Re: Get List of VMs, Datastores and Folder name per Cluster
Try something like this Get-VM|SelectName,@{N="Datastore";E={[string]::Join(',',(Get-Datastore-Id$_.DatastoreIdList|Select-ExpandPropertyName))}},@{N="Folder";E={$_.Folder.Name}}
View ArticleRe: Problem changing root password with Invoke-VMScript
Ok, that I understand.But since the VM is powered on, can you try the method from the thread I mentioned earlier ?
View ArticleRe: Replacing Existing Host with New Host/Hardware
You are on right track. As said , ensure you have an access to the datastores , and the network configurations ( VM port groups, VLAN if any, iscsi, vmotion etc ,. )You are good to go.
View ArticleRe: Can't set network adapter state
See my reply in Re: power-on network adapters script
View ArticleRe: power-on network adapters script
That did it I just added the login creds to get connected to the script like this. $cred = Get-Credential Connect-VIServer vcenter -Credential $credGet-Cluster -Name viewcluster | Get-VM rdclient* |...
View ArticleHow to tell if a ThinPC has connected to a VM
I have a program that runs the view client and does some error reporting via email. It watches the exit codes from the client to get an idea of what's going on, then emails me its hostname and IP if...
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Re: Hang when rebuilding a new virtual disk
changhai wrote: $ while:;do clear; ls -l; sleep 1;done That command creates an infinite loop and when suggesting someone use one, then you should at the very least also tell someone that and how to...
View ArticleRe: backups halted after adding datastore
Do you see any error messages or just a locking issues
View ArticleRe: QueryChangedDiskAreas crashes for one VM
Wow, lots of new Messages since I last checked. Thx for spending so much time on my Problem. I will try to Experiment with all those hints, right now I'll answer a few things that come to my mind. I'm...
View ArticleRe: Benchmark Testing
There is a VMMark appliance from VMware (Benchmark the performance) you could use that VMmark Virtualization Benchmarks
View ArticleFusion cannot find Boot Camp
I try to boot my newly installed Boot Camp Windows 7 within Vmware Fusion 5. I get the message: "No Boot Camp disks found". It seems that Fusion cannot find the Boot Camp partition. However, the Boot...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1 vMotion migration of VM with 2 vmdk: one on SAN storage and...
You can use the powercli to edit the vmx configuration file (offline)
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1 vMotion migration of VM with 2 vmdk: one on SAN storage and...
As JD indicated you should be able to script something with PoweCLI but as heindicated you will have to shut down the VM -
View ArticleVCloud not able to connect to itself using its own external IP?
In vcloud, each vm has an internal ip and an external ip. It appears to me that when a process in a vm sends a request to its external IP, it gets a timeout, while requests to its internal IP work...
View ArticleRe: QueryChangedDiskAreas crashes for one VM
Ok, I tried adding "moref=5-snapshot-68" style vmxspec when calling VixDiskLib_ConnectEx() on a machine is not corrupted like the other 3. When I do this, Open() later on fails with VixError=1. If I...
View ArticleRe: Fusion cannot find Boot Camp
I used the wizard but the Windows 7 DVD refused to boot in an external USB drive. So I had to use Fusion to make the partition bootable. Then I copied all the installation files onto the partition,...
View ArticleRe: Find VM via IP
Afaik the Name part of a filter name-value pair needs to be the name of a property that holds a scalar value.No arrays or nested objects I'm afraid.Remember, the filter does a RegEx with the value on...
View ArticleNetwork connectivity issue with Log Insight appliance
We are running the 1.0-beta virtual appliance and I've been noticing that the virtual appliance will fall off the network periodically for a short time. I've had constant pings going to it and it will...
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