Dwarfsoft [GPA]

So, this is one of my largest PowerCLI/PowerShell scripts. This maps for each Virtual Machine, every Disk that is attached and trace back to what the LUN ID is that the disk is stored on, be it a VMDK, Thick/Thin provisioned disk, Physical/Virtual mode RDM, etc.

For the moment I will just paste the script as it stands, but I hope to return and explain some of the components.

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I’ve been busy working on a project that is implementing a SQL Geo-Cluster. One of the requirements was to modify the NIC bind order such that the order of preference is Production,Heartbeat,…,Microsoft Failover Cluster Virtual Adapter. Most of this can be achieved through the Network Adapter Advanced Configuration window (Start->run->ncpa.cpl->Advanced Menu->Advanced Settings…) but the Microsoft Failover Cluster Virtual Adapter is a Hidden adapter and needs to be handled separately.

The original Suggestion from the Design document is to run “wmic nicconfig get description,settingid”. This list is used to get the SettingId of the NIC where the description is “Microsoft Failover Cluster Virtual Adapter”. The SettingId is then checked and moved in HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\tcpip\Linkage\Bind. The line in the Multi String that equals “\Device\” needs to be moved to the last line.

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