Add Vmx Path to VI Client using Powershell
The following script is a request from David Gontie, who was kind enough to comment on a previous post. He’d like to add the location of his vm’s to a custom field. This is especially handy if you...
View ArticleReport vSphere Alarms with Powershell
Wow, vSphere vCenter Server has a lot of new alarms! Great for monitoring your environment. But a pain when it comes to documenting it. Thank God VMware for the PowerCLI! Just a few lines of code can...
View ArticleFix DCOM Event 10005 with Powershell
Do you get these events in your system log? The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. attempting to start the service ntmssvc...
View ArticleFind LUN ID’s in VMware with Powershell
Determining the LUN ID for a specific LUN in your VMware Infrastructure used to be simple. It was listed as one of the properties of the datastore you selected in the VI Client. Nowadays, more often...
View ArticleSet vApp Guest Shutdown
Annoyed by the default setting for VM’s inside a vApp? I was, because when you power down the vApp, the VM’s are powered down instead of being shutdown cleanly. It can be a tedious task to check and...
View ArticleConvert Scripts to Module
I used to have all my common functions stored as separate scripts in a single folder. I’d load these through a few lines of code in my profile, looping through the script files and dot-sourcing them....
View ArticleConfigure Syslog on Local Datastore with PowerCLI
Configuring a syslog folder is convenient for troubleshooting ESXi. But it’s a pain you-know-where to configure manually across all your ESXi servers. Luckily, PowerCLI can help out. This script...
View ArticleRemove vmware memory limits with Powershell
Using Memory Limits in vmware vSphere can cause severe performance issues. The guest operating system assumes it can use all of the allocated memory, but vSphere will make sure the vm cannot use more...
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Calculate vSphere 5 Licenses with Powershell (UPDATED)
VMware has announced the next generation of vSphere yesterday. Besides lots of new features, vSphere 5 also comes with a new licensing structure. For every licensed physical CPU, you get a certain...
View ArticlePoor Man’s Virtual Machine Backup with PowerCLI
Are you still performing old-school in-guest VM backups with a backup agent? Not ready to buy a backup product that does complete VM backups through the vStorage APIs? Then you will need to rebuild all...
View ArticleReport vSphere Alarms with Powershell
Wow, vSphere vCenter Server has a lot of new alarms! Great for monitoring your environment. But a pain when it comes to documenting it. Thank God VMware for the PowerCLI! Just a few lines of code can...
View ArticleFix DCOM Event 10005 with Powershell
Do you get these events in your system log? The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. attempting to start the service ntmssvc...
View ArticleFind LUN ID’s in VMware with Powershell
Determining the LUN ID for a specific LUN in your VMware Infrastructure used to be simple. It was listed as one of the properties of the datastore you selected in the VI Client. Nowadays, more often...
View ArticleSet vApp Guest Shutdown
Annoyed by the default setting for VM’s inside a vApp? I was, because when you power down the vApp, the VM’s are powered down instead of being shutdown cleanly. It can be a tedious task to check and...
View ArticleConvert Scripts to Module
I used to have all my common functions stored as separate scripts in a single folder. I’d load these through a few lines of code in my profile, looping through the script files and dot-sourcing them....
View ArticleConfigure Syslog on Local Datastore with PowerCLI
Configuring a syslog folder is convenient for troubleshooting ESXi. But it’s a pain you-know-where to configure manually across all your ESXi servers. Luckily, PowerCLI can help out. This script...
View ArticleRemove vmware memory limits with Powershell
Using Memory Limits in vmware vSphere can cause severe performance issues. The guest operating system assumes it can use all of the allocated memory, but vSphere will make sure the vm cannot use more...
View ArticleCalculate vSphere 5 Licenses with Powershell (UPDATED)
VMware has announced the next generation of vSphere yesterday. Besides lots of new features, vSphere 5 also comes with a new licensing structure. For every licensed physical CPU, you get a certain...
View ArticleCheck VMware CPU oversubscription with a PowerCLI Oneliner
This PowerCLI oneliner will give you quick insight in the capacity of your VMware clusters by showing the oversubscription on CPU’s. The CPU Oversubscription is the ratio between the number of virtual...
View ArticleOnline casinos benefit from our services
Simplification of repetitive jobs is very necessary in certain industries especially online casinos. The example that will be used is the iGaming industry, or online casinos. It provides a great...
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