Category Archives: Virtualization

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 →

In my most recent series on vCenter Scheduled Tasks with PowerCLI, I have provided three functions…Get-VIScheduledTasks, Get-VMScheduledSnapshots, and New-VMScheduledSnapshot. To complete the series, I have a final function Remove-VIScheduledTask. I don’t really see the need for this one, as you … Continue reading →

In a recent post New vCenter Scheduled Tasks with PowerCLI (Part 1), I provided two functions that return information related to vCenter Scheduled Tasks. This was my first step towards creating a PowerShell function that I could run to create … Continue reading →

I work with a lot of scheduled tasks. Typically, these tasks run powershell scripts from the Windows Task Scheduler. However, when working with simple VMware tasks (like creating snapshots right before a maintenance window) I like to use the Scheduled … Continue reading →

Over the last couple of days, I have posted a handful of PowerCLI scripts to check a vSphere environment. These checks have looked at general cluster level reporting, networking and virtual machines. Today I’m posting a couple of checks that … Continue reading →