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vmCDConnected revisited
A few weeks ago I started building my first Visual Basic 2005 application. What I wanted to do is talk to the VMware Virtual Center API. I published a PDF document that describes how to connect to this...
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Virtual Machine MKS Client v1.2
First of all I would like to thank Robert Baumstark. He is the one who has build the VIClient.dll and helped me tremendously. I created a new version of the Virtual Machine MKS Client, this version has...
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PowerShell Scripting Contest | The Resource Pool Calculator
This Dynamic Resource Pool Calculator recalculates all your resource pools. Depending on the number of virtual machines per resource pool, the number of reservations for memory and CPU is automatically...
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Embedding a website in the VI Client
Carter Shanklin, Product Manager for VMware specializing in APIs and SDKs has written an excellent article about running PowerShell from the VI Client with icomasoft PowerScripter. While I was looking...
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New version Resource Pool Reservation Script released
Rob Mokkink released an updated version of the Resource Pool Reservation Script. This script is based on my Resource Pool Calculator. He modified it quite a bit. It now has logging, can be run as a...
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Big Brother Really Is Watching
VMware ESX4 and the new vCenter server both offer a lot of new SDK properties and methods. One of the new methods is CreateScreenshot_Task which is part of the ManagedObjectReference:VirtualMachine....
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Virtual Machine Blue Screen detector
I recently posted an article about capturing screenshots of virtual machines. The PowerShell code is based on VMware’s PowerCLI and the VI Toolkit Extensions. The user interface was created with...
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VESI PowerPack Authoring
I created my first VESI PowerPack with a little help from Alan Renouf, Darin Pendergraft and Carter Shanklin. Before I’m going to show off, first let’s explain what a PowerPack actually is.A PowerPack...
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CPUID System Information
I’ve created a new Virtualization EcoShell PowerPack with only one Script Node and it’s called “CPUID System Information“ which shows the VMHost CPU Info. The inspiration for building this new...
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Creating LinkedClones with the Virtualization EcoShell
When you’re running a Virtual Machine in a production environment and want to perform some tests on it but don’t have enough time or space on your Datastores to create a full hot clone, there’s an...
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Eric Sloof's Cool Tool - vmClient - Sneak Preview
I’ve been busy with coding the past few days. I’ve successfully completed my Microsoft Partnership admission and received a subscription to their developer network. Now I’ve access to all the...
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The vmClient 4.0 is released
The vmClient is a lightweight tool which enables you to control the power of your virtual machines, it’s also capable of presenting the MKS console of your virtual machines. Before you can use the...
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The vmClient - Just a handy tool or a cool lightweight VDI client?
Recently I’ve added a few new features to the vmClient which enables you to customize the visibility of menus. Because all those new settings could only be changed be editing the registry, I’ve decided...
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The vmClient 4.1 is released
The newly released vmClient 4.1 is vSphere 4.1 compatible. The vmClient is a lightweight tool which enables you to control the power of your virtual machines, it’s also capable of presenting the MKS...
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