PowerCLI for VM hardening 5.5

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• Cannot download - VMware vSphere PowerCLI for tenants

  Hi people,

  I'm not able to download VMware vSphere PowerCLI for the R2 version of tenants i.e. 5.1. Go to the page cannot be displayed.

  Please check.

  Kind regards

  Rajesh

  VMware vSphere PowerCLI for tenants

  Seems to work for me from this link.

  Perhaps a local cache in your browser problem, or a problem of Akamai in your area?

• Need a powercli for bulk VM build

  I'm looking for powercli script who build virtual machines and with the configuration below.

  name, model, oscust, cluster, file, data, ip, mask, gw, dns1, dns2 store

  something similar to this link, but in my environment didn't cluster data store.

  PowerCLi simple script for batch - VMwaremine - Artur Krzywdzinski VM deployment. Nutanix

  My email is on my blog, at the top right

• Using PowerCLI for virtual disk latencies

  Hi all

  I'm trying to get the disk reading and latencies on some virtual machines

  I'm quite a beginner on PowerCLi apart from some ships a writing utility

  I checked this thread

  http://communities.VMware.com/thread/304827

  But these counters do not work for me

  Can someone please help?

  [vSphere PowerCLI] D:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI > $stats += Get-Stat - entity "USB-SSAPP" - Stat virtualDisk.totalWriteLatency.average
  Start $today1am. AddDays ($intStartDay) - finish $today4am. AddDays ($intEndDay)
  [vSphere PowerCLI] D:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI > $stats

  Returns nothing,

  I created all the variables that I'm providing in the command.

  Kind regards

  P

  You might start by checking what statistical level, the period you specified is defined in vCenter.

  "Latency" needs to at least level 2 metrics.

  I guess that "USB-SSAPP" is the name of a host ESX (i)?

• PowerCLI for all Macs on a Resource Pool

  Hey guys,.

  How do get you a list of all MAC addresses for all the virtual machines on a Pool of resources?

  I would like to get a list with the name of vm, mac and hostname address where the machine virtual running / registered.

  Thanks in advance!

  The next command PowerCLI gives a list of names, addresses MAC and all the VM host names in a resourcepool called TestPool:

  Get-ResourcePool TestPool. `

  Get - VM | `

  Select-Object - property Name,@{N="MacAdresses; E = {$_.NetworkAdapters |} ForEach-Object {$_.} MacAddress}}}, VMHost

  Best regards, Robert

• Using PowerCLI for VM disk Stats

  First of all - it's really a message to LucD (I know from previous aid tends to prowl this forum ), just thought I'd share, as is all the useful info and any idea LucD at will without doubt be useful for all.

  Hi LucD,
  First of all - thanks for a great selection of posts on Reporting for Powershell vSphere - well worth the time and a have read for anyone.
  http://www.lucd.info/2009/12/30/PowerCLI-vSphere-statistics-part-1-the-basics/
  http://www.lucd.info/2010/01/05/PowerCLI-vSphere-statistics-part-2-come-together/comment-page-1/#comments
  I'm certainly not a good PowerShell - but I was able to understand and make changes to my profit - so I thought I would share my findings and ask a few questions.
  With your script as a basis - I was able to reach the following which SHOULD let me look at all VMs in VC one statistics collect virtual disk in time for VMS different discs, (IOPS / s, Throuput and latency) I use VC 4.1 and and NFS storage attached, I believe that these statistics are OK but would have your insight on this.
  I am very pleased with the script - but he needs more tests on a valid site, rather than my region little test, but I'm sure that from a point of view 'PS' there is more efficiency to win.
  First of all - is it possible to get all the statistics at a time-, rather than to make 6 calls per VM? (I'm also sure that the ' += ' a stat the following may not be ideal)
  Also - is there a way can control the output to the CSV file, it seems to put the columns in order any, he loves and layout does not appear to be linked to the order of a group object? Can it be controlled so I can have the entries 'value' and 'unit' next to each other
  ?
  Any insight and assistance would be appreciated, and I hope that others will give it a try and let me know if it works for them too.
  Thanks again for the inspiration and the vision that made me this far
  Tony.
  ESX 4.1, VC 4.1, 2.0 options, PowerCLI 4.1.1
  # Main Variables
  $sVCentre = "IP VC.
  $sVCUser = "administrator@domain".
  $sVCPwd = "password"
  $strVMWildCard = «*»
  $strCSVName = "Stats-AvgVMDiskWriteStatsWorkingday.
  $strCSVLocation = "c:\". »
  # define the start and end times for a day's work.
  $today9am = (get-Date-time Minute 9 - 0 - 0 second)
  $today5pm = (get-Date-time Minute 17 - 0 - 0 second)
  $intStartDay = - 1
  $intEndDay = - 1
  # Begin script
  #Connect to the CR
  Connect-VIServer $sVCentre - $sVCUser of the username-password $sVCPwd - ea silentlycontinue
  $arrVMs = get - VM | WHERE-object {$_.} Name - like $strVMWildCard}
  foreach ($strVM to $arrVMs)
  {
  Write-Host "get stats for:" $strVM.Name
  Write-Host "'-Assembly of latency of writing Stats" "
  $stats += get-Stat - $strVM - Stat virtualDisk.totalWriteLatency.average entity - start $today9am. AddDays ($intStartDay) - finish $today5pm. AddDays ($intEndDay)
  Write-Host "'-bringing together reading latency statistics '"
  $stats += get-Stat - $strVM - Stat virtualDisk.totalReadLatency.average entity - start $today9am. AddDays ($intStartDay) - finish $today5pm. AddDays ($intEndDay)
  Write-Host "'-Assembly Stats ARE Ops / s reading" "
  $stats += get-Stat - $strVM - Stat virtualDisk.numberReadAveraged.average entity - start $today9am. AddDays ($intStartDay) - finish $today5pm. AddDays ($intEndDay)
  Write-Host "'-writing ARE Ops / s Collator Stats" "
  $stats += get-Stat - $strVM - Stat virtualDisk.numberWriteAveraged.average entity - start $today9am. AddDays ($intStartDay) - finish $today5pm. AddDays ($intEndDay)
  Write-Host "'-Assembly Read Throughput Stats" "
  $stats += get-Stat - $strVM - Stat virtualDisk.read.average entity - start $today9am. AddDays ($intStartDay) - finish $today5pm. AddDays ($intEndDay)
  Write-Host "'-writing flow Stats of collation" "
  $stats += get-Stat - $strVM - Stat virtualDisk.write.average entity - start $today9am. AddDays ($intStartDay) - finish $today5pm. AddDays ($intEndDay)
  Write-Host $stats.length
  # include data and gather stats on average for the day.
  } $groups = $stats | Group-object - property {$_.} Entity, $_. MetricId, $_. Instance}
  $report = $groups | % {
  New-object PSObject-property @ {}
  Description = $_. Group [0]. Description
  Entity = $_. Group [0]. Entity
  EntityId = $_. Group [0]. EntityId
  Instance = $_. Group [0]. Instance
  MetricId = $_. Group [0]. MetricId
  Timestamp = $_. Group [0]. Timestamp.Date.AddHours ($_.) Group [0]. Timestamp.Hour)
  Unit = $_. Group [0]. Unit
  Value = [math]: Round (($_.)) Group | Measure-object-propriete value - average). On average, 2)
  }
  }
  #Exporting the report to a CSV file.
  $strCSVSuffix = (get-date) m:System.NET.SocketAddress.ToString ('yyyyMMddhhmm')
  $strCSVFile = $strCSVLocation + $strCSVName + $strCSVSuffix + "_", ".csv".
  $report | Export-Csv $strCSVfile - NoTypeInformation - UseCulture

  Thank you, Tony.

  (1) Yes, you can call Get-Stat with several characteristics, the downside is that the results will be mixed and you'll need to extract the correct metric/value objects. What's even better, you can also move all the virtual machines in a single call to Get-Stat.

  (2) the Export-Csv does not specify the order of the columns in the .csv file, I'm afraid.

  The alternative is to write or build the .csv file yourself.

  Capture each line as you like it in a string, and then write that string to a file.

  This is the update script

  # Main Variables $sVCentre = "VC IP" $sVCUser = "administrator@domain" $sVCPwd = "password" $strVMWildCard = "*" $strCSVName = "Stats-AvgVMDiskWriteStatsWorkingday" $strCSVLocation = "c:\"
  $metrics = "virtualDisk.totalWriteLatency.average","virtualDisk.totalReadLatency.average",
      "virtualDisk.numberReadAveraged.average","virtualDisk.numberWriteAveraged.average",
      "virtualDisk.read.average","virtualDisk.write.average" # define the start and finish times for a working day. $today9am = (Get-Date -Hour 9 -Minute 0 -Second 0)
  $today5pm = (Get-Date -Hour 17 -Minute 0 -Second 0)
  $intStartDay = -1$intEndDay = -1## Begin Script
  
  #Connect to VCConnect-VIServer $sVCentre -User $sVCUser -Password $sVCPwd -ea silentlycontinue$arrVMs = Get-VM | where-object {$_.Name -like $strVMWildCard}
  $stats = Get-Stat -Entity $arrVMs -Stat $metrics -Start $today9am.AddDays($intStartDay) -Finish $today5pm.AddDays($intEndDay)
  # group the data and collate the stats into averages for the day.$groups = $stats | Group-Object -Property {$_.Entity, $_.MetricId, $_.Instance}
  $report = $groups | % {
      New-Object PSObject -Property @{
          Description = $_.Group[0].Description
          Entity = $_.Group[0].Entity
          EntityId = $_.Group[0].EntityId
          Instance = $_.Group[0].Instance
          MetricId = $_.Group[0].MetricId
          Timestamp = $_.Group[0].Timestamp.Date.AddHours($_.Group[0].Timestamp.Hour)
          Unit = $_.Group[0].Unit
          Value = [math]::Round(($_.Group | Measure-Object -Property Value -Average).Average, 2)
      }
  }
  #Exporting the report to a CSV file.$strCSVSuffix = (get-date).toString('yyyyMMddhhmm')
  $strCSVFile = $strCSVLocation + $strCSVName + "_" + $strCSVSuffix + ".csv"$report | Export-Csv $strCSVfile -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture
  

• PowerCli for information of HBA Firmware

  Dear Sir

  Kindly share a PowerCLI script to find a Version of Firmware HBA Fibre Channel, Version of the driver, BIOS version and version FCODE.

  Concerning

  Rajesh

  Based on this output, it seems that you need to replace the enic and the fnic with elxnet and qlnativefc.

• PowerCli for VEM version

  Hello

  Can you please provide me with a Cli Script of power to get the VEM version for all the ESXI host in a vCenter

  Thank you

  Hello

  Discover this - https://communities.vmware.com/thread/420231

  ~ GaneshNetworks ~.

• PowerCLI for iometer results

  To test several SSDS and HDDs, I use Iometer in windows 2008,2012.

  As a result, iometer, you get a file, result.csv, import horrible to read and not easy to Excel, because much remains to do manual.

  Found this perl script.  Can it be rewritten in powershell?

  http://www.vmdude.fr/how-to/interpretation-des-resultats-diometer/

  Clinton has a PowerShell script to convert IOMeter results to a regular CSV file.

  See The Powershell Scripts for control and visualization data performance part 2

  In archive ps_monitor_csv_101111.zip, you will find an extract_csv_iometer.ps1 file.

• No PowerCLI for vCenter 5.1 tags?

  I can't find a cmdlets to work with vCenter tags 5.1. I found a field on the virtual computer object:

  VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.VirtualMachineImpl.ExtensionData.Tag

  But it is empty, even if the virtual machine has some tags on it.

  Any guidance will be appreciated!

  / ChZ

  Tags don't are currently not supported by a cmdlet.

  See also Create/Set TAGs via PowerCLI

• PowerCli for audit information

  Hi folks can anyone help with this, I need to get the information below are virtual environment (each esxi and esx host) and was wondering if someone has a script to complete?

  Vpshere product name

  Version 4.1 etc.

  Enterprise edition etc.

  Name of the computer ESX1 etc.

  Number of cores

  Number of physical processes

  I can get the name of carrots and physics by the GET-vmhost | selection version, name, Numcpu etc, but I'm not sure there is a better way to get it?

  Also Vcentre info - information about the license if anyone can help with this.

  Thanks to all who responded.

  Hello

  regarding the licensing stuff feel free to throw a look my solution

  http://psvmware.WordPress.com/2012/08/13/get-licensereport-to-obtain-informations-regarding-licenses-within-virtual-Center/

  And for the properties that you are looking for here, you were doing ok

  Get-vmhost | {select version,name,@{n='total CPU; e = {$_.numcpu}}, @{n = 'number of sockets'; e = {$_.extensiondata.hardware.cpuinfo.numcpupackages}}

  for guests, it will choose its version, the host name, the number of cpu, the number of sockets

  The rest you will earn on top of link

  Kind regards

  Greg

• PowerCLI for 'Not' VMs in a folder

  I am trying to retrieve a list of virtual computer with the exception of a select few names I want to accomplish this in DOES not receive the names in a certain folder.

  I tried this example:

  Get - VM | where {$_.} Name - don't (Get-Data-Center "someDataCenter" |) Get-file "SomeFolder" | Get - VM)}

  I realize that I could take the long way around and record the names of the virtual machines in a txt and then get back them with something like:

  Get - VM | where {$_.} Name - only (type c:\folder\file.txt)}

  But I want to know how logically the action the other direction.

  In addition, and this excited me was really until I completely failed him... I tried this:

  $vms = get - VM

  {Foreach ($vm to $vms)
  {Switch ($VM)}
  (Get-Datacenter "MyCenter" |) Get-file test. Get - VM) {}
  default {$exclude += $_.} Name}
  }
  }
  I tried to accomplish VMs not getting NOT another way, and I didn't want to wait to 'write' list the names of virtual machine, so I thought that I could save by default as a variable called $exclude and continue to add each VM name on it.
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  PS C:\ > $exclude
  TestTest1
  Each individual letter would be a table element, $exclude [0] would be the letter "T" Test and not the name VM 'Test '.  Thanks for any help, and I hope that I have explained clearly.

  Maybe something like that? :

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  Post edited by: Zsoldier

• Using PowerCLI for update vROps

  Now that vROps API fully support REST and PowerShell supports the REST, how can I take a power shell script and do something like:

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  • vROps by using components REMAINS powerShell
  • Create a custom group in vROps containing these virtual machines?

  Thank you!

  So, you can use Invoke-RESTMethod to call the REST API.  Of that, it returns a json object type that can be analyzed through ConvertFrom-JSON.  On the other hand, you should be able to use ConvertTo-JSON to create the text of the PUBLICATION using Invoke-RESTMethod command.

  I personally have not tapped into this area yet and probably won't be able to, but I used a lot of PowerShell to make interaction REST API without difficulty, this should be no different.

• PowerCLI for 3 VMs at once.

  I'm working on a great script, and I can't wrap my head around it.  I want to get the names of some virtual machines, but I want to be able to get the VMS in groups of 3, it could be 2 or 4, I just arbitrarily chose 3.  My ultimate goal is to export the virtual machines, but I want to their section, so I'm not under a great export at the same time.

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  I realize that it can not always be 12, or a number which divides by 3, but I see that if I use Select-Object and select - top 5 of something that has only 3, it seems to work without any errors, so I'm not too concerned in making sure that the number is divisible by a number.

  I tried something like this:

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  $CountComplete = $null

  $CountComplete = @)

  While (($Mycount | sort) - don't ($CountComplete | sort)) {}

  $MyCount |  Select - 3 first | Get-Unique

  $CountComplete += $Mycount

  }

  #$CountComplete += $Mycount

  I know the above does not work, but I wonder if this is the right way?

  Try something like this

  I placed a few numbers in the $test table, but it could be VirtualMachine objects, the logic remains the same.

  $test = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

  $start = 0

  $step = 3

  While ($start - the $test. Count) {}

  Write-Output "handling $($test [$start...). ($start_+_$step_-_1)]) »

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  }

• Need a script for PowerCLI for a VM under Excel report

  Hello

  Could someone help me with the creation of a script to get a regular monthly report (in the Excel file on a location of vCenter server) which includes the following data:

  VM name, size HDD, RAM allocated, quantity of CPU and 4 Custom Annotations (key and value 0-3)

  Thanks in advance!

  It is a simple tool called RVtool... use that it is just a minutes of the thing, he'll get all the necessary detial and you save what excel...