Enabling VAAI functionality in ESXi via PowerCLI

This article provides steps to enable the vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) functionality in ESXi via PowerCLI. You may want to enable these specific VAAI features if your storage arrays support these hardware acceleration features and are responding correctly to VAAI primitives. My Environment I help manage an IBM V7000 and a Pure Storage …

Completed a VMware vCenter 5.1 U1a upgrade

This weekend I performed a vCenter 5.1 U1a upgrade (from vCenter 4.1 U1). While the upgrade went well and had only a few issues, I could not have done it as well without these two resources. Derek Seaman’s vSphere 5.1 Resources VMware vCenter Certificate Automation Tool This was certainly the most complex vCenter upgrade I’ve …