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		<title>VMware PowerShell Get-VIHumanReadablePath</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An example of how to get the human readable path of an object in the VMware SDK. This is using PowerShell and requires that PowerCLI be installed, but should be easily converted to other languages. Function Get-VIHumanReadablePath &#123; param &#40; $target &#41; &#160; try &#123; if &#40;$target.GetType&#40;&#41;.BaseType -ne &#91;VMware.Vim.ManagedEntity&#93;&#41; &#123; $target = $target &#124; Get-View [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VMware Update Manager: Different non-critical host updates for Nexus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have 5 difference vCenter servers installed over various timeframes and I am seeing different counts for the Non-Critical Host Updates across them. After some digging it appears that this is due to the Nexus 1000v updates. We have not deployed the Nexus to production yet so this was a little confusing for me. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PXE booting ESXi 4.1 installer from Altiris(HP RDP)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am looking to do PXE booting of the ESXi installer as the first step in rolling out my new automated deployment solution. We already have an Altiris (HP RDP) PXE server in house for Windows deployments so I needed to figure out a way to make it work. Below is the first phase of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Orchestrator/PowerShell hang issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has come to my attention that some times the scripts will still hang after using the trick from a previous post to fix an issue with standard input when running PowerShell in Orchestrator workflows. After further research there appears to be an issue with stderr hanging the scripts in a similar way to stdin. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Running PowerShell in VMware Orchestrator &#8211; updated</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Updated 7/29/2010 &#8211; I have added a new follow up post this post regarding another related hanging issue. Please make sure to check it out. This is a copy of my comment in the VMware Communities, but some times the Google search results for items in this blog show up and the ones for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adding VMware PowerCLI to your standard PowerShell environment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In order to get access to PowerCLI when using another PowerShell shortcut or environment you can run the following commands which is what happens when you run the VMware provided shortcut. # Adds the base cmdlets Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core # Add the following if you want to do things with Update Manager Add-PSSnapin VMware.VumAutomation # This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PowerCLI Examples for VMUG Presentation 7/20/2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are some examples that I will be reviewing at an upcoming Central Ohio VMware User&#8217;s Group. &#160; # List all VMs Get-VM &#160; # Get one VM Get-VM ubuntu01 &#160; # Get VMs that match Get-VM ubuntu* &#160; # List VMs in a Datacenter Get-Datacenter dc001 &#124; Get-VM &#160; # List VMs in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PyOhio 2010 is coming up 7/31-8/1</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I enjoyed this event quite a bit last year and I am looking forward to attending this time around. Homepage Registration]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding VMware VMkernel Traffic Routing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a basis for an upcoming post on splitting vmkernel traffic across over layer 3 boundaries I wanted to describe how vmkernel traffic is routed on an ESX host. There seems to be a lot of confusion in this area and hopefully this will help to clear it up. If you need a refresher on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Export and Import Customization Specs Using PowerCLI</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a couple of functions to help you export and import OS customization specs in vCenter. Be aware that if you do this between vCenters or the certificate changes then you will have to set any encrypted passwords to their correct value after the import. These functions and the standard *-OSCustomizationSpec cmdlets should allow [...]]]></description>
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