HP ML110 G7 and Power Management (iLO3 & vSphere DPM)

The HP ML110 G7 works great with VMware vSphere 5.0 once the C-States has been modified. In the following screenshot we can have a glimpse of the Hardware Status of the ML110 G7. We can clearly see that this ML110 G7 with it’s integrate iLO3 controller gives the...

vSphere 5.0 on HP ML110 G7

Last friday, I came across this very interesting deal, Two HP ProLiant ML110 G7 with Xeon E3-1220 (Quad-Core @3.1Ghz) for the price of one. So Two HP ML110 G7 for $960 seemed a great bargain to me. I got some extra Kingston memory and I should have some decent lab...

First Steps with PowerCLI

  When starting to use PowerCLI 5.0.1 for the first time, there are a few things that will help you start off a good foot. I for one, have decided when installing the PowerCLI on my system to modify the installation to add the vCloud Director PowerCLI feature and...

Create vCenter database quickly with Transact-SQL

Creating new databases for VMware vCenter is something I have to do over and over again. I use mostly Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 so here are six quick procedures to simplify the creation and make all your vCenter databases to the same standard. I keep my...

ESXi Multi-NIC & Multi-VLAN vMotion on UCS

I’ve been deploying a Cisco UCS Chassis with multiple Cisco B230 M2 Blades. Yet the uplinks switches of the Fabric Interconnect are medium-Enterprise sized Switches, and not some Nexus 5K or better. In a vSphere 5.0 cluster designs you add one or more NICs to...