Category: VMware vSphere 5.0

Microsoft Windows PowerShell – Get Host Architecture

May 11, 2019
ArchitectureMicrosoft Windows 10Microsoft Windows PowerShellMicrosoft Windows Server 2016ScriptingVMware ESXi 5.5VMware ESXi 6.0VMware ESXi 6.5VMware vCenter Server 5.0VMware vCenter Server 6.5VMware vSphere 5.0VMware vSphere 6.0VMware vSphere 6.5

You may use the following Microsoft Windows PowerShell script below to get the architecture, physical or virtual, of a Windows host on a network.

<#
.SYNOPSIS
This script will provide the architure (physical of virtual) of a host.
.DESCRIPTION
This script will provide the architure (physical of virtual) of a host.
.EXAMPLE
systeminfo /s $HOSTNAME | findstr /c:”Model:” /c:”Host Name”
.AUTHOR
Written by Noel Enrique Alvarez on Tuesday, April 23, 2019.
#>

#Requst the hostname of the host
$HOSTNAME = Read-Host “What is the hostname of the server?”

#Provide the architure of the host
systeminfo /s $HOSTNAME | findstr /c:”Model:” /c:”Host Name”

VMware vCenter Server 5.0 – Verify the Status of Critical Services

March 25, 2016
ScriptingServicesVMware vCenter Server 5.0VMware vSphere 5.0

The script below will query the status of the VMware Virtual Center Server (vpxd) and vCenter Inventory Service (vimQueryService) services on the specified server hosting an instance of VMware vCenter Server 5.0.

<#
.SYNOPSIS
This script will provide the status of the VMware Virtual Center Server (vpxd) and vCenter Inventory Service (vimQueryService) services on VCENTER01.ROOT.SYSADMIN.NET.
.DESCRIPTION
This script will automate the process of providing the status of the VMware Virtual Center Server (vpxd) and vCenter Inventory Service (vimQueryService) services on VCENTER01.ROOT.SYSADMIN.NET.
.EXAMPLE
N/A.
.AUTHOR
Written by Noel Enrique Alvarez on Friday, March 25, 2016.
#>

#Query the status of the VMware Virtual Center Server and vCenter Inventory Service services on VCENTER01.ROOT.SYSADMIN.NET
Get-Service -ComputerName VCENTER01 | Where-Object {$_.name -eq “vpxd”}
Get-Service -ComputerName VCENTER01 | Where-Object {$_.name -eq “vimQueryService”}