A few weeks ago, I co-worker asked for a script to ping a list of computer names. I thought I had one on my blog, but couldn’t find it. I decided to post a copy here to make it easier to find in the future. This is very simple, and…
I recently helped out on a project where DNS services were being moved to different hosts with new IP addresses. After updating the DHCP scope options and static DNS configuration settings on all servers, the team turned on DNS logging to look for any hosts still using the old DNS…
I recently made a post about powering on virtual machines in bulk using PowerCLI. That process worked well to power on VMs in vCenter, but what if you need to turn on vCenter? In some cases (lockdown mode, firewall rules, etc) you may need to power on a VM from…
I recently had a need to power on a lot of virtual machines in a specific order. I was given several text files each numbered with a startup sequence. At a specific time I would be given a number and need to power on all of the virtual machines associated…
Every now and then I get a simple script idea in my email, like this one from a couple weeks ago: Do you have any way of getting server name from the attached list of IPs? This is a pretty simple request, and there are probably thousands of possible solutions,…