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Power off the virtual machine in an ESXi host

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Ways to power off a virtual machine in an ESXi host using the command line

Source: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1014165

Using the ESXi command-line utility vim-cmd to power off the virtual machine

  1. SSH into your ESXi server
  2. Get a list of all registered virtual machines, identified by their VMID, Display Name and path to the .vmx configuration file by running this command: vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms 
    vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms

  3. Get the current state of a virtual machine by running this command: 
    vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate VMID

  4. Shutdown the virtual machine using the VMID found in Step 2 and run this command: 
    vim-cmd vmsvc/power.shutdown VMID

  5. If the virtual machine fails to shut down, run this command: 
    vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off VMID

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python, SystemIT

How to run python script on notepad++

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How to  Configure Notepad++ to run a python script via python IDLE

If you are learning python and want to use notepad++ as a free as well as simple and easy to use editor, follow these simple steps:

Install python (2.x/3.x)

(this example was made for python 2.7)

First thing: Download the python 2.x/3.x windows installer from http://www.python.org/download/ using the default settings. It should install python in the folder: C:\Python27. You can use a different version of python, just substitute out the version number wherever you see 27. Continue reading How to run python script on notepad++ →

SystemIT

0x8007052e error in task scheduler

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0x8007052e error in task scheduler

Symptom: You get 0x8007052e error when trying to run scheduled task from task scheduler.

There can be several causes for this including authentication problem like bad password.

But I did not easily find documented online records for this error being caused by a group policy, so I think this post might help you – system admins.

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SCOM, System Center, SystemIT

Installing SCOM 2012 agent on a workgroup or DMZ machine using Certificate

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How to Install SCOM Agent on an Un-trusted machine

In order for SCOM to communicate with an un-trusted machine like in a WorkGroup / DMZ / different forest, you will have to import a certificate so that SCOM will trust the foreign machine and will be able to communicate with it. The most common example is a SCOM Gateway.
This topic is a bit complicated but if you use a guide like this you should be OK.

I added the files that you will need as well so you dont have to copy-paste it. Additional files: REQconfig.inf , certreq

First thing you will need is an inf file that contains the request.

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Performance, SystemIT

Memory leak

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Memory leak – when the Available MegaBytes (memory\% available Mbytes) for the system has exceeded the threshold, system performance may be significantly diminish, this results in low OS and applications performance. End users will usually complain about slow computer performance and you probably get a help-desk call like: ‘My computer is running slow’, or server is running slow.

Memory leaks can be caused by:

  • Too many applications running simultaneously on the computer.
  • An application may be leaking memory over time.

To view the history for the memory\% available Mbytes, start memory available Mbytes in performance monitor or event task manager\performance.

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