Monthly Archives: March 2015

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ESXi CDP

To configure CDP for a Standard vSwitch:

Log in as root to the Service Console (via SSH, remote console, or physical console if connecting to ESX) or to management vmkernel port (if connecting to ESXi).

Verify the current CDP setting for the desired virtual switch (vSwitch1, in this example):

esxcfg-vswitch -b vSwitch1

You see an output similar to:

listen

The output of listen indicates CDP is configured to read CDP information from the physical switch if available.
This is the default setting for ESX/ESXi 3.5, 4.x, and 5.x.

Set the CDP status for a given virtual switch. Possible values here are down, listen, advertise or both.

  • Listen mode – The ESXi/ESX host detects and displays information about the associated Cisco switch port, but information about the vSwitch is not available to the Cisco switch administrator.
  • Advertise mode – The ESXi/ESX host makes information about the vSwitch available to the Cisco switch administrator, but does not detect and displays information about the Cisco switch.
  • Both mode – The ESXi/ESX host detects and displays information about the associated Cisco switch and makes information about the vSwitch available to the Cisco switch administrator.
esxcfg-vswitch -B both vSwitch1

Verify the new setting:

esxcfg-vswitch -b vSwitch1

You see an output similar to:

both

Enable CDP with PowerShell

$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $myhost
$esxcli.network.vswitch.standard.set("both","1500","vSwitch0")

To configure CDP on a vNetwork Distributed Switches (vDS):

  1. Connect to vCenter Server using the vSphere Client.
  2. In the vCenter Server home page, click Networking.
  3. Right-click the vDS and click Edit Settings.
  4. Select Advanced under Properties.
  5. Using the checkbox and the dropdown, change the CDP settings.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003885

script

bat messagebox / jscript embedded in bat

@if (@x)==(@y) @end /***** jscript comment ******
	@echo off

	cscript //E:JScript //nologo "%~f0" "%~nx0" %*
	exit /b 0
@if (@x)==(@y) @end ******  end comment *********/

/*
Value	Button
0	OK
1	OK, Cancel
2	Abort, Ignore, Retry
3	Yes, No, Cancel
4	Yes, No
5	Retry, Cancel

Value	Icon
0	No Icon
16	Critical
32	Question
48	Exclamation
64	Information
*/

var icon = 64;
var button = 0;
var title = "Sample Title";
var message = "Sample Message";
var timeout = 30;

var pressed_message = "button pressed";
var timeout_message = "timedout";


function runPopup(){
	var wshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell");
	var btn = wshShell.Popup(message, timeout, title, button + icon + 0x10000);

/*
Value	Return Code
1	OK
2	Cancel
3	Abort
4	Retry
5	Ignore
6	Yes
7	No
-1	None, message box was dismissed automatically (timeout)
*/
	switch(btn) {
		// button pressed.
		case 1:
			WScript.Echo(pressed_message);
			break;

		// Timed out.
		case -1:
		   WScript.Echo(timeout_message);
		   break;
	}
}

runPopup();
script

vbs http download

Dim Hostname, fso, CurrentDirectory
Set wshShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

CurrentDirectory = fso.GetAbsolutePathName(".")

Hostname = wshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%COMPUTERNAME%")

WScript.Echo "HOSTNAME: " & Hostname

HTTPDownload "http://example.com/" & Hostname & ".txt", CurrentDirectory

Sub HTTPDownload(myURL, myPath)
	' Standard housekeeping
	Dim i, objFile, objFSO, objHTTP, strFile
	Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8

	' Create a File System Object
	Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

	' Check if the specified target file or folder exists,
	' and build the fully qualified path of the target file
	If objFSO.FolderExists(myPath) Then
		strFile = objFSO.BuildPath(myPath, Mid(myURL, InStrRev(myURL, "/") + 1))
	ElseIf objFSO.FolderExists(Left(myPath, InStrRev(myPath, "\") - 1)) Then
		strFile = myPath
	Else
		WScript.Echo "ERROR: Target folder not found."
		Exit Sub
	End If

	' Create or open the target file
	Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strFile, ForWriting, True)

	' Create an HTTP object
	Set objHTTP = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")

	' Download the specified URL
	objHTTP.Open "GET", myURL, False
	objHTTP.Send

	' Write the downloaded byte stream to the target file
	For i = 1 To LenB(objHTTP.ResponseBody)
		objFile.Write Chr(AscB(MidB(objHTTP.ResponseBody, i, 1)))
	Next

	' Close the target file
	objFile.Close()
End Sub
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RDP – Configuring License server manually

There might be situation when you want to configure License server on the RD Session Host or on the RD Virtualization Host manually since you do not have any RD Connection Broker in your environment. You have already configured RD Session Host server or Virtualization Host Server as required and now you want to configure the License server which is already installed and configured with licenses. All you are left to do is configure the License Server and the Licensing mode on the corresponding RD session Host or Virtualization Host servers.

Note: The following commands must be ran from an Administrative PowerShell prompt.

To configure the license server on RDSH/RDVH:

$obj = gwmi -namespace "Root/CIMV2/TerminalServices" Win32_TerminalServiceSetting
$obj.SetSpecifiedLicenseServerList("License.contoso.com")

Note: “License” is the name of the License Server in the environment

To verify the license server configuration on RDSH/RDVH:

$obj = gwmi -namespace "Root/CIMV2/TerminalServices" Win32_TerminalServiceSetting
$obj.GetSpecifiedLicenseServerList().SpecifiedLSList

To change the licensing mode on RDSH/RDVH:

$obj = gwmi -namespace "Root/CIMV2/TerminalServices" Win32_TerminalServiceSetting
$obj.ChangeMode(value) - Value can be 2 - per Device, 4 - Per user

To validate the licensing mode on RDSH/RDVH:

$obj = gwmi -namespace "Root/CIMV2/TerminalServices" Win32_TerminalServiceSetting
$obj.LicensingType
$obj.LicensingName