Yeah you can do this in the UI but I don’t like clicking so will use a script instead. The following script will migrate virtual machines from one vCentre to another, so long as both have a shared…

Keeping VM Tools up to date is like painting the Forth Bridge (an endless task which, just as you finish, another ESX release goes live and you start all over again). A useful, but almost hidden feature, is…

These cheat sheets are to be used on the VMware platform. Some commands require PowerCLI, others can be run directly on the Photon OS. Command What it does /etc/init.d/hostd restart/etc/init.d/vpxa restart Restart VMWare Management services on Host #…

This is a quick blog about some useful sanity check prior to and after network level changes

This script generates an email report of virtual machines that have snapshots running. save above and run as below .\getsnapshotsize.ps1

A quick blog on some one liners managing the vmware estate an admin must have. The following are a few PowerCLI commands that I have found useful at one time or another. The VMware Communities section for PowerCLI is a great starting…

This is a quick script to remove stale datastore entry on a host using a reboot cycle script which puts a host into maintenance mode, reboot, remove from maintenance mode and loop through the remaining hosts of the…

This is a quick script to reboot horizon view VMs (VDI) with active users connected or Horizon desktops that have active session. This is useful for weekend patches or any other maintenance work.