PowerCLI script to clone and customize Linux guest OS
http://honglus.blogspot.com/2010/10/vsphere-powercli-script-to-clone-and.html The script can clone Linux and assign ip addresses to multiple adapters. There are 2 scriptsdiscover-info.ps1 Discovery...
View ArticleNumber of vCPUs in a cluster
Inspired by Jason Boche’s article: http://www.boche.net/blog/index.php/2009/08/18/hidden-virtual-cpu-limit-restriction-in-esx-3-5/ and also William Lam’s Perl Script...
View ArticleGet-VDMData (takes a username and returns data about all the Virtual Desktops...
We get tickets from users that are having an issue with their Virtual Desktops and we only have their username to figure out which VM they are using. It can be a pain to find out which VMs they are...
View ArticleFast Snapshot Report
We needed a way to identify all machines that had snapshots. Get-snapshot was far too slow, so I wrote this script to quickly generate a report of all VMs with snapshots more than 2 weeks old. This...
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vCenter Statistics Level Audit Script
The following script was written to solve a problem in our environment where we had a vCenter server that had it’s Statistics Level set much too high. While the high granularity is helpful for...
View ArticleDelete folder in datastore
Hi all, I've been trying forever to use the "$fileMgr.DeleteDatastoreFile_Task" command in PowerCLI.I create clones for backup, and after cloning I remove them from the inventory. So now I want to...
View ArticleRun Script on host ESX and copy results back to server
I am new to using PowerCLI and hoping that this will save me time from going to 26 ESX host servers and doing it manually. I am looking for a command to run an audit.sh script that is copied out to the...
View ArticleGet Datastore details by selected DataCenter in a VC
This script will connect to multiple VCs > List Datacenters > Will ask to enter DC name from which you wan to colleact datastore details.
View ArticleI Need help, How to configure IP addresses of VMs with PowerCLI
Hello everyone, I open this topic because i really need your help. I've written a script that can automatically create 10 virtual machines on my ESX Server.I run the script with PowerCLI. I want now by...
View ArticleHelp with Customization Specification
Good Day, I am trying to create a script that will import a Customization Specification (Custom Spec) that was created in a different vCenter. As we know the Password for the local administrator...
View ArticleHelp with ESXi 5.0U2 hosts and PowerCLI / CLI
Can I use PowerCLI U1 and VMware CLI 5.0U1 on hosts with U2?? I am having issues.
View ArticleSome PowerCLI cmdlet does not work with Powershell Remoting
Hi All, I am trying to run the PowerCLI in a remote powershell session. Connecting to vSphere works just fine however some of the cmdlets just hangs. I checked with Fiddler and it appears that the...
View ArticleAutomated daily snapshots
I looked around for something to create and manage daily snapshots and didn't find anything, so I wrote this. Thought I'd share in case others might use it.cd 'C:\Program Files...
View ArticleNeed help import OVF using DeploymentOption
Hi there,I am using PowerCLI PowerShell script to automate the import of OVFs.My problem is that my OVF has DeploymentOption section with 2 configurations, where each configuration points to a...
View ArticleQuestion about Set-VMGuestNetworkinterface and Get-VMGuestNetworkInterface
Hi all, I'm trying to write powercli scripts to mass change VM IP addresses and hostnames. The hostnames I have no clue how to tackle, but I figured I could use Set-VMGuestNetworkInterface and...
View ArticleNeed a Script for ISCSI Multipathing please
Hi I was hoping someone could please point me in the direction of a PowerCLI Script that will override the ISCSI vSwitch configuration so that each VMkernel port maps to only one active adapter (and...
View ArticleInvoke-VMscript output selection
Hi everyone, I have some trouble to get a scriptout from an invoke-vmscript command. first of all, i'm running powercli x32 5.1R2 on vshpere 5 (ESXi 5). I'm running a script to display the license...
View ArticlePowershell script help - creating a VM inventory
Hi - I need to create a very specific output for VM inventory purposes.I have, by hook and by crook, coppled together a script that works well for my needs, except for one issue I cannot resolve.My...
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