VMware

VM Copy Paste Enabler

PowerCLI script to enable copy paste on VMWare VMs

It makes the same changes that are listed here https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/57122

More detailed documentation

Things to note

• Change vm_Name varriable to the VM you want to enable copy paste on
• if the VM is on it will turn it off and make the changes then turn it back on (this may error if you don't have VMware tools installed)
• if the VM is off it will just make the changes
• you'll need to connect to VCSA before running the script

vCenter ESXi Config Backup

VMware PowerCLI script to backup ESXi host configs using vCenter.

Important

folder must be defined as this is the location the backups will be saved.

vcenter must be defined as this is the vCenter sever the script will use.

• The backup folder is created if it doesn't exist.
• Connection to vCenter defaults to not connected and will prompt for credentials.
• Performs an ESXi config backup for all ESXi hosts in vCenter
• Renames the backup file to have the ESXi hostname, the ESXi installed version with build number, and the local time the backup was taken.

More detailed documentation

Tip

Examples

You will be prompted for vCenter credentials

esxi-conf-backup -vcenter "vcenter.contoso.com" -folder "C:\ESXi-Backup"

You can suppress the prompt for vCenter credentials by setting connected to Yes

esxi-conf-backup -vcenter "vcenter.contoso.com" -folder "C:\ESXi-Backup" -connected Yes