Solution to “The term ‘-Version’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet…”

When trying to run PowerShell.exe with command line argument -Version, you may get the following error: -Version : The term ‘-Version’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and …

VMware vSphere Client could not connect to vCenter version 5.1.0

Recently we had an issue, where we were unable to connect to one of our VMware ESXi vCenter’s (v5.1.0) with vSphere Client. Everything worked, all virtual machines were up, except vCenter. Digging deeper, the log files revealed the following: 2014-09-19T09:01:09.494+03:00 [02156 warning ‘Default’] [VdbStatement] SQL execution failed: cleanup_events_tasks_proc 2014-09-19T09:01:09.494+03:00 [02156 warning ‘Default’] [VdbStatement] Execution elapsed …

Dell Rack UPS 5600W + EBM + NMC + Environment probe

We got hand on brand new Dell Rack UPS 5600W. It comes with EBM (Extended battery module), NMC (Network managament card) and Environment probe (Temperature and humidity). It has some nice integration with VMware vCenter for automatic host/guest shutdown. This automation is included in the price. It has run time of impressive 49 minutes at …