I 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...
View ArticleQuery: VMparameter script working on 1 vcenter but not on another vCenter
Hi, I have created a script to retrieve VM paramters "VM Name, DNS Name, Creation Date, Power State ,OS Full Name ,VM Hardware Version , Tools Version , VM Tools Status , CPU HOT Enabled, Memory Hot...
View ArticleChecking for configured subnets
My company keeps a separate database of avaible IP's from which VMs are to utilize. The problem is that there is a delay between what subnets are contained in the database and what has been actually...
View ArticleNTP, PowerShell, It's about time.
There's no doubt that time is critically important in a computingenvironment. Given this sensitivity, and the recent recognition that wehad rogue hosts improperly configured, I decided to crank out a...
View Articlecopy-datastoreitem
Hi Guys, I am trying to upload few folders to a datastore. It fails with below message. Upload of file failed. Error message: The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request. I tried creating a...
View ArticleChange Storage Profile on Medias after vCloud Director Upgrade to 5.1
#Here is a script example to change the *any Profile to the correct one, after an Upgrade to vCloud Director 5.1$medias = get-media$i=1$total = $medias.countforeach($media in $medias){$storageprofile =...
View ArticleFind snapshots and send email to user/users
We have had some issues where VCB doesn't clean up after itself everytime it runs so I wrote a quick script that will query all the VM's for current snapshots left over and send an email to me with...
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VMware Healthcheck script
VMware Healtcheck scriptIntroduction: Healthcheck is a Powershell script that reports information like snapshots, VMware tools version, datastore space, CDROM and/or floppy drives connected, VM details...
View ArticleA script that returns the date a VM was created
Hello All, I am in the process of writing a short script that returns the a VM name, the creator's username, and the date/time that the VM was created. The script then outputs the results to a CSV....
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