Present a LUN on a virtual computer

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  $Datastore = get-data store $vm.datastore

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  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
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  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.

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

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  {if ($SCSI)}

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

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

  Hey everybody

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  Thank you and best regards

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

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

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• PowerCLI script needed to change the 9 network adapters to a virtual computer in a single operation

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  1... 30 | % {

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  Get-vm-name $VMS | Get-NetworkAdapter-name "Network adapter 3 | Together-NetworkAdapter - NetworkName "blah2" - connected: $true - confirm: $false

  Get-vm-name $VMS | Get-NetworkAdapter-name "NIC 4 | Together-NetworkAdapter - NetworkName "blah3" - connected: $true - confirm: $false

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  FINAL VERSION:

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  $hash = @ {}

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  $dvs. PortGroup | % {Get-View-Id $_} | %{

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  "Network adapter 2" = "$2te I".

  'Network adapter 3' = ' $3te I ".

  "Network adapter 4" = "$4te I".

  'Network adapter 5' = ' $5th I ".

  'Network adapter 6' = ' $6te I ".

  'Network adapter 7' = ' $7te I ".

  'Network adapter 8' = ' $8te I ".

  'Network adapter 9' = ' $9te I ".

  'Network adapter 10' = ' $10te I ".

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  $dev. Operation = "├editer."

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  $dev.device.backing.port = new-Object VMware.Vim.DistributedVirtualSwitchPortConnection

  $dev.device.backing.port.switchUuid = $dvs. UUID

  $dev.device.backing.port.portgroupKey = $hash [$convertTab [$_.]] DeviceInfo.Label]]

  $spec. DeviceChange += $dev

  }

  $_. ReconfigVM ($spec)

  }

  }