Configuration Import/Export vCenter Roles #Export Role $role = Get-VIRole -Name “MyRole” |Get-VIPrivilege; $role.id -join “,” #Import Role (Use the output from the command above) New-VIRole -Name “MyRole” -Privilege (Get-VIPrivilege -Id…
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PowerCLI command line .
Space reclamation of VMFS 5 Datastores by using esxcli
what is VMFS datastore ? Create VMFS datastore. VMFS datastores are used as repositories for virtual machines’ files. They can be set up on any SCSI-based storage device that the…
PowerCLI Error: “The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send.”
Attempting to use VMware vSphere PowerCLI’s Connect-VIServer to a vCenter instance fails with error : “The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send.” So today I…
Get WWPN of the hosts FiberChannel HBA
What is worldwide port number (WWPN) . A worldwide port number (WWPN) is unique identifier for each FC port of any Fibre Channel device. For server, we have a WWPN…
Virtual Machine’s Boot status (booting to the Guest OS or being forced to boot into BIOS ) by Power CLI sctipts .
Virtual Machine’s Boot status : <# .NOTES **************************************** Created by: Rajiv Pandey Web URL: www.vthesis.wordpress.com **************************************** .DESCRIPTION It will display the VM’s boot status , either VM’s booting to…
ESXi host installation date via Power CLI scripts .
ESXi host installation date : <# .NOTES **************************************** Created by: Rajiv Pandey Web URL: www.vthesis.wordpress.com **************************************** .DESCRIPTION It will display the installation date of an ESXi host . #> Function…
Outdated VM-tools VM list with version by power CLI scripts .
VMware Tools ? VMware Tools is a suite of utilities that enhances the performance of the virtual machine’s guest operating system and improves management of the virtual machine. … You…
Get VM’s Cluster Host and Data Store Information with Powercli script
VM’s Cluster Host and Data Store Information with Powercli script : we can able to get the desired output . Get-VM -Name (Get-content c:\vmname.txt)| Select Name, @{N=”Cluster”;E={Get-Cluster -VM $_}}, @{N=”ESX…
View installed patches ,Vibs on ESXi host via Powercli
powerCLI script : $List = @() $VMHosts = Get-Cluster <Clustername> | Get-vmhost foreach ($VMHost in $VMHosts) { $VMHostName = $VMhost.Name $Cluster = $VMhost.Parent $esxcli = $VMHost | Get-EsxCli $List +=…
Snapshot details of multiple domain with PowerCLI scripts .
What is VMware snapshot ? A VMware snapshot is a copy of the virtual machine’s disk file (VMDK) at a given point in time. Snapshots provide a change log for…