On occasion, I’ve noticed that people can sometimes forget to take a host out of maintenance mode in vROPs after completing some work in vCenter. I have created a short PowerCLI script that will pull a list of hosts from a specified CSV file, connect to your vCenter & vROPs then exit the listed hosts
Just a quick post to say that I’ve started uploading some of the scripts I’ve been using to my GitHub Repository. More will come over the next few weeks Support PowerCLI Menu vSphere Replication Failover Menu
This is part 2 of my “Upgrade your VCSA” instructions, to see part 1 click HERE 1.Click “Continue” to move onto the next stage 2. Stage 2 show now be highlighted, click Next 3. Select what data you need to migrate and upgrade. Copying performance metrics etc is optional. 4. Confirm all the details are
There’s no shortage of posts out there explaining how to upgrade your vCenter but seeing as I was upgrading from 6.7U3 to the recently launched 7, I thought I would run through the steps with you all. Note: Before you start the upgrade, please ensure you have done your due diligence and checked the VMware
Ok, so I know this isn’t an issue anyone with half an ounce of sense is going to get themselves into but then I never said I had any sense…. I built a lab a while back and it’s been some time since I logged onto it, unfortunately, in that time I had managed to
Quick function that pulls the configuration from all of your vmhosts and saves its to a specified location. If you want to tie this down to a specific Datacenter or Cluster just specify it before “Get-VMHost” Function BackupHosts { $FilePath = Read-host ” Enter located to save files” foreach($esxcli in Get-VMHost){Get-VMHostFirmware -VMHost $esxcli -BackupConfiguration -DestinationPath
ESXi6.5 Security Hardening Guide OK, take a seat… this is going to be a long script! I have put together a menu system that will report on all ESXi6.5 Security Hardening Guide settings that are NOT DEFAULT, if you have made additional changes to your configuration you should go through the entire SHG to ensure
The script below pulls a list of your clusters with their CPU & Memory Total Capacity as well as how much has been provisioned. It then displays the ratio to physical to virtual to help you maintain your over-commitment ratios. Its setup as a function so you can choose whether to display text on screen
The script below will pull a list of all of your hosts and display the real time metrics for Power Usage, CPUusage% & Memoryusage% to allow you to make changes to your power settings etc and see what impact it has on utilization for a given % of demand. get-vmhost | Select name, @{N=“Time“;E={$(get-date -f
You have the option of either using the variable $VM to specify multiple VMs that require the same disk configuration, or you can manually enter the VM name in its place #Specify VMs $vm = Get-VM “*VM Name*” #Add a thick provisioned, Eager Zeroed disk to 1 or more VMs: New-HardDisk -StorageFormat EagerZeroedThick -Controller “SCSI
