If (!(Get-PSSnapin -name VMware.VimAutomation.Core -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core}
If (!(Get-PSSnapin -name VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud}
If (!(Get-PSSnapin -name VMware.VimAutomation.VDS -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.VDS}
Connect-VIServer vcenternameorip
Disconnect-VIServer vcenternameorip -Confirm:$False
Connect-CIServer my.vcd.url
Disconnect-CIServer my.vcd.url -Confirm:$False
$DefaultVIServers
$DefaultVIServers.Count
Get-PowerCLIVersion
Get-PowerCLIConfiguration
$VMHosts = Get-VMHost
ForEach ($VMHost in $VMHosts)
{
$HostName = $VMHost.Name
Connect-VIServer $HostName -User root -password P@ssw0rd
Set-VMHostAccount -UserAccount root -password N3wPassword
Disconnect-VIServer -Server $HostName -Confirm:$False
}
Get-VMHost | Select Name, @{Name="LockdownModeEnabled";Expression={($_).Extensiondata.Config.adminDisabled}} | ft -auto
Get-VMHost | %{($_ | get-view).ExitLockdownMode()}
Get-VMHost | %{($_ | get-view).EnterLockdownMode()}
Get-VMHost | Foreach {Start-VMHostService -HostService ($_ | Get-VMHostService | Where { $_.Key -eq "TSM-SSH"} )}
Get-VMHost | Foreach {Stop-VMHostService -HostService ($_ | Get-VMHostService | Where { $_.Key -eq "TSM-SSH"} ) -Confirm:$false}
Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostService | Where { $_.Key -eq "TSM-SSH" } | Select VMHost, Label, Policy, Running | ft -auto
Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostFirewallException | Where {$_.Name -eq "SSH Server"} | Set-VMHostFirewallException -Enabled:$true
Get-VMHost | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name Config.HostAgent.log.level | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value "info" -Confirm:$false
Get-VMHost | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name Vpx.Vpxa.config.log.level | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value "info" -Confirm:$false
$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost servername
$esxcli.system.syslog.reload()
Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostFirewallException |?{$_.Name -eq 'syslog'} | Set-VMHostFirewallException -Enabled:$true
Get-VMHost MyESXiHost | Get-VMHostFirmware -BackupConfiguration -DestinationPath “F:\”
Get-VMHost MyESXiHost | Set-VMHost -State Maintenance | Set-VMHostFirmware -Restore -SourcePath “F:\”
Get-VMHost MyESXiHost | Set-VMHostFirmware -ResetToDefaults
Get-VMHost MyESXiHost | Get-Log -Bundle -DestinationPath “F:\”
Get-VMHost MyESXiHost | Get-Log hostd | Select -ExpandProperty Entries | Out-File “F:\hostd.log”
Get-VMHost MyESXiHost | Get-Log vpxa | Select -ExpandProperty Entries | Out-File “F:\vpxa.log”
Get-VMHost | Select Name,@{Name="Time";Expression={(get-view $_.ExtensionData.configManager.DateTimeSystem).QueryDateTime()}}
Get-VMHost | %{(Get-View $_.ExtensionData.configManager.DateTimeSystem).UpdateDateTime((Get-Date -format u)) }
Foreach ($esx in Get-VMhost -Location ClusterName | sort Name) { $esx | Get-VMHostStorage -RescanAllHBA -rescanVMFS -refresh }
Get-VMHost | Select Name, @{N="NTPServer";E={$_ | Get-VMHostNtpServer}}, @{N="ServiceRunning";E={(Get-VmHostService -VMHost $_ | Where-Object {$_.key -eq "ntpd"}).Running}}
$oldntpservers = "192.168.0.1","192.168.0.2"
$newntpservers = "192.168.0.20","192.168.0.21"
Foreach($vmhost in Get-VMHost){
$vmhost|Get-VMHostService |?{$_.key -eq "ntpd"}|Stop-VMHostService -Confirm:$false
$vmhost|Remove-VMHostNtpServer -NtpServer $oldntpservers -Confirm:$false
$vmhost|Add-VmHostNtpServer -NtpServer $newntpservers
$vmhost|Get-VMHostService |?{$_.key -eq "ntpd"}|Start-VMHostService
}
Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostService | ?{$_.key -eq "ntpd"} | Set-VMHostService -Policy "on" -confirm:$false
Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostNetwork | Set-VMHostNetwork -DnsAddress [DNS1 IP address],[DNS2 IP address] -Domain [Domain name] -SearchDomain [Search domain name]
Get-VMHost | Set-VMHost -State Maintenance
Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostAuthentication | Set-VMHostAuthentication -Domain domain -User domainuser -Password password -JoinDomain -Confirm:$false
Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostAuthentication | Set-VMHostAuthentication -LeaveDomain -Confirm:$false
Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostAuthentication | Select VMHost, DomainMembershipStatus, Domain | ft -auto
Get-VMHost | Set-VMHost-State Disconnected -Confirm:$false | Remove-VMHost -Confirm:$false
Add-VMHost -Name $VMHost -Location $Location -Credential $cred -Force -Confirm:$false
Move-Inventory -Item (Get-VMHost -Name esxHost) -Destination (Get-Cluster -Name clusterName)
Get-VM | Select Name, @{N=”Cluster”;E={Get-Cluster -VM $_}},@{N=”ESX Host”;E={Get-VMHost -VM $_}},@{N=”Datastore”;E={Get-Datastore -VM $_}}
Get-Folder "projects" | Get-VM | Where-Object {$_.Guest.OSFullName -like "*Windows*" -and $_.PowerState -eq "PoweredOn"} | Sort Name
Get-VM | Get-VMResourceConfiguration | Where {$_.CpuReservationMhz -ne 0} | Select VM,CpuReservationMhz
Get-VM | Get-VMResourceConfiguration | Where {$_.MemReservationMB -ne 0} | Select VM,MemReservationMB
Get-VM | Get-VMResourceConfiguration | Where-Object {$_.MemLimitMB -ne "-1"} | Set-VMResourceConfiguration -MemLimitMB $null
Get-VM | Get-VMResourceConfiguration | Where-Object {$_.CpuLimitMhz -ne "-1"} | Set-VMResourceConfiguration -CPULimitMhz $null
Get-VM | Get-VMResourceConfiguration | Set-VMResourceConfiguration -MemLimitMB $null -CpuLimitMhz $null
Get-View -ViewType “VirtualMachine” -Property Guest,name -filter @{“Guest.ToolsStatus”=”toolsNotInstalled”;”Guest.GuestState”=”running”} | Select Name
Get-VIEvent -maxsamples 10000 | Where {$_.Gettype().Name -eq “VmCreatedEvent”} | Select createdTime, UserName, FullFormattedMessage
Get-VIEvent -maxsamples 10000 | Where {$_.Gettype().Name -eq “VmRemovedEvent”} | Select createdTime, UserName, FullFormattedMessage
Get-VIEvent -maxsamples 10000 |where {$_.Gettype().Name-eq "VmCreatedEvent" -or $_.Gettype().Name-eq "VmBeingClonedEvent" -or $_.Gettype().Name-eq "VmBeingDeployedEvent"} |Sort CreatedTime -Descending |Select CreatedTime, UserName,FullformattedMessage -First 10
Get-VIEvent -maxsamples 10000 | where {$_.Gettype().Name -eq "VmRemovedEvent"} | Sort CreatedTime -Descending | Select CreatedTime, UserName, FullformattedMessage -First 19
Get-VIEvent -maxsamples 10000 -Start (Get-Date).AddDays(-14) | where {$_.Gettype().Name-eq "VmCreatedEvent" -or $_.Gettype().Name-eq "VmBeingClonedEvent" -or $_.Gettype().Name-eq "VmBeingDeployedEvent"} |Sort CreatedTime -Descending |Select CreatedTime, UserName,FullformattedMessage
Get-VIEvent -maxsamples 10000 -Start (Get-Date).AddDays(-14) |where {$_.Gettype().Name-eq "VmRemovedEvent"} |Sort CreatedTime -Descending |Select CreatedTime, UserName,FullformattedMessage
Get-VM | Where {$_.NumCPU -gt 2} | Select Name, NumCPU
Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine | Where {-not $_.Config.Template} | Where{$_.Runtime.ConnectionState -eq “invalid” -or $_.Runtime.ConnectionState -eq “inaccessible”} | Select Name
Move-VM vm_name -Destination (Get-VMHost esxi_hostname)
Get-VM vm_name | Move-VM -Datastore (Get-Datastore datastore_name)
$destCluster = Get-Cluster -Name Cluster01
$destDatastore = Get-DatastoreCluster -Name Cluster_Datastore
$destFolder = foldername
$sourceTemplate = Get-Template -Name W2K12_STD
1..6 | Foreach {New-VM -Name test0$_ -ResourcePool $destCluster -Location $destFolder -Template $sourceTemplate -Datastore $destDatastore -RunAsync}
Get-VM -Datastore <SourceDatastore1> | Move-VM -Datastore <TargetDatastore> -runasync
Get-VM | Get-Snapshot | Where { $_.Name.Contains(“Consolidate”) } | Remove-Snapshot
Get-VM | Get-Snapshot | Select VM,Name,Description,Created
Get-VM | Get-HardDisk -DiskType "RawPhysical","RawVirtual" | Select Parent,Name,DiskType,ScsiCanonicalName,DeviceName
Get-Datastore | Where-Object {$_.freespaceMB -lt 100000}
Get-Datastore | Where-Object {$_.freespaceGB -lt 500 -and $_.Name -notlike "*localstorage*"}
Get-Datastore | Select Name, @{N="NumVM";E={@($_ | Get-VM).Count}} | Sort Name
New-PSDrive -name "mounteddatastore" -Root \ -PSProvider VimDatastore -Datastore (Get-Datastore $datastore)
Copy-Datastoreitem $patchLocation + $patch -Destination mounteddatastore:
del mounteddatastore:$patch
Remove-PSDrive -name "mounteddatastore" -PSProvider VimDatastore
Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine | ?{$_.Runtime.ConnectionState -eq "invalid" -or $_.Runtime.ConnectionState -eq "inaccessible"} | %{$_.reload()}
Function Get-VMHostHbaWWN {
param( $VMHost )
$EsxHostHba = get-vmhosthba -VMHost $VMHost
foreach( $hba in $EsxHostHba ){
$WWN = "{0:x}" -f $hba.PortWorldWideName
$outObj = New-Object PSObject
$outObj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Name -Value $VMHost
$outObj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name WWNDec -Value $hba.PortWorldWideName
$outObj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name WWNHex -Value $WWN
$outObj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Device -Value $hba.Device
$outObj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Type -Value $hba.Type
$outObj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Model -Value $hba.Model
$outObj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Status -Value $hba.Status
$outObj
}
}
Foreach ($esx in Get-VMHost -Location ClusterName) { $esx | Get-VirtualSwitch -Name vSwitch1 | New-VirtualPortGroup -Name "VLAN500" -VlanId 500 }
export-vdswitch $switch -Withoutportgroups -Description “Backup of $switch without port groups” -Destination “c:\vSphere\$switch.without_portgroups.$date.zip“
export-vdswitch $switch -Description “Backup of $switch with port groups” -Destination “c:\vSphere\$switch.with_portgroups.$date.zip“
get-vdswitch $switch | Get-VDPortgroup | foreach { export-vdportgroup -vdportgroup $_ -Description “Backup of port group $($_.name)” -destination “c:\vSphere\$($_.name).portgroup.$date.zip“}
get-vm | get-networkadapter | where-object { $_.networkname -like "OldPortGroup" } | set-networkadapter -networkname "NewPortGroup" -Confirm:$false
Get-VIEvent -MaxSamples 100000 | ?{($_ -is [VMware.Vim.UserLoginSessionEvent]) -or ($_ -is [VMware.Vim.UserLogoutSessionEvent])} | %{
if ($_ -is [VMware.Vim.UserLoginSessionEvent]) {
$strLoginOrLogout = "logged in"; $strSourceIP = $_.IpAddress
}
else {
$strLoginOrLogout = "logged out"; $strSourceIP = $null
}
New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property @{
UserName = $_.UserName
SourceIP = $strSourceIP
Time = $_.CreatedTime
Action = $strLoginOrLogout
}
} | Select UserName,SourceIP,Time,Action
