VMWare ESXi: Redirect USB devices

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VMware ESXi offers the ability to redirect USB devices from your Workstation to a VM located on a ESXi Server.

There 3 requirments:

  • VM must have at least virtual machine version 7
  • A virtual USB Controller must be add to the VM
  • VMWare Tools must installed within the virtual machine

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VMware: x64 virtual machines within nested ESXi Hosts

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if you plan to run an ESXi Host within an ESXi Host and enabling support for 64-bit for VMs some additional settings are requiered:
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Git: Clone a project over a http proxy

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like subversion it is also possible to anonymously checkout the latest version of a project over a http proxy server.

Define the proxy server
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Windows: Backup with diskshadow.exe

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Windows Server 2008 and alter version are shipped with a tool called diskshadow. This program can be used to create snapshots of disks and expose them as Folder or as DriveLetter means files are in a consistent state and you can save openfiles.

Some examples. Starting diskshadow. It accept a  parameter /l  for a logfile. And a Parameter /s for a (diskshadow) script file to execute. diskshadow has the same “look and feel” like diskpart 🙂  and start with a prompt:

C:\Windows\system32>diskshadow
Microsoft DiskShadow version 1.0
Copyright (C) 2013 Microsoft Corporation
On computer:  windev,  12.06.2014 20:28:33
DISKSHADOW>

First set diskshadow in defined state with reset

DISKSHADOW> reset
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VMware: PowerCli Scripts in native Powershell

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when you want to execute your PowerCli script you have to start the “VMware vSphere PowerCLI” shell before. But, for example Schedule Tasks, it whould be nice that the script load the PowerCli environment itself. Then you simply have to start your script like this

%Systemroot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -File YourPowerCliScript.ps1

To load the PowerCli script Environent in your powershell script add this lines at the top of your script.
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