PowerCLI: Oneliners

Host Configuration

• Oneliner: Service Console IP with PowerCLI

• Checking VMware NTP configuration with Powershell

• Oneliner: Get Logged on Users with Powershell

• Display Host Hardware information

• Cluster name, ESX host and the total running VM’s on the host

• Hostname with the least running VM’s on it

• Check Host processor types

VM Configuration

• Copy Active Directory Description to your VM

• Reset CPU and Memory limits to “Unlimited” for all VMs in vCenter

• Get name of the VM and the network adapter for supplied Mac address

• Get names of VM's not yet upgraded to vSphere

• Get names of VM's not yet upgraded to vSphere and VM Tools not upgraded

• Add notes to multiple VM's using CSV

• Set description of custom fields for multiple VM's from CSV

Storage

• List all VMDK files for VM's stored on local storage

• Check the Usage of your datastore