Comments on: Running a PowerCLI Scheduled task

By: Powershell Scipt for VMware View / vSphere, Who is logged into which VM? « Virtualised Reality

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:50:41 +0000

[...] The script can either be ran as needed or scheduled to run using Windows Scheduled Tasks, for information on how to do this check out Alan Renouf’s blog post http://www.virtu-al.net/2009/07/10/running-a-powercli-scheduled-task/ [...]

By: PowerCLI: Document the ESX Hostname of the vCenter VM « ICT-Freak.nl

PowerCLI: Document the ESX Hostname of the vCenter VM « ICT-Freak.nl — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:19:58 +0000

[...] You can schedule this script on a VM that runs on another cluster or maybe better, schedule the script on a physical box. If you want to know how to schedule a Powershell/CLI script, go check out this post from Alan Renouf: http://www.virtu-al.net/2009/07/10/running-a-powercli-scheduled-task/ [...]

By: Steve Chung

Steve Chung — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:54:23 +0000

Hi
just to let you know that the following script doesn’t run, could you please help my give more clear instruction as how to make it work.

I tried to run this script from vSphere PowerCLI on my desktop. and I simply replace MyScript.ps1 with my own script called “DailyReport.ps1″. I got error, could you please help.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe -PSConsoleFile “C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\vim.psc1″ ” & “C:\Scripts\MyScript.ps1″

thanks

hope to hear from you soon.

Best Regards,

Steve Chung

By: Chrisfoo

Chrisfoo — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:09:15 +0000

Thanks Al, much appreciated.

Cheers Chris

By: Virtu-Al

Virtu-Al — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:24:16 +0000

@Chrisfoo
Hi, the above cmd line is to be used in a scheduled task window, if you are trying to run this from the powershell prompt then you can just CD into the folder and do:

.\DailyReport.ps1 YOURVISERVER

As you have custom connection ports and credentials you will need to edit the script manualy and find the line which does a connect-viserver and adjust it to work as specified in your comment.

Hope this helps.

By: Chrisfoo

Chrisfoo — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:40:20 +0000

Hi There, I am new to powershell and having a few issues with getting this DailyReport to work the ways that have been mentioned in sch tasks and command prompts,
Our Vcenter uses a different Port
1. I have to first do this: Proxy stops Connection: Set-VIToolkitConfiguration -ProxyPolicy NoProxy

I can then connect with this: Connect-viserver -server vcenter server-Port 1443 -Credential (Get-Credential servername\administrator) (THIS CONNECTION WORKS)

But if i try and run the suggestions at the thread above i get this
[VI Toolkit] C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\VIToolkitForWindows> C:\WIND
OWS\systems32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe -PSConsoleFile “C:\ProgramFi
les\VMware\Infrastructure\VIToolkitForWindows\vim.psc1″ “& ‘C:\Scripts\DailyRepo
rt.ps1 vcenterserver -Port 1443″
The term ‘C:\WINDOWS\systems32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe’ is not re
cognized as a cmdlet, function, operable program, or script file. Verify the te
rm and try again.
At line:1 char:59

I can VI connect using Ecoshell gui to vcenter also, but how do you run the DailyReport from there?

Any help would be much appreciated as i would like to be able to manage vcenter with Powershell

By: Scheduling VMware’s FT (Fault Tolerance)

Scheduling VMware’s FT (Fault Tolerance) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:00:32 +0000

[...] Using the great post from Virtu-al, we apply a little magic to Windows Task Scheduler using a command line similar [...]

By: slimboyfat

slimboyfat — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:50:42 +0000

@Virtu-Al

That seems to have sorted it – although I already had the VMWare stuff loaded (it “complains” if I run it interactively) but I’m not goiing to worry!

The script is excellent – thanks for all your help!!

Jack

By: Virtu-Al

Virtu-Al — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:26:23 +0000

@slimboyfat Ok, Try this: C:\WINDOWS\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe -PSConsoleFile “C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\VIToolkitForWindows\vim.psc1″ “& ‘C:\Scripts\VMDailyReport.ps1′ TESTVC01″

By: slimboyfat

slimboyfat — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:22:28 +0000

@Virtu-Al

Unfortuately it’s still not working

I’m obviously missing something in the syntax….