In the previous post I provided a quick introduction to creating and using a hashtable object. If you are paying attention, you might have asked “Why would I go to extra work to create a hashtable when I can make the original object work?” The answer is performance…but lets expand…
I was recently working on a script for a co-worker who is trying to learn more powershell. In the script I had used a couple of hashtables to store information…which caused a couple of questions as he was reviewing the code. This post is an introduction to powershell hashtables. A…
I have many scripts that write information into Active Directory. Sometimes I need to do the opposite — remove or blank out an attribute. All of the following examples will require a distinguishedName value in AD, so I will set a common variable here. You will need a valid distinguishedName…
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 can easily bulk select scheduled tasks in the vCenter UI…
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 scheduled snapshot tasks. This post will cover the create scheduled…