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• Combine the output of Script of ESX, VM, network, storage, and output in Excel

  Hello

  I have 6 scripts (written by Luke and Robert) who are used to extract information of the box of ESX as shown below. I want to combine the scripts into a single and output in excel. I have a csv file with names of servers esx in it. The combined script should take the entry of the name of the csv esx server and run these scripts and export information to an excel spreadsheet. I need a workbook with each server esx excel as a table in it.

  ESX - report.ps1-> extract info from esx host

  VM - report.ps1-> extract info VM

  Teddy - report.ps1-> extract info ESX physical network adapter

  PortGroup - report.ps1-> extract portgroup info

  scsiHBA - report.ps1-> extract info SCSI & HBA

  Report.ps1-> info report data store retrieves data store

  Firewall - report.ps1-> need to be written (gave joint excel spreadsheet format)

  Time servers - report.ps1-> need to be written (gave joint excel spreadsheet format)

  DNSserver - report.ps1-> need to be written (gave joint excel spreadsheet format)

  I have attached the format of the expected output excel workbook and scripts.

  Thanks in advance!

  There was a bug in the script, the Get-View in the teddy bear (report 3) and the portgroup (report 4) not took into account that the mode of VIServer ran in "multi".

  Which should be fixed in the new version attached.

  The new version also includes the name of ESX for the reports, 7, 8 and 9.

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• Need to powershell script to gather the host ESX Info network

  Hello

  I need two scripts powershell to collect two types of information about the ESX host network.

  1. information vNIC -& gt; information on the vmnic (physical ESX host network adapter) connected to vSwitches.

  vNIC | VSwitch model | | Trade | Speed | Status | | PCI slot Active/stand-by/not assigned

  (Example) output expected:

  vmnic0 | intel corporation 82XXXX gigabit ethernet controller | vSwitch0 | service console, vMotion | 1000mbps Full | up 01:01.00 | | Assets

  2. Portgroup information

  PortGroup | vNIC (s) with active / standby |  PCI slot of vNIC (s) with active / standby | Physical switch with port number

  Expected results (example):

  Service console | vmnic0 (a) : (s) | 01 vmnic1: 00. 00 (a) : 02:00. 00 (s) | abcd-123 [GigabitEthernet10/10] : xyzf-7890 [Gigabitethernet11/11]

  Please note if CDP is not active, then in the field of physical switch values can contain "CDP is not enabled"

  Thanks in advance!

  Noticed that the two threads under became a little mixed in the script.

  This is the script with the devIds with the indication of the active / standby.

  foreach($esxImpl in (Get-VMHost)){
       $esx = $esxImpl | Get-View
       $netSys = Get-View $esx.ConfigManager.NetworkSystem
       foreach($pg in $esx.Config.Network.Portgroup){
            $pNICStr = @()
            $pciStr = @()
            $cdpStr = @()
            foreach($a in $pg.ComputedPolicy.NicTeaming.NicOrder.ActiveNic){
                 if($a){
                      $pNICStr += ($a + "(a)")
                      $pciStr += ($esx.Config.Network.Pnic | where {$_.Device -eq $a} | %{$_.Pci + "(a)"})
                      $cdpInfo = $netSys.QueryNetworkHint($a)
                      $cdpStr += &{if($cdpInfo[0].connectedSwitchPort){$cdpInfo[0].connectedSwitchPort.devId + "(a)"}else{"CDP not configured(a)"}}
                 }
            }
            foreach($s in $pg.ComputedPolicy.NicTeaming.NicOrder.StandbyNic){
                 if($s){
                      $pNICStr += ($s + "(s)")
                      $pciStr += ($esx.Config.Network.Pnic | where {$_.Device -eq $s} | %{$_.Pci + "(s)"})
                      $cdpInfo = $netSys.QueryNetworkHint($s)
                      $cdpStr += &{if($cdpInfo[0].connectedSwitchPort){$cdpInfo[0].connectedSwitchPort.devId + "(s)"}else{"CDP not configured(s)"}}
                 }
            }
  
            $pg | Select @{N="ESXname";E={$esxImpl.Name}},
            @{N="Portgroup";E={$pg.Spec.Name}},
            @{N="VLANid";E={$pg.Spec.VlanId}},
            @{N="pNIC";E={$pNICStr}},
            @{N="PCI location";E={$pciStr}},
            @{N="Physical switch";E={$cdpStr}}
       }
  }
  

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• Question put in basic network for the cRIO

  Hi all

  I am new to the use of controllers Labview and cRIO so please be understanding of what may be a silly question.

  I have a computer I want to be networked and four cRIO controllers. I have a router 4 ports and a switch 5 ports available to me. So far I have not been able to find a configuration that will work. Is there one, or do I me different equipment?

  Thanks for your help.

  Ben

  Nevermind - I managed to finally understand something today. Now, do a real job...

• Questions of Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection

  OK I did some research on the private network connections, and I have a few questions:

  • Is it true that a connection to a vpn is possible thanks to a transport to a Wi - fi (I want to connect to a network non - bes)?
  • As far as I know, you can connect to a vpn only if create you a vpn manually account via the phone options menu. Is it possible to programmatically create the connection without having to manually create the profile?
  • This connection can be established via a proxy server?
  • Any article or the sample code will be really appreciated

  BlackBerry Smartphones have supported integrated to connect through a VPN using WiFi.  Other transport routes are not supported out of the box for this.

  There is no way to programmatically configure a VPN.  Virtual private networks can be configured on a BlackBerry Enterprise Server and pushed to users.

  BlackBerry Enterprise Server is able to connect through a proxy server.  All of the BlackBerry Java API does not include API to manage proxy communications.

• ESX uses network adapter with the mac address that is different than virtual connect reports

  Hi all

  Our ESX environment consists of HP C7000 enclosure, virtual connect 1 gb ethernet with a mixture of BL480c and BL460c. We just bought some new BL460c G7 with NIC NC553i to replace some of the oldest BL480c. We have configured Virtual Connect to assign mac addresses. In vc management consoleI see the addresses assigned to the server, but when I start the server displays a different mac address for nic #2 that vc does. NIC #1 has the same mac address of console management vc and in the server BIOS. When I install ESX also sees the 'wrong' for #2 nic mac address. According to vmware nic #2 has not any network connected to what should be if it was really nic #2 (according to the vc management console).

  When I look at the mac addresses in the BIOS none of the network interface card have the mac address assigned by vc. VC firmware is 3.01. I have attached the photos I see information in the management of VC and BIOS console. Someone at - it for clues to what is happening and how can I solve it? Thanks in advance.

  Kind regards

  GB

  Please refer to:

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=1001167

  Note:   The ESX host uses following addresses starting with 00:50:56 (as opposed to the address embedded in the interface itself).

  To determine the MAC address of the interface Board of the ESX host, run the command:

  # ifconfig | grep-i hw

  The output looks like:

  vswif0 Link encap HWaddr 00:50:56:41:5 A: 59

  The MAC address is in the first line after HWaddr.  In this example, the MAC address is 00:50:56:41:5 has: 59.

  Note:   The ESX host uses following addresses starting with 00:50:56 (as opposed to the address embedded in the interface itself).

  You can also review the output information and the esxcfg-NICS - l order MAC addresses.

• Questions about ESX + UPS Solutions and soft stop

  Hello everyone.  I am very new to VMWare, so please pardon my beginner questions and I hope I have posted this in the correct location.

  I am currently working as a developer for Tripp Lite.  Our companion based on SNMP ups (UPS) software product is the sequel to PowerAlert, and I received a few days worth of time to do more research on the possibility of supporting VMWare ESX/ESXi and stop the server.  I did some research on this last month, where I found the scripts by William Lam and an alternative SSH (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/2009/01/16/mass-vm-shutdown-script/).

  I understand there are a few methods scripted to make judgment, which one can be found here: http://viops.vmware.com/home/docs/DOC-1341.  A second solution is to install APC PowerChute interface (available only on ESXi?) command line.

  The main issues I have at the moment are:

  1 can all install VIMA?  Is a closure that installs on VIMA and runs from this platform a viable, or is the command-line support interface option a must - have for the general user base?  VIMA and the developer (http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vima/vima10/doc/vima10guide.pdf) Administrator's Guide leads me to believe that anyone can install VIMA, and that it just comes not preinstalled on servers that are provided with the interface of the console.

  2 can. a person there will now be a licensing problem with the help of scripts to stop lamw? Speculate as to whether or not this issue affects most of the users? Initially, I found the related commentary here: http://www.engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/ .  The comment was that a new revision of ESXi "may not allow write operations and require that the user purchases or licenses ESXi to take full advantage of the API of VI (read/write).  William Lam also said in another forum thread, "" If you use at least allowed Foundation or ESX classic, then this script will work. ". Please take a look at the documentation for more details. "What documentation is specifically intended and where I could see him again?

  3. the VIMA Administrator's and Developer's Guide also shows you get a 64-bit Enterprise Linux when you install VIMA.  Does anyone know which kernel version is it? (I'm not any kind of expert on Linux kernels.)  The APC Linux software seems to be installable on the interface of the console; What kernel and the kernel version that would be based on?

  It is type of a crazy thought, but in cases where the stop scripts will not work due to license issue, any who would consider even install on all virtual machines stop SNMP agent software and the configuration of the inverter to launch the stop on all virtual machines? (as an alternative to buying the ESX license...)   Or all the virtual machines share the same IP address?

  Thanks in advance for reading and review.  The answers, suggestions, links etc. are much appreciated.

  Xochitl djamal

  Tripp Lite Software Engineer

  (1) Yes, VMware VIMA is a free VAPP (Virtual Appliance), it is currently sinking a stripped down RHEL 5.2 x 86-64, it comes on pre-installation with the VI Perl Toolkit & RCLI (renamed to become vSphere SDK for Perl & vCLI) that uses the API VMware SDK and to communicate with hosts to vCenter/ESX (i)

  (2) the license situation is also explained here http://vmetc.com/2009/03/31/esxi-u4-ends-free-version-read-and-write-access-from-the-rcli/ this is something vs VMware licenses something with my scripts, you also have some alternatives, including VMware VIX http://communities.vmware.com/thread/205815

  3)

  [vi-admin@vima ~]$ cat /etc/vima-release
  VIMA 1.0.0 BUILD-124829
  
  Copyright @ 1998-2008
  VMware, Inc. All rights reserved. Protected by one or more of U.S. Patent Nos.
  6,397,242, 6,496,847, 6,704,925, 6,711,672 , 6,725,289 ,6,735,601 ,6,785,886
  ,6,789,156 ,6,795,966 ,6,880,022 ,6,944,699 ,6,961,806 ,6,961,941 ,7,069,413
  ,7,082,598 ,7,089,377 , 7,111,086, 7,111,145, 7,117,481, 7,149,843, 7,155,558,
  7,222,221, 7,260,815, 7,260,820, 7,269,683, 7,275,136, 7,277,998, 7,277,999,
  7,278,030 , 7,281,102, 7,290,253, 7,356,679 ; patents pending.
  
  VMware, the VMware "boxes" logo and design, Virtual SMP and VMotion are
  registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or
  other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be
  trademarks of their respective companies.
  

  [vi-admin@vima ~]$ uname -a
  Linux vima.primp-industries.com 2.6.18-92.el5 #1 SMP Tue Apr 29 13:16:15 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
  

  [vi-admin@vima ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga)
  

  with the release of vSphere, a new version of vMA should also be discontinued which has some changes, but the underlying system of RHEL is exactly the same.

  Currently, the ideal situation is to be able to install some type of management on VMware VIMA/vMA agent to monitor your UPS device, whatever that may be, and then use the VMware API to properly host and the VM (s) to stop. To be able to do this, you will need your ESX/ESXi product to be certified at least the license to the Foundation, otherwise the VI API is only read-only which means that you will not be able to perform all the operations that are useful against the VM (s) or guests. If you are looking to develop a management agent that will install on VMware which is probably an interesting feature of the 3rd part, I consider to communicate with VMware and more information as a partner. You can also develop your product on ubuntu or any UNIX/LINUX OS open and distribute a paralytic that can run out of the box after download.

  The real witch hunt, this is how you'll be powering down of the VM (s) / hosts and even once, ideally, we would like to use the VI API, but you'll be govered by the VMware licensing policy and this is how you sell your product in order to ensure that your customers use at least the Foundation license and can not only use the FREE ESXi version and use your UPS utility and expect it to work.

  I hope this puts you in the right direction =)

  =========================================================================

  William Lam

  VMware vExpert 2009

  Scripts for VMware ESX/ESXi and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/

  repository scripts vGhetto

  http://Twitter.com/lamw

  If you find this information useful, please give points to "correct" or "useful".

• Question about the nonstandard network configuration

  I'm trying to debug the problem following the configuration of the virtual switch.

  On a vswitch on a host ESX 3.5 with two physical network cards (vmnic0 and vmnic2), there are two groups of ports both with no vlan (i.e., the VLANs set to 0 in the configuration of portgroup).

  Two of these groups of ports use two physical NICs in active-active mode.

  The only difference is that on one of them, call it portgroup pg1, load balancing algorithm is mac hash and "Promiscuous" mode is turned on, and

  Another is to use charge balncing alg based on the port with promisicuous off mode id; Call this portgroup pg2

  A dozen of VMs attached to pg2 are all able to get a DHCP lease; However, if I set one of these virtual machines to fix instead of pg1, it is impossible to obtain a dhcp lease

  It is guess I have this problem can be the physical switch is misconfigured in that the switch ports that attach to vmnic0 and vmic2 are incompatible configured. Howerver, the fact that all 10 VMS access and statistically some would use the vmnic0 and other vmnic2 fit not quite this.

  I realize, there is incompatibility between the hash of the IP and the other nic teaming algorithms, but do not see how change of identification of the port to mac hash would whatever it is outside of the algorithm of the virtual machine uses in chossing between vmic0 and vmic2

  Since it will be difficult to get access to the network switches that I would have pragamtically some alternatives ready before speaking to the team concerned. All of the suggestions.

  Thank you

  Rich

  Hello

  Promicuous mode should have no impact on this. If so, I would be very very surprised. In fact in a vSwitch is the vNIC not the bear who switches to "Promiscuous" mode, so there should be no impact on the bear. The bear is actually in bridged mode.

  Also, remember to score the answers as correct or helpful using the boxes on the left side of the wire screen. It is a good way to show appreciation to other posters.

  Best regards
  Edward L. Haletky
  VMware communities user moderator
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• Question put in basic network

  May switches service nets under different?

  I work with a company that uses a kit EZXS16W switch 16-port workgroup to which all nodes are connected.

  I put in a server in a company where I want to isolate 6 of 16 employees who are connected to this switch and make the members area of my server.

  The company has a T1 connected to a box which is apparently managing DHCP and IP numbers. It's using the standard 192.168.1.x subnet.

  I don't think I can I achieve what I want by hanging just switch server as just another node and then create a different subnet for him and six users, because that would take them on the net under Internet happens.

  The EZXS16W is apparently not managed, so I can't set up a VLAN.

  But the server has two network cards and is set to be a controller of domain, NAT, Firewall and DHCP server. So I ask myself, can I connect the two network adapters on the server to the switch so that a network adapter is the sending/receipt of Internet traffic on the main (192.168.1.x) subnet with the other configured manually to a different subnet (10.0.2.x) network adapter, and then manually configure the 6 users to use 10.0.2.1 gateway by default so I have basically two networks operated by the same switch?

  OR I need to connect my server to the main switch with a nic, buy another switch to connect to my second nic and do six users will connect to the second switch?

  It may be possible that if you want to communicate, if you want to have access to internet at the 6 users with 10.0.2.x network, it won't work...

  Even if you connect your server to the main switch with a nic, buy another switch for you to connect to my second nic and do six users will connect to the second switch, it does not connect to the internet...

• 'unknown' and big question mark on my network card

  Hello
  I get an 'unknown' with a big blue? on my map network between my computer and the router.
  I already did the following:
  Restarted
  Reset router password
  unchecked some v6 button
  not all users connected
  just abot all I've read about this.
  It will go away for a period short and low and behold he came back.
  What is it?
  Why is that?
  How can I get rid of him?
  Thank you so much in advance.
  He

  I had the same big blue mark on several of my machines and know that the bonjour service is not installed on any of them - all clean installed Win7, Win2k8R2 and Win7Home.  The only thing they had in common was RealTek network cards (or at least that's how they are marked in Device Manager).

  If your NETWORK card is a RealTek PCie or similar, you could try going to Device Manager and click on the Advanced tab of the RealTek network device.  There you should be able to navigate down to an entry labeled "priority and VLAN.  If activated, try to define this VLAN enabled.  I could do this fix on 3 of my machines with RealTek NIC and it seems that the problems of mapping network disappeared.

  [I'm not saying that the bonjour service is not causing a? mark for others, but I got no Hello on my machines.]  The fix above eliminated the? all cards on all the machines in my network].

• Questions of frequency wireless network (must be 2.4 MHz!)

  I just spent two weeks of struggling to get my new Photosmart Premium (C309g) to join my 802.11n network.  At one point I even learned by HP phonesupport that this model is only compatible with 802. 11 b / g and that's why the model number ends with 'g '.  Fortunately, not proven to be true. In fact, this product works as advertised, with a warning not to disclose:

  MUST BE ON YOUR 2.4 GHz WIRELESS NETWORK.

  I got my network configured to operate at 5 GHz.   I changed it to 2. 4 GHz, and now my Photosmart Premium works perfectly.

  What a pity that this minor detail is not in one of printed or online technical documentation of the manufacturer. If all goes well in sharing this information I can save someone else to go through the frustration that I did.

  I can't believe that our support officer told you that the g in g 309 means the printer only 802. 11 b / g compatible.  It's not that the suffix in the model number means.

  By definition, 802.11n devices are compatible with the networks of 802.11 g (as vice versa) as long as they are on the same frequency (2.4 GHz or 5 GHz) band.  Currently, all of our 802.11n printers operating in the 2.4 GHz band only.

• Question on ESX 4.1 update

  Dear

  My ESX version is esx4.1 260247, please let me know if I want to spend what series you can get which is series 1 downlad directly update1, 2 & 3 and then install update 1,2,3) here are the details

  Series1:

  VMware ESX 4.1 Update 1 Build 348481 (February 10, 2011)

  VMware ESX 4.1 update 2 build 502767 (October 27, 2011)

  VMware ESX 4.1 update 3 build 800380 (August 30, 2012)

  or

  Series2: -.

  Build number: 320092

  Build number: 320137

  Build number: 348481

  Build number: 381591

  Build number: 433742

  Build number: 502767 (update - from - esx4.1 - 4.1_update02)

  Build number: 538358

  Build number: 582267

  Build number: 659051

  Build number: 702113

  Build number: 721871

  Version number: 800380 update - from - esx4.1 - 4.1_update03

  Build number: 874690

  Build number: 988178

  Please let me know which option I will choose to install the update on ESX4.1

  concerning

  Mr. Vmware

  Here are the steps to upgrade to host ESXi 4.1 4.1 3 update using AUVS.

  1 Hope you have Crossover installed and configured with vCenter Server. If none please follow this installation guide.

  http://www.VMware.com/PDF/vsp_vum_41_admin_guide.PDF

  2. once the VUM extension is added to the vCenter server, select it from the House.

  In vSphere Client that is connected to the vCenter server.

  Home-> Solutions and Applications-> Update Manager.

  

  3. go in 'Baseline and groups' and create a baseline "Host Upgrade". PLS, see the Administrator's guide mentioned above for steps to create a base line.

  4. go to the tab "Repository of Patch" and select the "Cumulative" package for «VMware ESXi 4 Update3»

  

  5 right-click the bundle selected rollup that is 'VMware ESXi 4 full Update3"and add to the newly created base line.

  6 fix the base to the host line after putting the host in maintenance mode.

  7. analysis of the host, it should show the host is non-compliant.

  8 stage and clean up the base line.

  9. you must reboot the host to complete the upgrade process.

• Quick question on configuring the network (FT-operation forestry-traffic)

  Hi people,

  I have a pretty simple question, but I want to just make sure.

  I've set up a new Cluster of Vsphere-5. We use no FT, so I disabled (unchecked) all FT-operation forestry-traffic on the Vmkernel Ports.

  I hope it's not serious!

  I come to this issue because if I check the compliance of host against Cluster requirements resulting a non-compliant situation. ("FT not taken in charge... FT logging is not enabled").

  Since traffic FT-logging is not used for anything other than FT, it should be quite OK to disable. Am I wrong?

  Thanks in advance for your ideas.

  Best... Andreas

  Take a look on the underside of kb to disable checking FT:

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=1017714

• question re esx 4.1 upgrade 2

  Sorry if this has already been discussed.  If Yes please send me the link.

  I use update Manager to update my ESX hosts.  Currently the version shows ESX 4.1.0 502767 - does that mean it is updated to 2 upgrade? -A colleague gave me the following ISO - VMware-VIMSetup-all - 4.1.0 - 493063 and told me that I had to use to upgrade to 4.1 upgrade 2.  I looked through these discussions, but it is difficult to know exactly how updates work in the Update Manager.

  TIA

  ESXi 4.1 Build 502767 corresponds to ESXi 4.1 Update 2, you are up to date with the hosts. (see http://vsphere-land.com/vinfo/release-build-info)

  ISO "VMware-VIMSetup-all - 4.1.0 - 493063" is the vCenter Server installation ISO. It's yours if you update Server/Update Manager vCenter to the latest version too. Please find the compatibility matrix for http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/sim/interop_matrix.php

  André

• Question about ESX ESXi (for Cist_o ACS 5.2) vs

  Hello world

  Thanks again for your help in advance. I don't know if I can cite another company name in VMWare here so I use "_".

  Currently we want to install Cist_o ACS 5.2, who need ESX3.5 or 4.0. I would like to ask... do you think if I use ESXi instead? Or I have to use directly at ESX (not i)?

  Also, I try to buy a Del_ server... for this purpose, and I can not want to install several Windows 2003/2008 for the application, the domain controller, print servers. What type of processor and RAM would you recommend (for a performance so so)?

  Finally, what is the difference between license and without license for ESX and ESXi respectively?

  Thank you very much for your help.

  Takami Chiro

  You can talk about Cisco

  You can not just replace with ESX ESXi - they are built on a different Foundation for the service console, which would probably not ACS funciton properly.  Contact cisco for the future on it, as all future versions of ESX (including the v5, the current version) are the 'i' version only.

  For the dell, its 100% depedent workload server.  If you have only a few users (less to, say 50), more a base quadcore with ~ 12 GB of RAM should be sufficient.

  ESXi is only available with a free license.  Here is the FAQ on the differences:

  http://www.VMware.com/products/vSphere-hypervisor/FAQ.html