AIO Powercli Script for Esxi hosts of a vCenter

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/19wPb-pUe9dwTzzvwk1O_4ygDNqn0PXN0o0yzf5kahAU/edit?usp=sharing

#AIO Script[tested ok]###

#Start of Script

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#Configure DNS

#Configure NTP,

#Configure Domain

#Configure Dump Collector

#NFS settings

#TCP settings

#VAAI settings

#compiled by: MrAmbiG

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#prompt for vCenter details

$VC = Read-Host “vCenter IP?”

$VCuser = Read-Host “vCenter administrator username?”

$VCpass = Read-Host “vCenter Password?”

#connect to vCenter

Connect-VIServer $VC -User $VCuser -Password $VCpass -SaveCredentials

Write-Verbose "connecting to vCenter" -foregroundcolor Cyan

#prompt for DNS, Domain, Dump Collector, NTP information

$dns1 = read-host "Primary DNS address?"

$dns2 = read-host "Secondary DNS address?"

$ntp1 = read-host "Primary NTP address?"

$ntp2 = read-host "Secondary NTP address?"

$domain = read-host "The Domain name (hint: vce.local)?”

$dump = read-host "Dump Collector's address (hint: VUM IP)?"

$NFSsettings = read-host "If you want to include NFS settings then type 1 or else type 0"

$TCPsettings = read-host "If you want to include TCP settings then type 1 or else type 0"

$VAAIsettings = read-host "If you want to include the VAAI settings then type 1 or else type 0"

#listing hosts

$esxHosts = get-VMHost

#looping the script for each host

foreach ($esx in $esxHosts)

{

Write-Host "Configuring DNS and Domain Name on $esx" -ForegroundColor Magenta

Get-VMHostNetwork -VMHost $esx | Set-VMHostNetwork -DomainName $domain -SearchDomain $domain -DNSAddress $dns1 , $dns2 -Confirm:$false

Write-Host "Configuring NTP Servers on $esx" -ForegroundColor Green

Add-VMHostNTPServer -NtpServer $ntp1 , $ntp2 -VMHost $esx -Confirm:$false

Write-Host "Configuring NTP Client Policy on $esx" -ForegroundColor Green

Get-VMHostService -VMHost $esx | where{$_.Key -eq "ntpd"} | Set-VMHostService -policy "on" -Confirm:$false

Write-Host "Restarting NTP Client on $esx" -ForegroundColor Blue

Get-VMHostService -VMHost $esx | where{$_.Key -eq "ntpd"} | Restart-VMHostService -Confirm:$false

Write-Host "Configuring Dump Collector on $esx" -BackgroundColor Blue -ForegroundColor Gray

$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -vmhost $esx

$esxcli.system.coredump.network.set($null,“vmk0",$dump,6500)

$esxcli.system.coredump.network.set(1)

$esxcli.system.coredump.network.get()

}

###NFS Settings

if ($NFSsettings -eq '1')

{

Write-host "Including NFS Settings" -BackgroundColor Blue -ForegroundColor Green

foreach ($esx in $esxHosts)

{

Set-AdvancedSetting -VMHost $esx -Name NFS.HeartbeatMaxFailures -Value 10 -Confirm:$false

Set-AdvancedSetting -VMHost $esx -Name NFS.HeartbeatFrequency -Value 12 -Confirm:$false

Set-AdvancedSetting -VMHost $esx -Name NFS.HeartbeatTimeout -Value 5 -Confirm:$false

Set-AdvancedSetting -VMHost $esx -Name NFS.MaxVolumes -Value 256 -Confirm:$false

Set-AdvancedSetting -VMHost $esx -Name NFS.HeartbeatTimeout -Value 5 -Confirm:$false

Set-AdvancedSetting -VMHost $esx -Name NFS.HeartbeatDelta -Value 5 -Confirm:$false

Set-AdvancedSetting -VMHost $esx -Name Disk.UseDeviceReset -Value 0 -Confirm:$false

Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "VAAI Setting Configured  on $esx"

}

}

else

{

Write-host "NFS Settings" -ForegroundColor RED

}

###TCP Settings

if ($TCPsettings -eq '1')

{

Write-host "Including TCP Settings" -BackgroundColor Green -ForegroundColor Gray

foreach ($esx in $esxHosts)

{

Write-Host "Configuring TCP Settings on $esx" -ForegroundColor Magenta

Set-AdvancedSetting -VMHost $esx -Name Net.TcpipHeapSize -Value 32 -Confirm:$false

Set-AdvancedSetting -VMHost $esx -Name Net.TcpipHeapMax -Value 512 -Confirm:$false

}

}

else

{

Write-host "TCP Settings" -ForegroundColor RED

}

###VAAI Settings

if ($VAAIsettings -eq '1')

{

Write-host "Executing VAAI disable" -ForegroundColor Green

foreach ($esx in $esxHosts)

{

Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "Configuring VAAI Settings on $$esx"

Set-AdvancedSetting -VMHost $esx -Name Disk.UseDeviceReset -Value 0 -Confirm:$false                                   

Set-AdvancedSetting -VMHost $esx -Name DataMover.HardwareAcceleratedMove -Value 0 -Confirm:$false

Set-AdvancedSetting -VMHost $esx -Name DataMover.HardwareAcceleratedInit -Value 0 -Confirm:$false                                        

Set-AdvancedSetting -VMHost $esx -Name VMFS3.HardwareAcceleratedLocking -Value 0 -Confirm:$false

Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "VAAI Setting Configured  on $esx"

}

}

else

{

Write-host -ForegroundColor RED "Excluding VAAI disable section"

}

#End Of Script