How to manually update Symantec AntiVirus
Symantec Version : Symantec AntiVirus 10 Corporate Edition Operating System : Windows XP Professional Culture : Australian (Just so the our US brothers and sisters are not confused by any […]
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How to get unique objects while keeping the whole object
Was using Get-View to get a datastore list and I found that it returns duplicate items. I am pretty sure I do not have some 200+ datastores of the same […]
How many versions of VMware VI do you have?
How many versions of VMware Virtual Infrastructure do you run? Yes you read correctly. 3.0 and 3.5. Rest assured these have just now been upgraded just in the last two […]
Speed Comparison – Counting ESX Versions
In this Speed Comparison I am reporting on the number of each ESX version I have in my environment to generate a report like the one below. This table is […]
Remote console VMware Lab Manager on Firefox
Had a problem with Firefox and attempting to access a virtual machine (VM) console within Lab Manager. Who uses Lab Manager I hear you ask? Yes well I do. For […]
Speed Comparison – VMHost Models
You may know by now that in PowerCLI there are a couple of ways to get information such as ESX host details using predefined cmdlets such as: There is also […]
Where do I find VMware Tools download
VMware tools used be part of the ESX Classic. You could open a console to your VM and go through the menu and select Install VMware tools. This would mount […]
How to use multiple filters at once with Get-View
Writing a Virtual Machine (VM) report the other day to gather a list of VMs that conform to a known naming standard. Then when I did a count to confirm […]
What are the valid Get-View ViewTypes?
Whilst playing with Get-View today I could not work out what I needed as the ViewType for ESXi hosts. Since VirtualMachine is fairly self explanatory I figured it must be […]
Get VMware PCLI Versions
They also show up in Control Panel (Windows 2003 / XP) -> Add Remove Programs: vCenter Update Manager PowerCLI VMware vSphere PowerCLI or the easiest way Downloads: VMware vSphere PowerCLI […]