Tying to add a new local datastore and got the following error: This is quite a common error and most likely the cause is the disk(s) already has partition data  that VMware does not understand. To fix this error, first make a note of the disk ID, which will be …

PowerCLI is really easy to install now. From an Administrative Powershell window just enter:

Minimum Powershell Version must be v3.   Offline Install of PowerCLI Accessing the PowerCLI Modules We’re now ready to download the PowerCLI modules. This task will require a system with internet access. This section has …

Interactive Here’s your typical scenario.   You have a script that requires credentials internally.  So to provide those credentials you would do something like $MyCredentials=GET-CREDENTIAL –credential “CONTOSO\Username” and you of course see a box like this normally on the screen Then you would type in the password and life would go …

Using PowerShell scripts within a task sequence provides more flexibility than using the CustomSettings.ini file to join a computer to a domain. The parameters of the CustomSettings.ini file are common to any deployment you perform. That’s why creating a custom PowerShell script to join your domain will be customize to …

In this post, I will be teaching you how to configure Windows Event Logs Forwarding for Active Directory Security Logs that are stored on Domain Controllers. This is a real world example of how to use DSC in your environments and showcases the benefits of using DSC. If you are …

Run Local Functions Remotely in PowerShell Have you ever had functions loaded into your local PowerShell session and needed to run them on a remote system? The typical solution to this problem is to copy the code to the remote system and then load the functions on the remote system …

This document explains the tasks that you will find in standard task sequence. Initialization > Gather local only – gathers deployment configuration settings from local sources that apply to the target computer [ZTIGather.wsf] Validation > Validate – verifies that the target computer meets the specified deployment requirement conditions. Such as …

‘Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any modern web browser, you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Webmin removes the need to manually edit Unix configuration files like /etc/passwd, and lets you manage a system from the console or remotely. …