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Extracting VM guest performance metrics
Hi all, I am new to VMware environment and my learning is on-going. One of my tasks that we need to do is to extract historical cpu and memory utilization for one of our VM guests in our cluster. If I...
View ArticleChange in API for 5.5 u2a?
At some point in the last couple of weeks (probably after the recent vmwareupgrade), I have lost the ability to retrieve HostPortGroupPort objects oftype ‘virtualMachine’ from a HostSystem’s network...
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PS > prompt and Powercli prompt
I have a very little knowledge on windows and on PS - please excuse me advance what is the problem If after opening vsphere powercli - my prompt is C:\PS> and it is not " Power CLi...
View ArticleIs my vSphere PowerCLI script interrupting other users?
Hi all, I wrote two scripts called Snapshot Creator and Snapshot Destroyer which basically do what they say on the tin (Snapshot Destroyer attached). Earlier this week I created 60 snapshots, ran...
View ArticlepowerCLI vs SDK calls
Hello all, We are in the process of investing quite a lot of time on developing a company internal tool that allows us to perform and integrate most of the tasks/test we do on a daily basis.Due to this...
View ArticleStarting a VM in VMware Workstation at system startup via VIX and accessing...
SI need to start a VM using VMware Workstation 7.1 on a Windows server 2008 R2 host.To solve my issue I use Task Scheduled with a command file based on VMware VIX conteining a line like: "C:\Program...
View ArticleFrom a datacenter, how to find out which datastore has the biggest free space
Hi guys, I'm new to this and I've been given a task to figure out which data store (with the biggest free space) to be used in a datacenter.Can you guys, give me some pointers please? Thanks Regards,Lee
View ArticlePowerCLI - Shutdown-VMGuest and Running Task
Wonder if someone can clarify something with regards to Shutdown-VMGuest, if there is a running task on the VM and the command is run, does this just go into the queue or will it ignore the running...
View ArticleWhy can't I use Powershell to remotely start a VMWare VM using the VMrun tool?
I am a VMWare Workstation user with beginner experience in PowerShell, so I'm not a sysadmin or anything. I found a script to revert and start a VM locally and am trying to use it remotely. I can...
View ArticleOvftool : template ?
Hello I'm trying to sync some templates between vcenters with ovftool. It works but in the destination vcenter the template is transformed as a VirtualMachine.I didn't find how to convert the...
View ArticleLinux Guest Customization DNS
I'm using a Linux Guest Customization but the DNS servers are not populated in the /etc/resolve.conf for a SUSE 11 sp3 guest. Reviewing the customization log, i see "DNSFROMDHCP = yes". How can i...
View ArticleAnsible
We currently have ESXi hosts and a vCenter running v5.5, a customer has asked whether we can support them creating VMs using Ansible in their resource pool, but I can find very little information on...
View Articleovftool failed to open file
I'm on a Mac running 10.10.3 "Yosemite" joliver@flamingo CP_Win7_Ex1 $ /Applications/VMware\ OVF\ Tool/ovftool --X:logFile=ovftool.log --X:logLevel=verbose Windows\ 7.vmxError: Failed to open file:...
View ArticleQuestion about "ResolveMultipleUnresolvedVmfsVolumes"
Hey everyone, I am working on a script to force mount datastores in a DR situation, and am using the ResolveMultipleUnresolvedVmfsVolumes method. Here is the code: $StartTime = Get-date...
View ArticleESXi 6.0 NVMe inbox driver
Hello, does anyone know where can I download/find a copy of the ESXi 6.0 NVMe inbox VIB driver? Thanks.
View ArticleHow to pass a password via ovf tools
I am trying to deploy a ovf using ovf tools. I am able to set the values using the "--prop" optionThe deployment works without any problem for all the fields that have a "string" or "boolean" or...
View ArticleWhat is the most appropriate tool to use for adding or removing an RDM from a...
I've written a simple PowerCLI script which can add/remove a SCSI LUN, as physical RDM disk, to a single guest VM. It looks like the following sequence: - Takes the following input parameters:...
View ArticleVMware Tools Silent Install...
Hi, Can you please tell me VMWare Tools silent install command "/s /v /qn REBOOT=R" does 'Typical' install or 'Complete' install? If its 'Typical install', is there any silent install command...
View ArticleGet SRM Placeholder Virtual Machines with PowerCLI
Hi all, We are currently implementing VMware Site Recovery Manger 4.1 (SRM). With the creation of SRM Protection Groups, placeholder VMs are created at the recovery site vCenter.These VMs cannot be...
View ArticleGet only one custom attribute and it's value
Hello, I have been trying to get this line to only return one name and its value. This line below returns all of my custom attributes. Add-Member -InputObject $vm -MemberType NoteProperty -Name...
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