Find the Service tag or Serial number of VMware ESX host

There might be a few reasons that you would need to do this. But if you need to locate the Serial Number of server or Service Tag of your Dell server you can do this from the service console command line. In the past I have needed this to schedule service and also to confirm the identity of a server for the Vendor that was on site. In case you do not have a database to reference or maybe someone mistyped the digits you can always fall back to this method.
Type the following command from the command line on the service console and you will get some Vendor details and serial number information.

[root@host name]# /usr/sbin/dmidecode |grep -A4 “System Information”

inetpub\logs\logfiles\w3svc1 getting very large

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/configmgrgeneral/thread/d989b249-0159-41fc-b78c-1f1d91ce8bb3

Logfiles can be deleted / trimmed with the following command which creates a scheduled task to do it :-


at 12:00 /EVERY:Su Forfiles.exe -p C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\W3SVC1 -m *.log -d -30 -c \"Cmd.exe /C del @path\"

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IIS logging is is enabled by default in IIs& ad IIS7.5 so I assume that you mean one of those: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754631(WS.10).aspx.


Here we can disable the IIS log files


Go To IIS console -> and Right click WebSite Property and click web site TAB find the Enable logging Next Step ->Uncheck the Enable Logging and restart the IISADMIN services after restart the service IIS log files are disbled






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How to check Oracle version / hvordan sjekke Oracle versjon?

SQL> connect system/manager@ as sysdba;

SQL> select * from v$version;

BANNER
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Oracle9i Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
PL/SQL Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
CORE 9.2.0.1.0 Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 9.2.0.1.0 - Production

SQL>

Fix på problem med ESX-host som har "disconnect" status i VirtualCenter

[root@tro-bl-esx02 root]# service mgmt-vmware restart
Stopping VMware ESX Server Management services:
VMware ESX Server Host Agent Watchdog [ OK ]
VMware ESX Server Host Agent [ OK ]
Starting VMware ESX Server Management services:
VMware ESX Server Host Agent (background) [ OK ]
Availability report startup (background) [ OK ]

[root@tro-bl-esx02 root]# service vmware-vpxa restart
Stopping vmware-vpxa: [ OK ]
Starting vmware-vpxa: [ OK ]
[root@tro-bl-esx02 root]#

How to upgrade iLO Firmware on c7000 blades

1. Last ned fila CP013601.scexe fra HP >> CP013601.scexe
2. Logg inn som root på ESX-server
3.Gi rettigheter til å kjøre fila >> chmod +x CP013601scexe
4. Bekreft oppgradering av firmware.
5. iLO firmware er oppgraert :-)

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[root@tro-bl-esx01 tmp]# chmod +x CP013601.scexe
[root@tro-bl-esx01 tmp]# ./CP013601.scexe

FLASH_iLO2 v1.12 for Linux (Aug 31 2009)
Copyright 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Firmware image: ilo2_201.bin
Current iLO 2 firmware version  1.70; Serial number ILOCZJ80504HC

Component XML file: CP013601.xml
CP013601.xml reports firmware version 2.01
This operation will update the firmware on the
iLO 2 in this server with version 2.01.
Continue (y/N)?y
Current firmware is 1.70 (Dec 02 2008 17:50:39)
Firmware image is 0x300000 bytes
Committing to flash part...
******** DO NOT INTERRUPT! ********
Flashing completed!                                  
Attempting to reset device.
Succeeded.
Waiting for iLO 2 to reboot...
iLO 2 reboot completed.
[root@tro-bl-esx01 tmp]#

HP SIM Agent Configure on ESXi 4.1

http://communities.vmware.com/message/1590665


There is no HP Agent for ESXi. What you probably installed (at least I hope...) is the CIM offline bundle for HP.

Once you have those installed, you have to configure HP SIM to use WBEM (NOT SNMP) to communicate with the ESXi server. I actually had to do this very recently and documented it. See below:

1) Make sure the HP CIM bundle is installled. To do this, either install ESXi with the HP version of ESXi, or install the offline bundle downloaded from HPs site. To install the offline bundle:

1) Log onto VMWare VC Server
2) Go to Start Menu and Launch the VMWare CLI
3) Cd to the bin directory: c:\program files (x86)\Vmware\VmWAre vSphere CLI\bin

To Verify what patches in the bundle apply to your host:

Vihostupdate.pl --server servername --scan --bundle path to zip bundle

Vihostupdate.pl --server ah-esxi-exch --scan --bundle "C:\ESXi HP\hp-esxi4.1uX-bundle-1.0.zip"

Make

To install:

Vihostupdate.pl --server servername --install --bundle path to zip bundle

Vihostupdate.pl --server ah-esxi-exch --install --bundle "C:\ESXi HP\hp-esxi4.1uX-bundle-1.0.zip"

2) Go to HP SIM, and go to Options -> Discovery.

3) On the discovery screen, create a new discovery task. Add your ESXi hosts to the "Ping inclusion ranges/host names" text box.

4) CLick the blue Credentials button on the bottom (this is important).

5) CLick Show advanced protocol credentials.

6) Click the WBEM/WMI tab.

7) Enter in a valid username and password for your ESXi Host (I use root and the root password).

8) Click OK.

9) Now save the task by clicking Save.

10) Run the task by selecting it's radio button and clicking Run Now.

This should cause it to appear in HP SIM. Now, you need to setup WBEM indications (they replace SNMP traps).

To do this:

1) Log into Insight Manager on AH-Monitor1

2) Go to Options -> Events -> Subscribe to WBEM Events

3) Verify your server is in the Targets list (Click Add Target if necessary).

4) Click Next and finish the wizard to activate these events.

5) Reboot the ESXi Server to have this take effect.

Hvordan sjekke når en VMware ESX host sist har bootet + grep-kommando

For å sjekke når en VMware ESX-host sist har bootet fra kommando-linje, kan man bruke kommando'en
"last"
Denne vil vise siste aktivitet og boot.

For å sjekke logger, bruk kommandoen:   grep "" vmkernel*