Category PowerCli

27/09/2019

VMworld 2019 Europe session scheduling is now…

By Steve in ESXi, ESXi 6.7, HOL, Kubernetes, Learn NSX, NSX, PowerCli, vCenter, VCSA, VMware, VMware Workstation, VMworld, vRealize Tag Barcelona, Europe, VMworld, VMworld2019

VMWORLD Barcelona sessions are now live to register #VMWORLD #VMware #Barcelona VMworld 2019 Europe session scheduling is now... Register for VMworld 2019 Europe today. Meet experts, learn about industry hot…

21/08/2019

New Release: PowerCLI 11.4.0

By Steve in PowerCli, Powershell, VMware Tag module for PowerShell, PowerCli, PowerShell

Great news for all the scripting people out there. New Release: PowerCLI 11.4.0 #PowerCLI #Scripting #WhatsNew New Release: PowerCLI 11.4.0 August is always a great month when it comes to…

12/10/2018

New Release: PowerCLI 11.0.0

By Steve in PowerCli, Powershell, VMware Tag PowerCli, PowerShell

New Release: PowerCLI 11.0.0 New Release: PowerCLI 11.0.0 PowerCLI has been moving at quite the rapid pace over the last 2 years. In 2018, we’ve been releasing roughly every other…

16/07/2018

Automating File-Based Backups of vCenter Server…

By Steve in PowerCli, vCenter, VCSA, VMware Tag Automation, Backup, vCenter, vCenter Server

Automating File-Based Backups of vCenter Server Appliance Automating File-Based Backups of vCenter Server... Did you know the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) has file-based backup options? This ability was actually released…

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…

04/08/2016

Running PowerCLI scheduled tasks with saved…

By Steve in PowerCli, VMware

Running PowerCLI scheduled tasks with saved credentials -- Smart's Notes Running PowerCLI scheduled tasks with saved... One of the major issues with running a script through Windows scheduled tasks is…

15/02/2016

Stephen Hackers – VMware vExpert 2016 Award Received

By Steve in ESXi, Hot Wired IT Solutions, PowerCli, vCenter, VMware, VMware Workstation Tag vExpert

Stephen Hackers VMware vExpert 2016 Award Received http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2016/02/vexpert-2016-award-announcement.html

01/02/2016

PowerCLI – Setup Host networking and storage ready for ISCSI LUNs

By Steve in ESXi, PowerCli, vCenter, VMware

Useful script. Additional details and screen shots can be found using the following link Script below provided by @Saintdle ( All scripts should be tested in a Lab environment only…