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Connect-VIServer -Server 192.168.1.51 -User administrator@vghetto.local -password VMware1! | Out-Null
 
$vmhosts = Get-VMHost
 
foreach ($vmhost in $vmhosts) {
    $vmhostName = $vmhost.Name
    $vmhostServiceTag = "N/A"
    
    $otherInfos = $vmhost.ExtensionData.Hardware.SystemInfo.OtherIdentifyingInfo
    foreach ($info in $otherInfos) {

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##### *Nix using openssl (http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2012/04/extracting-ssl-thumbprint-from-esxi.html)

echo -n | openssl s_client -connect 192.168.1.200:443 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -noout -fingerprint -sha1
SHA1 Fingerprint=AF:3F:70:E6:78:50:41:76:F0:E0:55:78:C0:77:49:FB:69:36:93:6C

##### Windows using PowerShell Option #1 (https://communities.vmware.com/thread/501913?start=0&tstart=0)

Function Test-WebServerSSL {  
# Function original location: http://en-us.sysadmins.lv/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=332991f0-bfed-4143-9eea-f521167d287c&ID=60  

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# Author: William Lam
# Blog: www.virtuallyghetto.com
# Reference: http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2016/07/how-to-automate-vsphere-mob-operations-using-powershell.html
# Example of calling QuerySyncingVsanObjects() (http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.wssdk.apiref.doc%2Fvim.host.VsanInternalSystem.html) w/PowerCLI + vSphere MOB ###

Function Get-VsanObjectStatus {
    param(
    [Parameter(
        Position=0,
        Mandatory=$true,

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#!/usr/bin/python
# William Lam
# www.virtuallyghetto.com

"""
vSphere Python SDK program demonstrating starting up ESXi Service
"""

from optparse import OptionParser, make_option
from pyVim.connect import SmartConnect, Disconnect

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$esxiserver = "192.168.1.200"
$esxiusername = "root"
$esxipassword = "vmware123"

Connect-VIServer -Server $esxiserver -User $esxiusername -Password $esxipassword -WarningAction SilentlyContinue

$vihost = Get-View -Server $esxiserver -ViewType HostSystem -Property Name, Summary

Write-host "`nESXi Host: " $vihost.Name
Write-Host "vCenter Server: " $vihost.Summary.ManagementServerIp

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$esxi_name = "192.168.30.10"
$portgroup_name = "vMotion"

$hostsystem = (Get-VMHost -Name $esxi_name).ExtensionData
$networkSystem = Get-View $hostsystem.ConfigManager.NetworkSystem
$nic = New-Object VMware.Vim.HostVirtualNicSpec
$ip = New-Object VMware.Vim.HostIpConfig
$ip.Dhcp = $false
$ip.IpAddress = "192.168.1.10"
$ip.SubnetMask = "255.255.255.0"

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$guestOpsMgr = (Get-View $global:DefaultVIServer.ExtensionData.Content.guestOperationsManager)

$authMgr = (Get-View $guestOpsMgr.AuthManager)
$vm = (Get-VM -Name MacOSX-10.11).ExtensionData.MoRef
$credential = New-Object VMware.Vim.NamePasswordAuthentication
$credential.InteractiveSession = $false
$credential.Username = "lamw"
$credential.Password = "vmware123"
$authMgr.ValidateCredentialsInGuest($vm,$credential)

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Function Get-YouTubeStat {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][String]$VideoId
    )
    # Replace APIKey with your Google API key and ensure YouTube API is enabled
    $stats = irm "https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?id=$VideoId&key=$APIKey&part=statistics"
    $stats.items.statistics | Select ViewCount,LikeCount
}

Get-YouTubeStat -VideoId Ek6FArKyMBc

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$vsanJsonURL = "https://partnerweb.vmware.com/service/vsan/all.json"
$currentJsonFile = "current-vsan-hcl.json"
$latestJsonFile = "latest-vsan-hcl.json"

if(-Not (Test-Path $currentJsonFile)) {
    # Never ran before, download current JSON and the next time
    # the script run, it will have something to compare to
    $results = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $vsanJsonURL 
    $results.Content | Out-File -FilePath $currentJsonFile
} else {

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# VMware vSphere Python SDK
# Copyright (c) 2008-2013 VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#