Create my user Powershell profile file
Recently moved to a new Windows workstation, new user profile, the works. It still amazes me how quickly you get used to things just being where you want them to […]
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Powershell Transcripts
I am learning Powershell and came across a post somewhere, apologies however I do not recall where I found it, where you can capture a transcript of your Powershell session. […]
Is this directory empty
Had this question today and I wasn’t sure how this could be done either. It’s one of those things that you would expect to know but unless you have actually […]
WARNING This script is obsolete
Had this warning appear this morning when starting Powershell. My first thought was that I haven’t changed anything, in my profile at least. Since I have put in my powershell […]
VI Client 5.1 silent install using Powershell
From page 16 of Performing a Command-Line Installation of vCenter Server
ISO format dates
I often create file names such as logs with the current date and was tired of having to create the date string for all my scripts, so created these quick […]
Is the cluster this ESX server is in DRS enabled?
Whilst attempting to create a portion of a script to set up and test VMware’s DPM (Distributed Power Management) I found that I needed to find out which cluster the […]
IndexOf is Case Sensitive
Whilst doing some string manipulation recently was having issues getting the correct data, or rather the data I expected. Consider the following: The result is a -1, which is not […]
Launch Perl within PS Console
Running Perl script with parameter from within Powershell Window Whilst doing automated configuration of ESXi4.x I need to install hardware specific bundles for example HP CIM providers. Now the PowerCLI […]
Get Virtual Machine IP Address
How do I get the IP address that is displayed in the VI Client for a Virtual Machine? This is a question that I had today. Caveats: VMware tools must […]