While working with VMware Tools, I needed to audit exactly which features/components were installed on a VM. VMware Tools isn’t just one package — it installs several sub-features like drivers, services, and utilities. I wanted a clean report showing each component and whether it was actually instal…
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How to SCP to a vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)
In this article I will explore how to SCP to vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). In the first approach I tried simple scp command to transfer file to or from vCenter Server. After running command I was receiving below error.
Note : Make sure SSH shell is enabled on VMware vCenter Server.
sc…
Broadcom PowerCLI: Building a GUI to Check VMware HA Admission Control Compliance
This PowerCLI GUI script I have written to audit VMware ESXi clusters high availability (HA) inside vCenter Server. This script validates below ideal configuration is defined on the cluster and tells me whether configuration is correct with green tick and non-compliant with red cross.
Note: This …
Automating VMware ESXi Cluster Admission Control Report Insights with PowerCLI
This PowerCLI script retrieves detailed information about VMware Cluster High Availability (HA) and Admission Control policies. It is extremely useful for system administrators and auditors who need to verify that cluster settings comply with engineering or governance standards.
By running this s…
How to Renew and Refresh an ESXi Certificate with a PowerCLI script
By renewing VMware ESXi server certificate through vCenter Server you can safeguards adherence to security best practices. You renew ESXi certificate to continue securing connection for your vSphere environment, avert trust issues with vCenter Server, and guarantee compatibility for upgrades, as exp…
Get VMware vCenter Appliance Version using Broadcom PowerCLI VCSA REST API
This PowerShell script uses VMware vCenter Server Rest API and shows VCSA (vCenter Server Appliance) version through the command line. Keeping track of your vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) version is crucial for effective management and update. Simply provide your vCenter credentials, and the script…
Install VMware VCSA Patch Upgrade using PowerCLI vCenter REST API
This is the main script in the series and does major task of Installing the latest patch update on VCSA (VMware vCenter Server Appliance).
While running this script you will need to provide vCenter Server, User, Password, Version (Optional), Patch URL parameter information in the script, as g…
Check VCSA Upgrade Staging Progress using PowerShell vCenter REST API
While staging patches update on the VCSA (vCenter Server Appliance), it takes some time to download updates on vCenter Server from remote source. Using this script I can track whether staging is completed or not. It simply shows value true or false for Staging Completed in the given output. I found …
Leveraging PowerShell to Stage VCSA Updates via vCenter REST API
Staging in VMware VCSA (vCenter Server Appliance) allows you to upload/download patches and updates, In the staging process it does not directly install or apply the patches/updates immediately but just copies patch updates on VCSA appliance. Which allows for a faster remediation process during upda…
Retrieve VCSA vCenter Version with PowerShell REST API
This PowerShell helps to fetch the current version of VCSA (VMware vCenter Server Appliance). This information is useful while automating VCSA upgrade, It is fetched used from VCSA REST API.
In the vCenter Server Management portal you can see the Version in the update.
You can downloa…
PowerShell & VCSA: Checking for Pending & Latest Updates via REST API
This script helps me to get the latest available pending updates for VCSA in vCenter Server Appliance Management portal before stage and install. It shows all in dept information of pending update from local web repo website url. Which will be helpful to automate installation further with correct ve…
Reset vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) Forgotten Root Password Without Reboot
These steps help you to Reset VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) Forgotten Root Password, best part it does it without reboot means no downtime. First prerequisite for this is SSH must be enabled on VCSA server and Second part is you must know [email protected] account password to logi…
Delete VMware VCSA Management Schedule Backup Job using PowerShell
This PowerCLI script helps to remove vCenter Server Appliance Management backup schedule job.
You can download Remove-VCSAScheduledBackup.ps1 script here or it is also available on github.com.
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Modify Broadcom VCSA Management Schedule Backup Job using PowerCLI
This is VMware PowerCLI script helps to modify existing Backup Schedule in VCSA (vCenter Server Appliance). To manually edit existing backup schedule open vCenter Server Management portal with 5480 port. In the Backup click EDIT link and modify the settings.
In the below PowerShell script, f…
Configure vCenter Server Appliance Schedule Backup With VMware.PowerCLI
In my earlier article, I wrote a script to backup VCSA (Broadcom VMware vCenter Server Appliance) on demand using VMware.PowerCLI (PowerShell). In this article I want to have more automated way to setup a schedule job to have backup at scheduled time. To setup backup schedule in VCSA, login to vCent…
Performing vCenter Offline Updates Via Your On-Prem Web Server Securely & Seamlessly
Handling vCenter Server updates across multiple sites with limited internet access creates operational annoyances. Downloading ISO files for each instance, manually transferring them, and repeating the process for every vCenter consumes valuable time and resources for really big environments.
In …
Performing vCenter Offline Updates Via Your On-Prem Web Server Securely & Seamlessly
Handling vCenter Server updates across multiple sites with limited internet access creates operational annoyances. Downloading ISO files for each instance, manually transferring them, and repeating the process for every vCenter consumes valuable time and resources for really big environments.
In …
Excel on Web Browser: Simple Guide for Reports & Dashboards
This is a Quick Guide on displaying Excel files in your choice of browser such as chrome, edge etc Instantly.
⚡ Benefits of Using This Method:
- Share and Collaborate Easily: A Web-Based Excel Viewer for Teams.
- 100% HTML Code: Render Excel files directly in the browser.
- Easy Updates: Swa…
How to Upgrade VMware vCenter Server Using Lifecycle Manager (vLCM)
Upgrading your VMware vCenter Server is a crucial part of maintaining a secure and efficient virtualization environment. In this guide, we’ll walk through the process of upgrading a vCenter Server using VMware Lifecycle Manager (vLCM), highlighting each key step with screenshots and best practices.
…Advanced VMware Virtual Machine Disk Mapping HTML Reporting with PowerCLI
While managing large Broadcom VMware environments, understanding how multiple Virtual Machines virtual disks are mapped across datastores, SCSI controllers, and guest partitions is critical for performance tuning, troubleshooting, and capacity planning. Doing this manually is time-consuming and erro…
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