Month: September 2018

Brocade – Model Number and Firmware

September 18, 2018
BrocadeStorage Area Network

You may use the following command line interface (CLI) commands on a Brocade fibre channel (FC) switch to view the model number and firmware version of the switch.

switchshow
firmwareshow

In particular the switchType: field of the switchshow command will provide you with the model number of the switch.

VMware PowerCLI – View Snapshots

September 18, 2018
AutomationMicrosoft Windows PowerShellScriptingVirtualizationVMware PowerCLIVMware vCenter Server 6.0VMware vCenter Server 6.5VMware vSphere 6.0VMware vSphere 6.5

You may use the following VMware PowerCLI cmdlets to view all of the snapshots managed by vCenter Server or more specifically a cluster. These are sample commands and further information and documentation may be found here.

Get-VM | Get-Snapshot | Format-List
Get-VM | Get-Snapshot | Format-List VM, Name, SizeGB, Created, Description
Get-VM -Location “CLUSTER01” | Get-Snapshot | Format-List
Get-VM -Location “CLUSTER01”| Get-Snapshot | Format-List VM, Name, SizeGB, Created, Description