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VMware NSX PowerShell Installation and System Requirements Part-1.

VMware NSX PowerShell based Installation and System Requirements Part-1. VMware NSX PowerShell Installation and System Requirements – In this blog post we would look at the minimal system requirements of installing VMware NSX and also look at how you can…

February 27, 2016 · by Vinith · 10

Invoke PowerShell Scripts using vRO 7.0 with a vRA 7.0 Self Service Portal Part-1.

Invoke PowerShell Scripts using vRO, Part-1 In this blogpost i would like to share my experience of integrating vRealize Automation with vRealize Orchestrator and how seamless it is to create a custom workflow which can invoke powershell script from vRO…

February 12, 2016 · by Vinith · 11

PowerCLI DSC Resource for Snapshot check.

PowerCLI DSC Resource for Snapshot check. Finally after a week of exploring DSC and building custom resource modules, i was finally able to build a custom DSC resource using PowerCLI. Huge Thanks to my friend Ravi, MVP PowerShell for helping…

January 7, 2016 · by Vinith · 2

Automate PowerCLI Install across your Windows Environment using PowerShell DSC

Automate PowerCLI Install using PowerShell DSC I have some cool stuff to share today, I was exploring the various internal DSC resources in the past week, and something which caught my eye was the “Package” DSC resource module. Automate PowerCLI What…

January 5, 2016 · by Vinith · 2

Awarded Microsoft MVP for the Second Time.

It was a great feeling when i saw an email from Microsoft stating i was being recognized for the contributions i made to the powershell technical community and was awarded the MVP for powershell technology 🙂   Well i feel…

October 4, 2015 · by Vinith · 0

Mass Upgrade Vmware Tools in vCenter Environment using PowerCli

Mass Upgrade Vmware Tools Mass Upgrade Vmware Tools – Hey Guys, here’s a cool way you can upgrade VMware Tools across all your VM’s managed by by vCenter, and all this using PowerCli, no more logging in manually to each and…

July 15, 2015 · by Vinith · 0

List HotFixes using PowerCLI on all Windows VMs in vCenter Environment

List HotFixes using PowerCLI List HotFixes using PowerCLI – Have you ever wondered how can i get the current patch level for all your windows vm’s in my VMware environment, well the first thought which would come into your mind is to…

July 15, 2015 · by Vinith · 2

Auto Deploy Virtual Domain Controller on VMware using PowerCli.

Auto Deploy Virtual Domain Controller Hey, Guys! – PowerCli is awesome!!, and its really great when you find that it can integrate with your Microsoft infrastructure to deploy stuff!!, without any manual intervention,  a fully automated solution. I deployed a…

July 14, 2015 · by Vinith · 0

Perform Multiple Parallel Live Migrations of Virtual Machines Across Hyper-V Host using New Workflow Feature in PowerShell V3

Here’s my part 2 of blog on how you can use PowerShell Workflow in PowerShell v3 to perform Multiple Parallel Live Migrations of Virtual Machines Across Hyper-V Host.This was part 2 of my presentation i took at the PSBUG eventIf you…

June 14, 2013 · by Vinith · 0