Run invoke-VMScript as administrator
hi, i was asked to write a script that gets a command and run it inside the a group of Vm's guest OS ( Windows). i was able to write the script and if works fine,my only problem is that some of my...
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How to modify an existing Virtual Machine DRS -Group?
Hi,I use DRS-Rules to place VMs to a Group of selected Hosts within a Cluster.The poblem is, that I didn't find any methods to modify (add new VMs) to an existing "Virtual Machine DRS Group". AFAIK,...
View ArticleHow to share a vApp using PowerCLI
I would like to share a deployed vApp using PowerCLI. However, I can not find a commandlet which would do this. Any ideas? ThanksPaul
View ArticleVM`s list with Disk and RDM details needed
Hi All, I have a scripts, which would give me list of below parameters Name PowerStateIP AddressClusterESX HostFolderDatastore I would like to have disk info and RDM info along with its size. Please...
View ArticleAdd multiple SNMP traps destination locations
I'm trying to set multiple SNMP trap destinations, but can't seem to get the correct format. Any ideas? #Set Variables$communities="R3@d0nly"$trapDestinationA="1.1.1.1"$trapDestinationB="1.1.1.2"...
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Error, while running the powershell script.
I am a newbie to Powershell, Please help, as I am getting below error while running the script Get-VM sql01 | Select Name, PowerState,@{N="IP Address";E={@($_.guest.IPAddress[0])}},...
View ArticleNeed to add vCenter & vShield connections with PowerCLI
Hi, I would like to automate vCloud deployement.It includes add of customer vCenter and vShield servers. How could I do that ?I don't find any cmdlets about that... the same for provider VDC Thanks...
View Article(503) Server Unavailable when calling Invoke-VMScript
Hello everyone, I'm having some trouble with Invoke-VMScript. It returns (503) Server Unavailable when invoking a script that takes pretty long to execute (about 8-10 minutes). The script is actually...
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Need help in VMFS and RDM Report
Hi All, I would looking for similar output from a Powershell script. I am a newbie to Scripting. Please help. Below is the script that I have and needs your help in getting the above format output....
View Articlehow to import list of VM Names and ran a script against the imported list of VMs
Hi Guys, Can someone help me and integrate an import csv script (which contains a list of VMs) and ran the below script against the imported VMs to create an output csv file? Thanks alot in advance....
View ArticleInvoke VM Script to create a SQL user
HiI am trying to create a sql user using powercli and invoke vm script. I got the script working locally on the vm using powershell but am trying to get this working now using the invoke vm script...
View ArticlePowercli Script required to list all the clusters in a datacenter and all...
Hi ALL , I am new to powercli and trying to create a script to list all the clusters in a datacentre and all hosts within a cluster and to calculate min , max and avg cpu and ram utilization per host...
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VBScript / PowerShell - Output Power On / Shutdown commands to text file for...
Hi there, I'm trying to do what I think is a relatively simple thing that is, use Powershell to run a Power on / Shutdown command on a VM, and then log the output that happens when that Powershell...
View ArticleCreate new iSCSI datastores
Hi, I'm trying to scan my iSCSI HBA and create two datastores. There are two LUNs presented to the hosts, both empty. Trying this: $i = 0ForEach ($VMHost in $esxi_array){$i=$i+1 Get-VMHostStorage...
View ArticlePowerCLI Move-Harddisk from csv file
Hi all, Been banging my head with this one its drving me mad hopefully someone can help please. I am using LucD excellent Orphaned files and folders - Spring cleaning - LucD notes script to identify...
View ArticleOsCustomizationSpec and OSCustomizationNicMapping are they a good way to...
I am building a script to build VM's auto magicly when as I import the relevent information from a csv file.I have the newest version of PowerCli, I am trying to build Sever 2012 r2 servers from a...
View Articlepowerstate, IP Address and Harddisk shows blank
Hi All, From below script, VM Powerstate, VM IP Address and VMFS Harddisk details shows blank, please help. $report = @() $vms = Get-VM sql01 | Get-View foreach ($vm in $vms) { foreach($dev in...
View ArticlePowerShell remoting to install VMWare tools
Greetings Admittedly this is probably more focused on PowerShell and less on VMware but VMware tools is the target. I am attempting to write a script to install VMware tools remotely onto VMs that...
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CMDlets...scripts..
I have been trying for two days to just pipe out VM names, IPs and Mac addresses. I just be able to just use this... $report =@ ()Get-VM | Get-View | %{$VMname = $_.Name$_.guest.net | where...
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