In vCloud API (via REST, vCO PlugIn, or PowerCLI) you can query CPU, memory and disk usage for VDCs. However, when retrieving the values for current CPU usage you always get ‘0’ – regardless of real current usage. Values for memory and storage seem correct. There is a workaround for this via querying the underlying […]
Get vCenter Resource Pool from vCloud Director Organization Virtual DataCenter (VDC)
2013-01-31 by Leave a Comment
With PowerCLI for vCD and vCenter it is particularily easy to determine the underlying vCenter resource pool for any vCloud Organization VDC. You first retrieve the resource pool relation via the Search-Cloud CmdLet via the urn of the VDC and then use the Get-ResourcePool CmdLet to get the actual resource pool (via Typed Queries): done.
Search-Cloud is a generic Get-* CmdLet (via vCD REST Query Service)
2013-01-29 by Leave a Comment
Along with the CmdLets in “VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud” you will find a CmdLet that is called “Search-Cloud”. In fact this is one of the most powerful CmdLets in ypur arsenal of vCD CmdLet tools. It is especially useful as it uses the new Query Service of vCD and is thus much faster than the other traditional Get-* […]
Get Disk Capacity of a Virtual Machine in vCloud Director via PowerCLI
2013-01-27 by 3 Comments
With the advent of PowerCLI for vCloud Director the reasons for using vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) blur even more. VMware provides us several CmdLets that we can all find in the “VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud” snapin (“Get-Command -Module VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud”). Sure this library is by far not perfect, there is quite some functionality. However, when using the “Get-CiVm” CmdLet you […]
[ordered] hashtable becomes hashtable when imported via Import-CliXml
2013-01-26 by 1 Comment
The new powershell feature “ordered” hashtable (a new PowerShell feature in v3. See OrderedDictionary Class) becomes an ordinary hashtable when it is imported via Import-CliXml. There is a “active” bug on Microsoft Connect OrderedDictionary becomes Hashtable when exported to and imported from clixml but no action for a couple of months. As a workaround do […]
Design and Coding Considerations for PowerShell
2013-01-26 by Leave a Comment
Here a few coding considerations that might make you life easer when dealing with PowerShell (but may also hold true for other programming languages): Hide unwanted return information in your code In PowerShell your functions and CmdLets return everything that is output within the function – even if you use an explicit return statement. To […]
Playing with Performance Counters in PowerShell may give you strange results
2013-01-26 by Leave a Comment
Microsoft PowerShell allows us to create, read and write performance counters via .NET with ease (check PerformanceCounterCategory in System.Diagnostics). However, there are some gotchas when trying it the first time …
PowerShell CmdLet Verbs for CRUD Operations
2013-01-19 by Leave a Comment
This entry gives a quick overview about the PowerShell verbs to use when abstracting CRUD operations into PowerShell CmdLets.
Website launch !
2013-01-16 by Leave a Comment
We launched our new website. Have a look and check out. In the next couple of weeks we will be writing about PowerShell and Automation. Enjoy!
Protected: vCO to PowerShell Bridge (without VMware PlugIn)
2013-01-16 by Leave a Comment
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