Monthly Archives: March 2013

Using ADSI to clear an attribute

Posted on March 21, 2013 by brian.wuchner

I have many scripts that write information into Active Directory. Sometimes I need to do the opposite — remove or blank out an attribute. All of the following examples will require a distinguishedName value in AD, so I will set … Continue reading →

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Remove vCenter Scheduled Tasks with PowerCLI (Part 3)

Posted on March 6, 2013 by brian.wuchner

In my most recent series on vCenter Scheduled Tasks with PowerCLI, I have provided three functions…Get-VIScheduledTasks, Get-VMScheduledSnapshots, and New-VMScheduledSnapshot. To complete the series, I have a final function Remove-VIScheduledTask. I don’t really see the need for this one, as you … Continue reading →

Posted in Scripting, Virtualization | 2 Comments

New vCenter Scheduled Tasks with PowerCLI (Part 2)

Posted on March 5, 2013 by brian.wuchner

In a recent post New vCenter Scheduled Tasks with PowerCLI (Part 1), I provided two functions that return information related to vCenter Scheduled Tasks. This was my first step towards creating a PowerShell function that I could run to create … Continue reading →

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Get vCenter Scheduled Tasks with PowerCLI (Part 1)

Posted on March 4, 2013 by brian.wuchner

I work with a lot of scheduled tasks. Typically, these tasks run powershell scripts from the Windows Task Scheduler. However, when working with simple VMware tasks (like creating snapshots right before a maintenance window) I like to use the Scheduled … Continue reading →

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