Update: There is a new way to pull the event information without having to enter the sql password please see this post about it. So in one of the first posts I did about Powercli 6.5 was a bit about pulling events from the Horizon View events database. This… Continue reading
Yes I am a bit late but there are only two Horizon View related flings that received an update last month. First is the OS Optimization tool and second is the Ubuntu OVA for Horizon. The OSOT even already received an update in June but that’s for next month. Ubuntu OVA… Continue reading
So it’s time for part 3 already of building checks for Horizon View. I got some remarks after last post and thus I need to say that the checks have been created for View 7 because some commands might not work against a 6.* installation. three new plugins this time or… Continue reading
I am proud to announce the first sponsor of Retouw.nl: Vembu. Vembu is the creator of the Backup & DR suite with the same name. Besides that they also have a CRM suite in their portfolio. I have created a new partner page for them. About Vembu Vembu is a leading… Continue reading
So last time I created some simple scripts for the Horizon View vCheck. This time I wanted to add some information about the Composer, Connection, security servers and the event database. So all in all I added four scripts that might seem to do the same but since the api’s treat… Continue reading
Intro Ever since I saw Alan Renouf’s vCheck script first in action years ago it has been one of the tools I have been promoting to use for daily checks. The fact that you can disable and enable plugins makes it a flexible adjustable solution that helped me preventing companies… Continue reading
The last couple of weeks some of the flings applicable for Horizon View and that I had in my VMUG presentation have been updated. The Horizon Toolbox 2 has been updated so it now supports console access for vCenter 6.0u2 and 6.5 + it now supports horizon 7.1. The Horizon… Continue reading
Wow just wow, it just got announced that I will be going to VMworld for a second time. Last year my boss let me choose what edition to go to so I ended up in Vegas for the first time. This year I have won a ticket in the Dutch… Continue reading
Update: There is a new way to pull the event information without having to enter the sql password please see this post about it. So two weeks ago I had a nice little post about talking to Horizon View using PowerCLI. I also promised to be digging a bit more… Continue reading
You know that VMware product that really lacked on the PowerCLI front called Horizon View? Well from PowerCLI 6.5 R1 it finally (try to imagine saying this like The Rock : Finally Powercli has come to Horizon View!) has its own module that you can use to talk to Horizon View… Continue reading
