The Dell Modular Disk Storage Array vCenter Management Plug-in is a plug-in for your vCenter (doh! ) that provides integrated management of Dell MD series of storage arrays through the vSphere Client. This plug-in allows you to configure the hosts with the storage arrays and to create, map, and delete virtual disks from the storage [...]
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How to install Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in.
Posted in Dell, PowerVault, Tools & Utilities, vCenter, VMware, tagged Dell MD Storage Array, vCenter Plugin on 2 February 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Create and start a data collector from command line using LogMan.exe.
Posted in Tools & Utilities, Windows Server 2008 on 23 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Regarding to my previous post about “List all performance counters on a Windows computer and export it to a file”, I wanted to automate the process of creating a basic system performance counter. So, if you successfully created a counter file and saved it with the counters you want to monitor, you can now use [...]
Manage a Windows Machine using Windows Remote Management.
Posted in Tools & Utilities on 9 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With Windows Remote Management (WinRM) you can remotely (duh! ) manage hardware and software on your Windows machines. It’s installed by default on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. I mostly use it to start the command prompt on a remote system for which I use the WinRS.exe command. Before you can use WinRM, you [...]
Create your own custom events in the event log.
Posted in Microsoft, Tools & Utilities, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP on 3 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Did you ever wonder how to add some custom events to your computer system or application log? I always have but never really had the time to look it up. I was browsing the Windows Server 2008 command reference guide at Microsoft TechNet Windows Server TechCenter and I found the EventCreate.exe command. So, let’s give [...]
List all performance counters on a Windows computer and export it to a file.
Posted in Microsoft, Tools & Utilities, Windows Vista on 25 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever wondered how to list all performance counters that are present on your computer? Well, I have and after some research I discovered the TypePerf.exe command. Believe it or not, TypePerf.exe is installed by default on all Windows versions after Windows 2000. The syntax looks like this (tested on a Vista machine): C:\>TypePerf.exe [...]


