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• Unable to connect to the ESX Server using PowerCLI 4.1.1

  I can't connect directly to an ESX host using PowerCLI 4.1.1

  C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI > Connect-VIServer esx001

  Connect-VIServer: 02/12/2010 12:04:38 Connect-VIServer unable to connect using the requested protocol.

  On line: 1 char: 17

  + Connect-VIServer < < < < esx001

  + CategoryInfo: ObjectNotFound: ( , ViServerConnectionException)

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: Client20_ConnectivityServiceImpl_Reconnect_ProtocolError, VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.ConnectVIServer

  Connecting to vCenter works without problem.

  I also tried specifying the parameters of the - Protocol and - port, but without success.

  I am using .net 3.5 SP1 and PowerShell 2.0

  Anyone else has the same problems?

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

  Hi Arnim,

  Could you please check your ProxyPolicy settings (Get-PowerCLIConfiguration)? You can set the proxy for 'NoProxy' strategy and try to reconnect. I guess it could be the cause of the problem.

  Kind regards

  Dimitar

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• Is it possible to run "shrink" using PowerCLI VMtools

  Hi all

  Is it possible to run the VMware Tools "shrink" using PowerCLI function? WMI is not desirable since it would need to open ports in the firewall that are not open at the moment, I'm looking for a solution where it could be done directly from vCenter Server as upgrade VMware Tools to remove CD/DVD.

  I gave a "base" intro on _task methods using in How to display and monitor running tasks?. "

  Taking into account the Yavor comments that the skeleton code becomes:

  ......
  $taskMoRef = $esx.ExitMaintenanceMode_Task(0)
  
  $task = Get-View $taskMoRef
  while ($task.Info.State -eq "running" -or $task.Info.State -eq "queued") {
    sleep 2
    $task.UpdateViewData("Info.State")
  }
  # Check return code of the _task in $task.Info.result
  if($task.Info.result -ne "success"){
     ....
  }
  ...
  

  For this task (ShrinkVirtualDisk_Task), you must make some preparations before the actual call.

  The _this parameter you indicates which object, you can call the method. In this method, it is the VirtualDiskManager.

  You can get to the the ServiceInstance VirtualDiskManager.

  $vdiskMgr = Get-View -Id (Get-View ServiceInstance).content.virtualDiskManager
  

  Then, you need to set the parameters for the method.

  $name = "[datastore1] PC1/PC1.vmdk"
  $dcMoref = (Get-Datacenter "dc1" | Get-View).MoRef
  $copy = $false
  

  Now you have all the elements to make the call

  $taskMoRef = $vdiskMgr.ShrinkVirtualDisk_Task($name,$dcMoRef,$copy)
  

  Bring together

  $vdiskMgr = Get-View -Id (Get-View ServiceInstance).content.virtualDiskManager
  $name = "[datastore1] PC1/PC1.vmdk"
  $dcMoref = (Get-Datacenter "dc1" | Get-View).MoRef
  $copy = $false
  $taskMoRef = $vdiskMgr.ShrinkVirtualDisk_Task($name,$dcMoRef,$copy)
  $task = Get-View $taskMoRef
  while ($task.Info.State -eq "running" -or $task.Info.State -eq "queued") {
    sleep 2
    $task.UpdateViewData("Info.State")
  }
  # Check return code of the _task in $task.Info.result
  if($task.Info.result -ne "success"){
     ....
  }
  

  Hope this has helped.

• Way to the commands per second using PowerCLI

  You can use powerCLI for average orders per second of a virtual machine on a historical period in the same way, as you can with cpu.usagemhz.average?

  Just to clarify:

  Does

  datastore.numberreadaveraged.Average

  give me information on the entire data store connected to the virtual machine? Or is information specific to just the VM I comment on?

  (In this case, I'm eager to get all the IOPs for all all of the virtual disks connected to a specific virtual machine)

  It gives you the IOPS / s specific to entire virtual machine and not the data store.

  Also - I'm the zeros for my data when I launch the present.  I see in vSphere client commands per second only to the data in real time, not for the last day, week or year.  Is it because of my level settings statistics?

  Yes, vCenter 5.0 and place unfortunately don't collect statistics of e/s long term on a per-VM level more.

  However, you can still add these values to return to lower levels of statistics as described in this article:

  http://alpacapowered.WordPress.com/2012/12/17/control-vCenter-performance-counter-collection-and-get-back-VM-IOPS-statistics/

• Get orders executed in ESXi using Powercli ssh

  Hi all

  Is there a way to retrieve the commands executed using SSH in ESXi can be extracted from Powercli.

  Thanks in advance

  There is another way, you download a set of diagnostics from the node of ESXi, and then you retrieve the log files 2.

  This script assumes that you have 7zip installed on the system where you run the script.

  You can specify the variable $dir where two newspapers must be extracted to.

  $esx = "MyEsx".

  $user = "root".

  $pswd = "mypassword".

  $dir = "C:\Temp\unzip".

  $7zip = "" «$env:ProgramFiles\7-Zip\7z.exe»»»

  $path = "$env: temp.

  SE connect-VIServer-Server $esx - user $user-password $pswd

  $file = get-Log-Bundle - DestinationPath $path | Select the data - ExpandProperty

  $outfile = '-$o path.

  cmd /c "$7zip e $file $outfile esx*.tgz - r '.

  $tfile = get-ChildItem-path $path - filter "esx*.tgz" |

  Tri-objet-descending LastWriteTime property |

  Select - first of all 1 - ExpandProperty FullName

  $outfile = "-o$ dir.

  cmd /c "$7zip e $tfile $outfile *\var\log\auth.log - r y.

  cmd /c "$7zip e $tfile $outfile *\var\log\shell.log - r y.

  Get-Item - Path $tfile | Remove-Item - confirm: $false

  Get-Item - Path $file | Remove-Item - confirm: $false

  Disconnect-VIServer-Server $esx - confirm: $false

• How to run commands inside a virtual machine?

  Hey,.

  I train hard run commands inside a machine virtual on vSphere (batch scripts) and could not find a good way to do it,

  in ESX 3.5 "vmrun.exe" did the job, but it does not work on vSphere for some reason any.

  I also tried to do with PowerCLI but could not find any help for this command.

  Am I missing something?

  Maybe my syntax of the command is wrong and someone can give me the proper syntax?

  Im sure there is a way to do it and would appreciate any help that anyone can give me.

  Thank you very much in advance,

  Omer

  vmrun must work with vSphere, in fact, vSphere is the only version of ESX that vmrun (and the VIX API, on which is built vmrun) officially supports. ESX 3.5 is only experimental support.

  Please make sure you have the latest version of VIX installed; You can find it at www.vmware.com/go/vix.

  Once you have installed, if you still see an error, please post what this error is and what kind of host you are using vmrun.

• check if there is a service on a vmguest using powercli

  Is there a way I can check if there is a service on a vmguest, using powercli?

  I found several ways to do it using powershell commands, but I want to know if I can do it using powercli.

  Thank you

  If you have installed on the virtual machines VMware tools, you can use the Invoke-VMScript cmdlet to run a script PowerShell inside the guest OS.

  $vm = get-VM-name MyVM

  $cmd = "get-Service WinRM name.

  Invoke-VMScript - VM $vm - $cmd ScriptText

  According to the account under which you run the script, you may need to use the GuestCredential parameter

• Get a user/group, details of role using Powercli

  Hi all

  I wrote the script to extract the user role by using Powercli below information and got the details.

  $Excel = new-Object - ComObject Excel.Application

  $Excel.visible = $True

  $Excel = $Excel.Workbooks.Add)

  $Sheet = $Excel.Worksheets.Item (1)

  $Sheet.Activate () | Out-Null

  $Sheet.Name = 'vCenter roles. "

  $Sheet.Cells.Item (1,1) = 'name '.

  $Sheet.Cells.Item (1,2) = 'Role '.

  $Sheet.Cells.Item (1,3) = "entity".

  $Sheet.Cells.Item (1.4) = 'entity Type.

  $Sheet.Cells.Item (1.5) = 'vCenter.

  $intRow = 2

  $WorkBook = $Sheet.UsedRange

  $WorkBook.Interior.ColorIndex = 19

  $WorkBook.Font.ColorIndex = 11

  $WorkBook.Font.Bold = $True

  $gps = get-vipermission

  {foreach ($gp to $gps)

  $vc = $gp.uid.split(':@') [1]

  $Sheet.Cells.Item ($intRow, 1) = $gp.principal

  $Sheet.Cells.Item ($intRow, 2) = $gp. Role

  $Sheet.Cells.Item ($intRow, 3) = $gp.entity.Name

  $Sheet.Cells.Item ($intRow, 4) = $gp.entityid.split('-') [0]

  $Sheet.Cells.Item ($intRow, 5) = $vc

  $intRow = $intRow + 1

  }

  $WorkBook.EntireColumn.AutoFit)

  In addition, I am trying to expand the list of privileges using the script below.

  $gvips = get-vipermission | Role of group | Select name

  {foreach ($gvip to $gvips)

  Get-ferrule-name $gvip.name | Select Name, PrivilegeList

  }

  I can find out the name and the list of privileges, but not completely due to the long list of Privlieges for certain roles. I'm out like {xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...}

  As it then not be able to see full privileges.

  If single role that I want to see, then I can run the command get-ferrule-name admin | Select - expandproperty PrivilegeList

  Above command will list the perfect performance. But this command cannot be used for loop with the parameter 'Name '.

  Can anyone suggest me how to get result with all the details.

  Is it possible I can get 2 out of Scripts in a spreadsheet or HTML with SameFormat file.

  Thanks in advance.

  Try like this

  $reportName = "C:\Report.xlsx".

  Get-VIPermission |

  Select Principal,Role,@{n='Entity'; E={$_. Type of Entity.Name}},@{N='Entity'; E={$_. "EntityId.Split('-') [0]}}, @{N = 'vCenter';" E={$_. {{Uid.Split (' @: ') [1]}} |

  Export-Xlsx-path $reportName - WorksheetName permissions

  Get-ferrule.

  Select Name,@{N='PrivilegeList'; E = {[string]: join (",", $_.)} PrivilegeList)}} |

  Export-Xlsx-path $reportName - AppendWorksheet - WorksheetName roles - end SheetPosition

• Inventory of VC using powercli

  Hi all

  I'm looking for a script using powercli for several stocks of VCenterservers something like Vcenter name, host name, name of vm, the VM OS. Notes VM, information data store and vm tools release in excel or csv format

  Note: for multiple Vcenters

  You can check the PowerCLI version you are running? You can do it with the Get-PowerCLIVersion cmdlet. The latest version is: "VMware vSphere PowerCLI 5.1 Release 2 build 1012425. If you are using an earlier version, then please install the latest version. You can download this version of http://www.vmware.com/go/powercli.

  The

  Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -DefaultVIServerMode Multiple -Scope User -Confirm:$false
  

  command should work in the latest version of PowerCLI.

  Certificate warnings can be removed with the following command:

  Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -Scope User -Confirm:$false
  

  To make the script more quickly, I did a new version using the cmdlet Get-View . This new version is about three times faster than the former.

  & { foreach ($vCenterServer in $DefaultVIServers)
      {
        Get-View -Server $vCenterServer -ViewType VirtualMachine -Filter @{"Config.Template"="False"} -Property Name,
          Runtime.Host,
          Guest.GuestFullName,
          Config.Annotation,
          Datastore,
          Config.Tools.ToolsVersion |
        Select-Object -Property @{N="vCenter";E={$vCenterServer.Name}},
          @{N="VMHost";E={(Get-View -Id $_.Runtime.Host -Property Name).Name}},
          @{N="VM";E={$_.Name}},
          @{N="Guest OS";E={$_.Guest.GuestFullName}},
          @{N="Notes";E={$_.Config.Annotation}},
          @{N="Datastores";E={[string]::Join(',',(Get-View -Id $_.Datastore).Name)}},
          @{N="VMware Tools version";E={$_.Config.Tools.ToolsVersion}}
      }
    } |
  Export-Csv -Path VMsInfo.csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture
  

• PowerCLI: Deploying VM problem of model using PowerCLI

  Hi all

  
  I'm trying to deploy [clone] virtual machines from a template that is located in a NFS using PowerCLI script.

  First the script will add the NFS to the ESX host. Since NFS added, it will save the file .vmtx to the inventory. Then, the model, it will deploy as many virtual machines as specified in the XML file.
  But after adding the NFS, when the script tries to enumerate on the 'data warehouses' available, the added NFS shows for some hosts. So in turn, the le script script fails.
  
  I am running PoweCLI 5.0 and host is ESXi 5.0
  

  The script used is

  function Reg_Template

  {

  Param ($hsname, $dsname, $DSPath, $TMPNAME)

  $strMyHostName = $hsname

  $dsBrowser = get-View (Get-View (Get-VMHost-name $hsname) USER.USER). DatastoreBrowser

  $dcname = get-datacenter - VMHost $hsname

  $folder = get-View (Get-data center-name $dcname |) Get - Folder - name "vm") USER.USER

  foreach ($dsImpl to $dsBrowser.Datastore)

  {

  $ds = get-views $dsImpl

  if($DS.) Summary.Name - not $dsname) {continue}

  $strMyTemplateDatastorePath = '[' + $ds. Summary.Name + "]" + "" + $dspath

  # get the View .NET object for the destination folder

  $viewDestinationFolder = get-view ViewType - file-name of the property - filter @{'Name' = $folder.name}

  (# save the model third param $true means to register as a model)

  $taskMoRef = $viewDestinationFolder.RegisterVM_Task ($strMyTemplateDatastorePath, $tmpname, $true $null,')

  (Get-view ViewType-HostSystem property name - filter @{"Name" = $strMyHostName}). MoRef)

  $task = get-views $taskMoRef

  While ($task.info.state - eq "running" - or $task.info.state - eq "on hold")

  {

  $task. UpdateViewData ("Info.State")

  }

  If ($task.Info.State - eq "success") {break}

  on the other

  {

  Write-Host $task.Info.State

  recorder $fh1, 1, "Failure adding" $tmpname "to" $hsname

  }

  }

  
  

  Can someone give cela seconds and check whats up.

  Thanks in advance.

  Can you try to add after you create the data store based NFS?

  Get-VMHostStorage - RescanVmfs

  On all your servers ESX (i)

• Tolls of VMware running within esx 4.0 running on workstation 6.5

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  I am running vmware esx 4 as a virtual machine in vmware 6.5 wrkstation.

  When you try to install vmware tools within the esx, after installation, I can't configure. That's what he said.

  The installation of the vmware tools 7.8.5 build 156735 completed successfully.  Before you run Vmware tools for the first time, you must configure it by invoking the following command. "/ usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl". Do you want the program to call the order for you now

  I hit enter and it says so in a few seconds. "This Setup must be run in a virtual machine. Execution interrupted.

  How can do us? He does not like a VM esx

  Thank you

  The system requirements to run nested VMS opposes using the external virtual machine tools.  If you delete "monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = TRUE" since the external virtual machine configuration file, you should be able to install the external virtual machine tools.  However, VMs nested is not functioning properly in this configuration.

  There is no version of VMware tools for ESX. The release of VMware tools for Linux may or may not work in the console ESX OS.

• Run the jar using Java 7?

  My Macbook Pro currently runs on Java 8, and I want to start a specific jar (minecraft associated) that supports only Java 7, is there a way I can run the file using Java 7 through terminal. I can share the script starting current I use here - http://pastebin.com/XEq01mdZ - the jar file is called cauldron.jar.

  Thank you for your help.

  I don't have any Java installed for an exact string to show you, but each version of Java is installed in its own folder. You can call this version of Java by specifying the full path to the particular version.

  The java_home command will show you what JVM you have installed with the path to each House.

• Call a visual basic executable file with arguments command line using LABView

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  With some programs, instead of passing in the string:

  Somefile.exe

  Instead, you can use:

  cmd /c "C:\Full Path\to the EXE\Somefile.exe"

  Can you tell us what exactly you are trying to run?

• How to restrict the running command prompt?

  How to restrict the running command prompt?

  I already know the method: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System DisableCMD: 2

  but, but, it is possible to change reactivate cmd used much the system tool software

  So I want to deny the change of registry value by the software used, I changed all permissions to the registry [System] refusal keys with my account.

  but after a modified registry key permissions denied, disableCmd was inactivated more.

  It is impossible that the two parameter [disablecmd: dword = 2] and [{System} lock keys: administrator of the deny all permissions in my account]?

  This issue is beyond the scope of this site which is for the consumer to related issues.
  To ensure that you get a proper answer, ask either on the Technet site, if it is a type of Pro problem, or MSDN if it's related to the developer
  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/home s/fr-U.S./Accueil
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• How to add a voice command to use Aero flip

  Original title: Aero flip by the voice.

  I am trying to add a voice command to use Aero flip. My question is, what Windows executable actually runs when the user clicks on an icon?

  I am trying to add a voice command to use Aero flip. My question is, what Windows executable actually runs when the user clicks on an icon?

  Hello

  There is no executable file of the component Aero Flip 3D , it is started by a control system.

  You can create a shortcut for the command of Aero Flip 3D and run it with a voice command.

  See the following tutorial.

  Add and create the Flip 3D Aero shortcut:

  http://www.mydigitallife.info/add-and-create-Aero-Flip-3D-shortcut-on-desktop-quick-launch-or-Windows-7-taskbar/

  Concerning