I get the following error when running your script and I cannot figure out why:

Exception calling “TerminateSession” with “1″ argument(s): “The object or item referred to could not be found.”
At line:1 char:26
+ $sessMgr.TerminateSession <<<< ($oldSessions)
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException

VMware vSphere PowerCLI 4.0 U1 build 208462

Good news that you will be in Copenhagen. We”l be at booth 72. It will be better to get a LIVE demo of this week’s release.

So, yes, as intimated earlier, VKernel just released the industry’s first, fully integrated solution for capacity management on an enterprise level: Capacity Management Suite 2.0. (http://www.vkernel.com/products/capacity-management-suite?src=BL)

Capacity Management Suite (CMS) integrates a powerful capacity management dashboard, and four core VKernel products into a cohesive application suite which can perform the four components of capacity management: monitoring, planning, optimization and chargeback. Using a patent-pending analytics engine, CMS provides accurate and robust insights into a virtual environment by processing over 20 metrics per VM on a near real time basis.

The SysAdmin’s life is officially made easier with this one virtual appliance with enhancements in:
- integration
- scalability
- analytics, and
- automation.

Plus, a new application “Inventory 1.0″ has been introduced to the toolset.

Capacity Management Suite 2.0 is immediately available for download here: http://www.vkernel.com/download/capacity-management-suite?src=BL

Hope this is of use to your readers and we of course welcome your feedback.

Best Regards,
- Tina

P.S. Here is the formal press release link for your reference: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/08/prweb4412444.htm and see you in Copenhagen!

A. Mikkelsen

would you be able to send me a script to create a backup though powershell,
add vms i want to backup and days

I’ll be on vacation the next weeks so i don’t have time to meet with your engineer.

Anders

Will you be attending VMworld San Francisco … and/or Copenhagen? It Would be nice to meet in person.

Before the San Francisco VMworld (August 24th to be exact) VKernel has a BIG release coming out: the “Capacity Management Suite.” I was wondering if you would be interested in getting pre-briefed on this by our Chief Marketing Officer, Bryan Semple, sometime from August 17 – 20. We would only ask that you sit on the news until Monday August 23rd (the day before the general announcement).

I think it might be of interest to your readers here!

Do you see sometime in your schedule that week (Aug 17 – 20)? If so, please tell me what time works best for you and I will schedule a GoToMeeting.

Hope to catch you one of these times — especially THIS time with such a big release.

Best Regards,
- Tina

As I intimated a couple weeks back, VKernel announced our Chargeback 2.0 release today. The new release extends chargeback support to both Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 and VMware ESX environments. Mixed environments require capacity management solutions that operate across both platforms. VKernel Chargeback 2.0 is the first chargeback solution designed for these heterogeneous environments.

The release also adds support for mixed chargeback models. VKernel Chargeback 2.0 now supports both allocated and actual resource consumption models. By reporting on both measures, infrastructure teams can chargeback for actual resource consumption, allocated resources, or simply show application teams the difference in real dollars between their allocated capacity and actual usage.

This cost visibility is critical to capacity management, reducing VM sprawl, and supporting private cloud initiatives.

Chargeback 2.0 is the second product from VKernel to support Microsoft Hyper-V Server, following the launch of VKernel Capacity Analyzer. A 30-day trial is available for immediate download from http://www.vkernel.com/download/chargeback.

Hope this is of help to your readers,
- Tina

But since it’s summer and almost time for my vacation I’ll take a closer look at it in august.

A. Mikkelsen

I hope you are well?

I’ve recently finished writing some software that automates the process of documenting VMware ESX and vCenter configuration.

I’d really appreciate it if you could take a look and let me know what you think? Perhaps blog about it or maybe give away a couple of licenses on your site?

http://centrel-solutions.com/XIAConfiguration/features.aspx?pagetoview=vmwaresystems

Thanks for your time!

David

Great guide.

Another “Pre-Briefing” opportunity here:

VKernel has a couple news items in association with our upcoming Chargeback 2.0 release.

1. This release extends Chargeback support to both Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware ESX environments while also adding support for mixed chargeback models (allocation vs. usage). Chargeback 2.0 is the second product from VKernel to support Microsoft Hyper-V following on the launch of the lastest version of VKernel Capacity Analyzer.

2. VKernel is the chargeback partner for Microsoft’s recently released Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0 which was announced at Microsoft’s Worldwide partner conference this week in Washington DC. The self-service portal is a collection of tools and guidance from Microsoft enabling the creation of private, self-service clouds.

So you can see Chargeback as a key component to cloud strategy.

Do tell is your schedule has any openings and I can send you a GoToMeeting invite to chat with our CMO, Bryan Semple, next week. This Chargeback pre-brief would be ‘under embargo’ until Monday July 26th, at which point you are free to write about it. (We’ll then be releasing the news officially the next day Tuesday July 27th.)

Best Regards,
- Tina

Else i’ll try to put a script together over summer.

01 function Filter-VMbyCF {
02 param ( $val)
03 foreach ($vm in $vmlist) {
04 if ($vm.description -like $val){
07 return $vm.name
09 }
10 }
11 }

I know you did not have a chance to get a “Pre-Briefing” from us directly last week, but VKernel released “StorageVIEW” today. So you may finally get to play around with this free tool in your virtual environment. At only 6MB, it rounds out the family of lightweight products (including CapacityVIEW and AppVIEW) that sit on the desktop.

StorageVIEW delivers quick analysis of VM infrastructure path latency. It provides:

• Top five host/datastore paths with the highest latency
• Listing of the associated VMs for these high latency paths
• Throughput information for each VM in the high latency path
• Aggregated results for the remaining datastore/host pairs
• Support for NFS, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel

The download may be accessed here: http://bit.ly/b9vF69

Hope you and your readers find StorageVIEW an eye-opening tool,
- Tina

P.S. Another blogger actually found it quite revealing already. See his results here: http://jfvi.co.uk/2010/06/23/storageview-beyond-the-press-release/