Using the ESXi command-line utility vim-cmd to power off the virtual machine
SSH into your ESXi server
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
Get the current state of a virtual machine by running this command:
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate VMID
Shutdown the virtual machine using the VMID found in Step 2 and run this command:
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.shutdown VMID
If the virtual machine fails to shut down, run this command:
How to create a MS Configuration manager report that will Count All Computers for each Model
This guide will show you how to create a report in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012(R2) / Current branch 1702. In this example we will be creating a report which lists all system models and displays a count of each model.
SCCM 2012 (last checked on build 1702) does not have a prebuilt report that will simply return a list of all the distinct manufacturer/model numbers for all the computers in the environment and a count of each type. Continue reading SCCM Report – Count All Computers by Model→
Many times It happens that we need to check if a list of computers is active, so how do you ping multiple computers at once?
Use this Powershell script to test connectivity to your list of computers. it will produce two lists of Bad (unresponsive) and Good(Responsive) computers.
You need to change “D:\scripts\list.txt” to the path where your saved your computers list file(.txt).
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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