VMware Converter ColdClone ISOs

Posted: August 20, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: VMware | Tags: , , , , , , | 28 Comments

I just wanted to document where to find a copy of the VMware Converter ColdClone ISO. This is a useful tool that I wish was still around, but for now, our vFriend over at WhiteboardNinja (@timantz) has archived it for us on Dropbox.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gcidv950p2ekkgg/4p_1C7smR0

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My NCDA preparation experience

Posted: August 14, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Certifications, NetApp, Storage | Tags: , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

   Edit: To jump to the good stuff, check out Neil Anderson’s free eBook, How to Build a NetApp ONTAP 9 Lab for Free!

I’d like to share quick note about my experience in studying for and taking the NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator exam for Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode, NS0-154. Perhaps someone out there will find the links and study methods here useful .

I’ve never held a pure Storage Administrator position, but I did recently complete a year-long contract implementing NetApp FAS3240 and FAS3270 filers as part of an Enterprise Virtualization Project for the US Army in Southwest Asia. I was actually hired as a Network Engineer to install, configure and migrate to Cisco Nexus 5020s and 2224 Fabric Extenders, but coming from a Systems background, I was able to perform the role of Implementation Engineer for the VMware, NetApp, and Nexus environments. It was a very satisfying role overall and one in which I gained a lot of varied experience.

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Scheduled task to run a PowerCLI script (and delete a named snapshot)

Posted: August 3, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: PowerShell / PowerCLI, VMware, Windows | Tags: , , , , , | 1 Comment

I had occasion recently to delete a snapshot at a certain time. It’s easy enough to schedule the snapshot using the vSphere Client and built-in functions, but then, how to delete it on a schedule? Enter PowerCLI and the Windows Task Scheduler.

There was a VMTN forum post by Duncan Epping (@DuncanYB) that suggested using the generic form Get-VM | Get-Snapshot | Remove-Snapshot. This worked a charm for me and I put it into the following script.

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