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…
Trouble shooting a Disconnected Host in VMware vCenter
When your ESXi hosts are all setup up in vCenter and using HA and DRS but a blip happens, the power goes or a host has a moment "not responding". In this …
Trouble shooting VMware Virtual Center failing to start
We restarted the Virtual Center server during a routine maintenance window. As a rough / quick test we then tried to connect via the client. To our shock, it didn't connect…
Veeam Backup & Replication example
In this example we have VMware vSphere and Hyper-V in Veeam Backup & Replication. In vCenter we can see two data center and the VMs running. In Microsoft Hyper-V we…
PowerActions for vSphere Web Client
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VMware vCenter 5 – NFC Server error
Issue NFC Error In vSphere 5 we moved an ISO from a local drive to a datastore using the VMware Infrastructure Client. Upon instigating the upload it immediately failed. Error message…
Exporting and Importing an OVF file
Exporting a VM or Template to OVF file 1) Select the virtual machine select File > Export > Export OVF Template. 2) Type the Name of the template for the…