Export a List of All VMs from vCenter with PowerCLI (Name, Host, IP, OS)
Introduction $timestamp = Get-Date -Format “yyyyMMdd”Export-Csv -Path “C:ReportsVM_Inventory_$timestamp.csv” -NoTypeInformation Step 4: Filter by Folder or Cluster…
VMware Snapshot Management with PowerCLI: Detect, Report, and Clean Up
Introduction Get-VM | Where-Object {$_.PowerState -eq “PoweredOff”} | Get-Snapshot | Remove-Snapshot -Confirm:$false Diagram: Snapshot Lifecycle Workflow…
Advanced Ansible Playbook for Nutanix: Enterprise-Grade VM Provisioning with Validation, Tagging, and Notification
Introduction – name: Enterprise Nutanix VM Provisioninghosts: localhostgather_facts: falsecollections:- nutanix.ncpvars_files:- nutanix_credentials.yml- enterprise_vm_config.ymlvars:slack_webhook: “https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXXX/YYYY/ZZZZ”tasks:TASK [Check VM health]ok:…
Building a Self-Healing Nutanix Environment with Ansible
Introduction Nutanix Repository on GitHub My Personal Repository on GitHub Self-healing infrastructure reduces downtime and manual…
Deploying Multi-VM Applications on AHV with Ansible
Introduction app_vms:- name: web01memory: 4096vcpus: 2disk: 20subnet: vlan10category: “env:prod”ansible-playbook deploy_app_stack.yml –ask-vault-pass -i inventory.yml Optional Enhancements Add…
Managing VM Power State with Ansible
Introduction vm_power_map:web01: powerondb01: powerofftest01: restart Playbook: vm_power_control.yml External Documentation: Diagram: VM Power Workflow Use Case Gracefully…