PowerCLI 5.0 - Get VM and Datastore information
I am trying to attain the list of VMs and their Datastores in a particular cluster. It seems the Datastore Name is not resulting.. Any ideas? PowerCLI C:\Program Files...
View ArticleWeird Error with Get-Task (Server XXX is not connected)
Does anyone know why Im seeing this when trying to use Get-Task? "Server XXXX is not connected" I recently starting seeing this in the middle of the day after never seeing this error for the past week...
View ArticleSet-ESXi-Shell-Configaration.
Dear Friends, How to Set a timeout for the ESXi Shell 600 sec and set a timeout for the ESXi-Shell-Interactive 600 sec. Thanks for Advance.
View ArticleNon-disruptive VM datastore migration
Hi all, I have a vCenter with several hundred VMs. They are stored in 4 different NFS datastores. Is there any way to non-disruptively move them (1 after the other, and 1 at a time) from their current...
View ArticleLinux Post Deploy Template Scripts?
What are people doing for first time post deploy boot script for Linux Templates when deployed via the vCenter GUI? v5.0u3 dion
View ArticleCan't get command result to output to a text file...
Hello, I've been trying to get a list of my VMs (using PowerCLI) that have CBT (Change Block Tracking) enabled/disabled, and while the following command returns the results, I can't get this to output...
View ArticleFnd Local accounts and Creating local accounts on ESX hosts.
Hi, we have a 200 + ESX Hosts in our DC,1).we need to take a list how may ESX's hosts are not having Test user(Local Account). 2). Need to create the Test account (local user) all hosts. Thanks for...
View ArticleHow to (automate) enable EVC mode in Cluster using CLI
Hi, I'm writing a script which will enable EVC mode and do Hot vMotion of VM from one ESX to another.I could not find any CLI/API to enable EVC in cluster.i Cannot use GUI becuase I;m using a perl...
View ArticleWhen will the vMA SUSE version be updated?
http://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=devel%3Alanguages%3Aperl&package=perl-Net-Pcap I was wondering when the vMA appliance will be updated to a newer version of SUSE? I wanted to...
View Articleovftool 3.5.0 segmentation fault on Ubuntu when specifying vi:// url
Running ovftool 3.5.0 1274719 linux x86_64 on Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit. $ ovftool vi://10.3.3.1/DataCenterName/vm/test-ovftool /usr/bin/ovftool: line 23: 8093 Segmentation fault (core dumped)...
View ArticleAdding functions to vSphere Web Client ???
HiHow can I add a function to the vSphere Web Client? I would like to change the way a snapshot is made, because I want to force my fellow admins to enter the reason why they are making the snapshot...
View ArticleSearchIndex usage
Hello, any idea why i get in result 6 entries instead of one ?$si.FindAllByIp($dc,'my.ip.he.re',$true)as a result i receiveType...
View Articlevma 5.1 addserver fails with connection to host refused
When I run the command vifp addserver servername I get the error connection to host refused. The KB article is also what is in my log. I can telnet to port 902 on the host but not the vma. Not sure...
View ArticleSupplying VM list to enable DRS affinity group
I have a query around the output I got from ONYX... see here: var spec = new VcClusterConfigSpecEx();spec.vmSwapPlacement = "vmDirectory";spec.dasConfig = new...
View ArticleNeed to set Linux Guest IPs in DR with script
Hello, We’re in a bit of a quandary. Right now we have a Production Center and are trying to set up a DR. We switched to SLES from RedHat because it was included in the vSphere license. Then we got...
View ArticleHow to deploy and config thirdpart vswitch ova components
Now I met one issue when try to automatically deploy and config third party dvs switch, following is the details, hope to get help from all of you. The thirdparty Dvs switch is delivered as an OVA...
View ArticleHow to deploy and config thirdpart vswitch ova File automatically
Now I met one issue when try to automatically deploy and config third party dvs switch, following is the details, hope to get help from all of you. The thirdparty Dvs switch is delivered as an OVA...
View ArticleAutoDeploy - Host Profiles
Hi,is it possible to add a powershell script that i have written to a host Profile? Or are there any other possibilities to run a script automaticaly?Frank
View Articlecommand line to join ESXi host to vCenter server
Hi all Are there any kind souls who could help me with this please. I have been searching for some info to join an ESXi host to vCenter using a python script (I dont want to install pshere or anything...
View Articlehow to find the path to which storage a vm resides on (path to vmx) and write...
Hi all Is there a python script (or command line method) that I can use to get the path to a .vmx file for a POWERED-ON VMthen edit it and add specific settings to the vm like vhv.enable = “true” ?I...
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