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• How to connect multiple Vcenters in powercli

  Hi all

  I would like to know how to connect multiple vcenters in powercli by obtaining user input.

  as below

  For example: Se connect-viserver -.

  Output should be:
  Please enter the number of vcenters that you want to connect:

  3 (data)

  Please enter host vcenters, that you want to connect:

  vcenter1

  vcenter2

  vcenter3

  After that, he should join conencted to all mentioned vcenters and continue with the next steps in the script

  Try something like this

  $vc = @)

  $nrVC = Read-Host-Prompt "Please enter the number of the vcenters you want to connect.

  Write-Host "vcenters/host you want to connect please enter."

  1.. $nrVC | %{

  $vc += Read-Host

  }

  SE connect-VIServer-Server $vc

• Multiple VCenters in one VSphere Client

  Kinda new to this but just curious, can you have multiple VCenters in a single client VSphere? Currently I have 6 VCenters I log in, I have therefore 6 vsphere client running.

  Welcome to the community.

  You can configure in bound mode. According the current scenario of you, you have already configured the vcente. If you need to add them in to a single pane view vcenter.

  Here's a nice blog that help you solve your problem.

  hope you find interesting.

  http://www.VKernel.ro/blog/configuring-VMware-vCenter-Server-linked-mode

  Thank you

• Find entities within multiple vCenters

  Well... now that my brain is wrecked near I ask for help

  I'm doing a script to search for an entity as a whole of the Vcenters. I have to put the name of the entity, the Type (I give to make this variable...) and the Vcenter... Only two types of information from different vcenters.

  Example:

  Name	Type
  CL002-01	Cluster
  Vm001-POC	VirtualMachine

  The challenge for this task is to reduce the response time... The old writing back information, but a lot of time is wasted.

  I came here and my brain won't work more... Any help?

  Add: a question... is it possible to connect to multiple Vcenters using 'orders-work' and use the connection information of them somehow?

  #Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core
  #Add-PSSnapin VMware.VumAutomation
  #. "%programfiles%\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\Scripts\Initialize-PowerCLIEnvironment.ps1"
  # Adds the base cmdlets
  Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core -EA SilentlyContinue
  # Set to multiple VC Mode 
  if(((Get-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope Session).DefaultVIServerMode) -ne "Multiple") {
      Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -DefaultVIServerMode Multiple -Scope AllUsers -Confirm:$false | Out-Null
      Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -DefaultVIServerMode Multiple -Scope User -Confirm:$false | Out-Null
      Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -DefaultVIServerMode Multiple -Scope Session -Confirm:$false | Out-Null
  }
  $count = 0
  Function Get-INFOS{
      param($dcInfo)
      
      Get-Inventory -Location $dcInfo
      
  }
  Function Find{   
      
      foreach ($info in $finalOUTPUT){
          if($info.Name -match "$typed*"){
          
              $infoFound = $info.Name
              $vcFound = ((($info.uid.split("@"))[1]).split(":"))[0]
          
              Write-host "
              Result Found($count):
                  Nome: $infoFound
                  VCenter: $VCFound
              " -ForegroundColor Green
              $count = $count +1
          }
      }
  }
  Function Load{
  $vCenters= import-csv lista_vcenters.csv -Header("Vcenter")
  $finalOUTPUT = @()
  #$finalOUTPUT = "" | Select-Object VC, EntityType, Entity
   
  Write-Host ("Getting the Inventory info from {0} vCenters." -f $vCenters.Length)
   
  foreach ($vCenter in $vCenters) {
          Start-job -scriptblock{  
      $vc = Connect-VIServer $vCenter.Vcenter -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
        
      if (!$vc) {
    Write-Host "Failure connecting to the vCenter $vCenter."
    exit
   }      
      $dcs = Get-Datacenter -Server $vc
      
      foreach ($dc in $dcs) {
          $vcname = $vCenter.vcenter
          Write-host " "
          Write-Host "Getting info from $vcname" -ForegroundColor Green
            $finalOUTPUT += Get-INFOS $dc
      }
          
      Disconnect-VIServer $vc -Confirm:$false
      } | Wait-Job
  }
  }
  Load
  $typed = Read-Host "Type the name of the Entity you want to find:"
  Find
  while(((Read-Host "Do you want to start a new Search?") -eq "y")){
      
      $count = 0    
      Clear
      
      $typed = Read-Host "Type the name of the Entity you want to find:"
      if($count -lt 1){
          Write-Host "No Results Found!" -ForegroundColor Red
      }
      Find
  }
  
  

  When you run too many jobs in parallel and thus focus on memory and CPU, the total duration of the session, then if you run them in batches.

  With the Invoke-Command cmdlet, you use the ThrottleLimit parameter, which allows better control how much desired parallelism.

  See also example 2 the Start-Job cmdlet.

• Running on multiple vCenters vCheck

  Can I simply by running the vCheck report only once on a single window PowerCLI run it against multiple vCenters at the same time?  Or do I need to have a separate PowerCLI session for each vCenter that I run against?

  The current version of vCheck seems to provide 1 single host (vCenter) to connect to (the variable $Server in GlobalVariables.ps1).

  So for now, you need to run the script multiple times I'm afraid.

• Inventory report - multiple vCenters

  Hello group,

  I am trying to run a report of inventory using the script below. When it is executed on a vCenter only the output is great, but when I try to run the same report on multiple vCenters then the output has the values of the first vCenter in the script for others as well... So in this case the script runs first on vcenter01 and prints the output and then runs on vcenter02 but prints only the same values of vcenter01... Pls help...

  $vcenters = "vcenter01", "vcenter02".
  $portvc = "443".

  SE connect-VIServer $vcenters - port $portvc

  $vcreport = @)
  {Foreach ($vcserver to $vcenters)
  $intyhosts = get-VMHost | Name sort
  $intyvms = get - VM | Where {($_.)} PowerState - eq "Receptor")} | Name sort
  $intyds = get-Datastore. where {$_.} Type - eq "VMFS" - and $_. Extensiondata.Summary.MultipleHostAccess}
  $nohosts = $intyhosts. County
  $novms = $intyvms. County
  
  $vcrow = "" | Select 'vCenter Name', 'Center', 'Clusters', 'ESXi Hosts","VMs","VMFS data warehouses.
  $vcrow. "' vCenter name" = $vcserver
  $vcrow. "' Data centers ' = (get-data center |) SELECT name. mesure-objet) .count
  $vcrow. "' Clusters ' = (Get-Cluster |) SELECT name. mesure-objet) .count
  $vcrow. "' ESXi Hosts ' = ($intyhosts). County
  $vcrow. "' Virtual Machines ' = ($intyvms). County
  $vcrow. "" VMFS data warehouses "= .count ($intyds)
  $vcreport += $vcrow
  }

  Kind regards

  VMSavvy

  Hello, VMSavvy-

  The results you see are due to the 'DefaultVIServerMode' of your PowerCLI instance configuration.  When it is "multiple" and make you a Get - VM, it gets for example, VMS in all connected vCenters.

  So you can change your code a couple of different ways in order to get info from both single vCenter.

  One way would be to change the location to connect to vCenter servers give - navigate the script block Foreach Connect-VIServer and have simply plug the $vcserver current in this iteration of the Foreach loop.  Then, at the end of the script Foreach block, add a logout-VIServer-confirm: $false to disconnect.  The next iteration through will connect to the following server vCenter.

  Another way would be to add the server to the GET setting-* cmdlets.  Thus, for example, the line that gets the VMHosts would change something like:

  ...$intyhosts = Get-VMHost -Server $vcserver | Sort Name...
  

  That tells the cmdlet to contact the vSphere server specified in the request.  Preventing counties apparently duplicate that have seen you.

  How does do for you?

• vRA: identity device or vSphere SSO when there are multiple vCenters (each with their own SSO) in the environment?

  The installer: We have multiple vCenters each with their own SSO. We must build a minimum install vRA lab 6.1 and used the SSO to the vCenter which is the endpoint lab (and ended up having problems when this vCenter SSO had to be rebuilt and in turn liquid reconstruction vRA). Building on a vRA 6.2 Distributed Lab (based on deployment in the 6.1 reference architecture) to validate our production plan and decided to use the identity.

  Question: For a production buildout there is no reason not to use the device of the identity (scalability, performance, lack of HA)? If you are using vSphere SSO, when there are multiple vCenters one that should be used for SSO of vRA? If that vSphere SSO is never removed (say on the whole things are replaced by a central SSO for all vCenters rather than each on their own, or some issue needs to be rebuilt) is there a clean way to repoint SSO vRA without a reconstruction?

  Post edited by: RebeccaW (removed unrelated to Postgres question)

  What I did in this case is to build a fresh cluster SSO using vCenter SSO and pointing vCAC on this one. It becomes my main source of SSO and I slowly vCenters point and other components to it overtime. You usually put vCAC SSO signed certificates and generally I find people vCenter SSO deployment in this way. To remedy this trying to modify an existing SSO vCenters and risk having to reinstall your VC because you missed the CERT, simply create a new. This also alleviates a changing overtime vCenter and spoil the vCAC SSO. The unit of identity cannot be clustered or joining existing areas of SSO. So if you are looking for HA and scale which probably does not cut it.

• VCOPS through multiple vCenters not in bound mode

  Hello

  Y at - it no limitation of licensing for me deployment VCOPS enterprise edition on multiple instances of vCenter server, where the vCenter servers are not in bound mode? All vCenter servers are part of the same company, but I saw that the VCOPS will be separate proceedings related to the separate vCenter servers am breaking licensing rules by installing all these instances with the same license key?

  Gregg

  Do not use the standalone vCenter based Licensing.  Therefore, you can upgrade the license in this version of the product and then monitor any number of the vCenters.

  The VAPP version gets and use reports to a single vCenter, which becomes the source of the license.  You can put a single license in the vCenter and then follow multiple vCenters with a single instance of vApp... up to the limit.

  If you want to have a paralytic by vCenter, then (as shown above), you will need to divide portal site licenses VMware.com have enough per VAPP installed on each vCenter licenses.

• More information on "error: linked multiple directory.

  What does "error: linked multiple directory" indicate, and how can I fix this error? This error comes from OSB 10.4.0.2.0.
  
  I found this in some of the newspapers for backups of my servers. Some of the directories are NFS shares, however it is not only shared NFS directories. My concern is that when I try a test restore in one of the directories concerned, there is no option of restore. This seems to indicate that no data is being backed up, which is a problem. This also raises the question - if the whole directories are not be saved due to errors, why do the servers present themselves as having failed to save successfully? It's VERY FRUSTRANT having to browse through the newspapers of backups "successful" in order to find these errors. It will be worse when customers go to restore from their backups 'successful' to find the critical directories may have been ignored.
  
  I found two messages without answer of December 6, 2010-November 9, 2010, on this forum with the same question, so I'm not the only user encounter this error.
  
  Please provide more information on this error "multiple directory-related" and why partially failed backups appear as backups successfully with warnings.

  This means that the folder exists also another point of Assembly on the machine and the backup has been captured through that. Can you confirm the OS this is to and also after the release of "df-h" so that we can check.

  Thank you

  Rich

• A PowerCLI script against multiple vCenters, at the same time

  Can I run a script against more than one simultaneously vCenter powerCLI?

  For example:

  Get - vm

  and they report all virtual machines in two different vCenters?

  First, a clarification, connection, with AllLinked set to $true, to a vCenter that is part of a vCenter Server Federation, is not the same as PowerCLI running in Multiple mode.

  In Multiple mode, all vSphere server connections that are made, are stored together in the $global: variable defaultVIServers.

  All cmdlets, which do not specify a vSphere specific server with the Server parameter, will run on all servers of vSphere in the $global: variable defaultVIServers.

  For your question, we will first check if everything is properly configured.

  Check if the configuration says "Multiple" for all scopes.

  Get-PowerCLIConfiguration

  If you see something like this

  

  the parameter will be that during your session in courses .

  When you stop/start the session, the setting will be gone.

  You can change the AllUsers parameter, like this

  Game-PowerCLIConfiguration - multiple DefaultVIServerMode - worn AllUsers

  Then you will see this

  

  and the configuration will be remembered between sessions.

• Need help pulling information data store multiple vCenters VM

  Thanks to the magic of Google and trial and error, I was able to develop the script below. The metric of the final I want to put the name of the data store the virtual computer is on and I can't for the life of understand me how do.

  $myCol = @)

  $TimeStamp = get-Date-format YYYY - MM - DD

  Game-PowerCLIConfiguration - multiple DefaultVIServerMode - confirm: $true | Out-Null

  $vcenters = @)

  "Server1."

  "Server2."

  "server3"

  "server4.

  );

  Connect-VIServer-Server $vcenters - username username-password password

  ForEach ($Cluster Get-cluster)

  {

  ForEach ($vmhost in ($cluster |)) Get - VM))

  {

  $VMView = $VMhost | Get-View

  $VMSummary = "" | Select Date VMName, NOMCLUSTER, MemorySizeGB, LogicalCPUs, ProvisionedSpaceGB, ResourcePool, DataStore

  $VMSummary.Date = $timestamp

  $VMSummary.VMName = $VMhost.Name

  $VMSummary.ClusterName = $Cluster.Name

  $VMSummary.MemorySizeGB = [math]: round ($VMHost.memorymb/1024, 2)

  $VMSummary.LogicalCPUs = $VMHost.numcpu

  $VMSummary.ResourcePool = $VMHost.ResourcePool

  $VMSummary.ProvisionedSpaceGB = [math]: round ($vmhost. ProvisionedSpaceGB, 2)

  $myCol += $VMSummary

  }

  }

  $myCol | Sort VMName | Export-CSV C:\VM-$timestamp.csv

  Any help would be appreciated.

  Thank you!

  Looks like you may be using an old PowerCLI version.

  Make one

  Get-PowerCliVersion

  What did he say?

  Upgrade to 5.5 R1

• How get a vCenter clusters when are multiple vCenters in vCO?

  Hello

  How can I get with vCO 5.5 all a vCenter clusters, where I have more vCenters added to the vCO?

  I've only known to VM name parameter corresponding to the vCenter.

  Thank you

  Hello

  The connection to each vCenter is represented by the object of type VcSdkConnection. If you have a virtual computer object, we will name it vmObj, and then you can get the sdk connection by accessing the vmObj.sdkConnection property. So, for all the clusters in the vCenter, you can use the following code:

  var clusters = vmObj.sdkConnection.getAllClusterComputeResources();
  for each (var cluster in clusters) {
     // do something with the cluster object
  }
  

  Now, you don't have virtual machine object but only virtual machine name. It complicates the s thing a bit as VM names are not unique across the vCenters. How will you handle this situation?

  For a code example illustrating one possible way to find the virtual computer object by name (possibly with multiple matches), take a look at the script action com.vmware.library.vc.vm.getAllVMsMatchingRegexp

• work with multiple vcenters

  Hello

  I have create a powercli file that works well against ten vcenters, but I developed ten diferent lb/po2, all are similar only the variables change.

  I wonder if it's ' possible use one file to do it (with a table or something like that to pass variables)

  examples?

  Thanks in advance

  The columns in the CSV file can be addresses by columnname in the property.

  So with your CSV, which would become

  $IntervalFinish = get-Date

  $IntervalStart = $IntervalFinish.addDays (-30)

  #ReportESX

  {foreach ($vc in vcenters.csv Import-Csv)

  Write-Host "$($vc.ipCli)".

  SE connect-VIServer-Server $vc. IpCli-$ username-password vc.userCLI $vc.passwordCli

  #ReportESX

  $esx = get-VMHost | WHERE-object {$_.powerstate - eq "receptor"}

  Get-Stat - entity $esx - stat cpu.usage.average, mem.usage.average, disk.usage.average - Start $IntervalStart - finishing $IntervalFinish - IntervalMins 120 |

  where {$_.instance - eq ""} |

  Select value, @{N = "TimeStamp"; E={$_. "Timestamp.ToString (" yyyy-MM-DD H: % m: %s ")}}, MetricId, entity |"

  Export Csv $vc.esxReport - NoTypeInformation - UseCulture

  #ReportVM

  $vm = get - VM | WHERE-object {$_.powerstate - eq "receptor"}

  Get-stat - entity $vm - Stat cpu.ready.summation, cpu.usage.average, mem.vmmemctl.average, mem.consumed.average, mem.usage.average, disk.maxTotalLatency.latest, disk.usage.average - Start $IntervalStart - finishing $IntervalFinish - IntervalSecs 7200 |

  Select value, @{N = "TimeStamp"; E={$_. "Timestamp.ToString (" yyyy-MM-DD H: % m: %s ")}}, MetricId, entity |"

  Export Csv $vc.vmReport - NoTypeInformation - UseCulture

  Disconnect-VIServer-Server $vc. IpCli-confirm: $false

  }

  The variable $vc will go through all the data rows in the CSV file.

  The values of the columns can be solved by using the column label in the property of the $vc variable.

  The value in the "passwordCli" column will be addresses as $vc.passwordCli.

• Automatic creation of pools (linked Clone) using powerCLI

  Hello

  I am using powerCLI to create automatic pool (linked clone). I came across the following cmdlet in theVMware powershell integration white paper:

  Get-ViewVC - serverName < IP/domain FULL name >. Add-AutomaticLinkedClonePool-pool_id

  TestAutomaticLinkedClonePool - namePrefix pad - parentVMPath / < Center > < parentVM > /vm/

  -parentSnapshotPath / < cliché - > vmFolderPath / < Center > /vm - resourcePoolPath

  / /host/ < Center > < ESX > / resources - dataStoreSpecs / < Center > /host/ < ESX > / < datastore >

  -composer_ad_id < id ad composer >

  Now, I want to help discover (with an example will be very useful) how you specify and how find you each of the following (as what do I put after each other):

  -parentVMPath

  -parentSnapshotPath

  -vmFolderPath

  -resourcePoolPath

  -dataStoreSpecs

  -composer_ad_id

  Please give an example of each if possible.

  Thank you!

  OK, I'll give it a try.

  The parentVMPath parameter expects the path to the virtual machine that you want to spawn the pool (obviously).

  Such a path looks like this: / MyDC/vm/MyVM

  Where MyDC is the datacentername, the vm folder is hidden folder that contains the hierarchy of models and virtual computers, and finally the name of the virtual machine itself.

  If your master VM is deeper in the structure of folders, just add the folders in the path.

  Ex: / MyDC/vm/Folder1/Folder2/MyVM

  The parentSnapshotPath is similar to the previous setting, but obviously needs to point to the snapshot pool should clone.

  Alan has a nice feature to recover the snapshotpath Updateand re-view pools calm.

  The vmFolderPath is where the virtual machines that are created for the pool to be stored.

  Similar to the previous settings, but now for the record once again.

  Ex: / MyDC/vm/PoolFolder

  resourcePoolPath must point to a resourcepool.

  Such a path will look something like this: / MyDC/host/MyCluster/Resources/MyResourcePool

  Note that host and resources are again hidden folders!

  datastoreSpecs: this is not the most obvious.

  He wants the full path to a data store in a cluster that is specified by a resource pool.

  See the function VVGetDatastorePath to determine the paths to vSphere Datastore objects

  The composer_ad_id wants that the ID of the AD domain, in which the composer is a member server.

  You can get this through to: ComposerDomain-Get | select composer_ad_id

  
  

  As side note, take a look at the Integration of PowerShell with view 5.0 white paper. Perhaps, it is not intended for the latest version of the view

  but he explains some settings a lot better than I could

• When I click on a link, multiple (and by multiple, I mean a ton) virgins of open tabs. The only way to stop several blank tabs opening must out firefox is completely closed. Do I have a virus or should I change my settings?

  If I click on something to open in a new tab or click on the email from someone open Outlook, instead, a group of empty tabs open. I'm fine with a few empty tabs, but they keep opening. The only way to stop the opening tabs is to close entirely out of firefox. When I try to reopen firefox, blank tabs are again starting to reopen. You can not close out of them pretty quickly because they keep opening. To not open the empty tabs, you must restart firefox again.

  What is a virus or something wrong with my firefox settings?

  Firefox includes options of how to manage the different types of content in your case that mailto links are probably set to "Use Firefox". For more information on how to solve it see Firefox opens several times empty tabs or windows after clicking on a link, especially the section "change the action for a content type.