Daily Report V2

VMware Converter – VMXNET3 Issue
How do you move your VMs from one vCenter to another ? Today whilst moving a few VMs from my test vCenter server to my Non Production vCenter server I hit upon an issue with VMware converter, this is just a warning so you do not have the same issue. I used VMware Converter (Latest version at [...]

PowerCLI to SQL Databases
One of the things I love about PowerShell is how versatile it is, its a wonderful framework which can slot pieces of a puzzle together to create a masterpiece, Now I know it exists I can see every day uses and needs for PowerShell, it fits into every nuck and cranny. Take for example my SnapReminder [...]

PowerCLI: Bring on the next version
In the previous version of PowerCLI we had 165 great cmdlets to play with and didn’t we have fun, now in the new version (Download Here) we have a whopping….. That’s right, an extra 68 cmdlets (4 of the old cmdlets were renamed from the previous version), bring on the fun ! So as well as the [...]

PowerShell Gotcha – Export-CSV, Out-GridView and others
I came across this one a little while back and was hoping it would be fixed in V2, I haven’t seen anyone else mention it so I thought I would add it to my blog as a warning to other PowerShell freaks like me…. I have changed the example to be more universal so you get [...]

Onyx – Why Learn PowerCLI ?
The PowerCLI Team yesterday published with the Onyx Project a great tool with lots of potential. The blogging community received Carter’s announcement enthousiastically (see my previous post The Onyx has landed). As a casual PowerCLI user you might think, the product has a strange name but it is the answer to all my scripting and automation [...]