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• PowerCLI: Is it possible for PowerCLI change host/clock?

  I'm a cool & looking for PowerCLI code change the host/clock. I know not what is possible or not. If so, I would like to know how to do, thank you very much!

  You are right that there are currently no PowerCLI cmdlet to manipulate the date/time of a host.

  But PowerCLI, you have access to all properties and methods SDK.

  I assume that you want to use the UpdateDateTime method?

  Which is easy to get with a PowerCLI script.

  Something like that.

  $esx = get-VMHost-name MyEsxiServerName

  $dtSystem = get - see $esx. Extensiondata.ConfigManager.dateTimeSystem

  $dtSystem.UpdateDateTime(Get-Date)

• Bases for PowerCli

  I want to write a script that will send me a daily of vDR backup report.

  Obviouly PowerCli is the choice. Never scriptted before.

  Where to look for some basic items, looked around the internet, want to get a quick start and find my way.

  Please some advice/propose/recommend.

  Thank you

  Take a look at this blogpost by Allan Renouf:

  http://www.virtu-al.net/2009/11/10/powercli-where-do-i-start/.

  Best regards, Robert

• Correct syntax for powercli reports (csv format)

  PowerCLI novice here... trying to get my head around the correct syntax for the declaration of properties in a csv file.

  I know that the underside is all wrong, but it should be easy to understand what I am trying to accomplish. Im just not sure what the correct syntax should be to achieve the desired results (which is just the capture device, model type and State to a csv file).

  $report = @)

  $info = get-VMHost | Get-VMHostHba | where {$_.} Type - eq "FibreChannel"}

  $row = "" | Select the device, model, type, status

  $row. Device = $info. Select the device

  $row. Type = $info | Select the Type

  $row. Model = $info | Select the model

  $row. Status = $info | Select the State

  $report += $row

  $report | Export-Csv "c:\Temp\results.csv" - NoTypeInformation

  ############

  Thanks in advance for the answers...

  Kevin

  Try this:

  $report = @)

  foreach ($esx get-cluster | get-vmhost | get-view | sort-object name) {}

  foreach ($hba in $esx. Config.StorageDevice.HostBusAdapter) {}

  if($HBA.) GetType(). {Name - eq "HostFibreChannelHba")}

  $row = "" | Select the WWN, device, model name, State

  $row. Name = $esx.name

  $wwn = $hba. PortWorldWideName

  $wwnhex = '{0}': x f $wwn

  $row. WWN = $wwnhex

  $row.device = $hba.device

  $row.model = $hba.model

  $row.status = $hba.status

  $report += $row

  }

  }

  }

  $report | c:\Temp\hbainf-to-host.csv - NoTypeInformation csv export

• Need a script for PowerCLI for a VM under Excel report

  Hello

  Could someone help me with the creation of a script to get a regular monthly report (in the Excel file on a location of vCenter server) which includes the following data:

  VM name, size HDD, RAM allocated, quantity of CPU and 4 Custom Annotations (key and value 0-3)

  Thanks in advance!

  It is a simple tool called RVtool... use that it is just a minutes of the thing, he'll get all the necessary detial and you save what excel...

• Obsolete properties/methods for PowerCLI 4.1.1 full list?

  Is there a list somewhere?

  I do not think that we published a still. We expect certainly release with the next version, as we are working on the official policy of backward compatibility.

  In any case, see the attached file. I think it contains the complete and accurate list. It's not official information, but I guess you might be ok with it.

• Need a powercli for bulk VM build

  I'm looking for powercli script who build virtual machines and with the configuration below.

  name, model, oscust, cluster, file, data, ip, mask, gw, dns1, dns2 store

  something similar to this link, but in my environment didn't cluster data store.

  PowerCLi simple script for batch - VMwaremine - Artur Krzywdzinski VM deployment. Nutanix

  My email is on my blog, at the top right

• Collection for the PowerCLI scripting requirements

  Someone at - it a good model that helps you organize information, gathering process when you go to the management or to a customer to get for scripts and automation requirements that they want to do?  Y at - it a Web page or a book that puts this kind of thing in a structured methodology or at least one practical how to guide?

  For example, what kinds of questions should I go to make sure that I understand any of my script is supposed to do and help the management or the customer understand what THEY want to do, and get a consensus agreement on the functional requirements for my powerCLI script?

  Your suggestions of entry, welcome masters strategies.

  This question is not really unique for PowerCLI scripting, but all scripts/programs, to write (for yourself or for a customer |).

  And of course, there are always the classic answer "it depends".

  If it is a small task that you write yourself, the requirements are pretty obvious.

  Most of the time, you have the requirements in your head, but it does not have to write in schematic form.

  When you write for a customer, by definition be more formal (I guess).

  An article I like, is the Introduction to gather our creative use cases and requirements published in the Code review.

  Take a look.

• Get the PCI slot for a virtual SCSI controller number?

  Is it possible to retrieve the number of a virtual SCSI controller for PowerCLI PCI slot?  I dug everywhere but I can't find anywhere in ExtensionData SCSI controllers and hard disks.

  I would like to use to correlate VMDK disks Windows because all the scripts I found goes off a hypothesis on how devices assigned one PCI slots, and in my conclusions, these assumptions are not 100% reliable.

  I checked the properties of both of these items with no luck:

  $VirtualSCSIAdapters = $VMView.Config.Hardware.Device | Where-Object {$_.} DeviceInfo.Label - match "SCSI controller"}

  $VirtualDiskDevices = $VMView.Config.Hardware.Device | Where-Object {$_.} DeviceInfo.Label - match 'Hard drive'}

  I know that at the very least, the slot is stored in the vmx file.  In the worst scenarios, it is possible to collect data of vmx?

  It is get you what you need?

  $vm = get - vm 'test '.

  $vm. ExtensionData.Config.ExtraConfig | where {$_.} Key - eq "scsi0.pciSlotNumber"}

• Convert PowerCLI ESXi 5.0 thick eager lazy zero at Z fails

  Greetings...

  PowerCLI version 5.0

  5.0 U2 ESXi hosts

  vCenter 5.5

  
  

  I'm moving virtual machines from a data store and change of type of disc to thick on zero eager lazy to zero. The following script keeps failing.

  
  

  Any ideas? or point me to the discussion that can help here please?

  
  

  $DST = get-Datastore-name XXDC_41

  # Define target VM and the disk target

  $Disk = get-VM-name vCO - x 01 | Get-hard drive - name "disk 1".

  Together-hard drive - disk hard $Disk - Datastore $DST - StorageFormat eagerZeroedThick - confirm: $false

  
  

  Together-hard drive: cannot bind parameter 'StorageFormat '. Cannot convert value 'eagerZeroedThick' type

  "VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.VirtualDevice.VirtualDiskStorageFormat". Error: "impossible to match the identifier name eagerZeroedThick a"

  invalid name of the enumerator.  ' Specify the following enumerator names and try again: Thin2GB, thick, Thick2GB, Thin.

  In PowerCLI 5.0 in thick format zero eager was not a supported option. There is the 5.0 doc)

  ( https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/PowerCLI50/html/Set-HardDisk.html) display without option of EagerZeroedThick. PowerCLI version 5.5 or later EagerZeroedThick was available)

  ( https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/PowerCLI55/html/Set-HardDisk.html)

  If you can I suggest that you upgrade to 5.8 PowerCLI (works perfectly with vCenter 5.5 and 5.5 VUM) and then you'll get what you need and can be used with your 5.0 hosts without any problem. 6.0 is the last, but the Crossover components are version specific (i.e. 6.0 Update Manager for PowerCLI can not handle the VUM 5.5).

  Otherwise, you will need to use the underlying API rather than the easier to use cmdlets

• Cannot find a service record for vCenter service with the host name "IP address"

  After upgrading to vCenter native 5.5 to vSphere Client device everything works, but not all orders for PowerCLI.

  After a command gives me error under VMware vSphere PowerCLI 6.0 Release 1

  Get-TagCategory: 13.07.2015 16:50:48 Get-TagCategory could not find a service record for vCenter service with host name 10.x.x.x

  In Zeile:2 Zeichen:1

  + Get-TagCategory

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

  + CategoryInfo: ObjectNotFound: (:)) [Get-TagCategory], VimException)

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: ViCore_InventoryServiceProxy_GetInventoryServiceInfo_NoVcRegistration, VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.Tagging.GetTagCategory

  does anyone have a solution or an idea for this problem?

  Best

  Marco

  I have exactly the same problem. Are there solutions yet?

  Best regards

  René

  Found the solution in the database (2127028).

• Create jobs that runs a powercli script every day at 20:00

  Hi all

  I'm looking for a way to add a powercli script to cron or schduler so that it runs every day at 20:00 say... I found average windows wrt link below

  http://social.msdn.Microsoft.com/forums/SharePoint/en-us/e63d0776-b4aa-4ab6-885c-a41fd0c83a7c/create-job-that-runs-a-PowerShell-script-every-day?Forum=sharepointgeneralprevious

  Is there better way that this can be done for powercli as well?

  Thank you

  AFAIK, except if you have a few programming specifialised run SW, Windows Scheduler did a good job.

  BTW, Alan has also made a post on this, see running a scheduled task PowerCLI

• PowerCli 5.5 released

  Here is the link for PowerCli 5.5

  https://my.VMware.com/group/VMware/details?downloadGroup=PCLI550 & ProductID = 352 & Download = true & starts = 0b8a733a67ebb3aca6bf...

  You can also use the link on the PowerCLI overview page.

  

• 'Disable the alarm action' for a virtual machine

  Hello

  I want to disable all actions for a virtual machine alarm, while I have to disable FT to clone a virtual machine. My script are ready for cloning but I have a solution to disable the actions of alarm for a virtual machine via PowerCLI to can´t. Someone knows a solution for PowerCLI 5.1R1?

  Thank you

  Michael

  -Entity parameter requires an inventory of PowerCLI as value object and does not have the names. You can try it like this:

  Get-AlarmActionState-entity (Get-VM-name VMTEST1) - Recurse: $false

• Does make a difference what PowerCLI version to use?

  We are on U2 5.0 ESXi and vCenter 5.0 U2.

  Does make a difference what PowerCLI version we use?
  If so, how to determine the version currently used?

  And what PowerCLI version corresponds to 5.0 U2 and where and how do I get it?
  Thank you, Tom

  I strongly recommend to always use the latest version of PowerCLI. For the moment, it's PowerCLI 5.1 Release 2. The latest version has more features and less bugs. You can see in the release notes which vSphere and vCenter versions are supported. For PowerCLI 5.1 Release 2, these are:

  VMware vSphere PowerCLI 5.1 version 2 supports the following VMware environments:

  • vCenter Server 5.1.0a
  • VMware ESXi 5.1.0a
  • vCenter Server 5.0 Update 2
  • VMware ESXi 5.0 Update 2
  • vCenter Server 4.1 Update 3
  • VMware ESXi 4.1 Update 3
  • VMware ESX 4.1 update 3
  • vCenter Server 4.0 Update 4
  • VMware ESX 4.0 Update 4
  • VMware ESX 4.0i update 4

  So U2 5.0 ESXi and vCenter 5.0 U2. are fully supported in PowerCLI 5.1 Release 2.

  You can check your PowerCLI version with the following PowerCLI:

  Get-PowerCLIVersion

  PowerCLI 5.1 Release 2 also shows version in the title bar of the window PowerCLI.

  You can download the latest PowerCLI version at: http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/automationtools/powercli

  Post edited by: Robert van den Nieuwendijk