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• count the number of targets, devices and paths by hba for each host with powercli 5.5

  Hi all

  I'm writing this Question again in the community, was not able to found the answer I was looking for in the nets:

  https://communities.VMware.com/thread/516226?start=0 & tstart = 0

  https://communities.VMware.com/thread/293531

  I went through the scripts provided in the community, but seems that t not work on powercli 5.5.

  ///

  # The target account, devices and paths for each host

  Get-Cluster $cluster | Get-VMHost | Sort-Object-property name. {ForEach-Object

  $VMHost = $_

  $VMHost | Get-VMHostHba-type FibreChannel | Sort-Object-property device | {ForEach-Object

  $VMHostHba = $_

  $ScsiLun = $VMHostHba | Get-ScsiLun

  If {($ScsiLun)

  $ScsiLunPath = $ScsiLun | Get-ScsiLunPath | `

  Where-Object {$_.} Name - like "$($VMHostHba.Device) *"} ".

  $Targets = ($ScsiLunPath |) »

  Group-object - property SanID | Measure - Object). County

  $Devices = ($ScsiLun |) Measure - Object). County

  $Paths = ($ScsiLunPath |) Measure - Object). County

  }

  Else {}

  $Targets = 0

  $Devices = 0

  $Paths = 0

  }

  $Report = "" | Select-Object - property VMHost, HBA, target devices, paths

  $Report.VMHost = $VMHost.Name

  $Report.HBA = $VMHostHba.Device

  $Report.Targets = $Targets

  $Report.Devices = $Devices

  $Report.Paths = $Paths

  $Report

  }

  }

  ///

  I went through the script LucD posted below: but it's not exactly what I'm looking for.

  LucD : can you please change the same for me please.   to count the number of paths per hba for each host with powercli 5.5, devices and targets.

  //

  $esx = get-VMHost < host name >

  foreach ($hba to (VMHostHba Get - VMHost $esx - type "FibreChannel")) {}

  $target = ((get - see $hba. VMhost). Config.StorageDevice.ScsiTopology.Adapter | where {$_.} Adapter - eq $hba. Key}). Goal

  $luns = get-ScsiLun - Hba $hba - LunType 'disk '.

  $nrPaths = ($target | % {$_.}) Lun.Count} | Measure - Object - sum). Sum

  Write-Host $hba. Device ' target: ' $target. County "devices:" $luns. County ' path: ' $nrPaths

  }

  //

  I'll be grateful for any help.

  Tarun Gupta

  Try something like this

  {foreach ($esx in Get-VMHost)

  foreach ($hba to (VMHostHba Get - VMHost $esx - type "FibreChannel")) {}

  $target = ((get - see $hba. VMhost). Config.StorageDevice.ScsiTopology.Adapter | where {$_.} Adapter - eq $hba. Key}). Goal

  $luns = get-ScsiLun - Hba $hba - LunType "disk" - ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

  $nrPaths = ($target | % {$_.}) Lun.Count} | Measure - Object - sum). Sum

  $props [ordered] = @ {}

  VMHost = $esx.name

  HBA = $hba. Name

  Target = $target. County

  Device = $luns. County

  Path = $nrPaths

  }

  New-object PSObject-property $props

  }

  }

• Host with PowerCLI profiles update

  Hello

  We use a large number of profiles to host to a large number of clusters...

  Now, we update the administrator password and the adjustment in each host profile.

  Home profile | The security configuration. Administrator password | Configure a fixed administrator password

  Is it possible to proceed in an automated way?

  Thank you and best regards,

  Harold

  Try this. I was able to change the password in this way.

  function Copy-Property ($From, $To, $PropertyName ="*")
  {
     foreach ($p in Get-Member -In $From -MemberType Property -Name $propertyName)
     {  trap {
           Add-Member -In $To -MemberType NoteProperty -Name $p.Name -Value $From.$($p.Name) -Force
           continue
        }
        $To.$($P.Name) = $From.$($P.Name)
     }
  }
  
  $hostProfileName = "MyHostProfile"
  $newAdminPswd = "newpswd"
  
  $hp = Get-VMHostProfile -Name $hostProfileName
  
  $spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.HostProfileCompleteConfigSpec
  Copy-Property -From $hp.ExtensionData.Config -To $spec
  
  $secpol = New-Object VMware.Vim.ProfilePolicy
  $secpol.Id = "AdminPasswordPolicy"
  $secpol.PolicyOption = New-Object VMware.Vim.PolicyOption
  $secpol.PolicyOption.Id = "FixedAdminPasswordOption"
  $secpol.PolicyOption.Parameter += New-Object VMware.Vim.KeyAnyValue
  $secpol.PolicyOption.Parameter[0].Key = "password"
  $secpol.PolicyOption.Parameter[0].Value = New-Object VMware.Vim.PasswordField
  $secpol.PolicyOption.Parameter[0].Value.Value = $newAdminPswd
  $spec.ApplyProfile.Security.Policy = @($secpol)
  
  $hp.ExtensionData.UpdateHostProfile($spec)
  

  The script uses the function of copy-property of Dennis Verwiej to copy the HostProfileConfigInfo object to the object HostProfileCompleteConfigSpec

• Moving off the power VM to a different host with PowerCLI

  I can't move my VM vCenter to new ESXi host.
  (VMotion is currently unabailable)

  Former host 192.168.1.6
  New host 192.168.1.9

  SE connect-VIServer 192.168.1.6
  Port of user name
  ----                           ----  ----
  192.168.1.6 root 443
  Get-VM-name vCenter | Move-VM-Destination 192.168.1.9
  Move-VM: 29/12/2012 10:48:09 Move-VM is not found VIContainer w
  name of ITH ' 192.168.1.9.

  Version 5.1.0 Build 914609

  The Move-VM cmdlet uses vMotion. So if you shut down the server vCenter, so you can't use the Move-VM cmdlet to move.

  You can cancel the registration of the former host vCenter server and enter it again on the new host.

  Something like:

  SE connect-VIserver ancienhote

  Remove-VM - VM vCenter - confirm: $false

  Disconnect-VIserver ancienhote - confirm: $false

  SE connect-VIserver nouvelhote

  CD vmstores:\newHost@443\Datacenter\Storage1\vCenter\
  $vmxFile = get-Item vCenter.vmx
  $vmhost = get-VMHost-name nouvelhote

  New-VM - VMHost $vmhost - VMFilePath $vmxFile.DatastoreFullPath
  Disconnect-VIserver nouvelhote - confirm: $false

• Error in profile after host controls can be updated.

  I recently applied ESXi550-201505002 (may be updated) all of my host and now my profile checks host will not work. I have attached to creating a new profile of the host and also update my profile existing and still no joy. The error I get is "chess against host profile: unexpected error, compliance: no object Type isn't iterables.  I Googled it many different ways and I tried a bunch of different solution attempts. Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

  Thank you in advance.

  
  

  OK, problem solved. I thought that I would update just in case someone encounters this situation in the future.

  Our ESXi host for security reasons must be on their own segment without access to any other domain joined machines... except vCenter of course and they do not have direct access to the domain controllers or DNS (we have a file local host on each host computer referencing the other ESXi host). In our host profile DNS is not configured, but apparently something with this most recent update did not like that and that it is 'unknown' when you try to run a compliance check. I could always apply a profile of the host, not simply check that she was entirely consistent thereafter.  So basically, I edited the host profile to include not "DNS Configuration", located in configuration Networking--> NetStack Instance--> default TcpipStack--> DNS configuration. Once I did all the checks came back normal and showed consistent.

  Take care.

• I need a way to change the Login with PowerCLI 5.5 banner

  So I'm having a lot of problems with the fixing of the banner of connecting through Host Profiles.  It does not change the formatting at all, and it always shows not permitted even after the application.  Someone has found a way to define it with PowerCLI?  I saw ways to connect directly to the host ssh but I want to with a session PowerCLI, vCenter and does not direct connection to the host.  I would like to know if anyone has found anything!

  Thank you.

  We had a similar thread before, see script logon banner , but without using SSH, as I know there is no way to do it.

• How to create a camera profile that works with a JPG image with my color chart to check inside? [was: color Checker chart.] Really need help]

  I got a color chart to check. It came not with any software whatsoever. I shoot my images in JPG format. I know it's not really ideal but I'm on a tight budget and don't have the money for a digital SLR cameras that shoot raw. Is there anyway that I can always create a camera profile that works with a JPG image with my color chart to check inside? My table also includes RGB values below each color. Maybe I can match each color in the photo these values manually? If so how is this done?

  Thank you

  Bryce

  I've never seen software that does what you ask for JPGs, only RAWs.  The main problem is that any profile or adjustment is calculated according a JPG of a particular chart photo would apply to the other JPG photos with the same white balance.

  Jpg does not use "camera profiles" anyway in Lightroom, the profile is always integrated.

  There is a product that allows to calculate the HSL cursor offset values given a JPG photo their own table owner who looked like a color checker, but had two lines reversed so the software could not be used with a standard-checker color, unfortunately.  Now their table has twice as many patches (48), and looking at it on their site I'm not too sure that it does not always work with JPGs or if she's just raw files, now.

  The graphic and software are called SpyderCheckr of Datacolor.  There are various software that do different things, but none are using a ColorChecker, so having one is mainly a loss until you get a camera that can take raw photos, so keep a humidity and temperature controlled environment as much as possible until you have the right camera.  You can probably use the grey patches to adjust exposure, but that's all.

  Today you need not a digital SLR to have raw photos, well.  My phone Galaxy S6 with the last update of Marshmallow and the software of camera update will take photos in format raw DNG in Pro mode which I can create custom profiles camera to use a ColorChecker, although the camera is really good in itself, so when I found everything first he could make DNG I took a little but now, I usually just use the camera to make the jpg unless the shot is really important and the lighting is not too hard.  I think that S7 phone's camera is even better.

  What kind of camera do you have?  Sometimes, there are firmware hacks that allow the camera to shoot raw format even if the standard camera cannot.

• in bulk license with PowerCLI 6.0 Release 2 broken?

  Hello

  I upgraded successfully to PowerCLI 6.0 Release 1 to PowerCLI 6.0 Release 2.

  After that, I wanted to add a new license to the license in bulk newly deployed ESXi Hosts with Auto deploy but encountered the following error:

  $licenseData = new-Object VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.LicenseData

  New-Object: cannot find type [VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.LicenseData]: check that the assembly containing this type is loaded.

  On line: 1 char: 16

  + $licenseData = new-Object VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.LicenseData

  +                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  + CategoryInfo: InvalidType: (:)) [New-Object], PSArgumentException)

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: TypeNotFound, Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewObjectCommand

  I'm sure that it worked with PowerCLI 6.0 Release 1.

  Did someone else run into it as well? Perhaps no work around?

  I appreciate your help.

  see you soon,

  Ronny

  Hello

  It is a backward compatibility problem that was introduced in PowerCLI 6.0R2. It will be addressed in a version of the next patch very soon, but until then, you can work around

  replacement of

  'VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.LicenseData '.

  with

  'VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.V1.LicenseData '.

  Keep in mind that if you do the above to make your script works and later upgrade your PowerCLI to a version more recent that you should check back this change in scripts.

  -Dimitar Milov

• Parameter of LVM. EnableResignature problem with PowerCLI vpshere 5.1 and 5.1 U2 Powercli

  Use us SRM and you want to make sure that when done with test that the LVM. EnableResignature is set to return 0 since move us hosts often. I tried 2 different ways to do it and they both fail with "a specified parameter was not correct", all examples I see online are for esx 4.x and below, I didn't know someone check this in 5.x.  We are 5.1U1 and latest powercli.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  Method 1:

  $vh contains the name of the host to be reset:

  If ((Get-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration - vmhost $vh - name of LVM. EnableResignature). Values - not 0) {}

  Game-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration - vmhost $vh - name of LVM. EnableResignature-value 0 - confirm: $false

  }

  Method 2:

  Borrow the code for the functions I've seen online:

  If ((Get-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration - vmhost $vh - name of LVM. EnableResignature). Values - not 0) {}

  			$esx = get-View (Get-VMHost $vh) USER.USER
  			$optmgrMoRef = $esx.configManager.advancedOption
  			$optmgr = get-views $optmgrMoRef

  			$optarray = $optmgr. QueryOptions ("LVM. EnableResignature")
  			$optarray [0]. Value = 0
  			$optmgr. UpdateOptions ($optarray)

  }

  It seems as if the function of 9 Re: LVM/EnableResignature value = 1 with PowerCLI on ESX 4.1  

  work on 5.1 as well

  Function Set-VMHostResignature {}

  [CmdletBinding()]

  (Param

  [(Setting)

  Mandatory = $True,.

  ValueFromPipeline = $True

  )]

  [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.VMHostImpl []] $VMHost,.

  [(Setting)

  Mandatory = $True,.

  Position = 0

  )]

  [ValidateSet (0, 1)]

  [long] $Value

  )

  Begin {}

  $Option = new-Object Vmware.Vim .optionvalue - property @ {}

  Key = "LVM. EnableResignature ".

  Value = $Value

  }

  $OptionArray = $Option

  }

  {In process

  $VMHost | {ForEach-Object

  $ESX = get-view $_.ID

  $OptMgr = get - see $ESX. ConfigManager.AdvancedOption

  $OptMgr.UpdateOptions ($OptionArray)

  }

  }

  }

  Get-VMHost | Game-VMHostResignature-value 1

• VMotion between 2 Hosts with different processors

  Hallo,

  I have a server in my homelab I use for studies of VMsphere and I want to get a second machine to test advanced features such as HA, Vmotion etc.

  My first server has a map of X9SCM-9 with processor Xeon E3-1230V2 (Ivy Bridge). I am currently running ESX 5.0 U2 on it.

  I was counting on obtaining of material quality for the second host consumers because I don't want to spend a lot on it, so I thought that I need any CPU generation Ivy Bridge.

  I tested today with a second machine with a Pentium G2020 Ivy Bridge, but when I try to Vmotion he says "the virtual machine requires physical features that are not available or disabled on the host... ».

  So I figure there must be a difference in architecture regardless of the CPU beeing an Ivy Bridge CPU.

  When I try to activate CVS it just me are going to the 'Nehalem' Version so my virtual machines running on host 1 would not be able to use all the features of the CPU since the Xeon.

  So the question boils down to: what is the processor less which offer compatibility VCA L5?

  Or is there something else to consider in VMotion between two hosts with different processors?

  I got a shared storage, etc. of the same network configuration.

  Thank you

  Benjamin

  Hi Benjamin,

  For compatibility VCA L5 want to look at one of the following models, Intel CPU:

  • Ivy Bridge: Series E3-1200-v2
  • HASWELL

  I would recommend mental health that before rushing and a CPU purchase, check if a cheaper option would be, as Jon mentions in suppresss some fo the CPU compatibility checks so obviously, this is not desirable in a production environment, and must be applied in your study of VMware Lab to the home address.

  Hope this helps,

  Simon

  TechHead

  http://techhead.co

• Delete the files from/usr/lib/vmware/hostd/docroot/downloads with Powercli

  I'm tying to achieve the same goal as their example of cron in this KB with PowerCLI or c#:
  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1026359

  We have tools that bring together our newspaper bundles ESX/ESXi and ship it to Vmware support for analysis, but the files never get removed from the * / downloads directory on the host.

  We have a mixed esx 3.5 / 4.0 to esx / esxi 4.1 environment. I prefer not to run local cronjobs on the hosts. Someone at - it a good way to handle this with PowerCLI or c# code against vCenter?

  Thank you!

  Jeff

  On the ESX servers, where you have a COS, you can use the command subsequently plink.exe alottt.

  There is an example in the HBA information: PowerCLI wire.

  On an ESXi server, you can use the same procedure, but it requires a bit more.

  And the environment that you are connecting is somewhat more limited compared to the COS.

  See the example of policies to change password on ESXi

• Activation of VMotion on a vmk dvSwitch with PowerCLI problems

  Hello

  I'm trying to enable vmotion and a dvswitch via powercli on a host with the following command:

  game-vmhostnetworkadapter - VMHost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - VirtualNic "vmk1" - VMotionEnabled $true

  I get the following error:

  Game-VMHostNetworkAdapter: cannot bind parameter 'VirtualNic '. Cannot convert t
  He value "vmk1' to type 'System.String' to type 'VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Ty '.
  pes.V1.Host.Networking.Nic.HostVirtualNic ".
  On line: 1 char: 56
  + set-vmhostnetworkadapter - vmhost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - virtualnic < < < < "vmk1" - vmotion
  $true enabled
  + CategoryInfo: InvalidArgument: (:)) [game-VMHostNetworkAdapter])
  ParameterBindingException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage, VMware.VimAutomat
  ion.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.Host.SetVMHostNetworkAdapter

  I also tried to perform functions of LucD:

  Get-DistributedSwitchNetworkAdapter - VMHost xxxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - PortGroup "vMotion" - DistributedSwitch "dv1.

  I get the following error:

  Get-DistributedSwitchNetworkAdapter: cannot process the transformation of the argument on
  parameter "$vmhost". Cannot convert value "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" to type "System.Stri".
  NG' type 'VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.Inventory.VMHost '.
  On line: 1 char: 44
  + Get-DistributedSwitchNetworkAdapter - VMHost < < < < xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - PortGroup ' vMot
  ion'-DistributedSwitch 'dv1.
  + CategoryInfo: InvalidData: (:)) [Get-DistributedSwitchNetworkAd)
  Apter], ParameterBindin... mationException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: ParameterArgumentTransformationError, Get-Distrib
  utedSwitchNetworkAdapter

  
  

  Someone at - it ideas?

  I guess you took the function of the DistributedSwitch module included with the book?

  The VMHost parameter must be an object of VMHost.

  Try it as

  $esx = get-VMHost xxxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

  Get-DistributedSwitchNetworkAdapter - VMHost $esx - PortGroup "vMotion" - DistributedSwitch "dv1.

• Override the port NIC teaming with powercli group?

  Hi all

  Any chance you could lend a hand?

  I have a powercli script that goes out to all of my ESX 4.0 host and add a new port group to vswitch1 with a new VLAN ID. That works well, but I also need to override the NIC teaming on this port group, to set an active NIC and the other to be the backup. (we put NIC failover port groups not the vswitches).

  I see ways to change NIC vswitches grouping settings, but am yet to find a way to change the settings of the NIC collection for groups of ports themselves with powercli?

  Can someone shine a light?

  Thank you

  Try something like:

  Get-VirtualPortGroup-name '' | Get-NicTeamingPolicy | Game-NicTeamingPolicy - MakeNicActive "vmnic1" - MakeNicStandby "vmnic0".

  I hope this helps!

• The list of devices/paths HBA with Powercli

  Hi guys,.

  I would like to know if is there a way to get the list of devices a vmHBA given with PowerCli HBA.

  

  Of course, try this.

  Get-VMHost | %{
       $esxImpl = $_
       $esx = Get-View $esxImpl
       $esxImpl | Get-VMHostHba | %{
            $hba = $_
            Get-ScsiLun -Hba $hba | %{
                 $lun = $_
                 $row = "" | Select Host,HBA,Device
                 $row.Host = $esxImpl.Name
                 $row.HBA = $hba.Name
                 $row.Device = ($esx.Config.StorageDevice.ScsiLun | where{$_.Key -eq $lun.Key} ).DisplayName
                 $row
            }
       }
  }
  

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• Export all the objects with PowerCli

  Hello

  I'm not in VSphere or vmware but a Director of SCOM and I am currently working on a solution to monitor our VCenter with SCOM server. To be able to automatically resolve alerts, I would need to find a way to export a list with all the objects of the VCenter server to create them as instances in SCOM and map the error directly state events to these objects.

  I think that this should be possible with PowerCli so the plan was to have a script export this list frequently and run a discovery of the SCOM Agent Script to automatically create related instances. Does anyone know how this export could be made with PowerCli? Since I'm not in vmware / vsphere and we don't have a test environment, but only the Production System in our office, I am somewhat limited in trying just by the cmdlets to discover this.

  No matter what pointer in the right direction which cmdlets can achieve this is as welcome as script ideas that could help me out here.

  Thanks and greetings

  Marco

  OK, I see.

  When you want to display a map, it is better to load the objects requested in advance and update them regularly.

  Have you ever thought about what you want to see on the map?

  A hierarchy of the sample could be

  vCenter(s)                                     <- in $defaultVIServer after a Connect-VICenter
    datacenter(s)                              <- Get-Datacenter -Server 
     cluster(s)                                   <- Get-Cluster -Server 
        resource pool(s)                     <- Get-Resourcepool -Location (Get-Cluster )
           guest(s)                               <- Get-VM -Location (Get-Resourcepool )
        vmhost(s)                               <- Get-VmHost -Location (Get-Cluster 
           datastores                           <- Get-Datastore -Location (Get-VMHost )
           network
              vswitches                         <- Get-VirtualSwitch -VMHost (Get-VMHost )
                  portgroup(s)                 <- Get-VirtualPortgroup -VMHost (Get-VMHost )
     standalone host(s)
        guest(s)
        datastores
        network
           vswitches
               portgroup(s)
  

  I added some of the cmdlets that you can use to get items for a specific branch of the hierarchy.

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