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How check whether ESXI is booting from local disk or SAN Disk..??

prasanna22kumar — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 13:32:12 GMT

Hi All,

how to identify the Bootable LUN details of ESXI host using script for multiple ESXI HOST on Vcenter, whether they are booting from SAN Lun (3PAR) or local disk...??

Thanks,

Kumar

Re: VMware Installation failed with insufficient privileges

prasanna22kumar — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 16:03:00 GMT

ok..Please delete it

Bootable LUN details of ESXI host.

prasanna22kumar — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 15:37:44 GMT

Hi All,

how to identify the Bootable LUN details of ESXI host using script for multiple ESXI HOST on Vcenter, whether they are booting from SAN Lun (3PAR) or local disk...??

Thanks,

Kumar

Re: Script to add new hard disk to multiple VM's

prasanna22kumar — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 17:38:21 GMT

Thanks LucD for your reply..

After adding the line as you mentioned getting following error.

New-HardDisk : 23/02/2023 17:35:56 New-HardDisk The operation for the entity "xcpXXXXX" failed with the following message: "A general system error occurred: PBM error occurred
during PreReconfigureCallback: Fault cause: vmodl.fault.SystemError
;
"
At C:\temp\test.ps1:4 char:22
+ Get-VM -Name $vm | New-HardDisk -CapacityGB 10
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [New-HardDisk], SystemError
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_TaskServiceImpl_CheckServerSideTaskUpdates_OperationFailed,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.NewHardDisk

Regards,

Kumar

Re: Script to add new hard disk to multiple VM's

prasanna22kumar — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 17:03:38 GMT

this throws an error

At C:\temp\test.ps1:4 char:9
+ $vm | New-HardDisk -CapacityGB 10
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [New-HardDisk], VimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_ObnArgumentTransformationAttribute_Transform_InvalidPipelineArgument,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.NewHardDisk

Below is the script i'm trying

$vms=Get-Content "c:\temp\batch.txt"
foreach ($vm in $vms)
{
$vm|New-HardDisk -CapacityGB 10
}

Re: SLPD service - Show a list of host and if the service is on or off

prasanna22kumar — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 11:21:26 GMT

HI Lucd,

If i manually enable SSH and run the below script to verify the SLP status, SSH gets disabled. So it's not able open new SSH session

$cmdsub1 = @'
/etc/init.d/slpd status;
'@
$cmdsub2 = @'
chkconfig --list | grep slpd;
'@

$secPswd = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $pswd -AsPlainText -Force
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($user, $secPswd)

Get-VMHost -PipelineVariable esx |
ForEach-Object -Process {
Get-VMHostService -VMHost $esx | Where-Object { $_.Key -eq 'TSM-SSH' } | Start-VMHostService -Confirm:$false | Out-Null

$session = New-SSHSession -ComputerName $esx.Name -Credential $cred -AcceptKey

$current = Invoke-SSHCommand -SSHSession $session -Command $cmdSub1
$persistent = Invoke-SSHCommand -SSHSession $session -Command $cmdSub2
New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property ([ordered]@{
VMHost = $esx.Name
Current = $current.Output[0]
Persistent = $persistent.Output[0]
})

Remove-SSHSession -SSHSession $session | Out-Null

Get-VMHostService -VMHost $esx | Where-Object { $_.Key -eq 'TSM-SSH' } | Stop-VMHostService -Confirm:$false | Out-Null
}

Regards,

Kumar

Re: SLPD service - Show a list of host and if the service is on or off

prasanna22kumar — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 11:08:19 GMT

Hi Lucd,

Thanks for reply, But when i run above script..I get error attached.

Regards,

Kumar.

Re: PowerCLI - Workaround for OpenSLP security vulnerability in ESXi 6.x (CVE-2019-5544) / VMSA-2019

prasanna22kumar — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 10:23:08 GMT

Hi Lucd,

How to check the status SLP on multiple ESXI host's using script or single command.

Regards,

Kumar.

Re: Script to add new hard disk to multiple VM's

prasanna22kumar — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 09:31:54 GMT

Hello Maya,

Getting error can help me out..Please

New-HardDisk : 23/06/2022 10:30:12 New-HardDisk Strings as pipeline input are not supported.
At C:\temp\win.ps1:6 char:9
+ $vm | New-HardDisk -CapacityGB 10 -DiskType PMem
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [New-HardDisk], VimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_ObnArgumentTransformationAttribute_Transform_InvalidPipelineArgument,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.NewHardDisk

Re: Script to add new hard disk to multiple VM's

prasanna22kumar — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 10:10:00 GMT

Hi Maya,

Thanks for your reply..

If I want include 'Thin Provisioning' and create the disk on default location of the VM reside datastore.

Thanks in advance

Regards,

Kumar

Script to add new hard disk to multiple VM's

prasanna22kumar — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 05:21:37 GMT

Hi All/Lucd,

Kindly help me in powershell Script to add new hard disk (10 GB) to multiple VM's.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Kumar

Re: required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

prasanna22kumar — Wed, 11 May 2022 16:06:14 GMT

Hi Norris,

Thanks a lot ...!

I will check and updated you !

Cheers,

Kumar

Re: required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

prasanna22kumar — Wed, 11 May 2022 15:57:40 GMT

Hi Norris,

One more help. Instead of cluster name...can I change to one Single ESXI HOST there ..??

$ToolsAutoSettingsVMs = Get-Host "ESXIHOST NAME HERE" | Get-VM | Sort | Get-View -Property @("Name", "Config.GuestFullName", "Guest.GuestFullName", "Config.Tools.ToolsUpgradePolicy") | Select -Property Name, @{N="Configured OS";E={$_.Config.GuestFullName}}, @{N="Running OS";E={$_.Guest.GuestFullName}}, @{N='ToolsUpgradePolicy';E={$_.Config.Tools.ToolsUpgradePolicy }}

Whether this works..??

Regards,
Kumar.

Re: required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

prasanna22kumar — Wed, 11 May 2022 15:25:08 GMT

Hi Norris ...Thanks a lot ....you made my day..!!

I will try the below script if any issues ..i will keep you posted.

Thanks a lot.

Cheers,
Kumar.

Re: required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

prasanna22kumar — Wed, 11 May 2022 14:59:10 GMT

Hi Norris,

Thanks a lot...I can try this one...But if i want to do one particular cluster...?? how can i do that..!

Regards,
Kumar

Re: required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

prasanna22kumar — Wed, 11 May 2022 13:07:29 GMT

Thanks for your reply ..

I have to verify with Windows team whether UAC is enabled or disabled. If it's enabled , than i don't know whether i can disable it.

When i checked in the system I'm running it's "enabled to notify"

There is any way i can bypass this notify one & run automatically other than disabling (UAC) manually in all VM's

Regards,
Kumar

Re: required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

prasanna22kumar — Wed, 11 May 2022 12:52:14 GMT

Hi Lucd,

I'm able to copy the .EXE to remote VM on C:\TEMP, but it's not executing the exe automatically.

no error, But stuck her from past 20 min

or any other way I can execute VM tools instead of doing it manually on Multiple Server's.

Regards,
Kumar

required powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually

prasanna22kumar — Wed, 11 May 2022 12:28:10 GMT

Hi Lucd ,

Kindly help me out with powercli script for Mass update of VMtools manually from Shared folder.

Scenario:- Store the VMtools.exe (VMware-tools-11.2.6-17901274-x86_64.exe) from shared folder and Update the same via script in multiple VM's.

Below is the script I'm trying..no go with it.

#Variables
$computername = Get-Content c:\temp\servers.txt
$sourcefile = "c:\temp\VMware-tools-11.2.6-17901274-x86_64.exe"
#This section will install the software
foreach ($computer in $computername)
{
$destinationFolder = "\\$computer\C$\Temp"
#It will copy $sourcefile to the $destinationfolder. If the Folder does not exist it will create it.

if (!(Test-Path -path $destinationFolder))
{
New-Item $destinationFolder -Type Directory
}
Copy-Item -Path $sourcefile -Destination $destinationFolder
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computer -ScriptBlock {Start-Process 'c:\temp\VMware-tools-11.2.6-17901274-x86_64.exe'}
}

Kindly assist me ...Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Kumar

Re: Cluster Utlisaton report

prasanna22kumar — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 09:42:31 GMT

Hi,

Kindly can you help me to convert the same into percentage.

Regards,

Kumar.

Re: Cluster Utlisaton report

prasanna22kumar — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 14:30:00 GMT

Hi,

Below is changes made for only ( Free Memory & CPU ) as per your instructions,

$time = Get-Date
Get-Cluster -PipelineVariable cluster |
Get-VMHost|
Select @{N='Cluster';E={$cluster.Name}},
    @{N='VMHost';E={$_.Name}},
    @{N='CPU GHz Capacity';E={[math]::Round($_.CpuTotalMhz/1000,2)}},
    @{N='CPU GHz Used';E={[math]::Round($_.CpuUsageMhz/1000,2)}},
    @{N='CPU GHz Free %';E={[math]::Round(($_.CpuTotalMhz - $_.CpuUsageMhz)/1000,2)/100}},
    @{N='Memory Capacity GB';E={[math]::Round($_.MemoryTotalGB,2)}},
    @{N='Memory Used GB';E={[math]::Round($_.MemoryUsageGB,2)}},
    @{N='Memory Free %';E={[math]::Round(($_.MemoryTotalGB - $_.MemoryUsageGB),2)/100}},
    @{N='Timestamp';E={$time}}|
Export-Csv -Path c:\temp\ramdisk\Utilisationreport3.csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture

Below is the Ooutput.

CPU GHz Capacity	CPU GHz Used	CPU GHz Free %	Memory Capacity GB	Memory Used GB	Memory Free %	Timestamp
79.8	54.76	0.2504	1023.65	737.62	2.8603	04-12-2020 14:20
79.8	57.71	0.2209	1023.65	459.15	5.645	04-12-2020 14:20

Kindly let me whether OUT is correct, If yes... How I place percentage symbol next to Value as per Below

CPU GHz Capacity	CPU GHz Used	CPU GHz Free %	Memory Capacity GB	Memory Used GB	Memory Free %	Timestamp
79.8	54.76	0.25%	1023.65	737.62	2.86%	04-12-2020 14:20
79.8	57.71	0.22%	1023.65	459.15	5.65%	04-12-2020 14:20

Thanks,

Kumar