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• Utility to display all the virtual machines that have ISO attached to CD

  Someone at - it a utility that will list all the virtual machines on a host or a cluster, indicating the State of the virtual CD drive?  I am trying to remove one of my nfs stores, and of course, he's busy.  It's a real pain to point and click through all the virtual machines to find one or two that have a CD with ISO attached.

  Obviously, free is better!

  Thanks for your suggestions,

  Doug

  Hello.

  Discover RVTools.

  Good luck!

• Lists the names of all the virtual machines

  I want to display a list for the name of all the virtual machines.

  Get - VM export to much information, how to filter the info I need?

  With the Select-Object cmdlet, like this

  Get - VM | Select name

  The Get - VM product objects that you pass through the pipeline ('|) ') to the Select-Object cmdlet.

  The Select-Object cmdlet allows you to select one or more of the properties of the objects it receives.

• Can I program a script to remove all the ISOs datastore on all virtual machines?

  I found a "bug" that if backupexec creates a backup of a computer virtual with a mounted ISO, you can not restore VM to a different host, even after that another backup ran again with the ISO is more fitted. SO whether a backup runs on Monday night with an ISO mounted from the data store and I'm going to come in and chop the ISO and Tuesday backup runs that always, I can not restore the backup from Tuesday to a different host. Also, I should mention that these hosts do not share no matter what storage between them and I can restore to the host of origin without any problem. I'm working on that symantec, but it seems to me that the best response is no, not an ISO mounted when the backup starts, but I can easily predict that sometimes in the life of our environment that someone leaves an ISO mounted so I'll try to find a medium schedule a script that will remove all ISOs mounted in virtual machines. There is a work around by removing the virtual machine in the inventory and recreate the virtual machine with the existing VMDK file, it means having to stop this server whenever someone does this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  the script would look like below.

  Connect-VIServer myvcenter.yourdomain.com get-cddrive -VM * |where {$_.ISOPATH -ne $null}|set-cddrive  -nomedia Disconnect-VIServer -Confirm:$false
  

• Need a script to the list of all the virtual machines in CSV

  I want to record a list of virtual machines from one host in a csv file so that I can add to their return with

  New-VM - VMFilePath $VMXFile - $vmhost $ESXHost - $VMFolder location

  I started with that, but am struggling with the name of the folder of the virtual machine (can be used in New-VM-map)

  Get-VIServer-Server MyServer - protocol https-Force | out-null

  $report = @)

  Get - VM | Get-View | %{

  $row = "" | Select Name, VmPathName, location

  $row. Name = $_. Name

  $row. VmPathName = $_. Config.Files.VmPathName

  # $row. Location = $_. Folder # faced with this line

  $report += $row

  }

  $report

  # How to make this online, don't invite not not the user?

  Disconnect-VIServer-Server MyServer - Force

  Try this, it should give the blue files

  New-VIProperty -Name 'BlueFolderPath' -ObjectType 'VirtualMachine' -Value {    param($vm)
  
      function Get-ParentName {        param($object)
  
          if($object.Folder) {            $blue = Get-ParentName $object.Folder            $name = $object.Folder.Name        }        elseif($object.Parent -and $object.Parent.GetType().Name -like "Folder*") {            $blue = Get-ParentName $object.Parent            $name = $object.Parent.Name        }        elseif($object.ParentFolder){            $blue = Get-ParentName $object.ParentFolder            $name = $object.ParentFolder.Name        }        if("vm","Datacenters" -notcontains $name) {            $blue + "/" + $name        }        else{            $blue        }    }
  
      (Get-ParentName $vm).Remove(0,1)} -Force | Out-Null
  
  Connect-VIServer -Server MyServer -Protocol https -Force | out-null
  
  $report = @()Get-VM  | %{  $row = "" | select Name, VmPathName, Location  $row.Name = $_.Name  $row.VmPathName = $_.ExtensionData.Config.Files.VmPathName  $row.Location = $_.BlueFolderPath  $report += $row}$report
  
  Disconnect-VIServer -Server MyServer -Confirm:$false
  

• Automatic deletion/removal of the virtual machine to inventory

  Hello

  I need to create a clone of a virtual machine once a month on the storage separate from the original machine. Before that the time has come for the next monthly clone I have to delete the virtual machine but also to remove the inventory. I need to do without leaving the clone deleted in an orphaned State as the next clone turns out to be defective for the double.

  I set up a scheduled task to clone the machine then next month a cron job to run a vmware-cmd - s unsubscribe & lt; path to vmx & gt; followed by an rm - r & lt; path to vm & gt;. It does everything I need except remove the virtual virtual machine inventory.

  Did someone knows a way to remove it completely (as if to make a destroy) or cloning without adding it to the inventory (this is not really a need for us).

  Any help would be great,

  Mick

  With the command: vmware-cmd - s unregister

  You will need to restart the mgmt-vmware and vmware-vpxa service in order for the front end to pick up the change.

  Or you can use VC SDK.

  For VI Perl Toolkit:

  http://www/support/developer/viperltoolkit/viperl15/doc/vmregister.html

  Perl vmregister.pl - url https://vchost/sdk/vimService - username - Word blah administrator password - transaction undo - vmname TESTVM

  PowerShell (but in this example, the virtual machine is removed):

  http://myitforum.com/CS2/blogs/yli628/archive/2008/08/19/PowerShell-script-to-remove-virtual-machine-from-VMware-infrastructure.aspx

  André

• Windows 7, script to remove all the user accounts

  I'm on the technical support team.  On my desktop I have connection to more than 10 accounts per day to test and ensure that users are working.   Y at - it a script or a way to remove all the accounts?  Now, I need to right click on "computer" / Properties / advanced system settings / user profile settings / then remove them all one at a time and each of them take like 30-45 seconds.  I can remove the easy user profiles, but all accounts really slow things down.

  Hello

  Thanks for posting your query on the Microsoft Community.

  I would like to know some information.

  You are connected to a domain network?

  I suggest you re-post your query on the TechNet forums because we have experts working on this type of questions and for you help the better.

  Check out the link:

  https://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/Windows/en-us/home?category=w7itpro

  Hope this information helps. Please let us know if you need any other help with Windows in the future. We will be happy to help you.

• Unable to start the CD player Win2003 Server / removable on the virtual machine: VMware-8(Host: Win7)

  

  Hello

  I am unable to start Win 2003 Server CD disk / removable on a Virtual Machine (the two VMWare 6 and 8). The snap-snap-in error is attached. I have the right configuration of the BIOS to Boot priority, but is taking the PXE ROM option.

  Please help me.

  Thank you

  Remy

  Hello

  1. it doesn't matter that the 'connected' is checked which is normal. "Connect at power on" is important and must be checked that it is on the screenshot.

  2. now, change the "autodetect" option to point to your 'real' cdrom device (that this laptop has).

  3 If this does not convert your cdrom ISO image 2003 and load through the second option that says "use an iso image.

  4. If this still does not work there is only one possible "your 2003 cdrom is NOT bootable. The fact that it autoruns IN Win7 does not mean that is bootable. You should check by placing it in a different machine of cdrom, restart this computer, bios in order to boot from CDROM/DVD first and see if the change boots. If it does not start even from there then for sure this cd is NOT bootable. So, the important thing is to load the cd on time to start and not inside the operating system to work.

  5. try to download an iso of the trial of the internet windows Server 2003 and use that one to see what is happening.

  6. create a new virtual machine and try here or even better to try another machine with Workstation 8 and see what happens.

  7. it is no coincidence if the CD-ROM drive is not recognized within the virtual machine.

• Optimal code to retrieve all the virtual machines in a ResourcePool

  Hi all

  What is optimum (fastest) encode during extraction of all virtual machines in a Resource Pool?

  I have this:

  $myVMs = get - vm | where {$_.} ResourcePool - eq "MYRP"}

  [1]

  Is this actually retrieve ALL virtual machines first and then filter on the second resource pool (in which case it would be 'slow')?

  I also have this:

  $myRP = get-resourcepool "MYRP".

  $myRP.extensiondata.vm

  This generates the MoRef VM.

  [2]

  How do I use get - view then pull only information on those specific MoRefs and has this method might be considerably better than the get - vm method detailed above?

  Notice-EEG - viewtype property VirtualMachine MoRef does not work

  Kind regards

  marc0

  Hi Marco,.

  (1) Yes, this call will be all first retrieve all virtual machines and then filter on the resource pool property.

  I suggest using the following call which retrieves only the virtual machines in the desired resource pool. This will give you better performance:

  $resourcePool = get-ResourcePool "MYRP".

  Get-VM-location $resourcePool

  # Or you can use this:

  Get-VM-location "MYRP".

  (2) you can use Get-View to retrieve objects by MoRef like this:

  $vmViews = get-view-Id $myRP.extensiondata.vm

  # If you need VM objects rather than their point of view, then you must also do the following:

  $vms = $vmViews | Get-VIObjectByVIView

  Kind regards

  Dimitar

• I can run all the virtual machines (created with workstation) in VMWare player?

  Suppose I created a virtual machine in a Vmware Workstation 7.1 installation.

  Can I take all of this a virtual machine and run it on a VMware player installation?

  Or Vmware Workstation offers specific features that are required by the virtual machine to run successfully?

  Matt

  If,

  If you are using vmware player 3.x, you should have no problem.

  Do not forget that the workstation and vmware player share much of its architecture.

  Best wishes / Saludos.
  Pablo

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• Virtual Center stops all the virtual machines in a cluster HA

  Hello.

  I have a question about vCenter machine. We have deployed

  VMware ESX 4.0 HA cluster on Server Blade IBM 3. VCenter machine resides

  on a virtual machine on the same cluster. When we tried to recharge a physical switch (in the)

  IBM Blade Center), all our virtual machines on the cluster have been turned off automatically.

  If the vCenter VM is turned off, then everything is fine - the reloading of the

  Switch is not turning off the virtual machines (and the net is ok - start machines

  work through another switch in IBM bladecenter). If the machine vCenter

  powers (manually), all the other machines, which have been put off, are powered

  on too (automatically, of course, with the help of the machine of vCenter). How

  is that what I can adjust the machine vCenter, so it could not power power machines by

  itself automatically?

  ESX 4.0 (162856)

  Hello

  Right-click in your cluster, change the settings. Select 'Virtual Machine Options' under 'Vmware HA' and choose the host response of insulation desired for the entire cluster or individual VM. If you do not have network connections redundant between your ESX machines, you probably want the virtual machine for when you need to do maintenance or your network switch died. You should probably also disable HA while doing maintenance. You should consider to build network redundancy in the case of a production environment.

  I hope that helps!

• Parameters DiskIOPS limit for all the virtual machines in a Cluster

  I was wondering if there is a simple script to change all the disks attached to the VM is in inventory if powered by power to limit the IOPS / s to 500 for example?

  Close to there, you must use the pipeline ('|) '), like this

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• Need a script allowing to "check and upgradetools during power cycling" on all the virtual machines

  What is the best method to enable this option on all virtual machines? Y at - it a good way to do it without another modification of the VMX files on all machines, or be manually change settings?

  Would I do that

  $vmConfigSpec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec
  $vmConfigSpec.Tools = New-Object VMware.Vim.ToolsConfigInfo
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  Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine | %{
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• Orchestrator 5.1 REPORT-all the virtual machines in the data center and create a CSV file

  Hello

  What I basically want to do is create a report CSV of all virtual machines in the data center with various information (VMname, domain name FULL, IPaddress, status, data warehouses, tools etc...).  The export list in the client feature is insufficient (especially for any KPI report).

  Problem: (workflow is still under construction so real email send does not not and need to clean the code)

  I am stuck at the part of the creation of a table that can be parsed correctly in the CSV file.  2 ways I've tried will produce a report of single object or combine all of the table into a single string (where I am now).  I think the main problem I have is that I have to create a 2D within my service to push toward the final table that is written to the CSV format.  Basically, I do not understand how to push my variables in a loop of a table.

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• walk through all the virtual machines and to show whether or not advanced setting is present

  Hello

  I want to get a list of all virtual machines that shows configuration options and it is value. AND if there is a virtual machine without that I'd like to see these too the configuration.

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  The one-liner above works fairly well, but only shows machines that have this configuration in the vmx file. But I miss not configured virtual machines.

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  Regards Wolfgang

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