Tag: PowerShell

PowerShell: XenApp Server Performance


I wrote a simple PowerShell script to monitor the real time performance (CPU usage, Memory usage and Disk queue length) of the XenApp farm servers. To make it work, you need to: 1) Download and install the XenApp Powershell SDK. 2) Ensure the 'Citrix XenApp Commands Remoting' service is running on the data collector server. … Continue reading PowerShell: XenApp Server Performance →

ESXi PowerCLI Enable ssh service


1) Enable SSH service on all ESXi hosts.Get-VMHost | Foreach { Start-VMHostService -HostService ($_ | Get-VMHostService | Where { $_.Key -eq “TSM-SSH”} ) }2) Enable SSH service on a single host.Start-VMHostService -HostService (Get-VMHostService -VMHost ESXi-01.my.lab | where {$_.Key -eq "TSM-SSH"})

Check Virtual Machine UUID


Each virtual machine is automatically assigned a universally unique identifier (UUID), which is stored in the SMBIOS system information descriptor. It can be accessed by standard SMBIOS scanning software (for example, SiSoftware Sandra or the IBM utility smbios2) and is used for system management in the same way you use the UUID of a physical … Continue reading Check Virtual Machine UUID →

PowerCLI: Check ESXi Scratch Location and Syslog Server Settings


As part of the ESXi health check, we need to ensure the scratch location and syslog server has been configured correctly. Here is my script to check the settings: $VMHost = Get-Content C:\powercli\Servers.txt Foreach ($_ in $VMHost) {$Scratch = Get-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -VMHost $_ -Name ScratchConfig.ConfiguredScratchLocation $SyslogServer = Get-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -VMHost $_ -Name syslog.global.loghost$SyslogDir = Get-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -VMHost $_ … Continue reading PowerCLI: Check ESXi Scratch Location and Syslog Server Settings →

VMware vSphere Health Check


Every VMware administer should have this beautiful tool - VMware vSphere Health Check!! To set it up, you need to: 1) Install vSphere PowerCLI and PowerGUI, and download the Health Check PowerPack file. 2) Run PowerGUI Admin Console and import the Health Check PowerPack file. 3) Add the target vCenter address then click connect. 4) … Continue reading VMware vSphere Health Check →