Documentation

This is a minor release. What’s new: vCenter permissions and non-standard roles (admin, read-only, etc are built in and thus won’t output) DRS rules and groups Note: the above features are available only in HTML, Word, and export output formats; text is not included and will not be for any minor upcoming features. A major overhaul of the script output functionality is planned for 2.0 and new features outputting in text will be deferred until then. … Read more…

This is a minor release. What’s new: Fix for Word not closing when exporting to PDF (from Webster Framework) Several fixes for HTML general functions and HTML table functions Full output to HTML is now available Download the latest version here: CarlWebster.com My notes and the latest version is available here: http://blogs.serioustek.net/vcenter-documentation

Happy 2015!! With the new year comes a much requested feature for the VMware Inventory script: the ability to export the PowerCLI data running on a machine without MS Word, then import the data later with a machine that has MS Word, but no access to vCenter or PowerCLI! VCenter Inventory V1.2 So – how does it work? Two new parameters: -Export and -Import -Export runs on a machine with PS v3 and PowerCLI as before, … Read more…

This release is a minor release, fixing a few issues and adding one additional set of information. Bug Fixes: Save as PDF not saving Help text in script not showing for Get-Help .\VMware_Inventory.ps1 -full Removed some extra parameters not used in this script Fixed calculation for CPU\Memory heatmap New Data: Added installed VCenter plugins As always, this and many other documentation scripts can be found on CarlWebster.com

One of the last (and sometimes most painful) steps in most deployment or upgrade projects is the documentation step. Producing usable, accurate documentation can be difficult but it is one of the most important steps in every technology project – the larger the environment, the more important the documentation. VMware vSphere is one of the most powerful, efficient, secure and robust x86 server virtualization platforms available today. It allows the enterprise to consolidate server and … Read more…