A simple - dumping of virtual computer names to a text file

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• Reload the Configuration of the virtual computer after changing the VMX file

  Hello

  If I make changes to a file on a virtual machine's .vmx in vCenter 5.5 is automatically valid configuration for the engine power vm off? I made some changes earlier and it seemed to be the case, but one of the steps that I see in some of the documents is to reload the configuration of the vm, so it can be used appropriately. So this happens automatically or not?

  Hello

  If she turned off the virtual computer, then during power on, changes to take effect.

  Concerning

  Mohammed

• Access the cluster from a virtual computer name

  Is it possible to create a property that accesses on behalf of cluster a virtual machine is running, like this:

  Get - vm | Select the name,

  @{n = "cluster"; e = {GetTheClusterNameSomehow}}

  ?

  Thank you!

  Something like this should do the trick.

  $vm = Get-VM -Name MyVM$vm | Select Name,@{n="Cluster";E={  $rp = Get-View $_.ExtensionData.ResourcePool  $parent = Get-View $rp.Parent  While ($parent -isnot [VMware.Vim.ClusterComputeResource]){    $parent = Get-View $parent.Parent  }  $parent.Name}}
  

• The virtual computer name gets a snapshot object

  It must be a one esy, but I do not get the solution.

  I would get all the names of VM with at least a snapshot. And because the cmdlet get-snapshot does not work well in 4.0u1 I want to use it.

  I get all snapshots with:

   $rootsnap = Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine |%{$_.Snapshot.RootSnapshotList} 

  Now, I would like to get the name of VM. I tried with:

    
  foreach ($snap in $rootsnap){
   $vmid = $snap.vm.type + "-" + $snap.vm.value
   get-vm -id $vmid
  }
  

  It works, because sometimes the $snap is empty.

  You can solve the guests with no snapshots with a cmdlet where clause.

  filter Get-SnapshotFast{
       $_.Name
       if($_.ChildSnapshotList){
            $_.ChildSnapShotList | Get-SnapshotFast
       }
  }
  
  Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine | where {$_.Snapshot.RootSnapshotList} | %{
       Write-Host "VM name" $_.Name
       Write-Host "Snapshots`n" ($_.Snapshot.RootSnapshotList | Get-SnapshotFast)
  }
  

  Notice that I use a recursive function to browse to the snapshot.

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• need to reconfigure the virtual computer after deployment of the vm

  Hi all

  I have a script to deploy a computer virtual to a CSV file. I need to change the configuration of virtual machine (CPU and memory) after the deployment of the vm. where the name of the virtual machine should be taken to csv. So any help is appreciated.

  Attach the script used. (downloaded and works fine)

  $vms = import-CSV D:\vm-deploy\vm-deploy.csv

  {foreach ($vm to $vms)

  $Template = get-model $vm.template

  $VMHost = get-VMHost $vm.host

  $Datastore = get-data store $vm.datastore

  $OSCustomization = get-OSCustomizationSpec $vm.customization

  New-VM-name $vm.name - OSCustomizationSpec $OSCustomization - VMHost - $VMHost model $Template - $Datastore - Datastore RunAsync

  }

  # This cmd need to run after the vm deployment completed. The virtual computer name must come from the 1 column of the CSV file

  Set-VM $vmname - NumCpu 2 - MemoryGB 5 - confirm: $false

  Write-Host "All VMs deployed" - ForegroundColor Green

  Disconnect-VIServer-confirm: $false

  CSV file looks like this

  Name, host datastore, Template, customizing

  Test-VM,vm-dep-test,ESX02,P5-vm-stage,vm-deploy

  Thanks in advance...

  A simpler, but not optimal, solution is to use the Wait-job cmdlet.

  Something like that

  $vms = import-CSV D:\vm-deploy\vm-deploy.csv

  $tasks = @)

  {foreach ($vm to $vms)

  $Template = get-model $vm.template

  $VMHost = get-VMHost $vm.host

  $Datastore = get-data store $vm.datastore

  $OSCustomization = get-OSCustomizationSpec $vm.customization

  $tasks += new-VM-name $vm.name - OSCustomizationSpec $OSCustomization - model $Template - VMHost $VMHost '

  Data - $Datastore - RunAsync store

  }

  Waiting-task-task $tasks

  {foreach ($vm to $vms)

  $vm.name set-VM - NumCpu 2 - MemoryGB 5 - confirm: $false

  }

• Access denied, need permission to record a simple text file

  I recently installed Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7600.  This pc is a pc private home with no one else having access or all other user accounts.

  Even something as simple as change, then by recording a Notepad text file is not suitable.

  Things, I tried to solve this problem:

  1 taking possession; It shows that I am the owner
  2 set the permissions for the 'total control '; shows all the boxes ticked in permissions
  3 set my profile only on this pc to be called w/admin Admin privileges
  4 - Set the slider all the way up to minimum level UAC
  5 used "control of userpassword2" to disable login by username
  6 tried to set sharing to other users; was not allowed to do this.

  I was able to save/edit this text file, while in Mode without failure.  However, when I login to my account the singular admin, I am not allowed to save a plain text file.

  I read extensively on this issue as well as snobs "admin" who think that I should not have full control of the files/folders that I have control over.  It's my pc, and if I accidentally ruin, then so be it.

  UAC is an understandable feature for Rookie pc users.  However, the option should be there for pc users experienced changes on their personal computers without harassment by Redwood.

  Rant aside, does anyone have a real solution to a simple text file can be edited and saved without going into Safe Mode and connecting to the main account?

  Thank you.

  Hello

  If you log in using the hidden Windows administrator account, you should have no trouble.
  1, log in using your normal account
  2, open the command line by right-clicking on the icon and run as admin.
  3, type "net user administrator / Active: Yes" and press enter
  4, log off your user account and when the login screen appears you should now see a new admin logon.
  5, once connected to this account, you should be OK to change your files.
  6, before closing this admin account back to the cmd prompt and
  Type "net user administrator / active: No.»
  7, sign out, then work I hope.
  Good luck
  Mike

• Need to interview a virtual by using its FQDN computer name

  I'm a newbie PowerCLI and could use very little help from the community.  I am writing a PowerCLI VM information query script, users who must run this query do not know the domain COMPLETE the virtual machine name and not necessarily the name of the virtual machine in vSphere.

  # Ask the user the guest VM's FULL domain name
  

  $GuestFQDN = Read-Host "what is the name of a field FULL of the virtual machine, you perform the migration.

  
  

  #Query all VM to do to match the FQDN of comments

  Get - VM | Where {$_.} Guest.HostName - match "$GuestFQDN"} | Select Name, @{N = "Hostname"; E={$_. Guest.Hostname}}

  The output of the above generates a table with the name of the virtual machine as on vSphere and associated FQDN of the guest virtual computer, which is exactly the information I need.

  What I have to do now is to set a variable to the output of the command above, such as $VMName = output of the 'Name' column, but can not dadi to understand this!

  Please help and let me know if I didn't explain what I'm trying to do very well, or if more information would be useful.

  Concerning

  jSun311

  Oops, read your question wrong.

  Try this

  $name = (Get-VM | Where { $_.Guest.HostName -match "$GuestFQDN" }).Name
  

• Script to rename the virtual computer by name DNS listed in VC

  I am very new to powershell, and I tried to understand this by using pieces of code I found, but nothing helped.

  I'm looking for a script to take the given DNS host name for a virtual machine listed in VCenter and rename the virtual computer.

  For example.

  Host01VM01 (as shown in Vcenter) - the DNS name of the "something.xyz.com".   VM and rename it "something.xyz.com" in Vcenter.

  To run the script only for a group called "Mycluster" you can do:

  Get-Cluster "My Cluster" | Get-VM | `
  Where-Object { $_.Guest.HostName } | `
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  This script will only work for VMS that have installed VMware tools and probably only for VM which are turned on.

• Using Get - view instead of Get - VM for BusSharingMode from a virtual computer

  Yet again, another issue was with Get - view. I searched a lot of documentation, but still I don't get the logic how to find good properties that I need to use.

  In this case, I need to transfer this one:

  Get - VM | Get-SCSI controller. Where-Object {$_.} BusSharingMode - eq ˜Physical"} | Select {$_.} Parent.Name}, BusSharingMode

  in:

  Notice-EEG - ViewType VirtualMachine-Property Name,Config.NameofthePropertyforBusSharingMode

  I will be grateful if someone could provide a documentation (or at least give me an idea what to read to get oriented) on these properties and their format so that they can be used to Get-View.

  The closest thing I found is this one: http://pubs.vmware.com/vi3/sdk/ReferenceGuide/vim.VirtualMachine.html and the VirtualMachineConfigInfo: http://pubs.vmware.com/vi3/sdk/ReferenceGuide/vim.vm.ConfigInfo.htmlhttp://pubs.vmware.com/vi3/sdk/ReferenceGuide/vim.vm.ConfigInfo.html
  I guess that in this case, we are talking about VirtualHardware (SCSI controller): http://pubs.vmware.com/vi3/sdk/ReferenceGuide/vim.vm.VirtualHardware.html and still I cannot establish the connection.

  It is all documented in the VMware vSphere QAnywhere, but as the title suggests, this is a reference.

  The vSphere Web Services SDK Programming Guide is intendedas a learning guide.

  Only no VMware book that explains a bit more on the vSphere API and objects is the book of Steve Jin, called VMware VI and vSphere SDK: management of VMware Infrastructure and vSphere

  It is written for Java developers, but it explains the basic concepts.

  In this specific question, you must know that all devices connected to a virtual computer is located in Config.Hardware.Device.

  It is a loop through the devices and extract the virtual SCSI controllers, also with bus physics active sharing.

  Once you have, it's simple extract properties.

  foreach ($vm in Get-View - ViewType VirtualMachine - Name property, Config.Hardware.Device) {}

  $scsi = $vm. Config.Hardware.Device | where {$_-is [VMware.Vim.VirtualSCSIController] - and $_.} SharedBus - eq "physicalSharing"}

  {if ($SCSI)}

  $scsi | Select @{N = "VM"; E = {$vm. Name}},

  @{N = "Controller"; E={$_. DeviceInfo.Label}},

  @{N = "BusSharingMode"; E={$_. SharedBus}}

  }

  }

• How to restore a virtual computer to another computer using Backup Exec virtual

  Hi all

  I tested VMware 3.5.  We have little budget, so we intend to convert 5-10 dev servers into virtual machine running on an existing ML570 HP.  I created a test VM; I could back up and restore the entire virtual machine using Backup Exec to a physical server without problem.  However I can not restore a virtual machine to a different VM.  Let's say I dv01; I backed up using Backup Exec dv01 on the physical server.  Pretending the host has no I have rebuilt a new host, created a new virtual machine with the same name dv01 and same features.  I restored dv01 from the backup.  The restoration is properly; However, he got a blue screen when I rebooted the virtual computer.  The blue screen went so big that I don't remember what it was, but it's the kind of a dll error.

  We want to keep the budget as small as possible using our existing Backup Exec agents, but it doesn't seem to work here.  Is Backup Exec for VMware agent a MUST?  Catering to the same VM is good, but restore to a different VM is not so simple.

  THX.

  As you can see in http://www.vmware.com/products/vi/buy.html, VCB is included in all editions of VI 3.5.

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• Virtual host name

  We have one Equallogic running on a PS4100. I'm relatively new to the learning system so even my way around it. This could be a simple query.

  My question is this: we have an old server with 4 TB of data storage. Call the SERVER1. It is retirement due.

  I would like to move that data to the Equallogic, where I have plenty of room for it.

  However, we have many, many customers running many readers mapped to SERVER1. Instead of remapping all, which will have an age, y at - it a facility inside SAN HQ or group leader to give a virtual host name (which will be "SERVER1") and intellectual property to a volume? Pretty sure that our former NAS system a few years back was able to do this.

  For customers, the transition would be seamless - they would always connect to the same host name, only it is now hosted on the Equallogic rather than being a stand-alone server. I need to update the DNS entries and turn off the original Server1 completely of course.

  Hello

  # The berries of the PS Series by themselves are just s SAN storage device that use the iSCSI Protocol to connect servers to storage. .  They are not the NAS file servers on their own.  Dell offers a NAS device that fits completely into the SAN PS, known as a FS7600.

  Kind regards

  Don

• Password reset button and change computer name

  If I do a factory restore on my computer I make another record of password reset? I use the same computer name as I did before; However, just for information, I do not change the name of the computer in the future I should make up another disc?

  Thank you

  Hello

  Please contact the Microsoft Community.

  Want to know if it is necessary to make a password reset disk after performing a factory restore. I'll help you with the problem. It's pretty simple. Let us work together towards a resolution.

  Please answer the question-

  (1) what is the brand and model of the computer?

  (2) you try to do a restore by using the disk or image?

  It is not necessary to make a password reset disk as performing a factory restore will return the computer to factory settings. You should clarify this point with the computer manufacturer, since they would be knowing the factory restore settings better than anyone.

  For your question about Windows 8, I would like to have return the item-

  What to do if you forget your Windows password

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-in/Windows-8/forgot-Windows-password

  Back to us for any issues related to Windows in the future. We will be happy to help you.

• copy a folder with its content on a remote virtual computer

  Hello

  I need your help with a script that I am building. "I need to:

  # to find a virtual computer and see if it is enabled, disabled, or enabled.

  # If it is off and then turn it on and copy a folder with the contents of the VM machine.

  Improvements,

  Michel Vaillancourt

  You'd put it in before, something like this:

  $vmName = 'Target'
  $folderName = 'C:\Folder'
  
  Invoke-VMScript "del $folderName" -vm $vmName -HostCredential $HostCred -GuestCredential $GuestCred -ScriptType "bat"
  
  Get-VM -Name $vmName | where{$_.PowerState -ne 'PoweredOn'} | Start-VM -Confirm:$false
  sleep 30
  
  Copy-VMGuestFile  -LocalToGuest -Source $folderName -Destination $folderName -Confirm:$false
  

  You may need to play with the Invoke-vmscript command more

  $cmd = "del $folderName"
  
  Invoke-VMScript "$cmd" -vm $vmName -HostCredential $HostCred -GuestCredential $GuestCred -ScriptType "bat"
  

• Behavior of a virtual computer when it is placed on Standard vSwitch with multiple active adapters

  Hey everybody

  Right now I'm focusing on the aspect of vSphere network design and I have a question about this:

  If I have a vSwitch with a group of ports and attached to this group of ports there are 2 vNIC or NIC better and I chose road based on the Port ID and all cards are active, what happens to machines when I unplug a power cord? Lets assume vm1 is vnic 0 and vm2 on vnic1 and I unplug the power cord of vnic1. VM2 will switch automatically to vnic0 or should I restart? How should I take care of this problem when there is no automatic failover? Create an etherchannel and two assets assets adapters?

  Thank you and best regards

  Michael

  Hi Michael,

  your virtual computer will be moved to the other vmnic again access to the network after the failure. No reboot needed.

  It is indeed a very simple way of load balancing / team. When you turn on a virtual machine is bound to a vminc. As you said correctly for this example, vm1 goes to vmnic0, vm2 to vmnic1, to vmnic0 vm3 and vm4 to vmnic1.

  This is the default setting as it is quite simple and you don't need any additional switch configuration.

  If you want to change this behavior, for example to build an etherchannel, remember to change the policy on the vSwitch / exchanges, which would require a load balancing of "route based on the hash of the IP.

  Tim

• Get the content of the field "Annotation" of a virtual computer

  I can get the content of the field "Annotation" in the tab "Summary" of a virtual computer using the .notes property.

  Think the contents of the field as:

  First line

  Second line

  Fourth line

  Fifth line

  In this case, the .notes property returns a single string.

  Looking inside the string I get I see the contents of the first line, a HEX '0A' character, the content of the second line, another character HEX '0A' and so on.

  How can I get the content of each individual line?

  Concerning

  Marius

  One solution is to cut the string as = $b $a.Split([char]0x0a)

  Then read the lines simple as $b.item (n) beginning with index 0. $b.count returns the number of lines.

  André