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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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$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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$params = @{
    To = 'user@domain.com'
    From = 'test@client.com'
    Subject = 'Test Alert'
    Body = ' '
    SmtpServer = 'smtp-relay.gmail.com'
    UseSsl = $true
}

Send-MailMessage @params

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$services = Import-Csv -Path Services.csv
$fname = "Report-$(get-date -f yyyyMMdd.HHmmss).json"
$report = @()

# Export services to JSON for readability
ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $services | Out-File -FilePath Services.json -Force -Confirm:$false

foreach ($svc in $services) {
    foreach ($addr in $svc.Destination_Address.split(',')) {
        $obj = New-Object -TypeName PSObject

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$subnets = @(
    '10.1.1.253/22'
    '10.10.10.252/24'
    '10.1.20.253/24'
    '10.120.10.252/22'
    '10.220.10.252/22'
    '10.254.254.253/24'
    '10.100.1.249/22'
    '10.200.1.249/22'
    '10.30.1.251/22'

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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_names = 'SQL2', 'APP2'
$orig_vcenter = 'vc01.client.local'
$new_vcenter = 'vcenter.client.local'

foreach ($vm_name in $vm_names) {
    $vm = Get-VM -Server $orig_vcenter -Name $vm_name
    $vm_path = $vm.extensiondata.config.files.vmpathname

    'Shutting down {0} ...' -f $vm.Name
    Stop-VMGuest -Server $orig_vcenter -VM $vm -Confirm:$false | Out-Null

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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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$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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$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'