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• vCenter Web Client 6.0 U1B - users cannot see VM performance data.

  Our 6.0.0 U1b vCenter server and a Windows Server 2012.

  My problem is, the VM admins have access to their virtual machines, but when they go to look at the tables of performance they get the message...

  "Authorization to perform this operation was denied.

  "You do not privilege" system > read "on the server vcenter-name folder.

  They have the ability to turn their VM and they appear in their list.

  Any ideas?

  Thank you

  It seems that the solution is yet to grant that the world of reading only the vCenter server access...

  VMware KB: Cannot display the advanced performance of VMware vCenter Server 6.0 data tables

  Runt...

  We did not have this problem in the thick Client!

• vCenter 5.5 and LDAP authentication

  Hello

  I'm new on using vCenter and had a quick question about LDAP authentication.  I installed vCenter as a device on my ESXI server and it seems to work fine, but when I connect the web client to vCenter I have no single sign on options to enable LDAP authentication

  So I did some research and a few posts mentioned that I had to enable SINGLE sign-on, so I have it configured as embedded will be fine then another message mentioned that I needed set up AD authentication on the vCenter server and ensure that the host to vcenter name was in the area...

  So I want to only LDAP authentication, I don't want to join my VMs to the domain.  So am I missing something?

  Thank you

  To be able to configure SSO, connect on the Web Client using the [email protected] account. With this account, you will be able to add your AD/LDAP as an identity Source and configure the permissions on the objects of the vCenter Server inventory...

  André

• Get information on the vCenter to which you are connected

  I am connected to multiple vCenters in my report.

  1. How can I get a list of the vCenters I am currently connected to in my report and store an a table variable?

  2 suppose that I am connected to 3 vcenters both.  Is it possible to do something like:

  Get-vcenter-name vcenter1 | Get-cluster

  to show the clusters just in this vCenter?

  All vCenters to which you are connected are stored in $global: DefaultViServers.

  If you could do

  foreach($vcenter in $global:DefaultVIServers){  Get-Cluster -Server $vcenter | Select @{N="vCenter";E={$vcenter.Name}},Name}
  

• 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
  

• Retrieve the vcenter license key

  Hello

  It is possible to get vcenter license key using PowerCLI?

  
  

  Hello-

  You can simply add in a property calculated to have the current name of vCenter included with the corresponding license info, as:

  ## array of names of vCenters to which to connect$arrVCList = "myvc0.mydom.com","myvc1.mydom.com"
  
  &{foreach ($strVC in $arrVCList) {    ## connect to this vCenter name    $oThisVC = Connect-VIServer -Server $strVC    ## get this vC's license mgr    $viewLicMgr = Get-View $oThisVC.ExtensionData.Content.LicenseManager -Property Licenses    ## select some things    $viewLicMgr.Licenses | select @{n="vCenterName"; e={$oThisVC.Name}},*    Disconnect-VIserver $oThisVC -Confirm:$false | Out-Null}} | Export-Csv D:\Scripts\License\licenses.csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture
  

  I changed it a bit to keep things in preparation a little more (vs farce in a variable license info).  What do I do?

• How to get a list of all the OS installed in the vCenter?

  Hello

  I would like to know how the list will vCenter name, Cluster, the name of the installed operating system, virtual computer within a CSV file list all OS installed in our virtual machines, in other words.

  Thank you

  Take a look at the script of Lucd in http://communities.vmware.com/thread/395151

• How to find VCenter which manages the ESX host

  Hi all

  Is it possible to query ESX host using API to determine if it is autonomous or managed host and if it's a managed - what VCenter (name, IP address) actually runs it. I know it's easy to VCenter query to find all the hosts its handles, but I need to go the other way.

  Thank you

  Yes, you can query for the http://vijava.sourceforge.net/vSphereAPIDoc/ver5/ReferenceGuide/vim.host.Summary.html managementServerIp if defined, then it is managed by a server vCenter Server, this is the only information on the vCenter Server and assuming you have DNS, you can get the FULL of the IP domain name

• change of hostname in vCenter

  I have an ESXi4 host that I just added to vCenter.  It was the license test.  I changed it to a registered license.  Don't think it would be a problem for my problem.   When I added it to vCenter he would not accept the name of ESX100.  So, I had to use the IP address.  There are in with the Ip address vCenter.  I want to change it to ESX100.   When I display the DNS settings, it is labeled ESX100.   Confused.

  ESXi only records with DNS, you need to manually add a host record for the ESXi host.  Once you have done this, and you can ping on the host by host to vCenter name, right-click on the existing host and select Delete.  Then add the host DNS name.  SMV will stay running during this change.

• report of vcenter multi

  In a vCenter environment, how to behave from the VM to the vCenters they reside on a report? For example, in a VM inventory report, I need to get VM, ESX host and vCenter. If anyone of you could help on this? Thank you.

  The $defaultVIServers variable contains all vCenters to which you are connected.

  If you can browse the contents of this variable.

  $defaultVIServers | %{
    $vCenter = $_
    Get-VM -Server $vCenter | Select @{N="vCenter";E={$vCenter.Name}},Host,Name
  }
  

  ____________

  Blog: LucD notes

  Twitter: lucd22

• Script to create a VM and assign IP

  How can I make this script asks the user for the information of the intellectual property and assign the address IP once the tools of the virtual machine is running.  Before I added the part of network configuration, this script would be correctly query the user and deploy virtual computer.

  #Create the VM #.

  #$vcenter = Read-Host "what your name vCenter?

  $vcenter = Read-Host "vCenter name.

  # $cred = get-Credential

  $DomainUser = "domain\administrator".

  $DomainPWord = ConvertTo-SecureString-String "Password" - AsPlainText-Force

  $VMDomainCredential = new-Object - TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential - ArgumentList $DomainUser. $DomainPWord

  $VMName = Read-Host "name VM.

  $TemplateName = "2012R2".

  $OSSpecName = "New Server".

  $DatastoreCluster = Read-Host "Datastore Cluster name?"

  $VMhostCluster = Read-Host "Cluster name?

  #$FolderName = "VM".

  # Run script #.

  # Connect to vCenter #.

  If ($cred - eq $null) {}

  SE connect-VIServer $vcenter

  } else {}

  to connect-VIServer $vcenter - Credential $cred

  }

  # Compile new VM Info #.

  $Template = get-Template-name $TemplateName

  $OSSSpecName = get-OSCustomizationSpec-name $OSSpecName

  $Datastore = get-DatastoreCluster-name $DatastoreCluster

  #Assumes DRS

  $Cluster = get-Cluster-name $VMhostCluster

  #$Folder = get-file $FolderName

  # Create VM #.

  #write changes

  Write-Verbose - Message "virtual deployment by name: [$VMName] using the template: [$TemplateName] and customization specification: [$OSSpecName] on Cluster: [$VMhostCluster] and waiting for the completion"-Verbose

  New-VM-name $VMName - OSCustomizationSpec - $OSSpec - $Datastore - $Cluster ResourcePool data store #-location of $Template $Folder models

  # Card network settings

  $VMNameNetworkSettings = "netsh interface ip set address"Ethernet0"x.x.x.x static 255.255.255.0 x.x.x.x".

  $VMNameDNSSettings = ' netsh interface ip set name = "Ethernet0" x.x.x.x dnsservers static secondary primary x.x.x.x '

  #power on

  Write-Verbose - Message "deployed Virtual Machine $VMname. Turn on/off"- Verbose

  Start-VM - VM $VMname

  Write-Verbose - Message "Is about to change the IP on VM $FSVMName settings." -Verbose

  Invoke-VMScript - ScriptText $VMNetworkSettings VM - $VMName - GuestCredential $VMDomainCredential

  Invoke-VMScript - ScriptText $VMNameDNSSettings VM - $VMName - GuestCredential $VMDomainCredential

  After that New - VM and the Start-VM the sysprep deployment will begin.

  You have to wait the sysprep command to finsih before starting the configuration of components in the guest OS.

  One way to do that is to wait for the CustomizationSucceeded event.

  See waiting for the customization of the OS to complete

  On a side note, when can not configure the NIC with the Set-OSCustomizationNicMapping cmdlet?

• PSCredential showing as null?

  I have a question where a PSCredential object is created, but it seems to return null for some reason any.

  
  

  I have the following functions in a module:

  Function GetPW ([string] $UseCase) {}

  [String] $credPath = (Join-Path (split-Path $profile) ' $($UseCase) - credential ")

  [PSCredential] $PSCred = «»

  Write-Host "checking $credPath' n...» "

  If (Test-Path $credPath) {}

  Write-Host "file found in $credPath, get the password from there"

  $PSCred = import-CliXml $credPath

  If (-not ($PSCred)) {}

  Write-Host "ERROR: password credentials not extracted from the $credPath.

  Output

  }

  }

  else {}

  #$pw = Read-Host $prompt - AsSecureString

  #$cred = new-object - typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential - argumentlist 'root', $pw

  $PSCred = get-Credential

  #$cred = Read-Host "get pw" - AsSecureString

  $PSCred | Export-CliXml $credPath

  $PSCredCheck = import-CliXml $credPath

  If (-not ($PSCredCheck)) {}

  Write-Host "ERROR: password not saved to $credPath.

  Output

  }

  }

  return $PSCred

  }

  Function vCenterConnect ([string] $IP, [PSCredential] $Cred) {}

  Write-Host "connecting to vCenter" - foregroundcolor "magenta".

  $protocol = "https"

  #Connect - VIServer - server $IP - protocol $protocol - the username-password $vCenterPassword $vCenterUsername

  SE connect-VIServer-server $IP - protocol $protocol - SaveCredentials-Credential $Cred

  Write-Host "Create folder" - foregroundcolor "magenta".

  }

  I call this first function here in vcenter_setup.ps1 (what matter the module) and try to connect to the Vcenter:

  $LegacyVcenterCreds = GetPW 'legacy_vcenter '.

  blankLines (4)

  #Use credentials to connect to vCenter

  vCenterConnect $vCenterIP $LegacyVcenterCreds

  #vCenterConnect $vCenterIP (GetPW 'legacy_vcenter')

  output

  I run first, enter my credentials, which seem to be saved on the disk and it will connect to Vcenter fine; I see the xml file in C:\Users\ID-here\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\legacy_vcenter-credential:

  PowerCLI E:\vcenter >.\vcenter_setup.ps1

  < snip >

  Audit C:\Users\ID-here\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\legacy_vcenter-credential

  ...

  cmdlet Get-Credential command pipeline position 1

  Provide values for the following parameters:

  Identification information

  Connecting to vCenter

  Port of user name

  ----                           ----  ----

  VCenter-IP-here 443 DSL\ID-here

  Creating the folder

  I run once again, wait for the script to find the XML, import it and understand the credentials.  However, it seems PowerCLI think it is empty.  Any thoughts on why?

  PowerCLI E:\vcenter >.\vcenter_setup.ps1

  < snip >

  Please enter your identification of BIAS for the log-in information to: vcenter-name-here

  Audit C:\Users\ID-here\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\legacy_vcenter-credential

  ...

  Found the file in C:\Users\ID-here\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\legacy_vcenter-creden

  tial, get the password was from there

  Connecting to vCenter

  SE connect-VIServer: Impossible to validate the argument on the parameter "Credential." The

  argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty and

  then try the command again.

  At C:\Users\ID-here\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\func_definitions\func_d

  1. efinitions.psm1:79 tank: 83

  +... ls-Credential $Cred

  +                    ~~~~~

  + CategoryInfo: InvalidData: (:)) [connect-VIServer], ParameterBi)

  ndingValidationException

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: ParameterArgumentValidationError, VMware.VimAutom

  ation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.ConnectVIServer

  Creating the folder

  PowerCLI E:\vcenter >

  Here are the screenshots that show more details.

  That's because I was using the wrong scope variable, for example a variable exists only within each function loop etc., as announced.

• Connection to all vCenters function

  I've got following the following function which connects to a series of vCenters and generates a CSV file that contains the information of the virtual computer. The problem is that I have three vCenters, and the function runs but generates CSVs duplicate for each vCenter. The report contains details for each virtual computer in all three well vCenters even if only connected to one. Can we see what is happening here?

  Function Get_VMs ($vcenter) {}

  $MyCollection = @)

  $AllVMs = get-View - ViewType VirtualMachine

  $SortedVMs = $AllVMs | Select *, @{N = "NumDisks"; E={@($_. Guest.Disk.Length)}} | Sort-Object-down NumDisks

  ForEach ($VM to $SortedVMs)

  {

  $template = get-model $VM.name - EA SilentlyContinue

  $powerstate = get - vm $VM.name | Select PowerState - ExpandProperty PowerState | Out-string

  $DiskNum = 0

  If {($template)

  $Cluster = get-Cluster - VMHost (Get-View-id $template. HostId). Name | Select the name of ExpandProperty-

  $Details = new-object PSObject

  $Details | Add-Member-vCenter name-value $vcenter - Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-Name name-value $VM.name - Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-name model, value 'TRUE' - Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-name PowerState-value ""-Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-name Cluster-value $Cluster - Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-name "Disk" - MemberType NoteProperty-value «»

  $Details | Add-Member-name "DiskPath" - MemberType NoteProperty-value «»

  $Details | Add-Member-name "DiskCapacity (GB)" - MemberType NoteProperty-value «»

  $MyCollection += $Details

  $template = $null

  }

  else {}

  Foreach ($disk in $VM. Guest.Disk)

  {

  $Cluster get-Cluster - VM = $VM.name | Select the name of ExpandProperty-

  $Details = new-object PSObject

  $Details | Add-Member-vCenter name-value $vcenter - Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-Name name-value $VM.name - Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-name model-value 'FALSE' - Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-name PowerState-value $powerstate - Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-name Cluster-value $Cluster - Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-name "Disk" - MemberType NoteProperty-value $($DiskNum)

  $Details | Add-Member-name "DiskPath" - MemberType NoteProperty-value $Disk.DiskPath

  $Details | Add-Member-name "DiskCapacity (GB)" - MemberType NoteProperty-value ($disk. Capacity / 1 GB)

  $DiskNum ++

  $MyCollection += $Details

  }

  }

  }

  $csv = "$ScriptPath\vms\$ vcenter" + "_VMs.csv."

  $MyCollection | Export-Csv - UseCulture - $csv NoTypeInformation

  }

  To sum up, the above function connects to a vCenter and collects information from the VM for three vCenters including the two, that it is not connected. Then did the same for the next two (as noted below in a loop that executes the function). The loop is tried and tested and just copied from several of my existing scripts.

  Thanks in advance
  Adam

  Is there a difference when you use the Server parameter on all PowerCLI cmdlets?

  Function Get_VMs ($vcenter) {}

  $MyCollection = @)

  $AllVMs = get-View - ViewType VirtualMachine-Server $vcenter

  $SortedVMs = $AllVMs | Select *, @{N = "NumDisks"; E={@($_. Guest.Disk.Length)}} | Sort-Object-down NumDisks

  ForEach ($VM to $SortedVMs)

  {

  $template = get-model $VM.name - server $vcenter - EA SilentlyContinue

  $powerstate = $VM | Select PowerState - ExpandProperty PowerState | Out-string

  $DiskNum = 0

  If {($template)

  $Cluster = get-Cluster - VMHost (Get-View-id $template. HostId). Name - Server $vcenter | Select the name of ExpandProperty-

  $Details = new-object PSObject

  $Details | Add-Member-vCenter name-value $vcenter - Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-Name name-value $VM.name - Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-name model, value 'TRUE' - Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-name PowerState-value ""-Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-name Cluster-value $Cluster - Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-name "Disk" - MemberType NoteProperty-value «»

  $Details | Add-Member-name "DiskPath" - MemberType NoteProperty-value «»

  $Details | Add-Member-name "DiskCapacity (GB)" - MemberType NoteProperty-value «»

  $MyCollection += $Details

  $template = $null

  }

  else {}

  Foreach ($disk in $VM. Guest.Disk)

  {

  $Cluster = get-Cluster - VM $VM.name - Server $vcenter | Select the name of ExpandProperty-

  $Details = new-object PSObject

  $Details | Add-Member-vCenter name-value $vcenter - Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-Name name-value $VM.name - Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-name model-value 'FALSE' - Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-name PowerState-value $powerstate - Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-name Cluster-value $Cluster - Membertype NoteProperty

  $Details | Add-Member-name "Disk" - MemberType NoteProperty-value $($DiskNum)

  $Details | Add-Member-name "DiskPath" - MemberType NoteProperty-value $Disk.DiskPath

  $Details | Add-Member-name "DiskCapacity (GB)" - MemberType NoteProperty-value ($disk. Capacity / 1 GB)

  $DiskNum ++

  $MyCollection += $Details

  }

  }

  }

  $csv = "$ScriptPath\vms\$ vcenter" + "_VMs.csv."

  $MyCollection | Export-Csv - UseCulture - $csv NoTypeInformation

  }

• Run a script on all VC and apend has the spreadsheet with the data

  I want to run this scipt against each VC.

  What is the easier (read: cleaner, less bulky, more efficient, etc...) how to import a text file that will connect to the different vCenters? I want to replace SERVER below with the text file any of the server IP/name and each export script to edit a CSV with the VC and VCL data come from. I'm hitting a wall here, I keep going in loops with my control.

  SE connect-VIServer -Server - name username-password password

  Get - VM | Select Name, Description, PowerState MemoryMB, @{n = "HostMemoryUsage"; e = {$_.}} ExtensionData.Summary.QuickStats.HostMemoryUsage}} | Export.csv - path "C:\VMInventory\Memory.csv".

  Try this:

  $vCenters = import-CSV format C:\somepath\listofvCenters.csv #Assumes of:

  #Name

  #vCServer1

  #vCServer2

  #Assuming PowerCLI defaultVIservermode is set to "Multiple".

  Foreach ($vCenter to $vCenters)

  {

  SE connect-VIServer $vCenter.Name

  }

  $Data = @)

  Foreach ($VIServer $ Global: DefaultVIServers)

  {

  $NewInfo = get-VM-Server $VIServer | Select Name, Description, PowerState MemoryMB, @{n = "HostMemoryUsage"; e = {$_.}} ExtensionData.Summary.QuickStats.HostMemoryUsage}}

  $Data = $NewInfo

  }

  $Data | Export-csv-path "C:\VMInventory\Memory.csv" - notypeinformation

  Post edited by: Chris Nakagaki

• ESXi 4.1 e TSM for virtual environment 6.4.1

  Salve a tutti,

  Ho ESXi 4.1 UN Server con sopra 2 macchine virtuali.

  STO provando ad installare TSM for VE 6.4.1

  My quando seleziono for VmWare VCenter plug-in Data Protection

  e nella schermata inserisco vCenter name, user e password age (ho tried con tutti gli users Reed root con cui mi riesco a collegare tramite vSphere Client)

  MI da he following error: vCenter credentials are incorrect

  
  

  Is vado negli event dell'ESXi tramite vCenter Client) vedo che user che ho inserito by it be in reata if collega all'ESXi e vedo scritto: user: connected [email protected]

  Sapete come posso risolvere?

  Grazie thousand by it support.

  Marco

  SE stai ham version FREE of ESXi, non sono crucyeye Libreria VADP.

  These Libreria permettono software promotion of the AI vari di backup di interfacciarsi e "salvare" VM published nell'host.

  http://VMware.com/kb/1021175

  Soluzione, compri una licenza oppure usi some script tipo Ghettovcb.

  Francesco

  http://thevirtualway.it/en