Tip – Script to add USB storage to an ESXi host
This morning I was adding a USB storage device to a Raspberry Pi that I am running ESXi on Arm on. To add USB storage to ESXi you need to execute half a dozen commands and do a little math. I created the script to do this automatically as I am going to be testing a...Tip – Change Camera Source for MS Camera App
This morning I was trying to use the Microsoft Camera App and couldn’t figure out how to change from my laptops built in camera to my web cam (Logitech C902s). MS made the location of this setting the most intuitive/unintuitive I have ever seen – it is the...Tip – Install PowerCLI from PowerShell
The other day I had to install PowerCLI on a new system. Below is how I did this from PowerShell. open PowerShell as an administrator and enter the following commands Find-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -Scope CurrentUser...Tip – PowerShell to list VMs in invalid or inaccessible state
The other day I had a drive go out on me. When a drive is lost the VMs will still be shown in the vSphere client, but they will be marked as inaccessible. I created the following PowerCLI script to list all the VMs marked as inaccessible so I could go back and...About Tom Fenton
Virtualization and storage professional with 30 years experience in a wide range of technologies including VMware Horizon, vSphere, VTSP, Linux and much more. Follow me on Twitter @vDoppler
Credentials
- VCP5
- VCI (lapsed)
- VTSP SV (Server Virtualization 2018)
- VTSP-DAV
- VMware Technical Sales Professional (VTSP)
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