[Powercli] Script : deploy VMs with random configurations
[Powercli] Script : deploy VMs with random configuration How to deploy VMs with random configurations based on a template for your lab or infrastructure
vSphere : VMs remains “disconnected” after a HA failure.
When a HA occur in your cluster, some VMs can remains “disconnected” after a HA failure. HA should normally restart your VM after a host failure. If your VM is still accessible from another ESX, you can execute a command through ssh. So , start an ssh session on your host and execute this…
Powercli : Check and connect VMs network cards
With this script you will be able to export a list of VMs with Network Cards disconnected. The script will generate a csv file. And at the end of the script you will be able to modify all the network cards that were in a disconnected states. ######################################################################################### ## Script check VM netword cards …
Virtual Machine : VMware tools do not start automatically
After updated a VM Linux (Centos) I realized that the VMware tools were not starting over automatically. This post is based on the KB : 2050592 You can follow these step to resolve the issue : Log in to your virtual machine and locate the vmware-tools-config.pl file. [root@test01 /]# find -name vmware-config-tools.pl ./usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl Then execute…
Tips – Enable copy / paste through the console of a VMware virtual machine
Tips to enable copy / paste between the guest operating system and the remote console. This is very interesting if you have to work with a VM without network. You have two possibilities. The first one, is to enable this option directly to the VM ( The VM needs to be powered off) or you…
Powercli – Audit Script VMware (State,CPU,Size,@mac,IP,etc..)
This is a script that will audited your VMware infrastructure. For example, the script can be usefull if you will migrate your VMware infrastructure. You will be able to retrieve these informations : – State – Name – CPU – Memory – IPAddress – OSFullName – Cluster – Directory – UsedspaceGB – Datastore – Description…
Tips – Extend a windows system partition on a VM
Extend a windows system partition on a virtual machine : If you have Windows virtual machines, you already be confronted on a vm with a lack of disk space on your partitions C:, D, etc. .. Unfortunately resize a VM disk scares you and you find this very complicated!! With this procedure, you will be…
