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Using PowerCLI to measure VM disk space usage.

May 5, 2015 · 2 min read · esxi vcenter vmware powercli ·

I had a recent need to calculate how much disk space was being taken up by all the VMs in my vSphere environment for capacity planning purposes.
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VMUG London January 2015

Jan 26, 2015 · 4 min read · vmug PernixData docker vmware 10zig vbeers #lonvmug ·

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Despite having attended the annual VMware-hosted London vForums a few times this was my first VMware User Group meeting.
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Migrate VM to a new datastore

Jan 9, 2015 · 2 min read · esxi vcenter vmware powercli powershell ·

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In an ESXi environment with no Storage vMotion I had the need to move a production VM from one datastore to another.
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Standalone ESX Resource Group Permissions

Nov 12, 2014 · 2 min read · esxi vmware ·

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I have recently had the need to setup a standalone ESXi 5 server (no vCenter) with several resource groups for a lab session.
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Customisation of Server 2012R2 in VMware ESX 5 VM fails

Sep 25, 2014 · 1 min read · esxi vcenter vmware windows ·

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In VMware ESX 5.0.U2 when deploying a Server 2012R2 VM from a template with customisations applied the following error message appears:
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VMWare vForum London 2014

Jun 13, 2014 · 4 min read · vmware vforum ·

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Earlier this week I attended the VMWare vForum in London. I’d missed last years, but it was good to return to Wembley Stadium- especially on the eve of the World Cup.
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PowerShell snippet- Finding XP and Server 2003 VMs

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

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PowerShell snippet- Finding XP and Server 2003 VMs

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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VMware Forum 2011 - London

Jun 16, 2011 · 1 min read · vmware ·

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A couple of pictures from yesterday’s [VMware Forum in London]. In the last few years the event has been held at Chelsea Football Club and the ExCeL Centre. This year it was held at Wembley Stadium.

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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