Here is the script to collect vmware virtual machines details and export to an excel (.csv) using vSphere PowerCLI commands. This will help Vmware administrator to take a report of Memory, CPU usage, Data store, HDD space allocation, Host server, Guest OS etc.. here we are using command “get-vm” and “Select-Object” to filter the properties of virtual machine How to …
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List of VM Property Names in Vmware – vSphere PowerCLI
VMware vSphere PowerCLI is a Powerful tool to automate the vmware infrastructure management. Here is the list of object names which you can use with “Get-vm” command. This object name will help you to create scripts with specific parameters like Host, Power State, CPU etc. Its also helpful to generate VM list (Inventory). Following list contains Object names and sample …
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How to backup Here is the command to Backup ESXi server configuration to your local computer. You should have access to the ESXi server using vSphere CLI tool. This will help administrator to schedule ESXi backup using Scripts. Download vSphere CLI tool from here. Open the CLI console and run following command. Tool located at C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI> …
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