- - If you haven’t seen it, Alan Renouf has made a great script called “Who created that VM?” that populates custom variables to tell you who created a VM and when they did it. I was showing this to a user...
- - I’m happy to announce that we’ve released PowerCLI cmdlets for Update Manager, a.k.a. VUM, that are compatible with PowerCLI 4.0 U1. This new PowerShell snapin provides 13 cmdlets as follows: Cmdlet Name Cmdlet Description Attach-Baseline Attaches baselines to the specified...
- - Critics are raving about Hal Rottenberg’s new TrainSignal video “The Case of the Open Snapshot”, a taut psychological thriller that will send your emotions on a roller coaster ride as our sysadmin hero fights bravely to save his datastore, keep...
- - Recently someone asked me if there was a way, programmatically, to figure out the “observed IP ranges” and “observed VLANs'” that you can see in vSphere Client. Don’t know what I mean? Here’s a picture to help you out. The...
- - Many of you are familiar with Hal Rottenberg, who is the co-host of the PowerScripting Podcast along with Jon Walz. Hal’s resource is a great resource for anyone learning or using Windows PowerShell. You may also recall that Hal is...
- - If you’re at VMware Partner Exchange next week be sure to come see me at my session, TEXIBP1007 – also known as “Getting Stoned with ‘Project Onyx’” on Thursday at 11:30. If you haven’t seen it, Onyx is a tool...
- - In case you missed it, VMware is running a Script-O-Mania contest to find the world’s very best ESXi management scripts. One point that might be worth clarifying, it doesn’t have to manage just ESXi, so if it works with ESX...
- - It’s been a while since I updated so I thought I’d mention a few videos I made a while back that give some useful tips in using PowerCLI 4.0 U1. Video 1: Using multiple sessions with PowerCLI 4.0 U1. This...
- - A substantial portion of PowerCLI 4.0 U1 users report extremely slow startup. On affected systems PowerCLI takes very long (sometimes up to 5 minutes) to start. Standard PowerShell window opens as usual. The problem appears when a machine does not...
- - Tonight we released PowerCLI 4.0 U1. This release contains more than 60 new cmdlets as well as greatly improved performance, a new feature to make it easy to manage multiple ESX or vCenter servers from a single window and much,...
About the Author
My name is Bobby Shea and I am an Infrastructure Practice Team Lead for EMC Application Consulting. When I am not working I enjoy riding my motorcycle with my wife, spending time with my family, watching NHL Hockey and exploring new technology.
