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While I was setting up ESX in text mode for my next blog post, I discovered that the installation sequence first creates a VMFS file system and then creates a VMDK file for the console OS. I confirmed it in the VIC. Here is a screen shot:
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I also noticed that the logs are now in a separate directory:
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This is a good powershell script for tacking virtual machine inforamtion for change management. It will output the vm’s name, the host it is on, the powerstate, Memory, Number of CPU’s, IP address, and FQDN to a csv file.
$IPprop = @{ Name = "IP Address"; Expression = { $_.Guest.IpAddress } }
$HostNameProp = @{ Name = "Hostname"; Expression = { $_.Guest.Hostname } }
Get-VM | select name, host, powerstate, MemoryMB, numCPU, $IPprop, $HostNameProp | export-csv c:vm_info.csv