I am doing some VMware datastore shuffling and needed to move several templates to another datastore. For normal VMs, I have a script named “Move-VMThin.ps1” that moves the VMs and thins out the disks at the same time. I looked for something similar for templates, something that would allow me to migrate the template to […]
I recently began setting up some Linux servers at work and become concerned about access to the root user account. I have stressed the need for using SUDO, but the fact that people may know the root account was a gaping hole in accountability – if everyone logs in as root, how do I know […]
More searching for migration of my VCenter and I found http://ict-freak.nl/2009/09/06/powercli-export-and-import-drs-rules-v2/ which allows me to export and import the affinity rules Export Get-Cluster -Name “TUK_UT_04” | Get-DrsRule | `Export-CliXml ‘d:tempAffinityRules.xml’ Import ForEach ($rule in (Import-CliXml ‘d:tempAffinityRules.xml’)){ New-DrsRule -Cluster (Get-Cluster -Name “TUK_UT_04”) ` -Name $rule.Name -Enabled $rule.Enabled ` -KeepTogether $rule.KeepTogether ` -VM (Get-VM -Id $rule.VmIds)}
I got to thinking today that when you tell a VM to shutdown the OS, it is actually executing a command against the VM itself, not just in VMware. I decided to do a little searching to see what it takes to do something similar with other commands (such as srvinfo, or listing disk usage) […]
This script will enumerate all VMs and disconnect all CDs and Floppy drives get-cddrive -VM * |where {$_.ISOPATH -ne $null}|set-cddrive -nomedia -Confirm:$Falseget-cddrive -VM * |where {$_.HOSTDevice -ne $null}|set-cddrive -nomedia -Confirm:$Falseget-FloppyDrive -VM * |where {$_.FloppyImagePath -ne $null}|set-FloppyDrive -nomedia -Confirm:$Falseget-FloppyDrive -VM * |where {$_.HOSTDevice -ne $null}|set-FloppyDrive -nomedia -Confirm:$False
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If you ever change your Domain Controllers / DNS servers, you need to ensure all clients begin accessing the new servers before the old are retired. For DHCP, this is easy by editing the DHCP scopes and waiting until all the clients have renewed. For staticly assigned IPs, this can become a problem. Below is […]
In a large environment, inventory information can quickly be out of date. Below is a script that searches AD for all computers and then reports the OS from each system. The OS information comes from the target computer, so firewalls and power state is important. ‘OSVersion.vbson error resume nextConst ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE = 2strDomain = “mydomain.com”Set objConnection […]
Occasionally I need to look at the owner of a file or group of files. The below script helps me enumerate a folder and list the file attributes ‘GetOwner.vbsSet objShell = CreateObject (“Shell.Application”)Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace (“D:toolsAD”)Set objFSO = CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”)Dim arrHeaders(13)For i = 0 to 13 arrHeaders(i) = objFolder.GetDetailsOf (objFolder.Items, i)NextFor Each strFileName in objFolder.Items […]
Ever need to list all the computers in your Active Directory? This handy script will query AD and return all computer objects. A little tweaking and you can search for objects based on last modified time to ensure you are listing valid AD objects. ‘EnumComputers.vbsConst ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE = 2strDomain = “mydomain.com”Set objConnection = CreateObject(“ADODB.Connection”)Set objCommand = […]