Posts in 2017
Update ESXi 6.5 to U1 over SSH
Wednesday, November 22, 2017 in Technical
Updating ESXi 6.5 to 6.5 U1, I encountered the following error: [[email protected]:~] esxcli software profile update -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml -p ESXi-6.5.0-20170702001-standard [InstallationError] …
ESXi 6.5 Single USB Thumb Drive
Wednesday, November 22, 2017 in Technical
I have a goal of booting an ESXi host from a single 32GB USB thumb drive. No other internal storage should be required for this firewall application. This is an ideal setup as there are no moving parts or cables to come unplugged. USB thumb drives …
Posts in 2016
Puppet Enterprise Node Classification Backup & Restore with ncio
Sunday, August 21, 2016 in Technical
I’m happy to announce ncio, a small command line utility to backup and restore Puppet Enterprise Node Classification data. A customer recently needed to automate the process of backing up and restoring Puppet Enterprise. Most of the work …