February, 2009
The Virtualization EcoShell Initiative
Using powershell to manage applications is no new thing, Microsoft are pushing things that way with the release of Exchange 2007 where everything in the GUI is pushed back down to the powershell console and completed there. So, Imagine if you could do that with VMware products, how amazing would that be !
VI Toolkit Quick Reference Guide
I’m currently sat in Heathrow Airport Terminal 1, I have just found a nice Zurich stand where they give you place to sit, a plug for the laptop and even an Ethernet cable with free Internet access, how nice is that ! So I thought I would best use my time to upload a [...]
More Network Info
Following my previous network information script I was asked to add the VSwitch, so here it is… The following script will add some nice host network information into an object which is exported to a csv file for passing to the network guys or can be used to find your server in that mess of [...]
PowerGUI – Get started the easy way
Are you using PowerGUI and the VMware Powerpack yet, if the answer is no then why not ? If you think its something that you will have to learn and you just dont have the time then please stop making excuses right now because VMGuru has just released some great new videos that not only [...]
vCenter Converter 4.0 – Out Now
I’ve been using the beta for a while now and have to say, its amazing, if you have used the previous versions of VMware Converter then make sure you download the new version from http://www.vmware.com/download/converter/ Now you can convert physical machines running Windows and Linux operating systems to VMware virtual machines quickly, reliably and without any disruption. Simplify integration [...]
VMworld Europe – Come say Hi
I have now had confirmation that I will be able to attend VMworld Europe, both from VMware and the wife, I wont tell you which one was harder to get. If you will be attending make sure you come and say Hi, I am willing to talk about the VI Toolkit and powershell in general, [...]
VMware Infrastructure PowerPack 2.1 for PowerGUI
Do you want to get some of the benefits of the VI Toolkit without the learning curve (even though its very easy to pickup)? Well Kirk (Poshoholic) Munro has just updated the VMware Infrastructure PowerPack. This is a great GUI way to access the power of the VI Toolkit and the skills of a Powershell [...]
Provison ESX Hosts through Powershell
The VI Toolkit community has been getting busier and busier of late, I think even LucD is taking 5 minutes to respond rather than his normal 2 minute answers! There is one area of the VI Toolkit communities that I feel does not get enough publicity, there have been many scripts written by the community [...]
