I was recently configuring the Authentication Service on a number of ESXi hosts to join them to an Active Directory domain to manage local user authentication. This is possible using the vSphere Web Client or Client but requires the configuration change to be made on each ESXi host manually and adds an administrative overhead, so lets … More PowerCLI – Joining an ESXi host to an Active Directory domain
I was recently required to configure the time configuration on multiple ESXi hosts in a number of clusters, with the below requirements: Set the NTP Server(s) Enable firewall service to permit outbound connections for the NTP client. Start the NTP Daemon service Configure the NTP Daemon service startup policy to be ‘start and stop with host’ … More PowerCLI: Configuring NTP Service on ESXi Hosts
In order to change the root password of an ESXi Host using PowerCLI, firstly you will need to connect to the host in question as the root user: Connect-VIServer esxi1.domain.local-User root-Password assdKIUU1235 Now by invoking the ‘Set-VMHostAccount’ cmdlet, we can change the root password as follows: Set-VMHostAccount –UserAccount root –Password 123GHYJ!rys
I was recently looking to retrieve a list of DRS rules in each cluster managed by a single vCenter server and to export the output using PowerCLI. The script will be required to be invoked as a scheduled task and therefore we will specify two paramaters. Firstly the VI Server we will be required to establish … More PowerCLI: Retrieving DRS rules
By default, the virtual machine log file (vmware.log) is rotated as a result of the virtual machine’s Power On or Power Off operation. , In order to limit the total size this can grow to you may configure the log you may configure a log rotation size and level of rotation. Also, this can add a level … More PowerCLI: Configure Log rotation and size options for vmware.log
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