…
Adding Virtual Disks and “Operating System not found”
I ran into a frustrating issue the other day when attempting to add multiple new virtual disks to an existing VM. Upon doing so, I…