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Script: Extensive Script on How to Deploy VMs and Configure the Guest OS Using PowerShell or Powercli

This is an extensive VM deployment script using powershell or powercli, and configuring the guest OS by joining the server to windows AD. You could obviously have a vanilla template and do same as well.

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Top 5 PowerCLI Cmdlets that every VMWare Administrator should know!

This is the top five powercli commands every VMware SA should have or know. I would also highly recommend starting out in the vSphere Documentation Center. It’s not really what I would consider bedtime reading but you can find…

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Top 10 PowerShell commands every Windows admin should know – VirtuallyThatGuy

This is a useful cmdlets every SA should have in their armoury for starting off their automation jorneny 1: Get-Help The first PowerShell cmdlet every administrator should learn is Get-Help. You can use this command to get help…

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Script: How to check and remove CD Drive or ISO Connection of a VM using Powershell or PowerCLI – VirtuallyThatGuy

This is a quick script for reporting and taking actions on how to check and remove CD Drive or ISO Connection of a VM using Powershell or PowerCLI. This is very useful when system admin have mounted an…

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Script: How to create a new user and add it to a role on ESXi host Using PowerShell or Powercli – VirtuallyThatGuy

This is a quick post on how to create a new user and add it to a role on ESXi host Using PowerShell or Powercli.

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Script: How to Start, Stop, Restart services on VMware vSphere ESXi server via PowerCLI or using PowerShell

This is a quick post on how to Start, Stop, Restart services on VMware vSphere ESXi server via PowerCLI or using PowerShell.

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Script: How to check VM Average CPU, Memory and Disk Usage VMware Using Powershell or PowerCLI – VirtuallyThatGuy

This is a quick post on how to check the average usage of a VM CPU, Memory and Disk using a powershell or powercli.

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How to Check VM OS Uptime and ESXi Hosts Uptime Using PowerCLI – VirtuallyThatGuy

Another quick blog post about checking OS Uptime for VMs and ESXi Hosts using powercli

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Cluster Capacity Report for VMs, Cluster, Hosts, vCenter – Using PowerCLI – VirtuallyThatGuy

How to gather cluster capacity report using powercli

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vCenter Connection Script and Checking vCenter Version or How to connect to VCSA and Check VCSA versions using Powershell or PowerCLI – VirtuallyThatGuy

How to quickly check the vCenter version in powercli and the connection script if required

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