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How to create custom ESXi image

How to create custom ESXi image 2020-10-10 11 August 2021 | DevOps

In this article, I will show you how to create a custom esxi image with PowerShell You will need 30 minutes to follow these steps: Go to VMWare downloads and download your vendor-specific image Swtich to Drivers tab and download required/additional/updated drivers if needed Go to VMWare patches and download latest ESXi build Go to your server's vendor drivers download page, in my case Cisco drivers and download latest drivers for your ESXi version Go...

Tags: scripts automation

PowerShell one-liners cheat sheet

PowerShell one-liners cheat sheet 2021-08-08 21 December 2021 | DevOps

Over 10 years of automating daily routine tasks, quite a few short scripts have been collected to perform various tasks with Active Directory, Cisco UCS, NetApp, VMWare vSphere/vCenter, etc. And I also found an interesting video on Channel9 about combining commands into one line. And here's my PowerShell one-liner cheat sheet: Get PowerShell version: Get-Host | Select Version Get your public IP address: (Invoke-RestMethod ipinfo.io/json).ip Get Windows uptime (-Since parameter will show you last boot...

Tags: scripts automation powershell