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Virtual Strategy Magazine – Top 10 PowerShell scripts that VMware administrators should use
Virtual Strategy Magazine – Top 10 PowerShell scripts that VMware administrators should use
PowerShell
is an extensible command-line shell and associated scripting language developed
by Microsoft that can be used to help automate common administration tasks and
also provide information about your VMware environment. PowerShell can be used
for many different things in Windows environments but can also be used [...]
Tons of new stuff in the VI Toolkit Community Extensions
Thanks to none other than Mr. Luc Dekens the VI Toolkit Community Extensions are growing by leaps and bounds.
Here’s a full list of the new advanced functions Luc has added:
Name
Description
Get-TkeAllPrivileges
Show all privileges defined by VirtualCenter.
Get-TkeCDPInfo
Gets Cisco CDP info for a given host.This lets you know what switch port your host is on.
Get-TkePermissions
Lists permissions assigned to a [...]
New in the VI Toolkit Community Extensions: Set virtual switch security.
While
we all eagerly await CTP3 of PowerShell Version 2 I wanted to mention
that I’m a big fan of PowerShell Version 2’s modules and script cmdlets
because combining these technologies makes it possible to build large,
cohesive and really useful management modules even if you’re not a
developer.
Glenn Sizemore has written just such a script cmdlet that lets you
set the security [...]
