SCCM 2012 is a 32bit client, to run a PowerShell script on a 64bit machine in 64bit processing mode you have to call the powershell.exe with full path.
%winDir%\Sysnative\windowsPowershell\v1.0\Powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\script.ps1
We were upgrading a bunch of ESXi hosts and needed to QA the guest VM’s after. I wrote this PowerShell script to list the guest VM’s on a particular host, get all network adaptors/ IP addresses, and ping each and echo out the results.
Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core -ErrorAction silentlyContinue
$file = "\\FQDN\scripts$\VMWare\Logs\vHostQA-" + $(Get-Date -Format 'M_d_yyyy') + ".txt"
Connect-VIServer $vsphere
$VMhost = Read-Host "Enter the host name as displayed in vCenter"
$VMs = get-vm | Where {$_.VMhost -Like $VMhost}
ForEach ($vm in $VMs){
$vmObj = get-vm -name $vm
write-host "Checking: $vmObj"
$PowerState = $vmObj.PowerState
If ($PowerState -eq "PoweredON"){
$NetworkAdapter = $vm.Guest.Nics
ForEach ($adaptor in $NetworkAdapter){
$NetworkName = $adaptor.NetworkName
$connState = $adaptor.Connected
ForEach ($IPAddress in $adaptor.IPAddress){
If ($IPAddress.Contains(":")){
#IP6
}Else{
$IP = $IPAddress
}
}
$ping = New-Object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping
try
{
$status = [string]($ping.Send($IP)).Status
$address = [string]($ping.Send($IP)).Address
}
catch [System.Net.NetworkInformation.PingException]{$status = $null}
switch($status){
Success {Write-Host "$vm is up with IP: $address" -foregroundcolor Green
$NewString = "$vm is up with IP: $address"
$NewString | Out-File $file -Append -NoClobber -Encoding ASCII}
Default {Write-Host "$vm not responding. IP: $IP Power State: $PowerState Network: $NetworkName Network Connected: $connState" -foregroundcolor RED
$NewString = "$vm not responding. IP: $IP Power State: $PowerState Network: $NetworkName Network Connected: $connState"
$NewString | Out-File $file -Append -NoClobber -Encoding ASCII}
}
}
}else{
write-host "$vm not responding. Power State: $PowerState" -foregroundcolor Red
$NewString = "$vm not responding. Power State: $PowerState"
$NewString | Out-File $file -Append -NoClobber -Encoding ASCII
}
}
Disconnect-VIServer -Server $vsphere -Confirm:$false
Want to view your mRemote passwords? it’s stored in the variable %password%, just need to echo it out to the screen
Created a new external tool by selecting ‘Tools’ -> ‘External Tools’, Right click and select ‘New External Tool’
On the bottom of the page enter these values
Test by right clicking on you connection -> ‘External Tools’ -> ‘View Password’
Do you want to prevent non-admins from joining computer to the domain? Be default Microsoft allows authenticated users to join 10 computer to the domain, here’s how to change that.
