Wednesday Tidbit: Automate VMware OSOT for your VDI Images

/ Mark Brookfield / 1 Comment

The other day I tweeted a short bit of code on how to automate the zeroing-out of your VDI images using SDelete:

I got quite a few DMs afterwards asking if it was possible to do the same with VMware’s OS Optimization Tool.

So without further ado, here’s the code I use as the last step in my Packer builds before closing them down for svMotioning:

$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
$webserver = "webserver.contoso.local"
$url = "http://" + $webserver
$files = @("VMwareOSOptimizationTool.exe","VMwareOSOptimizationTool.exe.config","my_osot.xml")
$exe = $files[0]
$arg = "-o -t " + $files[2]
# Verify connectivity
if (Test-Connection $webserver –Quiet){
# Get the OSOT files
ForEach ($file in $files)
{
Invoke-WebRequest –Uri ($url + "/" + $file) –OutFile $env:TEMP\$file
}
} else {
throw "No connection to server. Aborting."
}
# Change to temp folder
Set-Location $env:TEMP
# Run OSOT
Try
{
Start-Process $exe –ArgumentList $arg –Passthru –Wait –ErrorAction stop
}
Catch
{
Write-Error "Failed to run OSOT"
Write-Error $_.Exception
Exit -1
}
# Delete files
ForEach ($file in $files)
{
Remove-Item –Path $env:TEMP\$file –Confirm:$false
}

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Please remember to swap out your web server and to specify your own XML file. You could also YOLO it and use one of the built-in templates…

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…but don’t be surprised when you cripple half your apps 🙂

Wednesday Tidbit: PowerShell’s Import-PFXCertificate Removes the Private Key

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I’ve been working on a complex automation solution recently in lab, and one task was to import a certificate to be used by VMware Horizon.

Those familiar with Horizon will know that any certificate used will need to have its corresponding private key which will also need to be exportable. The certificate also needs to have a friendly name of “vdm”. Continue reading →