Category Automation

01/09/2017

Add VM Custom Annotation and Create a Report on Annotations

By Steve in Automation, ESXi, PowerCli, Powershell, vCenter, VMware Tag Automate, Automation, Bulk task, Bulk Virtual Machines, CSV, Custom Attributes, Custom_Attributes, Edit Annotations, Notes, PowerCli, PowerShell, Reports, RVTools, vExpert, Virtual Machine, vSphere

Add Custom Attributes for Notes Annotation .................. A request to add custom attributes for Virtual Machines when using the fat client. (Web client in 5.1 and 5.5 requires a plugin,…

05/08/2017

Bulk Virtual Machines Deployment and Zero Clicks Part 1

By Steve in Automation, ESXi, PowerCli, Powershell, Technology U.G, vCenter, VMware Tag Automate, Automation, Bulk task, Bulk Virtual Machines, CSV, PowerCli, PowerShell, vExpert, Virtual Machine, vSphere

A recent project revisited deploying virtual machines via PowerCli. Its fair to say this isn’t a new tool but sometimes over looked. Part 1 / Part 2 My requirements were…

05/08/2017

Bulk Virtual Machines Deployment and Zero Clicks Part 2

By Steve in Automation, Microsoft, PowerCli, Powershell, VMware Tag Automate, Automation, Bulk task, Bulk Virtual Machines, CSV, PowerCli, PowerShell, vExpert, Virtual Machine, vSphere

Based on the CSV file used to create the VMs, re-use the CSV to control Part 1 / Part 2 What else can I do now? Delete Computer Objects from…