Category Archives: Scripting

View 5.0 preseal-cleanup script

Posted on October 20, 2011 by brian.wuchner

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: REM Cleanup temp/log files del /s %temp%\*.* /q del “C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application … Continue reading →

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

Posted on October 10, 2011 by brian.wuchner

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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PowerCLI vCheck 5.45 – Updated export options

Posted on September 27, 2011 by brian.wuchner

I started working on this update in the airport the Sunday before VMworld 2011. It is only a minor update to exporting the reports and sending email notifications. In this update, all of the code to send emails and/or export … Continue reading →

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LDAP query performance

Posted on September 18, 2011 by brian.wuchner

The other day I was having a discussion with a co-worker about Active Directory performance related to standard LDAP queries. The complaint (and basis for my involvement in the discussion) was based around poor LDAP performance, which was assumed to … Continue reading →

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PowerCLI vCheck and PowerShell 1.0 support

Posted on September 4, 2011 by brian.wuchner

I’ve been looking at some of the vCheck 5 code looking for possible code improvements. There are a few changes that I believe could simplify the script, but require PowerShell v2. One that comes to mind would be using Send-MailMessage … Continue reading →