Use PowerCLI to Get Log File When Tools are Broken

Use PowerCLI to Get Log File When Tools are Broken

Over the past weekend we had a massive push of VMware Tools and VM hardware updates.  For the most part this push was smooth except for 2 machines.  Of course these 2 machines are high priority development machines and rebuild just won’t work.

Trying to get a log file off a machine that doesn’t allow for the drivers to  install becomes when trying to research the issue. … Continue reading

PowerCLI to Change Default Multipathing Policy

PowerCLI to Change Default Multipathing Policy

As it would seem in my environment the default multipathing policy changes with the seasons.  We have become very accustom to making these changes based on the newest whitepaper from the storage vendor.

To change the default multipathing policy, you will need to know the name of the Storage Array Type Plugin (SATP) that you need to change the Native Multi-Pathing (NMP) policy for.… Continue reading