setup vmware environment

One of the scripts i use to standardise our vmware host deployments;

# Author : Darren T # v1 : Setup vcenter parameters # Usage ; # Please manually connect to vCenter, use "Connect-VIServer" -- this promotes usernames and passwords not being saved with script. # Modify Variables below before running. # ------------------- VARIABLES ------------------------- # Database Retention Policy $Days_Retension = "30" # Set SMTP Server & Sender Account $SMTP_Server = "192.168.9.10" $Sender_Account = "[email protected]" # ------------------- CODE ONLY BELOW ------------------- # Database Retention Policy -- Enable limits # Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity $defaultVIServer | where {$_.Name -match "^task.|^event."} Write-Host "Setting Database Retension... " -NoNewLine; Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity $defaultVIServer -Name "event.maxAge" | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value $Days_Retension -Confirm:$false Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity $defaultVIServer -Name "event.maxAgeEnabled" | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value $true -Confirm:$false Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity $defaultVIServer -Name "task.maxAge" | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value $Days_Retension -Confirm:$false Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity $defaultVIServer -Name "task.maxAgeEnabled" | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value $true -Confirm:$false # Set SMTP Server & Sender Account Write-Host "Setting SMTP Server & Sender Account... " -NoNewLine; Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity $defaultVIServer -Name "mail.smtp.server" | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value $SMTP_Server -Confirm:$false Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity $defaultVIServer -Name "mail.sender" | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value $Sender_Account -Confirm:$false