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Backing Up ESXi Configs Automatically

Just a simple script to back up ESXi configs to a file on a remote Windows Server:
Set ESXiPassword=[put your password here]
perl “C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VI Remote CLI\bin\vicfg-cfgbackup.pl” –server [hostname of server] –username root –password %ESXiPassword% -s [path to .cfg file for backup]
Yes, it’s simple for a single server, but you can enter all of your servers in one [...]

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NetApp Snapshots with VMWare ESX/ESXi

 Without SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure, which is released now, it is somewhat more difficult to do NetApp snapshots.   But if you are in a position where you must be creative about this, I’ve written a script to do so.   i’m sure that if you have the capital get SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure it will be [...]

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