Category Archives: Scripting

Tools Upgrade Policy

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

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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PowerCLI vCheck 5.47 – Additional RAM checks

Todays update includes two new sections to the general reporting section of the report. These sections are not configuration issues/problems, just additional information about your environment. # Version 5.47- bwuch: Added memory per cluster check provided by Ed # Version … Continue reading

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View 5.0 preseal-cleanup script

When composing a View Composer desktop there are a handful of tasks that need completed. I created a script to help me keep this quick and consistent: [cc lang=”dos”] REM Cleanup temp/log files del /s %temp%\*.* /q del “C:\Documents and … Continue reading

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Enable vSphere console copy/paste without power off — the PowerCLI way

I’ve had an ongoing love/hate relationship with security for years. Today it was heavy on the hate. I rarely have a need to copy/paste between my desktop and a VM console. I normally use some other method to connect to … Continue reading

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