Category Archives: Virtualization

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 →

I’ve recently posted a series of vSphere checks based on PowerCLI. The following couple of checks apply to virtual machines. The following check looks for virtual machines where the ‘toolsUpgradePolicy’ is set to manual. I like to change this value … Continue reading →

The following check will compare the BIOS versions of the ESX hosts in a cluster and verify they are all at a consistent level. The check makes use of a $Clusters variable, which can be created using the following line … Continue reading →