Networking tips in VMWare ESX server

Posted on by David Vassallo

Two notes to make here : regarding VLANs and regarding virtual routers ################################################################################## VLANs Ran across a very useful nugget of information. VMWare ESX server allows you to define virtual switches, but it also allows you to assign a particular switch a VLAN ID. In other words, any traffic that originates from virtual machines that … Continue reading Networking tips in VMWare ESX server

OpsView, bash and GNUplot

Posted on by David Vassallo

Update: The method I go on to describe is over complicated for the objective. Matt in the comments section pointed out a much easier, OpsView method of doing this. Still, the below is a good exersize in bash / gnuPlot scripting. So, OpsView has away around it's own limitation of not graphing host checks. Thanks … Continue reading OpsView, bash and GNUplot