Category: VCAP-DCA

Using VMware PowerCLI (#006) – Deploy Template (v0.4)

I’ve edited “DTS (v0.3)” so it can generate “.csv” and accept input from “.csv” file as well. Feel free to send your comment and idea and if you find any bug/problem in this script please let me know, I hope this version can do better work and be useful. [wpdm_file id=8]

Updated: May 18, 2012 — 2:40 PM

Using VMware PowerCLI (#005) – Deploy Template (v0.3)

Thanks “nWill” for his kind comment on my previous post, I found a problem on “v0.2” and in “v0.3” I tried to fixed some problems previous script had such as not being able to work properly in environment with only one “Template, Customization Specification, Host, Resource Pool or vApp”. I’ve added some description as well as […]

Updated: May 10, 2012 — 3:57 PM

Using VMware PowerCLI (#004) – Deploy Template (v0.2)

Well, This is a second edition,enhanced or debugged version of my previous “Deploy Template” script. I tried to make it a little more user-friendly and added capability of selecting the location (Resource Pool/vApp) which user/admin can place their newly created VM(s) as well as capability of powering on VM(s) after their creation. Also this script […]

Updated: May 7, 2012 — 5:31 AM

Using VMware PowerCLI (#003) – Deploy Template

This script will help users/admins for deploying multiple VMs from one of available templates and unlike other scripts I saw so far which are file (answer file) based, this script is interactive and need and interaction of admin. In next version I’d try to add some more options like “adding to resource pool or vApp”, […]

Updated: May 5, 2012 — 4:23 AM

Using VMware PowerCLI (#002) – User Accounts

As part of my studying, in this post I’d post one little scripts which I made so far for working with user accounts on “VMware ESXi” hosts. This script will add or remove user account from all hosts connected to one “VMware vCenter” server, in next version I’d add selecting function so user can be […]

Updated: April 29, 2012 — 2:12 PM

Using VMware PowerCLI (#001)

After long absence, I’m back with some new posts which I hope they become useful one day. Code #001 (Disconnecting CD Drives): Last night, while I was looked for making some changes on my hosts in my home lab, I ran “RVTools” for checking VMs if they mounted any ISO images, so I can disconnect […]

Updated: November 28, 2011 — 11:48 PM

DCAS-#006 (Host configuration backup)

Well, It’s long time after my previous post and the reason of my inactivity is my state in my company and previous project, anyway, I have started reading and working on VMware documents and moving toward my next exam. Today I have worked on saving host configuration using both VMware vCLI and VMware vMA, they […]

Updated: May 1, 2011 — 2:01 AM

DCAS-#004 (vCLI and Session Files)

Yesterday, as part of my studying process, I worked with VMA and a little with vCLI. During working with VMA, I tried and worked with “vilogger” which acting as syslog server for centralizing the logs from different hosts, as VMware ESXi would be the only option from next edition, working with VMA and knowing how […]

Updated: March 27, 2011 — 3:24 AM

DCAS-#003 (Scripted Installation of ESXi 4.1)

Today, while I was working on “uda2cm” I found some notes which I think it’s good to share them here. There is a lot of good post and notes on the net about scripted installation of VMware ESXi and I’m going to link some of them over here (those I’ve used myself): Virtual RealITy (by: […]

Updated: March 23, 2011 — 4:43 AM

DCAS-#002 (Storage)

Base on my previous post, this would be another post in my VCAP-DCA Preparation series (DCAS). It’s about storage and how to add new storage (iSCSI) to the hosts. Condition: There is two ESXi 4.1 hosts with one NIC, one vSwitch (vSwitch0) and two VMKernel port (vmk0 & vmk1) and both have their local datastores […]

Updated: March 19, 2011 — 11:52 PM