Category Archives: Scripting

PowerCLI: Getting LUN paths when using EMC PowerPath/VE

A few weeks back I wanted to verify some path counts per LUN. This is typically pretty easy and something that can be written as a one liner using standard PowerCLI cmdlets as such: Get-VMHost | Get-ScsiLun | Get-ScsiLunPath However, … Continue reading →

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Getting data out of vCOps

I’ve been troubleshooting a specific problem where storage latency jumps very high during very short periods of time, usually in the late evening/very early morning hours. The latency is very bad, sometimes in the 2,000ms+ neighborhood. My storage guys see … Continue reading →

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Resize Guest System Partition with PowerCLI

I recently needed to resize system partitions on several Windows 2008R2 virtual machines. To do this with Set-HardDisk the virtual machines must be powered off and you need a helper VM. I was looking for a way to do this … Continue reading →

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Script to ping a list of computer names

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 … Continue reading →

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Reviewing DNS logs with PowerShell

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 … Continue reading →

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