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Updating a standalone ESXi host

March 2, 2023March 2, 2023Philip LoftinLeave a Comment

Update April 15th 2020: If you are doing a full upgrade, make sure you specify the proper profile name using: esxcli software profile update -d </path/to/depot.zip> -p <profile name> You can list the profiles included in the depot with: esxcli software sources profile list -d </path/to/depot.zip> I’m running a fully nested homelab on a single SuperMicro server. […]

Using PowerCLI to get the IP address of a VM

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021Philip LoftinLeave a Comment

Here is a simple but handy PowerCLI one liner which can output the VM name and it’s IP address. Connect-VIServer localhost Get-VM | Select Name, @{N=”IP Address”;E={@($_.guest.IPAddress[0])}} Name IP Address—- ———-ABWEB1v 172.16.100.1ABWEB2v 172.16.100.2ABWEB3v 172.16.100.3ABWEB4v 172.16.100.4ABWEB5v 172.16.100.5ABWEB6v 172.16.100.6ABWEB7v 172.16.100.7ABWEB8v 172.16.100.8ABWEB9v 172.16.100.9ABWEB10v 172.16.100.10ABWEB11v 172.16.100.11ABAPP1v 172.16.101.20ABDOM1v 172.16.102.20 Getting a little more complicated here we are getting all the VMs […]