Author Archives: VirtuallyLucid

How to connect to your Netapp controller with Perfstat

Posted on April 22, 2014 by VirtuallyLucid

Perfstat is a diagnostics data collection tool for Netapp and is a great utility. However, it takes some effort to set it up inside of a Windows environment. Sometimes that effort occurs during a high stress time while a performance … Continue reading →

Posted in Netapp | Tagged data collection, diagnostic, How to, Netapp, Performance, Perfstat, Plink, SSH, support | Leave a comment

Powershell Script to find old Netapp Snapshots

Posted on January 31, 2014 by VirtuallyLucid

When working with multiple Netapp filers and the various Snapmanager applications (SME, SMSQL,SMHV, SMVI, VSC) sometimes you can end up with orphaned snapshots on the arrays. This can happen for many reasons but a common scenario is the application owners … Continue reading →

Posted in Netapp, Powershell | Tagged DataOntap, email, Netapp, Netapp Powershell Toolkit, Powershell, script, SME, SMHV, SMSQL, SMVI, Snapmanager, Snapmanager for Exchange, Snapmanager for Hyper-V, Snapmanager for SQL, Snapmanager for Virtual Infrastructure, Snapshots, Virtual Storage Console, VSC | 2 Comments

FREE 2ND ATTEMPT at VMware Certification Exams – listed countries only

Posted on January 14, 2014 by VirtuallyLucid

If you happen to live in Australia, New Zealand, India, Japan & Korea then VMware are offering a free 2nd shot if you fail the exam. The codes below are valid until 31st March 2014. AINJPKR103 Applies to the following … Continue reading →

Posted in Certification, VMware | Tagged 2nd shot, Cloud, discount code, discount voucher, ESX, ESXi 5.5, Exam Voucher, Free Voucher, Pearson Vue, second chance, VCAP, vCenter 5.5, VCP, VMware, Vmware Certified Associate, VMware vSphere | 1 Comment

Extend Windows Volume fails -The parameter is incorrect (Windows Server 2008)

Posted on January 14, 2014 by VirtuallyLucid

While performing routine disk expansions on several VM’s, out of nowhere I hit an issue I have never seen before. The VM in question was running a Server 2008 (32 bit) OS – fairly rare within the environment. The usual … Continue reading →

Posted in VMware | Tagged Data store, Datastore, Disk Management, DISKPART, Edit Settings, ESX, ESXi 5.5, Extend Filesystem, Extend Volume, Extend Windows Volume, Increase disk fails, NTFS, Server, The parameter is incorrect, Virtual Machine, VMDK, VMware vSphere, Windows 2008 | 31 Comments

VMware Certified Associate – VCA

Posted on January 11, 2014 by VirtuallyLucid

VMware recently launched an entry level certification track called VCA with no mandatory course requirement. Earning VMware Certified Associate (VCA) certification demonstrates your foundational understanding of virtualization technology. You’ll be more confident when interacting with your customers, colleagues, and management … Continue reading →

Posted in Certification, VMware | Tagged Certification, Data store, ESXi 5.5, Exam Voucher, Free Voucher, vca, vCenter 5.5, Virtual Machine, VMware, Vmware Certified Associate, VMware vSphere | 2 Comments

Orphaned VM’s in vCenter – Cannot remove/re-add to Inventory

Posted on November 11, 2013 by VirtuallyLucid

I recently had an issue whereby a VM was showing as orphaned in the vCenter inventory. Clicking on the Summary page of the VM showed the machine was in a powered off state on ‘host(x)’ and residing on ‘Datastore(y)’ The … Continue reading →

Posted in vCenter 5.5, VMware | Tagged Data store, ESX, ESXi 5.5, Operating system, Orphaned, Secure Shell, SSH, vCenter 5.5, Virtual Machine, VMware, VMware vSphere | 1 Comment