The ErrorAction parameter still throws an error even if the “SilentlyContinue” option is selected. This is a problem if you just want to check the existence of NICs on a ESX Host.
During my PowerCLI scripting for the provisioning of new ESX Hosts i have found another bug. The Set-VDSwitch CMDlet does not set the number of uplink ports correctly in every case.
Time for the next PowerCLI bug. The Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy CMDlet has problems with the “failback” option.
It is possible to switch “Failback” from true to false, but not from false to true.
Currently VMware does not provide a PowerCLI snapin to access the vCenter Operations API (the HttpPostAdapter). Clint Kitson and Alan Renouf have developed a Powershell Module to fill that gap.
One feature that is really missing at Citrix XenServer compared to VMware vSphere is OS Customization. My dear co-blogger Birk (the VMware guy) will never stop to underline this. At vSphere settings like Hostname, Network configuration, Domain membership, Licensing can be defined in specifications and applied to templates and VM images.