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• How can I set the Script of customization for all virtual machines in a paralytic

  By using the. ExtensionData method found here: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/392462?start=0 & tstart = 0 (thanks alanrenouf)

  I am able to identify a few comments properties via PowerCLI adjustments.

  My question is how to set the value of CustomizationScript with a client cust simple script?

  Is it possible to store it in a $variable?

  Sample script that I first:

  off @echo

  If "% 1" == "precustomization")

  tasks precustomization echo

  ) ElseIf '%1% ' == 'postcustomization')

  cmd /c schtasks.exe/change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Defrag\ScheduledDefrag" /Disable

  )

  Thanks for the help.

  Answered by tests.  It's the double quotes.

  $civapp = get-CIVApp TEST

  $script =

  "@echo off".

  If "" %1% "" is "" precustomization"")

  tasks precustomization echo

  ) ElseIf "" %1% "" == "" postcustomization"")

  cmd /c schtasks.exe/change /TN "" \Microsoft\Windows\Defrag\ScheduledDefrag"" /Disable

  )"

  Foreach ($civm to ($civApp |)) Get - CIVM)) {}

  $GuestCustomization = $civm. ExtensionData.Section | Where {$_.} {GetType () - like "* GuestCustomizationSection"}

  $GuestCustomization.Enabled = $true

  $GuestCustomization.ChangeSid = $false

  $GuestCustomization.ResetPasswordRequired = $false

  $GuestCustomization.CustomizationScript = $script

  $GuestCustomization.UpdateServerData)

  }

  Post edited by: jgreenback

• How to change network name for all virtual machines within the same cluster

  We have recently changed name vswitch to take into account that something significant, in the past vCenter could change the labels of networh for all virtual machines... seems this time help labels are not changed (maybe its got something to do with the update vcenter for 2.5.U3)...

  in any case, someone at - it a powershell script that could find all the virtual machines that are referring to the old label network and then changing again the name... ?

  Enjoy the respponses...

  Thanks in advance

  A few things on this blog could help.

  If you know the names you want to use, you could also just use something like:

  Get-Cluster X | Get-VM | Get-NetworkAdapter | Where { $_.NetworkName -eq "OldNetwork" } | Set-NetworkAdapter -NetworkName "NewNetwork" -confirm:$false
  Get-Cluster X | Get-VM | Get-NetworkAdapter | Where { $_.NetworkName -eq "NewNetwork" } | Set-NetworkAdapter -Connected:$true -confirm:$false
  

• create a dynamic group for all virtual machines

  I would like to create separate dynamic groups for all my Windows virtual machines and physical machines of my Windows.  Is it possible to do it via regular expressions?  It is not granular enough to create something like this.  We have vROps that collects a large number of settings of virtual machines as its CPU usage, use of memory and use of the network to name a few.  If I install Hyperic on those virtual machines it will collect the same measures and I'll have to duplicate the data in vROps.  So I would like to have a separate profiles for Win32, CPU, physical disk on file server, etc., for virtual machines and physical machines.  I was going to try using dynamic groups, but I don't think that Hyperic will be able to handle this.  If you have any suggestions or knowledge on this operation through dynamic groups that would be great.

  Thank you.

  In UI Hyperic access the platform in platform type choose Win32 and press the green icon. You will see all the windows.

  Now select all platforms and press the 'Group' button > add to the new group

  Good luck

• Returns the value limit, CPU/RAM booking for all virtual machines

  How can I add a reservation of VMs and limit for CPU and RAM to it?  Thank you.

  {foreach ($vm in Get - VM)
  $guest = get-VMGuest - VM $vm
  $row = "" | Select VMName, TotalMemory TotalCPU,

  $row. VMName = $vm. Name
  $row. TotalMemory = $vm.memorymb
  $row. TotalCPU = $vm.numcpu
  }

  Use the Get-VMResourceConfiguration cmdlet.

• Database SQL query to get all virtual machines with comments enabled customization?

  Hello

  Does anyone know of a SQL query that can be executed against the vCloud Director DB for all virtual machines who invited enabled customization?

  I can't have PowerShell to pull these data on a global scale.

  Thank you

  jkasal

  Has taken a quick...

  Select top 10 v.id, v.name, v.vapp_name, v.vc_id, v.moref, ui_vapp_vm_list_view v.guest_customize_enabled v with (NOLOCK)

  seems to have if the setting is enabled or not.

• Can join a Cluster of storage disk out of Maintenance DTS Mode to set up the profiles for a virtual machine storage policies?...

  Can join a Cluster of storage disk out of Maintenance DTS Mode to set up the profiles for a virtual machine storage policies?...

  
  IE can you define the rules of affinity DTS depending on how the rules of storage of profiles are configured for a virtual machine?

  In my mind it seems there is disconnect from the DTS and storage profiles.

  Thank you.

  = NOTE =.

  My lab at home, 2 organizes running ESXi 5.0

  Dv01 has

  Of startup vmfs 7200 RPM 160 G = dv01-BOOT

  Vmfs 1 TB 7200 RPM = VM02-VMFS

  VM02 has

  Of startup vmfs 7200 RPM 160 G = VM02-BOOT

  Vmfs 1 TB 7200 RPM = VM02-VMFS

  Vmfs 5900 RPM 2 TB = VM02-TV01

  I have (3) facility profiles of storage using 'User-defined storage Capablity' as shown below:

  (160 @ 7200 RPM SATA) boot > Boot

  Fast (160 7200 RPM SATA and 1 TB @ 7200 RPM SATA) > fast

  Slow (2 TB @ 5900 RPM SATA) > slow

  Then, I set up a storage Cluster with my local disks on dv01 (only to date)

  LocalVM disc dv01-BOOT and dv01-VMFS disk of the 'cluster of storage.

  I have a computer virtual called DC01 (HardDisk1) want to live on 'Boot' profile storage drive
  His "Non-compliant" poster according to the storage profile, it should run on drive 'boot' on dv01

  To get to this point, I put the StorageCluster in Mode of Maintenace 'DTS' and forced a sVmotion of all virtual machines off dv01-BOOT

  No disks are IO or claim of space.

  But once I take the 'DTS Maintenacne mode' STARTUP dv01 floppy is now get the DTS to return him to satisfy the storage profile (rule) I install... IE do the 'storage profile' VM complient (without doing a few externall API, the PS script or the 3rd party software calls)... ??

  Seems weird it is (or may be) such disconnection of a memory of the profiles and the StorageClusters and the DTS?

  Thank you...

  At this point, I think that storage DRS and storage profiles are two technologies to separate and work independently, but what you suggest is a great idea-

• How can I pay for the reservation of memory on all virtual machines to "0"?

  I am trying to write a script that will pay for the reservation of memory on all virtual machines that are invited in a cluster to '0 '.  We have book too much memory, and this setting should allow VMWare facilities manage reserves memory for me.  I have hundreds of virtual machines to update, so I can't do it by hand.  I hope that it is possible via the CLI.

  Can someone help me with this please?

  Matt example work certainly, and I'm sure that he was going to follow up with something similar to this after having confirmed if it worked or not because it is much more serious on the optimization of code for speed, but I'll (try to) save the effort. To test its extract on a cluster of 45 VMS, it took more than four minutes to complete.  The excerpt below took about 25 seconds.  The difference is of course to use the cmdlet "Get-View" and that it can run asynchronously so (it begins a vCenter task and immediately passes the following).  Of course, this will also put more of a strain to your vCenter server, so keep that in mind.

  $spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec
  $spec.memoryAllocation = New-Object VMware.Vim.ResourceAllocationInfo
  $spec.memoryAllocation.Reservation = 0
  Get-Cluster "YOUR_CLUSTER" | Get-VM | Get-View -Property Config.MemoryAllocation | %{$_.ReconfigVM_Task($spec)}
  

• I'm looking for a Script that can list all virtual machines with type of NIC E1000 via the output of the CSV file.

  Hi gurrus and LucD

  I'm looking for a Script that can list all virtual machines with type of NIC E1000 via the output of the CSV file.

  The script should search for information in a multiple Vcenter servers and multiple clusters and list all the VMs name, status (two powers on or off) with type card NETWORK Type E1000 only no other.

  Concerning

  Nauman

  Try like this

  $report = @)

  {foreach ($cluster Get-cluster)

  foreach ($rp in Get-ResourcePool-location $cluster) {}

  foreach ($vm in (Get-VM-location the $rp |)) Where {Get-NetworkAdapter - VM $_______ | where {$_.}} Type - eq "e1000"}})) {}

  $report += $vm. Select @{N = "VM"; E={$_. Name}},

  @{N = 'vCenter'; E={$_. Uid.Split('@') [1]. "Split(':') [0]}},"

  @{N = "Cluster"; E = {$cluster. Name}},

  @{N = "ResourcePool"; E = {$rp. Name}}

  }

  }

  }

  $report | Export Csv C:\temp\report.csv - NoTypeInformation - UseCulture

• Option group a radio for all lines

  Hello developers,
  I then how questioning:
  On a presentation of tabular, to have a radio with a single option validation of Y for all lines.
  similar with option simple checkbox for all lines, but a single row it will be checked and others will be automatically disabled.
  If you know of similar examples, I'd appreciate if you let me know.
  Thank you.

  Hello

  Take a look on: Re: creating a Yes/No radiogroup... If selected then YES, another STEP in the table

  It's: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=55041:18

  It is a normal report, but you may be able to adapt to it.

  Andy

• Affinity processor for a virtual machine

  I have a lot of CPU 8 on which I have installed ESX 3.5 U3. I also created a virtual machine Windows 2003 Server SP2 with 2 CPU is assigned to the.

  I'm trying to set the processor affinity for this virtual machine to use 2 of my physical processors. I see now on the tab Advanced CPU, I am able to select all available 8 physics of the processor. So now I'm a bit confused regarding if VMware allows scaling of my machine virtual to use all 8 CPU when my virtual machine is only 2 CPU?

  Now if the above is true, and I am to be allowed to set the affinity of the virtual machine to the all 8 CPU, then why is this maximum limit of the processor for a virtual machine is only 4? A stupid question probably but I'm really confused?  :|

  Hi confused,

  Yes, the user interface is a bit confusing. As RParker said, basically what you are doing when you assign the processor affinity are to identify the nuclei on which the vCPU is eligible to run on. At no time will be the VM scheduled to be run on carrots than what there vCPUs, so he will never have access to a capacity more than expected.

  The processor affinity is one of those features that's been around since 'the beginning' and its utility is really a bit blurred. I've heard of cases where users were running Citrix workloads configured with 2 vCPU and assigned the processor affinity for each virtual computer with the result of improving the performance. I wonder this because I never saw myself, and have a decent knowledge of how works the vmkernel Scheduler, it make much sense.

  I would encourage you (and anyone else reading this) essentially forget that the processor affinity is an option. Use it can cause significant performance degradation (if, for example, you pin a VM through two nodes NUMA, rather than keep vCPUs all in the same node) and break features (VMotion, DRS and who knows what else in the future).

  Ken Cline

  VMware vExpert 2009

  VMware communities user moderator

  Blogs about: http://KensVirtualReality.wordpress.com/

• ESXi 4.1 upgrade to ESXi 5.5 while all virtual machines and data warehouses

  We have two servers ESXi 4.1.0 348481 (Essentials) and we need to upgrade to ESXi 5.5 for support of Windows Server R2 2012. We intend to use the interactive upgrade. We want to ensure that the virtual machine is preserved. More precisely VMFarm001 where ESXi is installed in the same data store as VMServer1. VMServer1 is our largest server and cannot be migrated to another data store easily because we are not allowed for vMotion.

  The following layout

  VMFarm001

  Dell PowerEdge R710

  Data store:

  Storage1 - 1.36 TB

  VMServer1 - MS Server 2003

  Install ESXi

  Storage2 - 1.82 TB

  VMServer2 - MS Server 2008 R2

  VMServer3 - MS Server 2008 R2

  VMFarm002

  HP ProLiant ML350 G5

  Data store:

  Storage1 - 95GB

  Install ESXi

  ISOs

  Storage2 - 1.82 TB

  VMServer4 - MS Server 2008 R2

  VMServer5 - MS Server 2008 R2

  I have a feeling I'm worried for nothing given that option during the ESXi upgrade and keep the VMFS datastore.

  Thank you

  Yes, that's correct.

  I recently finished the upgrade of lots of stand-alone hosts ESXi 4.1 (with local storage only) to 5.1 and all were successful. The same process applies to 5.5, so you shouldn't have a problem with preservation of VMFS data warehouses (and all virtual machines).

• change default location for new virtual machines programmatically

  I know that you can change the default location for new virtual machines through the preferences GUI, but I want to be able to change it for all those who use VMWare Workstation in my company, so that it is more advanced to the personal folder of the user.

  Where exactly is stored?  I don't see in the registry.

  Thank you!

  WS does not use the registry to store settings.

  Set the path in UNK for each user:
  prefvmx.defaultVMPath = "F:\. »

• Access to the network in all virtual machines lost after that put 8.1 to level.

  Today, I upgraded my host computer to Windows 64-bit Pro 8.1. I did the upgrade through the Windows store. There are no errors or problems during the upgrade.

  However: The host machine equipped with a Qualcomm E2200 network adapter, and it runs the 'Killer' Network Manager software called at startup. After the 8.1 update, when the machine did its last restart, Qualcomm Network Manager opened with a message that the LSP has not mapped correctly. I clicked 'YES' to remap it. Probably a stupid move on my part.

  Thereafter, I lost all network connectivity in all my virtual machines. I have virtual machines for Windows 8, Windows 8.1 RTM (not the preview) and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. ALL of them have lost the network.

  The host computer has no network problem and works well after the upgrade.

  Any ideas or suggestions to reset network connections in virtual machines?

  All virtual machines are set to use NAT.

  Oh I have to say also that the host computer is running VMware Workstation 10 and everything was fine and dandy, has never had problems at all until this upgrade/LSP remap thing. I have install VMware Tools in the VM of Windows 8.1, with no effect at all.

  Thank you.

  -J

  Two things, I'll try:

  1. go in the virtual network editor and restore settings. The culprit is probably the VMNet to NAT configuration.

  2. If this does not work, it seems that the virtual card for NAT does not somehow. The simplest workaround is to uninstall and reinstall the workstation.

• Disable the clichés for individual virtual machines?

  Hi all

  Is it possible to disable support for snapshot for individual virtual machines, perhaps via a parameter for it?  Or is the closest answer you to put all its virtual disks in independent mode?  Try to see how to better meet the requirements that certain suppliers impose that the VM/device does not catch instant and thought that the best solution is to disable the feature for the specific VM (s) only.  Thank you!

  You can watch the snapshot.maxSnapshots configuration setting. See KB 1031280 for more information.