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trodemaster / sVmotion-csv.ps1

Created January 19, 2017 18:38

Maybe you need to do a lot of storage vmotions based on a .csv file of vmname,targetDataStore ?

	#Capture pass paramater
	param (
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
	[string]$csv,
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
	[string]$format,
	[switch]$dryrun
	)

	# test virtual center connectivity

trodemaster / esxibuildfromprofile.ps1

Created January 5, 2017 00:16

	# get ESXi build from VMware depot profile
	# requires powercli...

	# add vmare online depot
	Add-EsxSoftwareDepot -DepotUrl https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml

	# get ESXi build from the image profile named "ESXi-6.0.0-20161104001-standard"
	((Get-EsxImageProfile -Name "ESXi-6.0.0-20161104001-standard").viblist \| Where-Object {$_.Name -eq "esx-base"}).Version.split('.') \| Select-Object -Last 1

trodemaster / vcva 65 upgrade issue

Created November 15, 2016 20:07

	2016-11-15T19:42:16.962Z - debug: scope.backupProfileDataArr: undefined
	2016-11-15T19:42:16.963Z - error: could not find ovftoolCmd: /private/var/folders/h0/h78t9r056gv9grp9p0v4y9y80000gn/T/AppTranslocation/vcsa/ovftool/mac/ovftool
	2016-11-15T19:42:16.963Z - info: ovftoolCmd: null
	2016-11-15T19:42:16.963Z - error: OVF probe error: Error: ovftool is not available

trodemaster / installopenssh.ps1

Created November 3, 2016 01:57

	iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
	choco install openssh -params '"/SSHServerFeature"' -force

trodemaster / 100powershellprovisioners.log

Created October 30, 2016 23:31

	nextbook:/files/packer-itcloud$ packer validate fry-tempaltes/WinSrv2016-fry-100.json
	2016/10/30 16:27:33 [INFO] Packer version: 0.11.1.dev (3c0e5a10eccf7c3ecbf840fb1062b5d1718e3500)
	2016/10/30 16:27:33 Packer Target OS/Arch: darwin amd64
	2016/10/30 16:27:33 Built with Go Version: go1.7.1
	2016/10/30 16:27:33 Detected home directory from env var: /Users/bgarner
	2016/10/30 16:27:33 Using internal plugin for amazon-instance
	2016/10/30 16:27:33 Using internal plugin for docker
	2016/10/30 16:27:33 Using internal plugin for googlecompute
	2016/10/30 16:27:33 Using internal plugin for null
	2016/10/30 16:27:33 Using internal plugin for parallels-pvm

trodemaster / packer_vmware-vmx-powershell.json

Created October 23, 2016 03:31

	{
	"variables": {
	"blob_webserver": "{{env `BLOB_WEBSERVER`}}"
	},
	"builders": [
	{
	"type": "vmware-vmx",
	"source_path": "VM/WinSrv2016-vmware-fry/WinSrv2016.vmx",
	"communicator": "winrm",
	"skip_compaction": "true",

trodemaster / packer_powershell_debug.txt

Created October 23, 2016 03:27

	Working
	[INFO] starting remote command: powershell "& { $env:PACKER_BUILDER_TYPE=\"vmware-iso\"; $env:PACKER_BUILD_NAME=\"vmware-iso\"; $env:blob_webserver=\"http://packer-blobs.s3.localdomain.local/FILES/\"; c:/Windows/temp/download-winfiles.ps1; exit $LastExitCode}"

	Busted
	[INFO] starting remote command: powershell "& { $env:PACKER_BUILDER_TYPE="vmware-iso"; $env:PACKER_BUILD_NAME="vmware-iso"; $env:blob_webserver="http://packer-blobs.s3.localdomain.local/FILES/"; c:/Windows/temp/download-winfiles.ps1; exit $LastExitCode}"

trodemaster / scaleIO logs

Last active October 21, 2016 22:30


	[2016-10-21T18:33:38.271Z] [INFO ] http-bio-9443-exec-23 70049672 100281 200118 org.springframework.flex.servlet.MessageBrokerHandlerAdapter Channel endpoint amf received request.
	[2016-10-21T18:33:45.722Z] [INFO ] http-bio-9443-exec-23 70049673 100281 200118 org.springframework.flex.servlet.MessageBrokerHandlerAdapter Channel endpoint amf received request.
	[2016-10-21T18:33:47.389Z] [INFO ] http-bio-9443-exec-23 70049674 100281 200118 org.springframework.flex.servlet.MessageBrokerHandlerAdapter Channel endpoint amf received request.
	[2016-10-21T18:33:47.389Z] [INFO ] http-bio-9443-exec-18 70049676 100281 200118 org.springframework.flex.servlet.MessageBrokerHandlerAdapter Channel endpoint amf received request.
	[2016-10-21T18:33:47.389Z] [INFO ] http-bio-9443-exec-20 70049675 100281 200118 org.springframework.flex.servlet.MessageBrokerHandlerAdapter Channel endpoint amf received request.
	[2016-10-21T18:33:47.389Z] [INFO ] http-bio-9443-exec-26

trodemaster / Shutdown err

Created October 20, 2016 04:01

	2016/10/19 20:55:48 ui: [1;32m==> vmware-iso: Gracefully halting virtual machine...[0m
	2016/10/19 20:55:48 packer: 2016/10/19 20:55:48 Executing shutdown command: sudo shutdown -P now
	2016/10/19 20:55:48 packer: 2016/10/19 20:55:48 opening new ssh session
	2016/10/19 20:55:48 packer: 2016/10/19 20:55:48 starting remote command: sudo shutdown -P now
	2016/10/19 20:56:34 packer: 2016/10/19 20:56:34 Remote command exited without exit status or exit signal.
	2016/10/19 20:56:34 packer: 2016/10/19 20:56:34 Executing: /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmrun [-T fusion list]
	2016/10/19 20:56:34 packer: 2016/10/19 20:56:34 stdout: Total running VMs: 0
	2016/10/19 20:56:34 packer: 2016/10/19 20:56:34 stderr:
	2016/10/19 20:56:34 ui: [1;32m==> vmware-iso: Deleting output directory...[0m
	2016/10/19 20:56:34 ui error: [1;31mBuild 'vmware-iso' errored: Shutdown command has non-zero exit status.

trodemaster / PowerCli.txt

Last active October 20, 2016 02:02

Some install notes for macOS + .net core + powershell core + PowerCli core

	#Install openssl via macports
	sudo port install openssl curl

	# create a dir in the path for library links
	mkdir -p /usr/local/lib

	# link tehse librarys ino the path. Not sure this is needed..
	ln -s /opt/local/lib/libcrypto.1.0.0.dylib /usr/local/lib/
	ln -s /opt/local/lib/libssl.1.0.0.dylib /usr/local/lib/

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