The following script is based on Eric Sloof’s Resourcepool calculator.

I modified it quit a bit. It now has, logging, can be run as a scheduled task, % of resource reservation for memory and cpu that can be set on a resourcepool. The script respects the reservertion set on a particular vm.

You need to adjust the following variables: Read the rest of this entry »

Eric Sloof from NTPro.nl gave a very good presentation at the Dutch VMUG 2008 event:
Managing VI3 with Powershell.

This presentation focuses on the tools that are currently available for PowerShell. It also gives you an insight on the VMware PowerShell extensions and presents a short introduction to PowerShell as a scripting language.

Eric already posted his presentation on his blog, but here is the video Johan recorded:

One of the things you have to be carefull within a Virtual Infrastructure environment, just as in every other environment by the way, is how your LUNs are balanced over the HBA’s. Especially when you have a pretty dynamic infrastructure you might not always pay attention to this.

My colleague Rob Mokkink has made a pretty nice powershell script that balances LUN’s on the different HBA’s.

What it does :
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On one of my previous articles Sven, who is actually a colleque of mine, asked if it would be possible to remove snapshots which were left unaccounted for. I reacted is a simple way: yeah, of course and as a matter of fact is is very easy. I really must say the guys from the VI Toolkit have done a great job on maki Read the rest of this entry »

Here is a nice video about using Powershell to execute a storage VMotion.

Ok it is a totally unsuported way because it uses a unsupported extention using a CTP version of Powershell. Read the rest of this entry »