This article's completely focus is on VMware PowerCLI command line to add or create new VMFS datastore, You can check Create a VMFS Datastore in the vSphere Client how The sam… Read More
My requirement was to write and automate adding a new virtual SCSI controller to virtual machines using PowerCLI. For this task there is cmdlet is already available New-ScsiController… Read More
This script is written using VMware Powercli module and its purpose is as similar as earlier written script Powershell vCenter server Rest API create and assign tag and tagcat… Read More
I was doing the audit of VMware vSphere vCenter servers to know the users and groups list on the vsphere.local SSO domain (If any custom new user or groups created), Below sim… Read More
Getting into scripting can be daunting. It’s easier to just use existing scripts found online, but if you choose this route you’ll quickly run into limitations. If you take the t… Read More
If you use vSphere in a professional environment, you’ll know that without automation, you’ll soon struggle to meet the demands of increasing workloads and deployments. However… Read More
While working on one of the client systems, I freshly installed PowerCLI module and while connecting to VMware vCenter server I was receiving below error.
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"The remote server returned an error: (407) Proxy Authentication" - This is another issue I faced when working with VMware PowerCLI, Although I had already resolved another error in&nbs… Read More
While connecting to ESXi server with VMware PowerCLI from one of my server I was keep receiving below error. I wasn't able to connect to ESXi server directly from PowerCLI module… Read More
This article is another part and related to this VMware PowerCLI Connect-VIServer Object reference not set to an instance of an object. The resolution used in the earlier blog is&n… Read More
While working with my VMware team we had to audit and create or delete TCP/IP network stack, Here on the ESXi server under Networking >> TCP/IP Configuration y… Read More
You might have come across situation where you want to find remote management controller IP address information (ie: Dell iDrac or HPE ILO ip etc). This article will help you on the topic… Read More
While working with VMware PowerCLI module I was receiving below error, when connecting to vCenter or ESXi server. The system where I was working on, PowerCLI was installed for first time and… Read More
This issue you might have faced at least once while reconfiguring VMware vCenter server VCSA ip configuration. It does not allow to change the IP configuration in (F2) Customize Sy… Read More
While working on new client's environment, I had limited information about Dell iDRAC ips and password. I found iDRAC IPs list with earlier articles Find Dell iDrac, HPE ilo IPMI i… Read More
This is second and opposite article of Install Update VIB Zip files software on VMware ESXi server, Here in this blog post I will uninstall remove installed VIB software application fro… Read More
This is a simple step by step guide on how to install or update vib software application on VMware ESXi server. First step I am going to use ESXi SSH to login. Make sure SSH is enabled… Read More
While working at different client on VMware infrastructure, I always gather complete inventory first of a vCenter infrastructure before doing any changes or designing a solution. Here is my… Read More
In my daily use of Vmware PowerCLI scripts while pulling inventory from vCenter Server, I always include vCenter Center name in the inventory. For example if I am fetching list of Clusters o… Read More
I had a project to automate and upgrade VMware infrastructure. I had given few of the basic tasks to my fellow juniors to update VMware.PowerCLI modules on few servers and run… Read More
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There is a common issue you might have faced while connecting to either vCenter server or Esxi Server using Vmware PowerCLI.
Connect-VIserver $esxiServer -User $user -Password $password
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Recently while working with Vmware PowerCLI on one of my new laptop, when connecting to esxi server and vCenter server with Connect-VIserver command, I was receiving below error.
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This is very handy and useful PowerCLI script, when I do my labs or production deployment changes on VMware environment. Whenever I have multiple servers to make changes and wants to en… Read More
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While installing ESXi operating system on the server, I was receiving below warnings errors regarding CPU hardware Virtualization.
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As VMware recently released and made available ESXi 8.0 publicly available, I thought get the hands dirty and install it in my Home Lab. I don't have licenses for ESXi 8.0, but it… Read More
In the earlier part of I wrote an article about VMware ESXi 8.0 step by step Installation guide with Screenshots. In this article I will configure the networking for ESXi server and ass… Read More
vCenter Server is the unified management service for VMware, and is used to handle virtual machines, multiple ESXi hosts, and all dependent elements from a single centralized location. As a… Read More
After deploying new VMware vSphere 8.0 products, I was seeing MANAGE YOUR LICENSES (There are expired or expiring licenses in your inventory) warning on the vCenter vSphere Client ui po… Read More
This is a example script to clone and deploy multiple Linux vCenter Virtual Machines on VMware vSphere vCenter server infrastructure using hashicorp terraform scripts. In my VMware… Read More
Identify Virtual Machine Locks & Find ESXi Hosts by its MAC AddressI recently had one issue which was one drive missing.it was not possible to identify which ESXi host holds the lo… Read More
Changing the ESXI host forgotten root password using PowerCliIn my recent experience forgot a few esxi hosts root password. There is multiple methods to reset password. But which… Read More
After cloning VMWare Virtual Machine using Terraform code, I waited for a long time but terraform apply command was not getting completed and was in the creation state of indefinitely… Read More
While doing project on Terraform with VMware vSphere: Terraform module clone VMware vSphere Linux and Windows virtual machine, I was receiving below error while deployment. VM was getti… Read More
After writing initial Terraform code to clone VMware Virtual Machine template Using terraform to clone a virtual machine on VMware vSphere infrastructure, There was a requirement to clone&nb… Read More
When you run the command to Import-Module VMware.PowerCLI on Powershell, You might have received the below warning message regarding VMware CEIP (Customer Experience Improvement Program… Read More
The VMware Host Hardware (WBEM) sensor monitors information about the hardware of an ESXi server using Web-based Enterprise Management (WBEM). This script will disable and enable W… Read More
At first glance, the Hyper-V and VMware virtual environments may seem similar, but upon closer inspection, a number of important differences between these two virtualization platforms becom… Read More
To get scratch location details on each cluster , NTP and Hyperthrading details through powercli script.Login powercli and run the below details.# Connect-VIserverenter the VCSA nameTo get s… Read More
This VMware PowerCLI helps cloning and deploying Virtual Machine from template in vCenter Server. I had to write OS customization for Windows 2019 server because due to some reason nati… Read More
This is a second alternative script to VMware PowerCLI Clone and Deploy VM from template in vCenter. In earlier article I did customization of newly cloned Virtual Machine using Wi… Read More
This script is a another part of Upgrade vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) with VMware PowerCLI. In this article I am using Rest API calls to update VCSA via VAMI. At the moment I am able… Read More
I had bunch of vCenter Server appliance (VCSA) to update/upgrade. Although the upgrade process using vCenter Server VAMI portal (5480) is fairly very simple and easy as shown in Patchin… Read More
Recently, I was required to reset the passwords of the esxi hosts one by one.To change the esxi host password, simply follow the procedures below.> Enable SSH on esxi host.> Log in to… Read More
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In this article I will show how use VMware Image Builder to customize and create ESXi ISO images.
VMware Image Builder is a powerful functionality within vCenter Server that enables t… Read More
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This is a step by step procedure to update offline bundle zip on standalone ESXi host using command line without vCenter. I was updating few of my VMware ESXi servers in my home La… Read More
I was cleaning up some datastore data due to storage space low. I found there were few old long snapshots exist on VMs. After deleting those old snapshots from VMware Virtual… Read More
In earlier part Solved: VMware Snapshots Virtual Machines disks consolidation is needed I performed steps on vCenter Portal GUI. Here I will use VMware PowerCLI to perform the same… Read More
If you’ve been managing VMware ESXi environments for even a short period, you’ve no doubt run across some seemingly complicated and esoteric features. These features are often di… Read More