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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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# 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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# Get vSphere RDMs

Get-VM | Get-HardDisk -DiskType "RawPhysical","RawVirtual" | Select Parent,Name,DiskType,ScsiCanonicalName,DeviceName

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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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$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

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$smtp_sender = 'vcenter@domain.com'
$smtp_recipients = 'support@domain.com'
$smtp_server = 'smtp.domain.com'
$smtp_user = ''
$smtp_password = ''
$smtp_port = '25'
$vcenter = $global:defaultviservers.Name
$alarms = @(
    @{
        alarm_definition = 'Datastore usage on disk'

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$hosts = '*'
$domain = 'domain.local'
$ad_group = 'Domain Admins'
$user = 'user'
$password = 'password'

Get-VMHostAuthentication -VMHost $hosts | Set-VMHostAuthentication -JoinDomain -Domain $domain -User $user -Password $password
Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity $hosts -Name Config.HostAgent.plugins.hostsvc.esxAdminsGroup | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value $ad_group

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$vmhost = 'esxi-01.domain.local'
$vcenter = 'vcenter.domain.local'
$vcenter_user = 'administrator@vsphere.local'
# Save encrypted password to a file
# Read-Host -AsSecureString | ConvertFrom-SecureString | Out-File vcenter-password.txt
$vcenter_password = Get-Content vcenter-password.txt | ConvertTo-SecureString

$nimble_mgmt_address = '10.1.1.1'
$nimble_user = 'admin'
# Save encrypted password to a file

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$vmhost = 'esxi-01.domain.local'
$virtual_machines = Get-VM -Location $vmhost
$vcenter = 'vcenter.domain.local'
$vcenter_user = 'administrator@vsphere.local'
# 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
$vcenter_password = Get-Content 'Distributed Switch Migration\password.txt' | ConvertTo-SecureString

if(-not $global:DefaultVIServers) {
    $creds = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $vcenter_user, $vcenter_password