Although SSH should be disabled on all ESXi hosts as a security standard, there are many instances where it needs to be open. Troubleshooting is one of them. To be able to start and stop the SSH service on all…
Instead of having to enter the username and passwords every time you are running a script it is a good idea to create a credentials file and encrypt it on your system. Create encrypted file This creates a file C:\vCenterCredentials.xml…
Some scripts that I use to manage vSphere Turn off SSH if running Count the number of VMs that are in each vSphere cluster List the 10 largest VMs per cluster Per RAM Example output Export to CSV as well…
In today’s world of Virtualization, we love to thin provision and overcommit. Be vary of the limitations…. When a vSphere datastore becomes full, several issues can arise that may impact virtual machine (VM) operations and the overall performance of the…
Another great tool to automate configurations in vSphere is Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. Red Hat delivers two versions, a Community version and a Enterprise Version. The innovation happens in the community and the best features are perfected and added…
Deploying a VMware vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) using Terraform and add the VLANs 200, 201, 202, 203, and 204 with two uplink NICs:
First we need to ensure we have the terraform vSphere provider installed. Replace `”your-username”`, `”your-password”`, and `”your-vsphere-server”` with your actual vSphere credentials and server address. Initialize the Terraform Working Directory: Run the following command in your terminal from the directory…
There are many automation tools out there that businesses can use to automate and utilize Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Application deployments, container setup, etc. They bring different abilities and flavor. Choosing the right tool for your organization is worth taking…
