VMware Tools ISO Image
I am trying to do a restore from Symantec Backup Exec 2012 and it's asking for the VMware tools ISO image. I am running VMware Vsphere EXSI 5 and don't know where I can find them. Thanks in advance.
View ArticleOVFTool from within PowerCLI
Hi Guys. I have a number of vApps that I need to import into vCenter (4.1). I need to use OVFTool (as i'm working with .ova files - and therefore can't use Import-vApp). At the moment I have a script...
View ArticleCluster Settings
Hi All Does anyone know a powershell script or command that can run to export the cluster settings in case they get deleted, by this I mean the drs groups, ha settings etc. Any help would be...
View ArticleRVC: how-to provision a VM from a template
Hello, I am using rvc to manage systems in our vSphere environment. I am having difficulty sorting out the syntax needed to provision a VM from a template:...
View Articlevmware automation
Hi, i want to make an automation for vmWare ESXI, i need API but i couldnt find any API for it, is there any API that let me use it for creation, suspention and termination of accounts on vmWare?is...
View ArticleScript to list VLANS in a Cluster
I am a veteren prorammer with C, java and many other languages, but have just tried to start learning powershell this week. PowerCLI is odd at best. I need some help if anyone has an idea how to do...
View ArticleWhich user is logged in to a windows vm
I am looking for a script i can run in powergui which can provide me the user who is logged in to a set or all of our vm? I did found this out there: $vms =get-vm *vm-name*ForEach ($vmin$vms) {...
View ArticleOutput Success from "set-vm - snapshot"
I am running this to revert to a specified snapshot on a list of VMs imported from csv file. Set-VM $_.Name -Snapshot "BASELINE" -confirm:$false | Format-list | out-file -append...
View ArticleVM Alarm 'Condition Length'
I am wondering if someone might be able to provide some assistance with regard to configuring a ‘VM CPU Usage’ alarm with a ‘Condition Length’ greater than the maximum ’60 minute’ value configurable...
View Articletwo vcenters configuration settings comparing with powercli
Hello , We have two sites, each site have one vCenter.I want comparing the both the vcenter configuration settings, roles, using powercli.Is there any script for that. Because we need the configuration...
View ArticleSession not authenticated while run cli on vma
Hi GuysI am running the following command and get the error . I save the session file before and it works . After one hr trying the same command and get the error .Any idea ? [vi-admin@vma session]$...
View ArticleAutomatically assign a static IP address to newly deployed VMs using a...
Does anyone have a good solution for automatically assigning a static IP address to newly deployed VMs using a customization specification?
View ArticleDecomissioning and Active Directory/DNS
Hey everyone, When we delete VM's, there are still objects in AD like computer objects themselves, DNS entries etc.. we have a large environment 1.4k+ VM's.I'm new to my company but we're running into...
View ArticleHelp with Script
I'm looking for a script that will tell me if there are any VM's (vmdk's) within my storage that are not in my inventory. I know the answer should be that there are no VM's on the disks that are not...
View ArticleAfetr deploying Unable to join domain using PowerCLI
Team, Using the below Script i am able to deploy the VM (OS - Win2k8R2) but its not oining the domain. Could someone assist me. $Domainuser = "" $LocalUser = Read-Host "Type Local Admin" $LocalPass =...
View ArticleInteracting Guest OS through VM Console
Hello, Is there a way to access Guest OS console and input keys ? I have a Guest VM on freebsd and I want to call a utility by accessing the vm console as SSH is not enabled at that point. Has anyone...
View Articleremote vmkfstools reports incorrect available capacity
We've been using vmkfstools with vSphere SDK for Perl (both v4.1) for quite some time to remotely monitor free space on esx 4.1 host's VMFS partitions.Recently one went low, we were alerted as...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Automatization
Hi Friends, I have a question, I have 03 virtual machines on a host ESXi 5. At the moment only one VM is running. Can I create a rule when the first reaches 75% of VM memory usage, automatically runs...
View ArticleInstalling VMware tools to virtual appliance nGenius virtual agent fails
Specific error message is: ---Creating a new initrd boot image for the kernel.ERROR: "/sbin/dracut --force --add-drivers "vmxnet3 vmw_pvscsi"/boot/initramfs-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.x86_64.img >/dev/null...
View ArticleAssign a static IP address to newly deployed VMs
Does anyone have any good way to deploy VMs from templates and asssign and configure a static IP address?
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