Your vSphere VMs may be running from snapshots even though you didn’t create them. That is, if a scheduled job which auto creates snapshots runs into a datastore with insufficient free space. In this scenario a special Consolidate Helper snapshot will be created. The following screenshot shows … [Read more...]
PowerCLI: A Simple VMware Backup Script
May 6, 2010 by 11 Comments
Lately I've been doing a lot of work in a lab environment. Some of the work I'm doing is quite important to me so I decided to workout a way I can backup my VM's onto a backup device. To my surprise this was pretty simple to do. Here is how I decided the script should function: Send myself an … [Read more...]
Enterprise Computing: Data Migration Strategies – Part V
July 22, 2009 by Leave a Comment
This is the final post in a series on Enterprise Data Migration Strategies. Previous posts: Enterprise Computing: Data Migration Strategies – Part I Enterprise Computing: Data Migration Strategies – Part II Enterprise Computing: Data Migration Strategies Part III Enterprise Computing: Data … [Read more...]