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They have a very good support. I had some issues configuring it and they helped me out.
I am still new to powershell everyday I learn something new about it. Today, while going through the manuals, I noticed a interesting cmdlet called "Enter-PSSession"
The Enter-PSSession cmdlet starts an interactive session with a single remote computer. During the session, the commands that you type run on the remote computer, just as though you were typing directly on the remote computer. You can have only one interactive session at a time.
Typically, you use the ComputerName parameter to specify the name of the remote computer. However, you can also use a session that you create by using New-PSSession for the interactive session.
To end the interactive session and disconnect from the remote computer, use the Exit-PSSession cmdlet, or type "exit".
I was having trouble making this cmd work. Every time, I used to get the following error message
PS K:\> Enter-PSSession -computername 10.0.0.1 -credential USA\administrator
Enter-PSSession : Connecting to remote server failed with the following error message : The WinRM client cannot process the request. Default authentication may be used w
ith an IP address under the following conditions: the transport is HTTPS or the destination is in the TrustedHosts list, and explicit credentials are provided. Use winrm
.cmd to configure TrustedHosts. Note that computers in the TrustedHosts list might not be authenticated. For more information on how to set TrustedHosts run the followin
g command: winrm help config. For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.
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+ Enter-PSSession <<<< -computername 10.0.0.1 -credential USA\administrator
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (10.0.0.1:String) [Enter-PSSession], PSRemotingTransportException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CreateRemoteRunspaceFailed
After looking at help manuals and Google I found, using the following cmd "winrm quickconfig" at Powershell prompt on the destination computer will do the trick. It will enable firewall exceptions and will accept WS-Man requests to any IP on this machine.
I would like to have firewall exceptions just for few Ip Address and not "ANY IP address". Will have to do more research on this topic. Perhaps it warrents for another blogpost.
PS K:\> Enter-PSSession corp
[corp]: PS C:\Users\TOM\Documents>
All though I have not tested it throughtly, but I think there is lot of potential to use this cmd-let for day to day troubleshooting specially if you need to quickly connect to vcenter server OR some other server and want to have the link to the log files Or services that are running on the computer for example:-
To get a quick look at the services that are running for vmware
[corp]: PS C:\> Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.Displayname -like '*vm*'}
Status Name DisplayName
—— —- ———–
Running ADAM_VMwareVCMSDS VMwareVCMSDS
Stopped vCOConfiguration VMware vCenter Orchestrator Configu…
Running vctomcat VMware VirtualCenter Management Web…
Running vimPBSM VMware vSphere Profile-Driven Stora…
Running VMTools VMware Tools Service
Stopped vmvss VMware Snapshot Provider
Running vpxd VMware VirtualCenter Server[corp]: PS C:\>
With the release of vSpehre 5, there are going to be lot of people planning/testing the new product. The following KB article from VMware provides best practices that one needs to follow for installing ESXi.
It also provides some good links to VMware compatibility guide. In my humble opinion everybody should go through this KB and guides before planning any production changes.
It was amazing to attend VMworld 2011. I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it. In fact I stayed in Vegas for 10 days. It was a business/pleasure trip.
Here are the few take away points from my VMworld/Vegas experience
1) Try to book your trip via Priceline, I got a good deal from them.
2) Come a day earlier and get enough rest. (No heavy drinking before and during VMworld)
3) Wear comfortable footwear. Just in case if you forget them, go to walking company and get a good insole OR shoes.
4) Collect your pass a day before VMworld starts and get acclimatize to the entire surrounding. It will help you.
5) Many bloggers have already mentioned don't try to attend each and every session, you won't be able to. Try to make a strong network and have attend labs. Next year, if I get a chance, I will try to finish all the labs and register myself for a free VMworld 2013
6) This year the facility at the Venetian was very good and so was the food.
7) I was lucky to meet Duncan, and got vSPhere Clustering Technical Deepdive book signed by him, had a meeting with him for 15 min. All though I did not register for it, he came 15 mins early and I was able to talk to him. It was a wonderful experience.
8) Met lot of vExperts it was amazing to see, how helpful and down to earth these people are
9) If you like to blog and want to help the community, get in touch with John Troyer, (@jtroyer) he is the guy who can not only help you get in touch with other bloggers but also get your site registered with PlanetV12n
Timeshare Tip
During my stay at Vegas, I met lot of people who approached me for Timeshare. They really had a very nice way to approach you – They will start either by asking you – Do you need $250 free gaming chips OR Do you need free show pass. They will ask you to attend a meeting of 2-3 hours and your return gift, is $250 chips to play at casino.
Since, we had some time, my wife and myself went to two different timeshare meeting. Wyndham and Bluegreen. Got $500 gift checks from them and went to casino to enjoy,
Please note – These are not worth $500. You have to win from them and then take that money. You cannot encash them for money. We went to Luxor, and Excalibur casinos. Here they gave us $5 chips, we thought we might get $1 chip but that was not the case and when we went to MGM Grand we got $25 chips. You don't get a option to use $1 chips with the gift cards given by Timeshare company. Moral of the story call the casino and get it conformed from them, the denomination of chips that they will provide, when you produce the Gift checks.