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Managing Linux with PowerShell DSC

Managing Linux with PowerShell DSC Managing Linux with PowerShell DSC – After some hard struggle, we know that success will finally come through. This is what happened when me “A pure windows guy” started testing out DSC for Linux. In this…

January 14, 2016 · by Vinith · 1

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

Troubleshooting PowerShell DSC Deployments.

Troubleshooting PowerShell DSC Troubleshooting PowerShell DSC – In this post i wanted to share some troubleshooting steps i followed during my DSC testing. You can read more about my DSC testing i did at my earlier blogpost which shows how to…

January 6, 2016 · by Vinith · 0

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

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

Convert a Windows Server 2012 Server to iSCSI Target Server And Offer Low-Cost Storage

Today i will share some of my practical experiences with the New Role in Windows Server 2012 which allows us to convert a Windows Server 2012 Box to an iSCSI Target Server And Offer Low-Cost Storage.Using iSCSI Target in Windows…

December 2, 2012 · by Vinith · 0

Converting between GUI and Server Core in Windows Server 2012 Using PowerShell V3

In Windows Server 2012, you can convert a computer installed with the full GUI option to Server Core, and vice- versa. This is a major improvement in Server Core version present in Windows Server 2008 R2, in which you can…

November 15, 2012 · by Vinith · 0

Extract the DiskName & FriendlyVolumeName from a Hyper-V Host For a Cluster Share Volume

1 2 3 4 5   <#Hi Guys Sharing with you all a script which i created to Extract the DiskName & FriendlyVolumeName from a Hyper-V Host Copy paste the one liner in an elevated Powershell window on a Clustered…

October 22, 2012 · by Vinith · 0

Rename Highly Available VM’s in FCM to only VM Names (Removing prefix,suffix SCVMM,Resources)

1 2 3 4 5   <#Hi Guys Sharing with you all a script to rename Highly Available VM's in FCM to only VM Names (Removing prefix,suffix SCVMM,Resources) Copy paste the one liner in an elevated Powershell window on a…

October 22, 2012 · by Vinith · 1

Change CD ROM Drive Letter in Newly Built VM’s to Z: Drive

1 2 3 4 5 6   <#Hi Guys sharing with you a script i developed to change the CD-ROM Drive in a newly provisioned Virtual Machine Using Hyper-V, You can modify the script accordingly for other drive letters. Change…

October 22, 2012 · by Vinith · 2