Category Archives: Scripting

T-SQL to show how long a task took to execute

Posted on December 7, 2011 by brian.wuchner

I have been working on various scripts that populate information into a SQL table. The other day I was attempting to see how long some of these tables took to populate. I could have updated the PowerShell script to include … Continue reading →

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Get-ESXCli and changes with vSphere 5.0

Posted on December 1, 2011 by brian.wuchner

I mentioned in a previous post (VMware View inside vCloud Director) that we had to make a last minute change to the lab content on the fly. This change was to Exercise 11 that covers the Get-ESXCli cmdlet. I should … Continue reading →

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GCVMUG PowerCLI 5.0 Lab

Posted on November 22, 2011 by brian.wuchner

Earlier this month I had the privilege of helping out with a PowerCLI hands on lab at the Greater Cincinnati VMUG regional event. The content of this GCVMUG PowerCLI 5.0 lab is now available online: GCVMUG PowerCLI 5.0 Lab A … Continue reading →

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Tools Upgrade Policy

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Mitch Baker

I was looking for a way to enable “Check and upgrade Tools during power cycling” for more than one VM at a time, but without enabling for all VM’s in the cluster. In this case our naming convention allowed for … Continue reading →

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Create Active Directory users with PowerShell

Posted on November 6, 2011 by brian.wuchner

Last week I had the opportunity to present a PowerCLI self paced lab along with Jake Robinson and Ryan Birk. We presented this same lab a few months ago, but this event at the Greater Cincinnati VMware Users Group (GCVMUG) … Continue reading →

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