July 2014 – PCLI.me

#Upgrading a cluster from 5.1 to 5.5 or even updating past the Heart Bleed and need a quick double check that all of the host got the new build?
#I throw this at the entire vcenter but you can narrow it down to per datacenter or cluster if you like…

### Here is the quick (cluster only) code…

$Report = @()
get-cluster myCluster | get-vmhost | %{
$vmhost = Get-View $_.ID
$ReportRow = “” | Select-Object Hostname, build
$ReportRow.Hostname = $vmhost.Name
$ReportRow.Build = $vmhost.summary.config.product.build
$Report += $ReportRow
}
$report | FT

### If you want to be more fancy, here is a multi vCenter scan… (check ALL the hosts!)

Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core

$vcenters = @()
$vcenters += “vcenter1”
$vcenters += “vcenter2”
$vcenters += “vcenter3”

$Report = @()
foreach($vcenter in $vcenters){
Connect-VIServer $vcenter

$clusters = get-cluster
foreach($a in $clusters){
$a | get-vmhost | %{
$vmhost = Get-View $_.ID
$ReportRow = “” | Select-Object vcenter,cluster,Hostname, build
$ReportRow.vcenter = $vcenter
$ReportRow.cluster = $a.name
$ReportRow.Hostname = $vmhost.Name
$ReportRow.Build = $vmhost.summary.config.product.build
$Report += $ReportRow
}
}
Disconnect-viserver -confirm:$False
}
$report | FT

#this code will scan all hosts in your vcenter and check for duplicate IPs. You can narrow the scan by placing a get-cluster or get-datacenter object when loading the “$thedata” var.

$thedata = get-vmhost | Get-VMHostNetwork | Select Hostname, VMkernelGateway -ExpandProperty VirtualNic
$report = @()
$temp = $thedata | %{$_.ip}
$h = @{}
$temp | foreach {$h[“$_”] += 1}
$dups = $h.keys | where {$h[“$_”] -gt 1}
foreach($a in $dups){
$report += $thedata | where {$_.ip -eq $a} | select hostname,ip,ManagementTrafficEnabled,VMotionEnabled
}
$report | ft

######
#sample output :
#HostName     IP                        ManagementTrafficEnabled       VMotionEnabled
#———-         ———-            ———                                            —————-
#esx01              192.168.0.101    False                                               True
#esx06             192.168.0.101    False                                                True

#if you want the report to include more information you can edit the “report +=” line and add extra fields (to the select area).
#example : You can add the Devicename and PortGroupName if you need help finding the exact vmk with the dup IP.
$report += $thedata | where {$_.ip -eq $a} | select hostname,ip,devicename,portgroupname,ManagementTrafficEnabled,VMotionEnable

PCLI.me

Month: July 2014

Check your ESX Host build (version) numbers.

Scan for Duplicate IPs assigned to a vmk