Category: VMware

PowerCLI script to list datastore space utilization

Here is a PowerCLI script that lists the datastore space utilization: Connect to vCenter server Connect-VIServer -Server -User -Password Get all the datastores in vCenter $datastores = Get-Datastore Loop through each datastore foreach ($datastore in $datastores) {# Get the capacity and free space of the datastore$capacity = $datastore.CapacityGB$freeSpace = $datastore.FreeSpaceGB # Calculate the used space … Continue reading PowerCLI script to list datastore space utilization →

Uncovering virtual networking Part-9: IOChain Framework

The IOChain is a group of functions that provides connectivity between virtual ports and the virtual switch. It also provides the capability to insert functions into the network data-path regardless of the switch type used i.e. Standard Switch (vSS) or Distributed Switch (vDS). A virtual port has two IOChains based on the direction i.e. to … Continue reading Uncovering virtual networking Part-9: IOChain Framework →

vSphere 7 Update 1 Major changes.

With the release of vSphere update 1, there is major shift in the supported compute maximums as summarised in table below.  vSphere 7vSphere 7 Update 1Virtual CPUs per VM256768Memory per VM6 TB24 TBCPUs per host768768Memory per host16 TB24 TBHosts per cluster6496 With vCenter Server 7.0 Update 1, scalability for vSphere Lifecycle Manager​ operations with ESXi hosts and … Continue reading vSphere 7 Update 1 Major changes. →

AppInfo plugin in VMware Tools 11.x

https://youtu.be/ZzjpyuK7aB4 AppInfo plugin in VMware Tools 11 enables the collection of the running application processes within a Guest OS and publishes that information to VM guestInfo Property called as guestinfo.appinfo. For each application running inside the guest, the name and version information is captured and published by the plugin. The appInfo plugin collects the information in every 30 minutes … Continue reading AppInfo plugin in VMware Tools 11.x →