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PowerShell snippet- Finding XP and Server 2003 VMs

Apr 15, 2014 · 2 min read · microsoft windows vmware powercli powershell ·

Some PowerShell to find all the VMs in an ESX environment which are powered on and running Windows XP or Server 2003.
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PowerCLI without certificates

Nov 18, 2013 · 1 min read · powercli vcenter vmware powershell ·

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When using VMware PowerCLI to communicate with an uncertified vSphere server a number of warning messages appear upon connection.
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Shutting down a Virtual Machine using PowerCLI

Jun 7, 2011 · 1 min read · powercli vmware ·

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VMware PowerCLI allows us to shutdown a guest operating system on a virtual machine (assuming VMTools are installed) but the command to do this- Shutdown-VMGuest -returns straight away. In a script we may wish to wait for the VM to power down before continuing, this can be done as follows.
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