AirWave RestAPI with PowerShell

Reading Time: 4 minutes In some of my latest projects, I used the AirWave RestAPI. The main purpose was to either extend the functionality of AirWave or to automate some workflows. In this post, I show, how to interact with the AirWave RestAPI. AirWave RestAPI: Yes, AirWave has an API AirWave is a great tool to manage your wireless and … Read more

Backup ESXi Server – Lab System

Reading Time: 7 minutes My lab environment is more and more important for some of my daily tasks. But I do not care about the system itself. The only requirement is that it has to run. but as it get’s more and more important I started thinking about a backup. ESXi has no built-in function for this and external … Read more

CLI based OVA/OVF Deployment for ESXi

Reading Time: 6 minutes I use ESXi in my lab and need to deploy new VM’s on a regular basis. Whenever possible, I use an OVA/OVF deployment as this is very handy and easy. Unfortunately, I have no vSphere license so I use the ESXi embedded host client for administration. This shiny web UI has one drawback. It cannot deploy OVA/OVF … Read more

HowTo: Backup My Server

Reading Time: 6 minutes This time I would like to explain how I backup my server with the help of some build in tools and a script written by myself. As I’m running my blogs and my mail server, which is Scalix, on a Linux server I need to make sure, that no data is lost during an outage … Read more