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• How to start a PowerCLI Script automatically

  I'm looking for a way to automate a PowerCLI script start.  For example, starting with the most basic scripts such as:

  Get-VM-name MyVM

  I want to have a file that I can click on my desktop that starts PowerCLI, running connect-VIServer and connects to my server, gives the appropriate credentials to connect, then running my

  Get-VM-name MyVM

  script.  It could be a batch (.bat) windows file that would start with powershell and run a .ps1 file, in the process of passing all the arguments appropriate for authentication, etc. or another strategy.

  Take a look at this article.  Step 3 review the batch file to create and your authentication options.

  http://blogs.VMware.com/vipowershell/2009/09/how-to-run-PowerCLI-scripts-from-vCenter-alarms.html

  Dave

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• PowerCLI script to display the number of vCPU by VMhost use

  Hi all

  I'm looking to get help here with powerCLI script to list each total number of ESXi vCPU host that is used to determine if there are any ESXi host CPU is more engaged.

  According to suggestion of performance in some blog vExpert, is around 1: 3 of Jepp core ratio: vCPU allocated, then how to display the report with the powerCLI for something like this:

  PRODESXi01
  Total of nuclei available: 32
  Used by the virtual machine: 28

  PRODESXi02
  Total of nuclei available: 32
  Used by the virtual machine: 38

  So according to the result above, the PRODESXi02 is more committed by 6vCPU allocated to the virtual machine.

  Note: The available total carrots is taken from the value of logical processors from the contents tab, when you click on the vSphere console.

  How to get this report using PowerCLI?

  Thank you

  You mean something like this?

  {Foreach ($esx in Get-VMHost)

  $vCPU = get-VM-location $esx | Measure-object-property NumCpu-sum | Select - ExpandProperty sum

  $esx | Select Name,@{N='pCPU'; E={$_. NumCpu}},

  @{N = 'vCPU'; E = {$vCPU}},

  @{N = "Ratio"; E = {[math]: Round ($vCPU / $_.)} (NumCpu, 1)}}

  }

• Collection for the PowerCLI scripting requirements

  Someone at - it a good model that helps you organize information, gathering process when you go to the management or to a customer to get for scripts and automation requirements that they want to do?  Y at - it a Web page or a book that puts this kind of thing in a structured methodology or at least one practical how to guide?

  For example, what kinds of questions should I go to make sure that I understand any of my script is supposed to do and help the management or the customer understand what THEY want to do, and get a consensus agreement on the functional requirements for my powerCLI script?

  Your suggestions of entry, welcome masters strategies.

  This question is not really unique for PowerCLI scripting, but all scripts/programs, to write (for yourself or for a customer |).

  And of course, there are always the classic answer "it depends".

  If it is a small task that you write yourself, the requirements are pretty obvious.

  Most of the time, you have the requirements in your head, but it does not have to write in schematic form.

  When you write for a customer, by definition be more formal (I guess).

  An article I like, is the Introduction to gather our creative use cases and requirements published in the Code review.

  Take a look.

• PowerCLI script start vm and check the boot

  Hello

  I try to do a powercli script to start the virtual machine and check when the (windows) operating system is completely open and ready.

  How can I do?

  Maybe this helps...

  Start-VM - VM - runAsync

  $vm = get - vm

  Start-Sleep - seconds 20;

  $vm | Get-VMQuestion | Game-VMQuestion - version - confirm: $false;

  do

  {

  Start-Sleep - seconds 5;

  $toolsStatus = $vm.extensionData.Guest.ToolsStatus;

  } While ($toolsStatus - not "toolsOK");

• PowerCLI script to migrate virtual machines to the new vCenter environment

  Hello world

  in the next few weeks, we need about migrate 700 VMs (Windows/Linux) server to a new environment (new vCenter, new hosts, but VMs will remain on same data warehouses). VMs will be migrated not in one batch, but rather from time to time (which, however, can understand the need to migrate some 10s of virtual machines at the same time).

  Cluster names and folder structure will be identical to the old and the new vCenters. As host in the new vCenter names differ from those in the old vCenter, thought to provide a table of 'translation', which tells the script to save a given VM on host B (new vCenter) when having been registered in order to host a (old vCenter) and so on.

  I thought writing a PowerCLI script which, broadly speaking, can accomplish the following steps:

  • Connect to vCenterOld and vCenterNew
  • Correspondence table of host to read from a file (see step "register VM vCenterNew below)

  Then, in a loop:

  • Ask VM name
  • Get the settings of the virtual machine: Datastore/path, network/Portgroup, HA restart priority, host, folder, note
  • View the parameters and the VM name and request confirmation migrate the virtual machine
  • Turn off VM (closed OS gracefully, but force power off if power status is still not equal 'off' after a time given)
  • To unsubscribe from VM vCenterOld (removal of inventory)
  • Registry of the VM to the data store vCenterNew (assumptions: same folder as vCenterOld, host names are different, but for each source in vCenterOld host a host of destination in vCenterNew for you join the virtual machine to can be provided, that is, CSV)
  • The value of VM portgroup (same name as in vCenterOld)
  • Set VM HA restart priority
  • PowerON VM
  • Wait / check the VM (for example, ping) connectivity / continue immediately if the virtual machine is accessible or after a certain time if the virtual machine is still inaccessible
  • Confirm that the virtual machine has been migrated successfully, OR ask the user to check the connectivity of the virtual machine

  Now to my questions:

  • Is anyone know about an existing script that does something similar or contains parts that can be useful to compile a script like this?
  • How can vCenter two connections at the same time been managed within a PowerCLI script - or doesn't work at all and a connect/disconnect to/from the two vCenters must be completed for each virtual computer?

  Many thanks for any help.

  The following seems to work for me

  $vm = Get-VM -Name MyVM$nic = Get-NetworkAdapter -VM $vm $vdPG = $nic | select -ExpandProperty NetworkName
  
  Get-VDPortgroup -Name $vdPG
  

• I want to move virtual machines to a folder called Linux name, but we have several file of the same name in our Datacenter, please give me PowerCLI Script to move exactly

  I want to move virtual machines to a folder called Linux name, but we have several file of the same name in our Datacenter, please give me PowerCLI Script to move exactly.

  I tried to use for the function FolderByPath below, but don't know how to use it and have worked. Please help me in this.

  Function Get-FolderByPath {}

  < #.

  . Records of recovery SYNOPSIS by giving a path

  . DESCRIPTION the function will retrieve a record by its

  path. The path can contain any type of leave (folder or)

  Data Center).

  . Author NOTES: Luc relaxing

  . Path PARAMETER

  The path to the folder.

  This is a required parameter.

  . Path PARAMETER

  The path to the folder.

  This is a required parameter.

  . PARAMETER separator

  The character used to separate the leaves in the

  path. The default value is ' / '.

  . EXAMPLE OF

  PS > Get-FolderByPath-path ' Datacenter/Folder1/Folder2 ".

  . EXAMPLE OF

  PS > Get-FolderByPath-path "Folder1 > Folder2"-separator ' > '

  # >

  (param

  [CmdletBinding()]

  [parameter (Mandatory = $true)]

  [System.String []] ${Path}.

  [tank] ${delimiter} = ' / '.

  )

  {in process

  If (((Get-PowerCLIConfiguration).)) DefaultVIServerMode - eq "Multiple") {}

  $vcs = $defaultVIServers

  }

  else {}

  $vcs = $defaultVIServers [0]

  }

  {foreach ($vc to $vcs)

  {foreach ($strPath in $Path)

  $root = get-file-name of the server data $vc centers

  $strPath.Split ($Separator) | %{

  $root = get-inventory-name $_-location $root - server $vc - NoRecursion

  If ((Get-stocks-localisation $root-NoRecursion |)) Select--ExpandProperty name)-contains "vm") {}

  $root = get-inventory-name "vm" - location $root - server $vc - NoRecursion

  }

  }

  $root | where {$_-is [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.FolderImpl]}|% {}}

  Get-file-name $_. Name - location $root. Parent - Server $vc

  }

  }

  }

  }

  }

  You can try to retrieve the object file by steps as well.

  Something like this for example

  $folder = get-data center-name 'LTX01-G8 | Get-file-name "LTX-servers | Get-file-name "LTX servers 0000 - 0299. Get-file-name Linux

  I guess the first qualification in your path was the data center.

• Add/update a powercli script - independent host license key

  Does anyone know how to add/update a license key with powercli script.

  I can do OK with LicenseAssignmentManager when connected to vcenter server, but I can't do when assigning a free license key to a stand-alone host as the ServiceInstance.Content.LicenseManager.LicenseAssignmentManager is $null.   (esx5-623860)

  See you soon,.

  Matt.

  Try something like this

  $licMgr = get-view-Id "LicenseManager-ha-license-manager.

  $licMgr.UpdateLicense ("00000-00000-00000-00000-00000", $null)

  It will assign a trial license.

  If you have a valid license key, replace the document "00000-00000-00000-00000-00000" with your key.

• Alert shadow in vSphere PowerCLI script

  Hi all

  I have been using the script from this site with great success.

  http://vnucleus.com/2011/07/PowerCLI-script-to-alert-on-snapshots-in-vSphere/

  What I'm trying to understand it how to change the script, then he will send a report, even if there are no snapshots on virtual machines?

  Can you get it someone please let me know what I should do?

  Thank you

  Ray

  Someis lost during the copy/paste, it seems.

  I've corrected the above lines, please try again.

• copyright in the powercli script symbol

  I need to print the copyright symbol when a powercli script is run.

  but,

  write-host "Copyright ©" does not print a circle with a 'c' in there

  It prints just a 'c '.

  no idea how to get this printed on the screen

  Strange, who also works for me also, what happens if you use the below:

  Write-Host "Copyright $([Char]0169)"
  

• PowerCLI Script to the report on the failed VM jobs

  I figured out how to report on the events of VM (get-vievent), but no has no stains of VM. If a snapshot of the virtual computer fails, sometimes it never connect the events of the VM, but lists an error on the display of tasks. We are trying to monitor the clichés failed since its part of our backup solution.

  I was looking for a way to report these tasks/failure of events in a daily report, or simply add to the daily report of amazing Alan Renouf that we use.

  does anyone have any suggestions? For an example, see the attached screenshots. See how, in the view tasks, you have mistakes, but in the view of events, there is no errors.

  Any help would be great. Thank you!

  Jeff

  PowerCLI Script to the report on the failed VM jobs

  I figured out how to report on the events of VM (get-vievent), but no has no stains of VM. If a snapshot of the virtual computer fails, sometimes it never connect the events of the VM, but lists an error on the display of tasks. We are trying to monitor the clichés failed since its part of our backup solution.

  I was looking for a way to report these tasks/failure of events in a daily report, or simply add to the daily report of amazing Alan Renouf that we use.

  does anyone have any suggestions? For an example, see the attached screenshots. See how, in the view tasks, you have mistakes, but in the view of events, there is no errors.

  Any help would be great. Thank you!

  Jeff

  Hi Jeff

  I had exactly the same need to identify stereotypes having failed and drilled until SDK and LucD suggestions (thank you) to encode the following lines:

  $vmlist = Get-VM |sort Name
  
  foreach ($guestname in $vmlist)
  {
      $hours = 48 # Number of hours back
        $tasknumber = 999          # Windowsize of the Task collector
  $taskMgr = Get-View TaskManager
  
  # Create hash table. Each entry is a create snapshot task
  $report = @{}
  
  $filter = New-Object VMware.Vim.TaskFilterSpec
  $filter.Time = New-Object VMware.Vim.TaskFilterSpecByTime
  $filter.Time.beginTime = (Get-Date).AddHours(-$hours)
  $filter.Time.timeType = "startedTime"
  
  $collectionImpl = Get-View ($taskMgr.CreateCollectorForTasks($filter))
  
  $dummy = $collectionImpl.RewindCollector
  $collection = $collectionImpl.ReadNextTasks($tasknumber)
  while($collection -ne $null){
  $collection | where {$_.DescriptionId -eq "VirtualMachine.createSnapshot" -and $_.EntityName -eq $guestName} | %{
  if ($_.State -eq "Error") {
          write-host $_.EntityName
          write-host $_.StartTime
          write-host $_.State
          }
      else {
      }
  }
  $collection = $collectionImpl.ReadNextTasks($tasknumber)
  }
  $collectionImpl.DestroyCollector()
  
   }  
  

  This script displays the name of the virtual machines which met with an instant failure in the last 48 hours (a variable, you can change)

  This is just the beginning, because I want to count the shots failed and identify virtual computers that have more than 2 in 2 days

  Feel free to alter it at will.

  Enjoy

  Eric

• Security for workflow Scripts

  Hello world
  
  I managed to create some taskflows with the manufacturer of menu running interface (thx for this forum ;)).
  
  Now I am faced with the situation that I have to apply some security on the taskflows.
  Now, my question is: can I make FDM Web frontend to the web behind the taskflow script location name
  With normal integration scripts I can just pass this info on to the procedure. If I do the same thing in the webscript it crashes with an error.
  
  Train my POV I have two possibilities:
  1. create a script with clear definitions (such as entity and subfolder on the share) and link it to a taskflow = > then assign access to a taskflow.
  This requires security access at the entrances of taskflow (is it possible? I have not found this granularity)
  
  2 move the user or the name of the location of FDM Web frontend to the web behind the taskflow script (building so the security of the premises). That would be good mainly because all users can use the same script then information would be passed to the script of the chosen location.
  
  Now I come in an uncomfortable situation that users could access basically all taskflows and run all the interfaces that is not how it is supposed to be.
  
  The reason why I use taskflows, is that I need to run the interface in a batch run at some point in time mode.
  
  Thanks & BR!

  the following is a snippet of code that I used in a custom script linked to a taskflow entry web to check the current location:

  If CStr (API. POVMgr.PPOVLocation) = 'Europe' then

  There is no standard installation in FDQM to add the user security to taskflow scripts, there are ways around this, but the best option to use depends on the number of users / scripts etc.

• PowerCli script prompts for user input

  Hello

  Below powercli script prompt for user input. Don't know how to fix it. I don't want it calls for the release of the user, as I am the code as part of the largest script runinng. How can I run in silent mode? Any help would be very happy.

  function VMHostDiskDetails {}

  $DateVar = get-date - uformat "% Y-%m-%d_%I.%M.%S.%p".

  $VMHosts = get-VMHost # get all the VM host

  $Datastores = $VMHosts | Get-Datastore # get the info from the data store for all VMHosts

  $VMHostStorage = $VMHosts | ForEach-Object {#Then, for each VMHosts, download the VMHostName

  $VMHost = $_. Name

  $_ | Get-VMHostStorage | Select-Object - expandProperty FileSystemVolumeInfo | `

  {ForEach-Object

  $VMHostStorageName = $_. Name

  Add-Member - InputObject $_ - MemberType NoteProperty-name FreeSpaceMB-value ($Datastores |) Where-Object {$_.} Name - eq $VMHostStorageName}). FreeSpaceMB - PassThru | `

  Add-Member - MemberType NoteProperty-Name HostName-value $VMHost - PassThru

  Add-Member - MemberType NoteProperty-name TimeStamp-value $DateVar

  }

  }

  $VMHostStorage | Select the host name, name, mode, Type, capacity, FreeSpaceMB, path, TimeStamp | Export-Csv VMHostStorage.csv - notype

  }

  VMHostDiskDetails

  Thank you

  M

  The 2nd line Add-Member does not have the object on the pipeline.

  The 3rd line Add-Member had a parameter - PassThru.

  function VMHostDiskDetails {
  
       $DateVar = get-date -uformat "%Y-%m-%d_%I.%M.%S.%p"
  
       $VMHosts = Get-VMHost mmmstv004* # Get all the VM-Hosts
       $Datastores = $VMHosts | Get-Datastore # Get the Datastore info for all the VMHosts
  
       $VMHostStorage = $VMHosts | ForEach-Object { #Then, for each VMHosts, get the VMHostName
            $VMHost = $_.Name
  
            $_ | Get-VMHostStorage | Select-Object -expandProperty FileSystemVolumeInfo | `
  
            ForEach-Object {
                 $VMHostStorageName = $_.Name
                 Add-Member -InputObject $_ -MemberType NoteProperty -Name FreeSpaceMB -Value ($Datastores | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $VMHostStorageName}).FreeSpaceMB -PassThru | `
                 Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name HostName -Value $VMHost -PassThru | `
                 Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name TimeStamp -Value $DateVar -PassThru
  
            }
       }
  
       $VMHostStorage | Select HostName,Name,AccessMode,Type,Capacity,FreeSpaceMB, Path, TimeStamp | Export-Csv VMHostStorage.csv -notype
  }
  
  VMHostDiskDetails
  

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• My Macbook Pro has been hacked by trolls - how to secure my computer? How can I get rid of the trolls?

  My Macbook Pro has been hijacked by trolls in my country of origin of Western Australia - how to secure my computer? How can I get rid of the trolls? All boards of the community would be welcome. For example, I know that trolls are and why they do it, but the police are interested in these "questions"?

  Just what evidence do you have that yo have been hacked?

  Viruses, Trojans, Malware - and other aspects of Internet Security

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• I have a home wireless network that is not safe. Need step by step instructions on how to secure.

  I have a home wireless network which is not safe, the instructions need step by step how to secure.

  Password protect to avoid any other login.

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