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January 29, 2020 14:18
PowerCLI enable CBT on VM's where CBT is disabled
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$vcenter="vcenter.domain.tld" | |
Import-Module -Global VMware.VimAutomation.Core | |
Disconnect-VIServer * -Confirm:$false -Force | Out-Null #Disconnect all previously connected vcenter servers | |
# new spec | |
$vmConfigSpec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec | |
# enable ctk | |
$vmConfigSpec.changeTrackingEnabled = $true | |
clear | |
connect-viserver $vcenter | |
write-host | |
$targets = Get-VM | where {-not $_.ExtensionData.Snapshot} | Where-Object {$_.ExtensionData.Config.ChangeTrackingEnabled -eq $false} | |
if ($targets) { | |
ForEach ($target in $targets) { | |
$vm = $target.Name | |
$vmview=get-vm $target | Get-View | |
write-host "enabling CBT for $vm" | |
$vmview.reconfigVM($vmConfigSpec) | |
$snap=New-Snapshot $vm -Name "Enable CBT" | |
$snap | Remove-Snapshot -confirm:$false | |
} | |
} else { write-host "nothing to do." } | |
Disconnect-VIServer $vcenter -Confirm:$false -Force |
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