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Login Error: java.io.IOException: Invalid Http response**
Login Error: java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 400 for URL:** [https://x.x.x.x:443/nuova](https://x.x.x.x:443/nuova)
2013-01-24T08:35:32Z esxupdate: LiveImageInstaller: DEBUG: Starting to live remove VIBs: Cisco_bootbank_cisco-vem-v147-esx_4.2.1.1.5.2b.0-3.1.1 
2013-01-24T08:35:32Z esxupdate: LiveImageInstaller: INFO: Live removing cisco-vem-v147-esx-4.2.1.1.5.2b.0-3.1.1 
2013-01-24T08:35:32Z esxupdate: vmware.runcommand: INFO: runcommand called with: args = '['/sbin/chkconfig', '-B', '/etc/chkconfig.db', '-D', '/etc/init.d', '-i', '-o']', outfile = 'None', returnoutput = 'True', timeout = '0.0'. 
2013-01-24T08:35:32Z esxupdate: LiveImageInstaller: DEBUG: Running [['/etc/init.d/n1k-vem', 'stop', 'remove']]... 
2013-01-24T08:35:32Z esxupdate: vmware.runcommand: INFO: runcommand called with: args = '['/etc/init.d/n1k-vem', 'stop', 'remove']', outfile = 'None', returnoutput = 'True', timeout = '0.0'. 
2013-01-24T08:35:33Z esxupdate: LiveImageInstaller: DEBUG: output: svsStop, remove 
svsStopRemove 
stopDpa 
Stopping Cisco Nexus 1000V VEM 
stopDpa 
Unload N1k switch modules 
Warning: /dev/char/vmkdriver/stun not found 
Unload of N1k modules done. 
2013-01-24T08:35:33Z esxupdate: LiveImageInstaller: DEBUG: Starting to run etc/vmware/shutdown/shutdown.d/\* 
2013-01-24T08:35:33Z esxupdate: LiveImageInstaller: DEBUG: Trying to unmount payload [cisco-vem-v147-] of VIB Cisco_bootbank_cisco-vem-v147-esx_4.2.1.1.5.2b.0-3.1.1 
2013-01-24T08:35:33Z esxupdate: LiveImageInstaller: DEBUG: Unmounting cisco_ve.v00... 
2013-01-24T08:35:33Z esxupdate: vmware.runcommand: INFO: runcommand called with: args = 'rm /tardisks/cisco_ve.v00', outfile = 'None', returnoutput = 'True', timeout = '0.0'.**_2013-01-24T08:35:33Z esxupdate: LiveImageInstaller: DEBUG: output: rm: can't remove '/tardisks/cisco_ve.v00': Device or resource busy_** 
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2013-01-24T08:35:33Z esxupdate: root: ERROR: InstallationError: ([], "Error in running rm /tardisks/cisco_ve.v00:\nReturn code: 1\nOutput: rm: can't remove '/tardisks/cisco_ve.v00': Device or resource busy\n\nIt is not safe to continue. Please reboot the host immediately to discard the unfinished update.") 
<#
 .SYNOPSIS
 Will create a new vExpert.me URL

 .DESCRIPTION
 Using the Invoke-Rest Cmdlet to invoke a creation of a new vExpert.me URL

 .PARAMETER URL
 URL that should be shortened.

 .PARAMETER Custom
 The custom URL that should be used.

 .EXAMPLE
 PS C:\> New-vExpertURL -URL 'https://www.google.com'
 This example shows how to call the New-vExpertURL function with with the URL parameter and generate a random URL.

 .EXAMPLE 
 PS C:\> New-vExpertURL -URL 'https://www.google.com' -Custom this_is_my_link
 This will create a custome URL of https://vexpert.me/this_is_my_link pointing to https://www.google.com
 .INPUTS
 System.String

 .OUTPUTS
 System.String

 .NOTES
 For more information about advanced functions, call Get-Help with any
 of the topics in the links listed below.

#>
function New-vExpertURL {
 [CmdletBinding()]
 param(
 [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true)]
 [System.String]$URL,
 [Parameter(Position=1)]
 [System.String]$Custom
 )
 begin {
 if (!$($Custom) ) {
 $baseurl_2 = "&action=shorturl&format=json&url="
 } else {
 $baseurl_2 = "&action=shorturl&keyword=" + $Custom + "&format=json&url="
 }
 $baseurl_1 = "https://vexpert.me/yourls-api.php?signature="
 $secret = "xxxxxxxxx"

 }
 process {
 $invokeurl = $baseurl_1 + $secret + $baseurl_2 + $URL
 $vExpertme = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $invokeurl
 $vExpertme.shorturl | clip
 Write-Host "The shortenend URL is now in your clipboard" -ForegroundColor Green
 }
 end {
 }
}
# Install PowerCLI
Set-executionPolicy RemoteSigned -Confirm:$false -force
Write-Host "Installing PowerCLI"
$myargs = $myargs = '/q /s /w /L1033 /v" /qn '
$exe = "C:\installs\VMware-PowerCLI-5.1.0-793510.exe"
Start-process $exe $myargs –Wait
Add-PSSnapin -Name VMware.VimAutomation.Core
Function Set-UpdateToolsPolicy {
	<#
		.SYNOPSIS
			A function to change the update policy one or more VM's 
		.DESCRIPTION
			This script will change the VMware Tools Update policy 
			on one or many virtual machines
		.PARAMETER VM
			The name of one or more virtual machines, this can be 
			passed from the pipeline
		.PARAMETER Policy
			The policy setting - has to be be either manual (do not try 
			and upgrade tools on each boot cycle) or upgradeAtPowerCycle 
			(tools will be checked for upgrade at each power cycle)
		.EXAMPLE
			PS C:\> Get-VM foo | Set-UpdateToolsPolicy -Policy manual
		.EXAMPLE
			PS C:\> Set-UpdateToolsPolicy -VM foo -Policy upgradeAtPowerCycle
		.NOTES
			Author: Maish Saidel-Keesing
		.LINK
			https://blog.technodrone.cloud/2012/03/set-updatetoolspolicyfor-your-vms.html

	#>
	[CmdletBinding()]
	Param(
	[Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory=$True,ValueFromPipeline=$True)]
	[String]
	$VM,

	[ValidateSet("manual","upgradeAtPowerCycle")]
	[String]
	$Policy
	)

	begin {
	$config = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec
	$config.Tools = New-Object VMware.Vim.ToolsConfigInfo
	$config.Tools.ToolsUpgradePolicy = $Policy
	}	
 Process
 {
 foreach ($vmobject in (Get-VM $VM)) {
			$vmobject.ExtensionData.ReconfigVM($config)
		}
 } 
}
--------------  Example 3 --------------

C:\PS>Get-VMHost *.128 | Get-VirtualSwitch | Select-Object -First 1 | Set-VirtualSwitch -Nic vmnic5

Add a physical network adapter named 'vmnic5' to the first switch of the host. Note that the 'vmnic5' adapter must not be assigned to other virtual switches.
msaidelk@esx9:~$ sudo lspci | grep Ethernet0b:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T (rev 20) 
0b:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T (rev 20) 
10:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T (rev 20) 
10:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T (rev 20) 
15:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 1516 (rev 01) 
15:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 1516 (rev 01) 
1f:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 1516 (rev 01) 
1f:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 1516 (rev 01) 
Function Get-vSphereClient {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Downloads the vsphere 4.1 Build 258902 Client
.DESCRIPTION
	As was posted on the new KB article 1029925 the vSphere Client is no longer
	packaged with builds of ESX and ESXi. This function will download the vSphere
	client from VMware's site
.NOTES
	Author: Maish Saidel-Keesing
.PARAMETER Url
	The url for the .exe file
.PARAMETER Path
	The location the file will be saved
.EXAMPLE
	PS> Get-vSphereClient -url https://vsphereclient.vmware.com/vsphereclient/2/5/8/9/0/2/VMware-viclient-all-4.1.0-258902.exe -path c:\temp\viclient.exe
#>

param (
$url="https://vsphereclient.vmware.com/vsphereclient/2/5/8/9/0/2/VMware-viclient-all-4.1.0-258902.exe",
$path="c:\temp\VMware-viclient-all-4.1.0-258902.exe"
)

##Create Web Client
$client = new-object System.Net.WebClient
$client.DownloadFile($url,$path)
}
$start = (Get-Date).AddDays(-30)
$finish = Get-Date
$metrics = "mem.usage.average"

Get-Datacenter | ForEach-Object{
	Get-VMHost -location $_ | Sort-Object Name | ForEach-Object {
		Write-Host $_.Name
		$stats = ""
		$stats = get-stat -Entity $_ -Stat $metrics -Start $start -Finish $finish
		Write-Host "$($_) average Memory Usage over the last month is: $("{0:N2}" -f ($stats | Measure-Object -Property Value -Average).Average)%"
	}
}
# ==============================================================================================
# NAME: Get-AllDomainControllers
# 
# AUTHOR: Maish Saidel-Keesing
# DATE : 22/06/2010
# 
# COMMENT: 	Will collect all Domain controllers, set the list as the $alldcs variable
#			and output as list
#
# ==============================================================================================

function Get-AllDomainControllers{

	$myDomain = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain()
	$script:alldcs = $myDomain.Forest.Domains | ForEach-Object { $_.DomainControllers } | `
		Select-Object -Property Name | Sort-Object -Property Name
	$alldcs
}

### Entry point to script
Get-AllDomainControllers
# TCP client example 
import time 
import socket

time.sleep(20) 
s = socket.socket() 
s.connect(("192.168.113.1",3333)) 
s.send("14332354169934n2nduN") 
s.close()
# TCP client example
import socket
s = socket.socket()
s.connect(("192.168.113.1",3333))
s.send("myuniquestring")
s.close()
NAME 
  Send-MailMessage

SYNOPSIS 
    Sends an e-mail message.

SYNTAX 
    Send-MailMessage [-To] <string[]> [-Subject] <string> -From <string> [[-Body] <string>] [[-SmtpServer] <string>] [-Attachments <string[ 
    ]>] [-Bcc <string[]>] [-BodyAsHtml] [-Cc <string[]>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-DeliveryNotificationOption {None | OnSuccess | OnFailure | Delay | Never}] [-Encoding <Encoding>] [-Priority {Normal | Low | High}] [-UseSsl] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION 
    The Send-MailMessage cmdlet sends an e-mail message from within Windows PowerShell.

RELATED LINKS 
  Online version: [https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135256](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135256)

REMARKS 
    To see the examples, type: "get-help Send-MailMessage -examples". 
    For more information, type: "get-help Send-MailMessage -detailed". 
    For technical information, type: "get-help Send-MailMessage -full".
[12:39:03] ~> $myvar | gm

 TypeName: Selected.System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject
[12:40:18] ~> Send-MailMessage –From "maishsk@maishsk.local" -To "maishsk@maishsk.local" -Subject "test" -SmtpServer smtp.maishsk.local -Body ($myvar)
**Send-MailMessage : Cannot convert 'System.Object[]' to the type 'System.String' required by parameter 'Body'. Specified method is not supported. 
At line:1 char:114 
+ Send-MailMessage –From “maishsk@maishsk.local” –To “maishsk@maishsk.local” -Subject "test" -SmtpServer smtp.maishsk.local -Body <<<<  ($myvar) 
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Send-MailMessage], ParameterBindingException 
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgument,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SendMailMessage**
Measure-command {get-vm | ForEach-Object { Write-host $_.Name $_.MemoryMB $_.NumCpu } } | select TotalSeconds

TotalSeconds
------------
5.402703
measure-command {Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine | ForEach-Object { Write-host $_.Name $_.Config.Hardware.memoryMB $_.Config.Hardware.numCPU }} | select TotalSeconds

TotalSeconds
------------
11.1451083
Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine | Measure-Object

Count : 371
get-vm | Measure-Object

Count : 356
ID    GID NAME NWLD   %USED    %RUN    %SYS   %WAIT    %RDY
69     69 VSE  5      83.98    85.74   0.00   380.16   22.14
[root@dmz1 root]# vmware-cmd -l | grep VSE 
[root@dmz1 root]#
function optimize-CelerraNFS {
Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -Name NFS.SendBufferSize -Value 64
Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -Name NFS.ReceiveBufferSize -Value 64
Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -Name NFS.MaxVolumes -Value 32
Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -Name Net.TcpipHeapMax -Value 120
Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -Name Net.TcpipHeapSize -Value 30
Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -Name NFS.HeartbeatFrequency -Value 12
Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -Name NFS.HeartbeatDelta -Value 12
Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -Name NFS.HeartbeatMaxFailures -Value 10
}

Connect-VIServer VISERVER
$hostcreds = Get-Credential

Get-VMHost | ForEach-Object {
Write-Host "Optimizing $($_.Name) ..."
Connect-VIServer -server $_.Name -Credential $hostcreds
optimize-CelerraNFS
Disconnect-VIServer -Confirm:$false
}
<ConfigRoot> 
  <EndpointList> 
    <length>10</length> 
    <type>vim.ProxyService.EndpointSpec[]</type> 
    <e id="0"> 
      <type>vim.ProxyService.LocalServiceSpec</type> 
      <accessMode>httpsWithRedirect</accessMode> 
      <port>8309</port> 
      <serverNamespace>/</serverNamespace> 
    </e> 
    <e id="1"> 
      <type>vim.ProxyService.LocalServiceSpec</type> 
      <accessMode>httpsWithRedirect</accessMode> 
      <port>8307</port> 
      <serverNamespace>/sdk</serverNamespace> 
    </e> 
    <e id="2"> 
      <type>vim.ProxyService.LocalServiceSpec</type> 
      <accessMode>httpsWithRedirect</accessMode> 
      <port>8308</port> 
      <serverNamespace>/ui</serverNamespace> 
    </e> 
    <e id="3"> 
      <type>vim.ProxyService.NamedPipeServiceSpec</type> 
      <accessMode>httpsOnly</accessMode> 
      <pipeName>/var/run/vmware/proxy-vpxa</pipeName> 
      <serverNamespace>/vpxa</serverNamespace> 
    </e> 
    <e id="4"> 
      <type>vim.ProxyService.NamedPipeServiceSpec</type> 
      <accessMode>httpsWithRedirect</accessMode> 
      <pipeName>/var/run/vmware/proxy-mob</pipeName> 
      <serverNamespace>/mob</serverNamespace> 
    </e> 
    <e id="5"> 
      <type>vim.ProxyService.LocalServiceSpec</type> 
      <!-- Use this mode for "secure" deployment --> 
      <accessMode>httpsWithRedirect</accessMode> 
      <!-- Use this mode for "insecure" deployment --> 
      <!-- <accessMode>httpAndHttps</accessMode> --> 
      <port>8889</port> 
      <serverNamespace>/wsman</serverNamespace> 
    </e> 
    <!-- Needed because old versions of the VI client access 
         the clients.xml file over Http for upgrade --> 
    <e id="6"> 
      <type>vim.ProxyService.LocalServiceSpec</type> 
      <accessMode>httpAndHttps</accessMode> 
      <port>8309</port> 
      <serverNamespace>/client/clients.xml</serverNamespace> 
    </e> 
     <e id="7"> 
      <type>vim.ProxyService.NamedPipeTunnelSpec</type> 
      <serverNamespace>/sdkTunnel</serverNamespace> 
      <accessMode>httpOnly</accessMode> 
      <pipeName>/var/run/vmware/proxy-sdk-tunnel</pipeName> 
     </e> 
    <e id="8"> 
      <type>vim.ProxyService.LocalServiceSpec</type> 
      <accessMode>httpAndHttps</accessMode> 
      <port>12001</port> 
      <serverNamespace>/ha-nfc</serverNamespace> 
    </e> 
    <e id="9"> 
      <type>vim.ProxyService.LocalServiceSpec</type> 
      <accessMode>httpAndHttps</accessMode> 
      <port>12000</port> 
      <serverNamespace>/nfc</serverNamespace> 
    </e> 
  </EndpointList> 
</ConfigRoot>
   <e id="0"> 
      <type>vim.ProxyService.LocalServiceSpec</type> 
      <accessMode>httpsWithRedirect</accessMode> 
      <port>8309</port> 
      <serverNamespace>/</serverNamespace> 
   </e> 
#First we set the path
$path = Read-Host "Which folder would you like to scan?"

#assign what we want to get to a variable
$myfolders = get-childitem $path -force -recurse | where-object{$_.PSIsContainer}

#initiate an empty variable
$mycol = @()

#now we loop through all the folders 

foreach($folder in $myfolders)
{
 Write-Host "Processing Folder $folder"
 #Create and initialize a new variable with two fields Name, SizeMB
 $myObj = "" | Select Name,SizeMB
 #here we measure the actual size of the folder
 [int]$DirSize = "{0:n2}" -f (((Get-Childitem $folder.FullName -recurse -force | ` 
 measure-object -sum Length).Sum)/1mb)
 #add the results to the variable
 $myobj.Name = $folder.Name
 $myobj.SizeMB = $DirSize
 #add these to the mycol variable
 $mycol += $myobj
}

#present the output and sort by size
$mycol | sort-object SizeMB -Desc | format-table -auto
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# NAME: ReplaceWordInWord.ps1
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------

$mypath = "c:\temp\test.doc"
$logfile = "c:\temp\logfile.txt"
#first we will see if the logfile exists
$exists = Test-Path c:\temp\logfile.txt

 if ($exists -eq $true) {
 Remove-Item C:\temp\logfile.txt
 }
 New-Item -path c:\temp\ -Name logfile.txt -type "file" #Create the logfile

"$(get-date) -- Created Log file: $logfile" | Out-File ` 
 -Encoding ascii -Append $logfile

$objWord = New-Object -ComObject word.application
$objWord.Visible = $True
"$(get-date) -- We have launched word" | Out-File ` 
 -Encoding ascii -Append $logfile

$objDoc = $objWord.Documents.Open($mypath)
"$(get-date) -- We have the document" | Out-File ` 
 -Encoding ascii -Append $logfile

$objSelection = $objWord.Selection
$FindText = "mispelled"
$ReplaceText = "spelled incorrectly"
"$(get-date) -- Replacing '$FindText' with '$ReplaceText'" | Out-File ` 
 -Encoding ascii -Append $logfile

$ReplaceAll = 2
$FindContinue = 1
$MatchCase = $False
$MatchWholeWord = $True
$MatchWildcards = $False
$MatchSoundsLike = $False
$MatchAllWordForms = $False
$Forward = $True
$Wrap = $FindContinue
$Format = $False

"$(get-date) -- Executing command" | Out-File -Encoding ascii -Append $logfile

$objSelection.Find.Execute($FindText,$MatchCase,
 $MatchWholeWord,$MatchWildcards,$MatchSoundsLike,
 $MatchAllWordForms,$Forward,$Wrap,$Format,
 $ReplaceText,$ReplaceAll)

"$(get-date) -- Replace text complete" | Out-File ` 
 -Encoding ascii -Append $logfile
#==========================================================================
# NAME: Beg_6.ps1
#
# COMMENT: Key concepts are listed below:
#1. Uses wscript.shell to create three shortcuts on the desktop. The first is a shortcut
#2. to this actual script. It uses the scriptfullName property to assign the path.
#3. The second is a simple Web site URL shortcut. The third one is a shortcut to
#4. Notepad.
#==========================================================================

$ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
Set-PSDebug -Strict

#initialize all the variables
New-Variable -Name objShell #instance of the wshSHell object
New-Variable -Name strDesktop #pointer to desktop special folder
New-Variable -Name objShortCut #used to set properties of the shortcut. 
#Comes from using createShortCut
New-Variable -Name objURL #used to set properties of webshortcut.

$objShell = New-Object -ComObject ("WScript.Shell")
$strDesktop = $objShell.SpecialFolders.item("Desktop")

#Create shortcut to script
$objShortCut = $objShell.CreateShortcut($strDesktop + "\Shortcut Script.lnk")
$objShortCut.TargetPath = $myInvocation.mycommand.path
$objShortCut.WindowStyle = 0
$objShortCut.Hotkey = "CTRL+SHIFT+F"
$objShortCut.IconLocation = "notepad.exe, 2"
$objShortCut.Description = "Shortcut Script"
$objShortCut.WorkingDirectory = $strDesktop
$objShortCut.Save

#Create url link
$objURL = $objShell.CreateShortcut($strDesktop + "\The Microsoft Scripting Guys.url")
$objURL.TargetPath = "https://www.ScriptingGuys.com"
$objURL.Save()

#Create shotrcut to notepad
$objShortCut = $objShell.CreateShortcut($strDesktop + "\notepad.lnk")
$objShortCut.TargetPath = "notepad.exe"
$objShortCut.IconLocation = "notepad.exe, 0"
$objShortCut.description = "notepad"
$objShortCut.Save()
# first we define some variables
$ourpath = "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings"
$Maxdl1_0 = "MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"
$Maxdl = "MaxConnectionsPerServer"

#for IE8

$ie8path = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_MAXCONNECTIONSPERSERVER"
$ie8path1_0 = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_MAXCONNECTIONSPER1_0SERVER"
$ie8Max = "iexplore.exe"

function upsertReg($path, [string]$name, [int]$value, [string]$propType) {
 "Path: $path"
 "Name: $name"
 "Target Value: $value"
 # verify path exists
 $keyExists = Test-Path $path

 if ($keyExists -eq $true) {

 # check if named registry item exists at path
 $reg = get-itemproperty $path
 if ($reg.$($name) -eq $null) {
 # value doesn't exist... Create.
 Write-Host " Key is not there Kimosabi. Let's make some magic."
 New-ItemProperty $path -name $name -value $value -propertytype ` 
 $propType
 }
 else {
 # value exists... Update...
 $curr = Get-ItemProperty -path $path -name $name
 Write-Host "Hold you horses Kimosabi. It is already there!"
 $confirm = read-host " You have ($curr) as your current value and ` 
 we are going to change it to ==>$value. Are you sure? (Y/N)"
 if ($confirm -eq "Y") {
 Set-ItemProperty -path $path -name $name -value $value
 Write-Host "Entry has been changed Kimosabi."
 }
 else {
 Write-Host "You chose not to change it - so it stays there."
 }
 }
 } else {
 "Path doesn't exist. Registry entry not created."
 }
 }

 # create/update registry items using the function
 upsertReg $ourpath $Maxdl 10 DWord
 upsertReg $ourpath $Maxdl1_0 10 DWord
 upsertReg $ie8path $ie8Max 10 DWord
 upsertReg $ie8path1_0 $ie8Max 10 DWord
# Read the input file
$InputFile = ".\Shot Put.txt"
#Get the content of the file
$Content = Get-Content $InputFile

#create the two files
$outfile1 = ".\Shot Put A.txt"
$outfile2 = ".\Shot Put B.txt"

#We now parse the file and divide it

 {
 if ($line -match "^\\s\*$") #We have reached the end of a paragraph
 foreach ($line in $Content) 
 {$outfile = $outfile2} 
 else 
 {$line >> $outfile1} #The rest we put into the first file
 }

#Rename the file 
Rename-Item -path '.\Shot Put.txt' -newname '.\Shot Put.old'
$adOpenStatic = 3
$adLockOptimistic = 3

$objConnection = New-Object -comobject ADODB.Connection
$objRecordset = New-Object -comobject ADODB.Recordset

$objConnection.Open("Provider = Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; `
 Data Source = C:\users\msaidelk\Desktop\HighJumperDatabase.mdb")
$objRecordset.Open("Select * from [High Jumper Data]", $objConnection, `
 $adOpenStatic,$adLockOptimistic)
$objRecordset.MoveFirst()

$mycollection = @() #initialize variable

#Create a new object with the columns
$myObj = "" | Select Name, SeasonBest, PersonalBest 

do {
#go through each record and populate the data
$myObj.Name = $objRecordset.Fields.Item("Name").Value
$myObj.SeasonBest = $objRecordset.Fields.Item("Season Best").Value
$myObj.PersonalBest = $objRecordset.Fields.Item("Personal Best").Value

$mycollection += $myObj

#Go to the next record
$objRecordset.MoveNext()
}
until ( $objRecordset.EOF -eq $True )

#Now sort the record according to Season best and Personal Best 
#get the best result and then output the Name
($mycollection | sort -Descending SeasonBest, PersonalBest | `
 select -First 1).Name

#Close connection to the Database
$objRecordset.Close()
$objConnection.Close()
#First we get the info from WMI
$computer = "Localhost"
$mycomp = Get-WmiObject Win32_Processor -ComputerName $computer

# We Output our Info

Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Strength Evaluation for" $computer 
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "Speed:" $mycomp.MaxClockSpeed"Mhz"
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "L2 Cache Size:" $mycomp.L2CacheSize
 #We will check if the data is null or not
 if ($mycomp.L2CacheSpeed -eq $null) {
 $L2CacheSpeed = "Data is not Available"
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "L2 Cache Speed:" $L2CacheSpeed
 }
 else {
 $L2CacheSpeed = $mycomp.L2CacheSpeed
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "L2 Cache Speed:" $L2CacheSpeed
 }
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "L3 Cache Size:" $mycomp.L3CacheSize
 #We will check if the data is null or not
 if ($mycomp.L3CacheSpeed -eq $null) {
 $L3CacheSpeed = "Data is not Available"
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "L3 Cache Speed:" $L3CacheSpeed
 }
 else {
 $L3CacheSpeed = $mycomp.L3CacheSpeed
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "L3 Cache Speed:" $L3CacheSpeed
 }
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta "Strength ..."
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta "Number of Cores:" $mycomp.NumberOfCores
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta "Number of Logical Cores:" ` 
 $mycomp.NumberOfLogicalProcessors
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta "Processor Name:" $mycomp.Name
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor Cyan "Agility ..."
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor Cyan "Adress Width:" $mycomp.AddressWidth

	1 Host - 4 guest VM’s
	Hyper-V	VMware
Windows 2008 Server	$2,500	$2,500
Hypervisor	- (Built-in)	$5,800 (3.5 Enterprise)
System Center	$1,500	-
Virtual Center	-	$5,800

Total	$4,000	$14,100

Technodrone

Renovate or Rebuild? Why I Redid the Blog From Scratch

How Much Does It Cost to Self-Host Open Models on AWS?

Tomorrow Is Coming to Collect

The OWASP Agentic AI Top 10: What Builders on AWS Need to Know

Agent Goal Hijack: When Your AI Agent Works for Someone Else (ASI01)

Tool Misuse & Exploitation: When Your Agent's Legitimate Tools Become Weapons (ASI02)

Identity & Privilege Abuse: When Your Agent Acts Like It Owns the Place (ASI03)

Agentic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities: Your Agent Is Only as Secure as Its Weakest Plugin (ASI04)

Unexpected Code Execution: When Your Agent Becomes a Shell (ASI05)

Memory & Context Poisoning: When Your Agent's Memory Becomes a Weapon (ASI06)

Insecure Inter-Agent Communication: When Agents Talk, Attackers Listen (ASI07)

Cascading Failures: When One Agent's Mistake Takes Down the Whole System (ASI08)

Human-Agent Trust Exploitation: When Your Humans Are the Weakest Link (ASI09)

Rogue Agents: When Nobody's Attacking But Everything's Going Wrong (ASI10)

Putting It All Together: Your Agentic AI Security Playbook for AWS

My AI Sports Analyst: How I Wake Up to World Cup Insights Every Morning

Bridging IFTTT to Your Local AI Assistant with an MCP Proxy

Your AI Provider Is a Single Point of Failure

Your Coding Assistant Is Not You

The Next Casualty of the GenAI Revolution

The Hidden Cost of AI Coding: Technical Debt You Can't See

The Saturday Night Scenario

LLMs and bon bons

Keeping Kosher re:Invent 2025

Keeping Kosher re:Invent 2024

Keeping Kosher re:Invent 2023

In loving memory of my mother - Phyllis Saidel ZL

4 Years at AWS

Customer Obsession & Earn Trust

Setting a timeout for an Amazon ECS task

Keeping Kosher re:Invent 2022

Public Engagements

Keeping Kosher re:Invent 2021

Demo Sensitive Info in your terminal

Goodbye SA - Hello EntReloper

Balancing work priorities - the 50-35-15 rule

AWS CLI Alias - for ECS exec

AWS CLI Aliases

Don't erase the past, change the future!

A Year at AWS

A New AWS Community Visio Stencil Release (v2.0)

What has changed?

Visio Stencils

AWS

VMware

Blog Publishing Process

My tools

The workflow

Migrating the Blog Part - 5

Post URLs

Migrating the Blog Part - 4

Migrating the Blog Part - 3

Migrating the Blog Part - 2

Export content

Migrating the Blog Part - 1

Migrating the Blog Part - 0

Thoughts on Ethics and Open Source

Admitting You Made a Mistake #AMI #3syllables

The Unicorn Project Book Review - The Cabal

Where Do I Find Time to Read Books?

In the Press

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

Welcome to Blog 2.0

Disclaimer and Ground Rules

Disclaimer

About Me

Contact Me

Starting a new Journey AWS

Book Review: Mastering AWS Cost Optimization

(Not) Real Scientific Proof that AMI has 3syllables

The AWS EC2 Windows Secret Sauce

The Anatomy of an AWS Key Leak to a Public Code Repository