Have you mastered PowerShell yet? Microsoft’s command-line shell and scripting language can make your life considerably easier by automating common administration tasks. It can be used in VMware environments thanks to VMware’s VI Toolkit which supports PowerShell through the VMware API. But you don’t have to start scripting for scratch. Many a great VMware PowerShell tool is out there for the taking. This list, compiled by VirtualStrategy Magazine, can help with everything from migration to VMware system health status reports.
The list is comprised of the following scripts …
Quick MigrationReport into MS Word Dynamic Resource Pool CalculatorVMware Infrastructure Power DocumenterESX Automated Configuration MidwifeVMware Health Check scriptTrack Datastore Free SpaceList disk RDMSFind snapshots and send email to user/usersSetting Video Hardware Acceleration Level
For details and links to the above list of scripts, click here.
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