VM Snapshot Deletion
Hi, I am after a script which deletes the snapshots which are x number of days old and excludes those which starts with a certain letterany help will be appreciated
View ArticlevMA 6.0 Active Directory user login
I've successfully joined vMA to AD domain, however AD users can login to appliance only using local console (login: class\Administrator) but not using ssh.Here is example:login as:...
View ArticleVM SMBIOS UUID
Hi guys, I'm trying to automate our CMDB with automatic updates so we get an accurate billing based on the CMDB instead of various CSV file exports from various VC's.Since VMs don't really have a...
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Find VMs in an IP range and output Name,IP, and Cluster
Hello, I am trying to create a script to output all VMs that fall into an IP range and output the VM Name, IP address, and Cluster the VM is hosted in. I have gotten so far as to get the output of the...
View ArticlePowercli to Change vm and its file names
Hi all,For 100 vms, I need to change vm inventory name and its file names ( vmx,vmdk, etc) to another name.Could you please help in creating a script that fetches input from a file(existing name and...
View ArticleExport Update Manager Settings
Hi, I haven't seen much on exporting the UM settings. Does anyone happen to have some code handy that will export the settings including the advanced settings? I'm especially interested in the download...
View ArticleSetting advanced options on a Distributed vSwitch
Is there an equivalent of Set-NicTeamingPolicy that can be used on a Distributed vSwitch. I am looking to be able to set the fail-over options on the up-links, but so far I cant see anything that will...
View ArticleVVOL datastores
I have installed vsphere powercli 6.0 release 3. I want to use it to create VVOL datastores, but I do not find any option under "New-Datastore" command. I only see options to create NFS/VMFS datastores...
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Export-EsxImageProfile : Underlying file object does not support seek.
I would like to build an ISO from the software depot but i get the error below. What am i doing wrong ?
View ArticleRemoving Unwanted Hardware from VM, while powered on. -issues
So while trying to work/modify scripts that already exist; to identify and "remediate if possible" unwanted hardware (Serial, USB, etc...) If found some gotcha type issues. *Previous scripts also based...
View ArticleConfiguring vSphere 6.0 hosts with a dump collector script failing... Not...
So I enabled the dump collector service on our vCenter server appliance, and then I found the following script which I assumed I could run to configure the entire estate with the dump collector...
View ArticleGet-VIPermission for each VM in vCenter
Hi, I am looking for a way to display the VIPermissions of each VM listed in vCenter without entering a command for each VM (as there are hundreds). Here is what I would like to automate.... Connect...
View Articleneed some help with an IOPs report PowerCLI script
I found the following script that gives me the data I want, but not in the end result I need. Right now it puts it into the PowerCLI window, but I need to get it into a csv file so it can be easily...
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Max vms on host to power on
I can't seem to find any documentation or best practice that would give any metrics to how many vm's on a single host can initiate a power on. I am planning to script this process so I want to make...
View ArticleNeed help to dedicate the vMotion TCP /Ip Stack for vmotion Kernel ports...
Hi All , I have created the below script to create the vmkernel port group for vmotion using powercli . I am running into an issue where i cannot map this portgroup to the dedicated vmotion tcp/ip...
View ArticleThis operation is restricted by the administrator Error when running...
I have a script which use to gather performance report for monthly -but after the upgrade of VC The script fails with below error Get-Stat This operation is restricted by the administrator -...
View ArticleView VM Status Script - How to Increase Performance?
Hello, I have been researching how to grab VM View Status (connected, available, startup, deleting, etc.). I have a script that leverages several capabilities to collect the proper information for...
View ArticleRepair-DeployRuleSetComplaince error on 6.x not on 5.1
Hi We're using Autodeploy for our ESXi environment and after building a new image for a host, you always run a Test-DeployRuleSetCompliance followed by Repair-DeployRuleSetCompliance. Strange this is...
View Articlehow to find vcenter details
i would like to get all vcenter info like below NameVersionReleaseBuildInstallerVersion vCenter Server 5.5 Update 3a5.5 U3a2015-10-2231421963154313 I did google but did not find powercli which can...
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Script to Deploy VM with IP Address
Tried editing a script for learning and to automate some things. Does not seem to connect to vCenter. See any other issues? #This script is used to deploy a vm and apply customizations#import...
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