Tag Archives: PowerShell

Easy recovery from a full VMware ESX datastore

With VMware vSphere, ESX, and VMFS, running out of space on a datastore does not cause damage to virtual machines. It is easy to recover without even a guest OS reboot. Continue reading

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PowerShell Prevents Datastore Emergencies

When a datastore in your VMware vSphere environment is about to fill up, you can have vCenter automatically spring into action to prevent downtime by using Storage VMotion. Continue reading

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IGT Part 6: Cluster invari-what ID?

SCVMM adds a custom attribute to VirtualCenter (vCenter). Continue reading

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Better console for PowerShell and VITK

By using Console2 with PowerShell and the VI Toolkit, users have much better text manipulation capabilities as well as the option to use different fonts. Continue reading

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VI Toolkit (for Windows) 1.5 and the PowerShell prompt

The VI Toolkit for Windows overrides an existing PowerShell prompt function. Here is one simple way to restore a desired setting. Continue reading

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