Author Archives: brian.wuchner

Quickly power on virtual machines with PowerCLI Get-View

Posted on July 5, 2013 by brian.wuchner

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 … Continue reading →

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Do you have any way of getting server name from the attached list of IPs?

Posted on June 24, 2013 by brian.wuchner

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 … Continue reading →

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When are Windows patches happening?

Posted on May 22, 2013 by brian.wuchner

As most people know, Microsoft releases patches on the second Tuesday of the month. In some organizations these patches are deployed to development, test and QA systems within a couple of days of the release. However, production systems can’t be … Continue reading →

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Hashtables: Item has already been added

Posted on April 9, 2013 by brian.wuchner

In my previous two posts about hashtables I provided examples for creating a hashtable, returning a specific value and a description around performance. This post will focus on the errors you should expect if you start using a hashtable. The … Continue reading →

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Hashtables: Adding, Updating and Removing Items

Posted on April 9, 2013 by brian.wuchner

To help describe these concepts, I have listed a few examples based on a CSV file containing HTML color codes. For purposes of sample data, create an array object of colors and HTML color codes. $colorCodes = Import-Csv ColorCodes.csv Define … Continue reading →

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