Use PowerCLI Set-HardDisk and Invoke-VMScript to increase the size of many virtual machine hard drives

Today I decided that I wanted to increase the C: volume of 20 VMware Horizon View parent virtual machines (the source for 1,000s of linked-clone virtual desktops) from 40 GB to 60 GB. The normal/painful way to do this would be: vSphere > select the virtual machine > Edit Settings > change Hard Disk 1 …

Installing signed SSL/TLS certificates for vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 (VCSA)

I recently upgraded to VMware vCenter v5.5 U2 and switched from Windows to the vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 (VCSA). Here are the best resources for replacing the self-signed VCSA certificates with ones signed by an internal Microsoft Certificate Authority server. Assumptions You installed the Linux vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 (VCSA) All services except vCenter Update …