Mike Nisk

Not a paper; Not an expert; Sometimes tweet about virtualization and PowerShell.

[Mike Nisk @vmkdaily]

Check out "How to telegraf to the max for vsphere stats (on ubuntu)". I made a little guide for my purposes and shared it on github. This uses the amazing dashboards by @jorgedlcruz.

https://t.co/6exda0pH7S

[Jorge de la Cruz @jorgedlcruz]

[RP] Free and Modern vSphere (6.7 U2 as well) Monitoring using InfluxDB, Telegraf and Grafana, ready in 5 minutes or less - https://t.co/gOSbTmHyYL Includes tons of feedback from the #vCommunity @VMware @vExpert @grafana @InfluxDB

[Mike Nisk @vmkdaily]

a quick description of FluxorRS and project link. Basically this gives you one command to run (good for scheduled tasks). Still requires the Fluxor module.

https://t.co/yslztkfobh

[William Lam @lamw]

Nice post from @kev_johnson on new versions of VMware Tools & VM Compatibility 15 (aka vHW 15) in the upcoming release of vSphere 6.7 Update 2 https://t.co/JSMzCRB7p8

Only upgrade to vHW15 if you need VM w/256 vCPU & 6TB Memory! vHW14 still recommend or it could impact interop

[Mike Nisk @vmkdaily]

For an alternative, also see the telegraf vSphere plugin to gather stats. This uses the same base infrastructure.

https://t.co/lTtJY3TutW

[Jeffrey Snover @jsnover]

PowerShell V7!

[PSConfEU @PSConfEU]

Come and join @kmruddy at https://t.co/Wavemm85EU for 'Manage vSphere with PowerCLI DSC Resources, Finally!'. View the schedule here at https://t.co/KUt5uGnS1M. Register at https://t.co/Wavemm85EU #PSConfEU

[Mike Nisk @vmkdaily]

Introducing DSC_LABS, hosted on github. Learn step by step to build a Desired State Configuration (DSC) lab containing domain controllers, cert server and pull server. Feel free to make a video or blog series; this is open source.

https://t.co/x56Ua5v499

[Mike Nisk @vmkdaily]

@jzkarocki Just run New-FluxCredential with no parameters, which will save the credential to your $HOME directory (or use -Path).

We only need 2 creds really (influxdb and a vc). They turn from red to green as you create each one.

[Mike Nisk @vmkdaily]

@jzkarocki Thanks for asking. The Fluxor module can consume credential on disk using the CredentialPath parameter of each Get and Set function. To save a credential to disk, we can use New-FluxCredential. There is also the option of using the VICredentialStore (not discussed).

[Virtually Speaking Podcast @virtspeaking]

Happy Friday! This week on the #vSpeakingPodcast @vPedroArrow and @Lost_Signal welcome #vSAN 6.7 U1 #DeepDive authors @DuncanYB and @CormacJHogan to discuss the new book that belongs on every VMware Admin's desk. https://t.co/yMcC1LmVsi Enjoy!

[Mike Nisk @vmkdaily]

Check out the free Desired State Configuration (DSC) videos from Microsoft before the site moves. Some vids like the Don Jones "Building Your Datacenter One DSC Resource at a Time" will be gone as soon as Jan 19.

https://t.co/VXpjnp4SDp

[Mike Nisk @vmkdaily]

Getting Started with Desired State Configuration Resources for VMware https://t.co/b8mFOqVUyw

[Mike Nisk @vmkdaily]

@vNetworking thanks and fixed! much appreciated.

https://t.co/6z1friHT1u

[Mike Nisk @vmkdaily]

Collecting and Visualizing #vSphere #Performance Metrics with #PowerCLI, #InfluxDB and #Grafana

https://t.co/6z1friqhCU

[Rich Turner @richturn_ms]

Blogged: Windows Command-Line: Unicode and UTF-8 Output Text Buffer https://t.co/fDg4jjjXWw

[Mike Nisk @vmkdaily]

@VMwareFusion

[Rich Turner @richturn_ms]

Blogged: Windows Console: CTRL + Scroll to zoom and Dark Theme Scrollbar https://t.co/YHu3wX0ySW

[williamlam.com @WilliamLamBlog]

[New] Retrieving Apple hardware details (Model, Serial, Board & EFI Boot ROM & SMC Version) from ESXi https://t.co/1R2Q0JSnJu

[Steve Lee @Steve_MSFT]

#PSCore6 Case-insensitive tab completion for Linux case-sensitive filesystem coming in PSCore6.2-Preview.2 https://t.co/A3faLjt92Q

[Mike Nisk @vmkdaily]

@nixcraft “In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities; In the expert’s mind there are few. Always be a beginner.”

-zen