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## CSV format out to clipboard
Get-Snapshot -VM * | select VM,Name,Created,PowerState,Description,@{n='SizeGB';e={'{0:N2}' -f $_.sizegb}} | sort SizeGB | ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation -Delimiter `t | clip

## Out to CSV
Get-Snapshot -VM * | select VM,Name,Created,PowerState,Description,@{n='SizeGB';e={'{0:N2}' -f $_.sizegb}} | sort SizeGB | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation -Path 'VMware Virtual Machine Snapshots.csv'

## Out to console
Get-Snapshot -VM * | select VM,Name,Created,PowerState,Description,@{n='SizeGB';e={'{0:N2}' -f $_.sizegb}} | sort SizeGB | ft -auto

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# VMware PowerCLI
# Virtual machine (VM) inventory report
$properties = @(
    'Name'
    @{n='HostName';e={$_.ExtensionData.Guest.HostName}}
    @{n='IpAddress';e={$_.Guest.IpAddress.where{$_ -match '(\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}'} -join ', '}}
    @{n='GuestFullName';e={$_.ExtensionData.Guest.GuestFullName}}
    @{n='ToolsVersion';e={$_.Guest.ToolsVersion}}
    @{n='ToolsBuild';e={$_.Guest.VM.ExtensionData.Guest.ToolsVersion}}
    @{n='ToolsStatus';e={$_.Guest.VM.ExtensionData.Guest.ToolsStatus}}

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# Get a list of IP addresses with PowerCLI
$Vmhosts = 'sac0esxi*'
$Vmks = 'vmk2', 'vmk3', 'vmk5', 'vmk6'
Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $Vmhosts -Name $Vmks | sort VMHost, Name | ft -auto VMHost, Name, IP

# ESXi host Bash function to ping all iSCSI addresses
ping_iscsi () {
    mtu=8972
    failures=0
    vmks="vmk2

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# VMware ESXi shell script
# Get LLDP info for vmnics (use the get_vmhost_lldp_info_raw function if output is not complete)

vmnics="vmnic4 vmnic5"
get_vmhost_lldp_info(){
for vmnic in $vmnics; do
    printf "$vmnic [=]----[=] "
    pktcap-uw --uplink $vmnic --ethtype 0x88cc -c 1 -o /tmp/vmnic_lldp.pcap > /dev/null
    hexdump -C /tmp/vmnic_lldp.pcap | awk -F'|' '{printf $2}' |
        sed -E 's|.+\.([etgETG][teiTEI][a-zA-Z]+ ?-?([0-9]+/)+[0-9]+)(.\.+.{1,2}\.+)+([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+)\..*|\1 (\4)\n|'

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# Disable CBT on virtual machines
$vms = (Get-VM | Get-View).Where{$_.ChangeTrackingEnabled -match 'True'}.Name

foreach ($vm in $vms) {
    $vm_view = Get-vm $vm | get-view
    $vm_config_spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec
    $vm_config_spec.changeTrackingEnabled = $false
    $vm_view.reconfigVM($vm_config_spec)
    $snap = New-Snapshot (Get-VM $vm) -Name "Disable CBT"
    $snap | Remove-Snapshot -confirm:$false

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$vm = 'vm1', 'vm2'

Get-VM $vm | New-AdvancedSetting -name "isolation.tools.paste.disable" -Value $false -Confirm:$false -Force
Get-VM $vm | New-AdvancedSetting -name "isolation.tools.copy.disable" -Value $false -Confirm:$false -Force

# Power off the VM and back on
Stop-VMGuest -VM $vm -Confirm:$false | Out-Null
while ((Get-VM -Name $vm).PowerState -ne 'PoweredOff') {Start-Sleep 2}
Start-VM -VM $vm -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

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# Save an encrypted password to a file and retrieve it later for use in a script
Read-Host -AsSecureString | ConvertFrom-SecureString | Out-File password.txt

$user = 'user'
$password = Get-Content password.txt | ConvertTo-SecureString
$creds = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $user, $password

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$hosts = '*'
$ntp_servers = '10.10.1.10', '10.10.1.5'

Get-VMHostService -VMHost $hosts | Where-Object {$_.key -eq 'ntpd'}
Get-VMHostNtpServer -VMHost $hosts

Add-VMHostNtpServer -VMHost $hosts -NtpServer $ntp_servers
Get-VMHostService -VMHost $hosts | Where-Object {$_.key -eq 'ntpd'} | Start-VMHostService | Set-VMHostService -Policy 'automatic'

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$hosts = '*'
$datastore_name = 'NS-VMFS-01'
$datastore = Get-Datastore -Name $datastore_name | Select-Object -First 1
$log_dir = '[{0}] Logs' -f $datastore.Name
$scratch_location = '{0}/Logs' -f $datastore.ExtensionData.Info.Url -replace 'ds://'

foreach ($h in (Get-VMHost $hosts | Sort-Object -Property Name)) {
    Write-Host "$($h.Name): Redirecting log files ..."
    $result = Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity $h -Name Syslog.global.logDir | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value "$log_dir/$h" -Confirm:$false
    Write-Host "New syslog location: $($result.Value)"

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$datastore = Get-Datastore -Name 'ISOs' | Select-Object -First 1
$src = 'C:\Temp\VMware-VCSA-all-6.5.0-8307201.iso'

$ds = New-PSDrive -Location $datastore -Name ds -PSProvider VimDatastore -Root '\'
Copy-DatastoreItem -Item $src -Destination ds:\
Remove-PSDrive $ds