Thomas Bründl - IT - Solutions

How to install a 10GBIT LAN - Card on a ESXI 7 Host (Mellanox Technologies MT26448) (failed)

Connect to your host via SSH # Run this command to find additional peripherals and devices: lspci -vvv NICs I was able to identify. Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit EthernetMellanox Technologies MT26448 [ConnectX EN 10GigE, PCIe 2.0 5GT/s]# If you know what you

Virtualisation

How to install VMware Tools - Linux (Debian)

Today I would like to briefly introduce how to install the VMWare tools in a Linux VM, in our case a VM with Debian. Using Windows, the installation is a very simple procedure and does not require detailed instructions. But if you have very

Virtualisation

How to migrate a VM from ESXI 5.5 to ESXI 7.0 (OVF Tool)

At the moment I am trying to disband an old VSphere environment (ESXI 5.5) and upgrade to VSphere 7.0. Unfortunately, the easiest migration approach using the migration function in VCenter does not work in this case, as an ESXI 5.5 can

Docker

How to reset the admin password in Portainer running as container

Today I realised that I forgot to document my Portainer password. If you don't know what Portainer is and what it is used for, you should continue here first -> Link Thank goodness the resetting process is not too time-consuming. First, you have

CMD

How to stop a service if it becomes unresponsive.

Regularly I struggle with the issue that a service doesn't start any more or is stuck or can't be stopped. In this article I would like to describe the necessary procedure to fix this problem.It has already served me well many times. Of

Virtualisation

How to join a vCenter Server to an Active Directory domain

Log in into the vSphere Web Client. Select "Menu" and then "Administration". Look for "Configuration", select "Identity Provider", "Active Directory Domain" and click on "Join AD". Fill in all the necessary fields in the form to join the domain. Reboot the vCenter Server Appliance

Virtualisation

How to change the language settings in the vSphere Web Client

Today, I am describing only a very small change, but nevertheless a very important one (for me). Generally, all important IT-related instructions and documents are created in english in the first place. Therefore, translations into other languages are not always ideal. So I always

Virtualisation

Setting up 2 VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7 (ESXi 7.0) Server + 1 vCenter Server with VMware Workstation Pro (15.5)

Prerequisites:Installation media: vSphere Hypervisor 7 vCenter Server 7 Setting up a VM (node1 & node2): Open VMware Workstation and create a new VM... Now this procedure needs to be done again for the other node. Installing ESXI:This operation needs to be done

Virtualisation

How to manage HP Smart Array Raid Controllers From VMWare ESXI

Prerequisites:First you need the HPE SSACLI tool that is install as a VIB (vSphere Installable Bundle). Downloadlink: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/swd/detail?swItemId=MTX-ecd489e042ff4821b90abdd305#tab3 Installation:Power off any virtual machines that are running on the host and place the

Virtualisation

Offline update from ESXi 7.0.2 to HPE ESXi 7.0 U2

Prerequisites: ESXI 7.0 U2PuttyHPE Offline Update BundleFirstly, you need a copy of the appropriate ‘offline bundle’ update, below you can see this is the customised one for HPE servers. Link: https://customerconnect.vmware.com/en/downloads/details?downloadGroup=OEM-ESXI70U2-HPE&productId=974 Upload

How to manage RDP - Access

Due to my profession I always have to work with a lot of environments. Accessing them via the Remote Desktop Client, which comes with Windows, is not very practical. Maybe this is a feasible way to connect if you don't have to work with

Hardware

How to reset a ProCurve 2510-24g to default settings and reconfigure it

Press in both the Clear and Reset buttons (tiny buttons on the left edge)Release the Reset button after the port lights come on (~2 seconds)When the Self-Test LED starts flashing (to the left of the Clear and Reset buttons), release the Clear

Powershell

Installing OpenSSH (Windows)

Prerequisites: ChocolateyInstallation (serverside):# Installation via Choco choco install openssh -y -f # Neustart Restart-Computer -Force # Check Version ssh -Vssh -V # Change folder cd "C:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win64" # Running Installation & Setup-Script powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File install-sshd.ps1 # Creating needed Firewall Rule New-NetFirewallRule

Virtualisation

Creating a VMware ESXi 7.x Install USB stick

This article has not been completed yet. However, it may already contain helpful Information and therefore it has been published at this stage. Prerequisites:ISO - FileRufusUSB flash drive (4 GB +)Source:VMware ESXi 6.x von und auf USB-Stick installieren | WindowsProEin USB-Installationsmedium für

IoT

Setting up a Raspberry Pi (OS Raspbian Buster)

Prerequisites: SD card ( 4 GB or larger) + Speed classification Class 6 or fasterISO - Raspbian BusterWin32 Disk Imager in der Binary-Version installedStep 1 Download ISO & Win 32 Disk ImagerUnpackOpen the Win32DiskImager you have just downloaded. In the Image File field, you must now

Software

Setting up a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 (ESXi 7.0) with Oracle VirtualBox (failed)

Open your Virtual Box and create a new VM: Machine -> New... grAfter this wizard-driven creation process, the created VM must be modified so that virtualisation technologies can be run on it. This is only possible via a CLI (PowerShell / CMD). cd 'C:

Backup

Installing Veeam Backup & Replikation

Once again I had the pleasure to renew a backup solution for one of my customers. Since I am used to use Veeam and allready spent a lot of time with other backup solutions (keeping the backups running), I decided to write a blog

Automation

Installing Ansible on Windows 10

In this short blogpost I want to go through the installation of Ansible on Windows 10. Since you need a management workstation from which you control the deployments.... Requirements: Most recent build of Windows 10 (20H2 at the time the post was created) WSL

Powershell

WebJea Introduction - a web-based PowerShell Self Service Portal (for free)

It is probably a well-known problem in IT. More services are to be provided with the same number of IT employees. Mostly this is due to a natural development, e.g. that a new IT system or a new IT service has been added,

Exchange Online

How to display mailbox sizes sorted by size

Below a small powershell script with which you can connect to Office 365 and retrieve all mailboxes by size. # Prequisites: # Install Chocolatey # Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1')) # Install Powershell Version 5.1 # choco

Azure

Azure Devops - Introguide | How to create a Repo for your Projects

A brief introduction:The word DevOps is on everyone's lips at the moment. But what does it mean.... Microsoft has made an attempt to explain it: "A compound of development (Dev) and operations (Ops), DevOps is the union of people, processes and technology to

Azure

Your first Java Azure Web App

Requirements: Java Development KitEclipse IDE for Enterprise Java DevelopersAzure SDK for Java Agenda:Downloading Java SE Development Kit 8u27Installing Java SE Development Kit 8u27Downloading & Installing Eclipse IDE for Enterprise Java DevelopersDownloading & Installing Azure SDK for JavaBuild and Deploy a "Hello World" -

Docker

Portainer a Docker Management Interface - Windows (Part 1)

By default, Docker is managed through the command line. Here Portainer jumps in and provides an excellent and highly informative user interface for managing all aspects of Docker. The charts and dashboards provide real-time monitoring without overwhelming the user. Starting and managing containers and

Docker

Setting up a Oracle Virtual Box VM for a Windows Docker Test Server

In this bloggpost I would like to explain how to set up a Docker Server (based on a Windows operating system). I've been researching this because I'm currently working on a project where I'm going to try to port a web application into a

Docker

Your first (Windows) docker container - Hello World

Today I would like to show you how to get your first docker container running, what problems I had to fight with to bring it up and what commands you might need... At first I thought the whole thing is very simple. A small