Jun 17, 2018 Posted by newlife007

Retrieving NFS Export Data on Isilon with RESTful API and PowerShell

Introduction In an earlier post we covered using RESTful API calls to EMC Isilon to retrieve quota data. In this post we will make the same calls but gather data on NFS exports for screen output as well and optional CSV output. Prerequisites To be able to execute RESTful API calls to Isilon you will need to create an account and add the appropriate roles. For GET operations a read-only account is all that... read more

Jun 14, 2018 Posted by newlife007

Retrieving SmartQuota Data on Isilon with RestAPI and PowerShell

Introduction Many different tools available for administrators to manage storage devices and create reports and or monitors. With EMC Isilon we have RestAPI available to make calls for information. In this post we will cover how to use PowerShell to make calls to Isilon and get Smartquota data (path, thresholds for advisory & hard) and usage data and convert it from bytes to GB. The basis of the... read more

Jun 12, 2018 Posted by newlife007

Migrate Windows Server 2008 R2 DFSRoot to New Drives

Introduction During a recent storage refresh ran into an issue with moving storage used by a Windows Server 2008 R2 DFS server and if and how could the DFSRoot be migrated. In this post we will cover how we were able to successfully move resources. Preparation Before migrating there are several items to accomplish. Use dfsutil to export DFSRoot / namespaces Backup registry keys for DFS Mount and assign... read more

May 24, 2018 Posted by newlife007

Installing and Running PowerCLI on Linux

Introduction The wait is over, you can now run PowerCLI on Linux. This is due to Microsoft PowerShell Core 6.x and .NET Core which includes the modules. According to labs.vmware.com, PowerCLI Core uses Microsoft PowerShell Core and .Net Core to enable users of Linux, Mac and Docker to now use the same cmdlets which were previously only available on windows. PowerCLI Core enables a multi-platform scripting... read more

May 18, 2018 Posted by newlife007

Installing Microsoft PowerShell Core 6.x on Fedora 28

Installing Microsoft PowerShell Core 6.x on Fedora 28 In an earlier post we covered the release and install of PowerShell Core 6 on Linux and OS X. In this post we will install PowerShell Core 6.1 preview 2 on Fedora 28. Download the rhel7 RPM for PowerShell Core 6.1 preview 2 from https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/tag/v6.1.0-preview.2.  Once downloaded the installation is a standard rpm... read more