Maximum, Minimum and Average CPU & Memory usage per cluster
Hi, I need to get Maximum, Minimum and Average CPU & Memory usage per cluster. For a specific amount of time. for example a week. Currently I am using this: foreach($vmHost in Get-VMHost){...
View ArticleRename Portgroup give error, "Unexpected error checking compliance: 'None...
Hello,I am using a script in my environment which renames PortGroupwhat I do is"$PortGroup | Set-VirtualPortGroup -Name $pgNameNew -VLanId $vlanID | out-null" the command goes fine, when I check the...
View ArticlevMotion TCP/IP Stack- Created by Powercli
Hi all, Has anyone successfully automated the creation of the vMotion TCP/IP Stack on each host and then the creation of the vMotion VMK utilizing the newly created stack. RegardsCliff
View ArticleHost Statistic - need the format in a particular format
So I am trying to do it in this format so I can send the output to HTML. This is the items I found on the discussion board from LucD that I am trying to use Get-VMHost-NameMyEsx|SelectName,...
View ArticlevNIC mapping - issues
Hello, All, I have been at this for hours and while I can pull each of these values indirectly, I have been unsuccessful in putting them together into a single spreadsheet. The biggest issue is not...
View Articleruning script in guest OS
HelloI have powershell script to get the list of application installed on the servers through get-itemproperty,, now i want to run this on all virtual machine through powerCLI, can you please help me?...
View ArticlePowerCLI error reporting is broken when working with vCloud Director
It seems that PowerCLI Cmdlets error reporting for vCloud Director cmdlets is broken. For example:When creating new vapp from template with New-CIVapp and it fails (due storage quota exceeded) powercli...
View ArticleNew to PowerCLI
Hi,How can I put all hosts under one variable or instance to run one command against all hosts.Thank you
View ArticleScript to Audit Permissions. in Vcenter
I need to Audit the vCenter to see what user accounts have access to VMs/Folders/Datastores/etc etc etc Im not a script guy, and my searchs seem to be coming up short.. Im hoping someone that knows...
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Script - Rules DRS
Good afternoon, with the PowerCLI is possible to activate and deactivate a DRS rule? Example: I would like to disable a DRS rule on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Regards.
View ArticleGet datastore folders with PowerCLI
Hi, I'm trying to search all the folders that exists on different datastores in my organization using PowerCLI.The thing is that I found some commands to get the VMs folders.But what about folders that...
View ArticleCommand to get license key information of a host
Hi, I would like to fetch the license key of a single host Am able to fetch list of license keys assigned in a vcenter, but unable to fetch host wise. My requirement is , i will be connecting to...
View ArticlePower on vm's with Linux PowerCli
My goal is simply to power on other vm's from a Ubuntu server with the powercli. As documented here, vmware-cmd can be used to control vm's with the following...
View ArticleMail the powercli output
I'm little new to powercli. I have created a script to list all the ESXi hosts across our vCenters which are not in Connected state. I'm able to get the output as a text format and was able to schedule...
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Open-VMConsoleWindow -- Having issues
Hello Community - I am hoping someone here can point me in the right direction. I had to rebuild my laptop recently and I haven't been able to figure this out. Prior to the crash - I was able to run...
View Articleremove certain folders from datastore over 7 days old
I have a NFS datastore that has VM clones for backup purposes. These VM clones are not in the vCenter inventory. I would like to schedule something that only keeps 7 days worth of clones per VM. Also...
View ArticleHow to get SrmFolder from MoRef using PowerShell & SRM API
I'm trying to list my Protection Groups which are nested in folders. I can get the parent folder MoRef easily enough: $srmapi.Protection.ListProtectionGroups()[0].GetParentFolder().MoRef But how can I...
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get-vm inventory with vmtag
How can I get vmname, vmtagcategory and vmtag value side by side with powercli PS C:\Users\test> Get-Tag Name Category Description...
View Articlevmware-vim-cmd on linux (centos, ubuntu)
Hello, I needed to create some scripts to use snapshot. And I found vmware-vim-cmd executable file.But, It always show me error messages'Failed to login: connection refused' or'Failed to login: Server...
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script to get vcenter, datacenter, cluster and dsc
I need a script that lists the datacenter by vCenter, in each data center list the DataStore cluster and the clusters and the port group.If possible list the hosts in each data center showing the...
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