Get children folder
Hello, I'm a new powercli user and i need get the children of a given folder in a particular datacenter. For example: get-datacenter $datacenter | get-folder - location $folder How do i do it?
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View ArticleUpload Policy - User Area
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View ArticleShared Folder Issue in Fusion 5
I am experiencing a shared folder issue on 2 of my mac's running Fusion 5.01/5.02. This does not occur in Fusion 4.1.4. When navigating through shared folders using File Explorer the VM will...
View ArticleCommitting snapshots when there are no snapshot entries in the Snapshot Manager
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View ArticleAccesso storage eterno
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View Articlehow to ESX(i) to start using RAM again and immediately
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View ArticleVDP Scheduler won't start
hi guys suddenly my Backup Scheduler won't start (I can see that in status VDP configure tab). It was working fine.I manually start it. No go.I used command: dpnctl stop mcs - dpnctl start mcs. Same...
View ArticleErrore nella creazione di uno snapshot
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View ArticleVDP will not backup Server 2008 R2 - lots of errors
I just downloaded and installed new newest version of VDP on Vsphere 5.1. I had it back up two linux VMs....no probem. I then tried to have it back up a Windows 2008 R2 VM (twice)....both times it...
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View ArticleVMWare ESxi 5 wan simulator?
Hi, Can I use ESxi 5 to emulate a wan situation. Specifically I want to simulate a 1 mbit link and have low latenciecy? It looks like it has some traffic shaping but I wanted to find out from others...
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