How to use PowerShell to clear vSphere Alarms. An example of clearing all Remote Syslog Connection Error alarms using PowerCLI.

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Dealing with a vSphere error An error occurred during host configuration /usr/bin/esxupdate returned with exit status: 7

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A quick tip- did you know you can search for a Virtual Machine by IP address in the search bar in vSphere?
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If you’re running VMware vCenter and ESXi 6.5 or 6.7 it’s time to upgrade as General Support ends on 15 October 2022.
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Don’t make this mistake when configuring vCenter Emails to use the Office365 SMTP service!
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If you’re auditing your vSphere hardware inventory here’s a PowerShell/ PowerCLI snippet to show the Vendor, Model, and Serial Number of all the ESXi hosts in your environment.
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If you’re having to audit or troubleshoot your ESXi host patching and need a full list of connections from LLDP then this PowerCLI can help.
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During a recent consolidation prospect I was faced with the challenge of migrated encrypted VMs from one vCenter to another.
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This week VMware announced that VMware Tools – the agent that sits on the guest operating system is now a separate product. This means that it’s subject to its own product lifecycle, and admins can modify their approach to keeping tools updated. It’s all grown up, and got a home of it’s own.
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By joining PowerCLI to interrogate a VMware vSphere environment and the Webhook API to post Microsoft Teams messages, we can send informational reports on the state of a virtual environment to channels in Teams.
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