Week 35 of my MCSE studies was quite possibly the best week I have had since I started my studies. My focus has been extremely high, and I have studied more, and learned more than I though was possible. I also exceeded the previous record for number of study hours per week by almost 12 hours. This is the level of focus that I have been trying to achieve for months.
To summarize last week's activities: I started the KnowledgeNet Live Learning courses for both 70-411 and 70-413, Mapped out the exam objectives for 70-411, started a review of "Learn PowerShell 3 in a Month of Lunches", started into the Sybex Complete MCSA Study Guide, watched a Channel 9 video, listened to the PowerScripting podcast, and completed three more chapters in the 70-410 Study Guide. I'm going to call that a very successful week.
Cool Stuff
Wow! I scarcely know where to begin. There was so much cool stuff learned last week . I think the best part of the week was finally being able to put together a PowerShell script that will setup and configure a new Gen 2. virtual machine in Hyper-V. The only thing I have to enter now, is the server name. The script takes the name and proceeds to setup the virtual machine with all of the settings just the way I like them. PowerShell has saved me some more time. Thank you PowerShell!
PowerShell cmdlet of the Week
This week, I am going to use four cmdlets to demonstrate how to customize the boot order in a Gen. 2 virtual machine in Hyper-V.
Get-VMDvdDrive
Get-VMNetworkAdapter
Get-VMHardDiskDrive
Set-VMFirmware
The scenario is that we want to configure the boot order on a virtual machine called "Ceres" to boot first from the DVD Drive, then from the Hard Drive, and lastly from the Network Adapter.
Step 1: Assign each of the boot device properties to a variable. We do this because the Set-VMFirmware cmdlet will not accept data type <string[]> as input for the -BootOrder parameter. It expects to be given the list of objects as type <VMComponentObject[]>
$vmdvd = Get-VMDvdDrive
$vmvhd = Get-VMHardDiskDrive
$vmnic = Get-VMNetworkAdapter
Step 2: Change the boot order on the server named 'Ceres'.
Set-VMFirmware `
-VMName Ceres `
-BootOrder $vmdvd,$vmvhd,$vmnic
You can confirm the boot order either by using the Get-VMFirmware cmdlet, or by checking the virtual machine settings in Hyper-V manager.
Simple and effective.
Stats
Total time studying: 37 hrs. 45 min.
- 70-410: 16 hrs. 20 min.
- 70-411: 10 hrs. 20 min.
- 70-413: 6 hrs.
- PowerShell: 4 hrs. 30 min.
- General: 35 min.
Resources used:
In Closing
This has been an awesome week! I was finally able to stay focused and get a lot accomplished. A couple more weeks like that and I will be ready to tackle the 70-410 exam!
Have a great week everyone!
In Closing
This has been an awesome week! I was finally able to stay focused and get a lot accomplished. A couple more weeks like that and I will be ready to tackle the 70-410 exam!
Have a great week everyone!
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