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Wednesday, December 9. 2009
Don't forget to check out #DutchVMUG next Friday
Friday, December 4. 2009
Scott Herold, the best Sidekick you could wish for :-)
Next week I’m going to present at the Dutch VMUG event. My session is dealing with the Virtualization EcoShell. At the end of my session the famous Scott Herold will appear on stage to inform you about the upcoming features in the next release of the Virtualization EcoShell. So be sure to attend, you can find me in the Grand Hall "Voor" at 10:50-11:50.
Managing VMware vSphere 4 m.b.v. de Virtualization EcoShell
Eric Sloof - VMUG / ntpro.nl
Eric Sloof zal in deze sessie laten zien dat het werken met PowerShell in een VMware omgeving niet moeilijk is. Sterker nog, met de Virtualization EcoShell wordt alle PowerShell code automatisch gegenereerd. Het creëren van een rapport in Visio of het uitvoren van een configuratie aanpassing op een groot aantal VMs of ESX servers wordt met de EcoShell nauwkeurig en automatisch uitgevoerd. Je kunt al vast een kijkje nemen op http://www.thevesi.org/
Tuesday, December 1. 2009
Get your vCalendar at the Dutch VMUG
This evening I’ve received a vCalandar from my fellow vExpert and virtualization friend Jason Boche and I’m really proud of it. The vCalendar is a collection of VMware virtualization facts, tips, best practices, configuration maximums and historical events delivered to your desktop daily. The rumour goes that the vCalendar will be widely available at the Dutch VMUG event, the 11th of December.
Tuesday, November 24. 2009
Final Dutch VMUG 2009 Agenda Released
The Dutch VMUG conference will take place at the Nieuwegein Business Center. On the 11th of December over 600 enthusiastic Vmug members will enjoy a day full of virtualization. For the fifth year in succession you can attend a lot of really technical sessions. So if you are living near or in the Netherlands, you don’t want to miss out on this event. The final agenda with 3 parallel tracks is online.
My session “Managing VMware vSphere 4 with the Virtualization EcoShell - Eric Sloof and Scott Herold” is scheduled in the Front Grand Hall at 10:50. Be There !!!
Sunday, November 22. 2009
Exporting data to XML with the EcoShell
Currently I’m working very hard on my upcoming Dutch VMUG presentation. While I was testing the demo part which is going to be real cool btw, I discovered a real useful feature in the Virtualization EcoShell. The EcoShell Provides pre-defined and customizable reports as well as automated maps without hassle in HTML, XML and CSV formats, including support for Microsoft Visio. But if you want to hassle with XML, what’s the best way? The example screenshots show how to export a selection of data stores to an XML file and then create an Microsoft Excel Map by importing the XML from the file. Excel really does a good job with creating an XML-based representation objects from the EcoShell. The under laying technique is based on the Export-Clixml cmdlet, it creates an XML-based representation of an object or objects and stores it in a file. You can then use the Import-CLIXML cmdlet to re-create the saved object based on the contents of that file. This cmdlet is similar to ConvertTo-XML, except that Export-Clixml stores the resulting XML in a file. ConvertTo-XML returns the XML, so you can continue to process it in Windows PowerShell.
Monday, November 2. 2009
Just upgraded the Viru-Al.net VESI PowerPack
Alan invited me to the beta, so the only thing I had to do is upgrade the PowerPack. It’s as simple as one, two, three. There’s only one little problem, I have to recapture a lot of screenshots for my upcoming VESI presentation at the Dutch VMUG the 11th of December.