Virtuall BLOG tagged 'troubleshooting' http://www.virtuall.eu Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:09:28 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.virtuall.eu/blog/scheduled-monitoring-of-esx-hosts <p>In my post on sizing up the storage for block size usage, I wrote a script to get the data into a manageable form. This script runs fine from the command line but you probably want to have some sort of trend to analyze. </p> <p>In that case, you want to go and schedule running the script. Now the ESX host has a scheduler called &lsquo;cron&rsquo;. In full versions you would simply add a script to /etc/cron.hourly and it would pick it up on the next run. In ESXi this is slightly different. To [...] hbr@pqr.nl Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 vscsiStats troubleshooting script esx http://www.virtuall.eu/blog/more-handy-tips-and-tricks-for-configmgr-deployment <p>Because there are many challenges to control in ConfigMgr, I will post another blog about handy tips and tricks! This time I will order them on subject, so it's easy to find the right one! Everyday there are new challenges in ConfigMgr, but still it's a cool product. This because when it works, it can do a lot for you. And with new releases and updates it can even do more!</p><p>Here the new tips and tricks section:</p><p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-righ [...] hho@pqr.nl Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:00:00 +0100 troubleshooting Tricks Tips Deployment ConfigMgr http://www.virtuall.eu/blog/handy-tips-and-tricks-for-configmgr-deployment <p>For multiple years I am busy now with (client) deployment, delivering applications, configuring policies, and a lot of troubleshooting. This with many products, on both fysical and virtual systems. For example: </p>System Center tools: Configuration Manager (SMS, SCCM), Operations Manager (MOM, SCOM), Essentials, Updates Publisher (SCUP), Server Updates Services (WSUS)Deployment tools: Ghost Server, Deployment Services (WDS), Deployment Toolkit (MDT) Configuration Manager (SMS, SCCM), Altiris [...] hho@pqr.nl Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:00:00 +0100 troubleshooting Tricks Tips Deployment ConfigMgr http://www.virtuall.eu/blog/troubleshooting-task-sequences <p>A few blogs ago&nbsp;I explained some Troubleshooting issues in ConfigMgr 2007, especially foccussed on Windows Deployment Services (WDS). But what to do when the Task Sequence is running, and you get an error during deployment? This blog will help you troubleshooting on that part! </p><p>During the time your Task Sequence is running; where to find the logfiles when it goes wrong? First of all enable &quot;command prompt support&quot; on both boot images. This enables pressing F8 during deplo [...] hho@pqr.nl Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:00:00 +0100 troubleshooting Task Sequences SCCM 2007 http://www.virtuall.eu/blog/configmgr-2007-troubleshooting-issues <p>Everybody knows there are some challenges when installing, configuring and managing ConfigMgr 2007. With SMS 2003 that was the same, a great product when it works, but a lot of frustration when it doesn't. I personally think ConfigMgr 2007 does work a lot better then SMS 2003, but still there are some challenges. In this blog I will define some of that challenges, and how I resolve them. Also I will put some handy URL's for troubleshooting, so your ConfigMgr environment will function a lot be [...] hho@pqr.nl Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:00:00 +0100 troubleshooting System Center SCCM 2007 Configuration Manager http://www.virtuall.eu/blog/troubleshooting-the-eda <p>The EDA is typically used in enterprise environments where it not only deploys new ESX hosts but also redeploys them in case of an error.</p> <p>Networks in enterprise environments are almost always using VLANs.</p> make sure the ESX ip addresses are in the SAME ip range as the EDA. very important, it will not work if they're on different subnets. only if you can enter a VLAN tag in your BIOS for pxe (like some dell machines can), can you use EDA on a tagged network. in all other cases, you [...] hbr@pqr.nl Sat, 02 May 2009 23:00:00 +0100 troubleshooting server virtualization eda