You can use PowerCLI to find a VM by it’s IP.
Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine -Filter @{“Guest.IpAddress”=”x.x.x.x”}
VM Fails to Power On
Recently I had a strange problem. Power off VM’s would not power on, and would give this generic error.
I found KB 1006232 and was able to power on the VM by command line, but I was still not able to power them on by directly connecting to the host through the C client. Or using vCenter through the web and C client. I tried a lot of things, but in the end restarting the vCenter server fixed everything.
vBrownBag and preperation for the VCIX
Currently I am working towards the VMware VCIX6-DCV certification. To prepare for this I am going through the vBrownBag videos on the VCP6-DCV certification. It is a good deep dive that covers a lot of things you may have missed or forgotten over time. It has helped me improve things in day job that I was not doing properly. If you are working towards an VMWare certification or just trying to learn more. I really recommended going through the videos that they have put together. They have also covered teh VCP6-NV and VCP6-CMA. Hopefully soon they will cover the VCP6-DTM.
Brandon Graves 
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