Split-Path is a very useful command which allows you to do string manipulation with file paths. It chops up paths into Parent/Child directory names, file names and can also determine if the path in question is relative or absolute etc. Check out http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd315377.aspx for more details. However, there are times when output from another command is in a format [...]
Every now and then, there comes a time when you have to change the "root" password on an ESX host. It might be because someone has left the company or could simply be an event when a problem required the root password to be revealed to people other than the "gods". One of the common misconceptions [...]
Like most people in IT, I wear different hats. I am an Architect, Techie, Manager - to name a few. The challenge it gives me is how to balance the roles I've got and still come up with the right answer. The dilemma I generally have is this: As an architect, I design systems. Before deployment [...]
I started working with Virtualization when VMware made it available to the x86 environment, little more than a decade ago. People didn't really know about it and things that we take for granted these days, were quite difficult to do. For that reason, take up was a bit slow but in recent years with technologies maturing, it has [...]
I like exporting and sending the results of my Powershell scripts via SMTP mail. That obviously require some sort of temporary location to hold my data while I am working on things. However, I also try to stay away from dumping the temporary contents into TEMP or TMP. I want to keep my junk separate [...]