Markus Kraus wrote a Power CLI script in order to make it easier for him and his colleagues the recurring task of the data collection in order to make a VMware vSphere Sizing. This collects some information in an existing VMware vSphere environment as a basis for a new hardware sizing.
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The focus of the collected data is the server sizing. The current version also contains some storage data.
Of course, these data alone are not sufficient to create sizing. For Markus a qualified sizing means a holistic view of the requirements and processes of the customer.
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Complete output of the current version 1.2
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You can use it a bit different, as we changed the command name as well as the command parameters, but it’s as simple to use as it can get.
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More information on the native PowerCLI command
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Output without stats
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Also a detailed output of the recording is possible
Calling the VMware vSphere sizing script
Markus created the script as a PowerShell module with the aim of easy handling.
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For further processing the data can of course be exported:
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For a large number of vSphere clusters, the call may also look like this:
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