I often rebuild my lab and wanted to script something simple to recreate the VDS once I blast the lab. This is a very simple script I worked on to create my VDS environment and uplinks teaming. Hope you find this helpful. You can upgrade your VDS to version 6.5.0 then after. I chose version…
Category: Automation
VMware Code Capture to PowerCLI – How to capture Powershell Scripts from VMware – VirtuallyThatGuy
This is a quick blog about the capture to code for vmware. My lab is due a rebuild so will be putting this to test for my vDS setup and HostProfile config changes. Will share further details then after. Picture credit to https://blogs.vmware.com/
How to Count Number of Paths in Fibre Channel VMWare Storage Using PowerCLI – VirtuallyThatGuy
A quick script to count the number of paths for FC ESxi HBAs for audit and troubleshooting connectivity issues using powercli.
CMDB For vCENTER Environment – VMware Estate Reporting Using PowerCLI – How to Show Datacenter, Cluster, VM Details Using Powershell – VirtuallyThatGuy
A quick script to gather information about your vCenter estate for CMDB.
How to retrieve Fibre Chanel WWN for ESXi Host Using PowerCLI – VirtuallyThatGuy
Imagine having to retreive several WWN for esxi rebuild or troubleshooting storage issue using the manual way? Well be my guest. This post is a quick script to retrive the WWN for esxi host in a specific cluster.
How to Expand Windows VM Disk Using PowerCLI or Powershell in VMware – VirtuallyThatGuy
This is a quick post about some tools I used during previous project of deploying server core for an online gambling firm I worked for. We often found ourselves expanding disk and wanted to automate the process by including logging in to the OS and extending after VMware vmdk expansion.
ESXi 8.x, 7.x, 6.x Service sfcbd-watchdog Not Running / Fails to Start – VirtuallyThatGuy
Excited about ESXi 6.7 like everyone else so I updated the lab to version 6.7 vCenter, SRM, ESXi, vROPS, vSphere replication and boom PRTG (my primary monitoring tool) wasn’t picking up any hardware monitoring. I had problem with the VMware ESXi service sfcbd-watchdog which wouldn’t start on my newly deployed ESX 6.7 servers and since…
How to gather vCenter Inventory, Number of VMs, ESXi Hosts and VCSA Node ID Using PowerCLI – VirtuallyThatGuy
I am the biggest fan of using CSV for automating my VMware estate but wanted to try the HTML flavour for a change. Join me explore the possibilities of collecting these results in an html readable format.
How to Add Descriptions or Notes To Multiple VMs Using PowerCLI and CSV VMware- VirtuallyThatGuy
I had over 100 VMs to add descriptions or notes and then Move them to a folder so decided to write a one-liner for it. Hope it comes handy for someone looking to do similar task.
How to find the number of VMs running on a Datastore Using PowerCLI – VirtuallyThatGuy
I wanted to check the heavy hitters on my Datastores and redistribute the load accordingly. I could use datastore cluster (you need enterprise plus license for this)…. Or alternantively vRealize Operation Manager… but thought why not use powercli? Below is what I came up with… In a larger environment (not my homelab) SDRS is your…