diff --git a/etalon_clone b/etalon_clone
index 5dc44a0..2aa51c2 100755
--- a/etalon_clone
+++ b/etalon_clone
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ def main():
     #pprint(site)
 
     si = pyVim.connect.SmartConnect(
-        host = site["vsphere"],
-        user = site["user"],
-        pwd = site["passwd"],
+        host = site["vcenter"],
+        user = site["vcenter_user"],
+        pwd = site["vcenter_passwd"],
         disableSslCertValidation = True
         )
 
diff --git a/vmw_off_relocate_on b/vmw_off_relocate_on
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..aaffcec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vmw_off_relocate_on
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from pyVmomi import vim
+import pyVim.connect
+import atexit
+import argparse
+import time
+import siteconf
+
+site_conf = siteconf.read()
+
+def get_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Turn off - relocate - turn on VM')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-s', '--site',
+                        required=True,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='name of the site to connect to')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-v', '--vm',
+                        required=True,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='vm to rename')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-d', '--desthost',
+                        required=False,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='host to relocate to')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-D', '--destcluster',
+                        required=False,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='cluster to relocate to')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    return args
+
+
+def get_obj(content, vimtype, name):
+    """
+    Return an object by name, if name is None the
+    first found object is returned
+    """
+    obj = None
+    container = content.viewManager.CreateContainerView(
+        content.rootFolder, vimtype, True)
+    for c in container.view:
+        if name:
+            if c.name == name:
+                obj = c
+                break
+        else:
+            obj = c
+            break
+
+    return obj
+
+
+def main():
+    args = get_args()
+
+    if not args.site in site_conf:
+        print(f"site not found: {args.site}")
+        exit(1)
+    host = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter']
+    user = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter_user']
+    passwd = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter_passwd']
+
+    si = pyVim.connect.SmartConnectNoSSL(
+        host = host,
+        user = user,
+        pwd = passwd
+        )
+    atexit.register(pyVim.connect.Disconnect, si)
+    content = si.RetrieveContent()
+
+    spec = vim.VirtualMachineRelocateSpec()
+    vm = get_obj(content, [vim.VirtualMachine], args.vm)
+    if not vm:
+        print("vm not found")
+        exit(1)
+
+    if args.destcluster:
+        cluster = get_obj(content, [vim.ClusterComputeResource], args.destcluster)
+        spec.pool = cluster.resourcePool
+    elif args.desthost:
+        host = get_obj(content, [vim.HostSystem], args.desthost)
+        if not host:
+            print("host not found")
+            exit(1)
+        if host == vm.runtime.host:
+            print("vm already runs on destination host")
+            exit(0)
+        spec.host = host
+        spec.pool = host.parent.resourcePool
+    else:
+        print("no cluster or host given")
+        exit(1)
+
+    print("shutdown")
+    vm.ShutdownGuest()
+    while vm.runtime.powerState != vim.VirtualMachine.PowerState.poweredOff:
+        time.sleep(1);
+
+    print("relocate")
+    try:
+        task = vm.RelocateVM_Task(spec)
+        while task.info.state == vim.TaskInfo.State.running:
+            time.sleep(1)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print("error: "+ str(e))
+
+    print("power on")
+    task = vm.PowerOnVM_Task()
+    while task.info.state == vim.TaskInfo.State.running:
+        time.sleep(1)
+    print("waiting for powerstate on")
+    while vm.runtime.powerState != vim.VirtualMachine.PowerState.poweredOn:
+        time.sleep(1);
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+
+# vim: set tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab smarttab:
diff --git a/vmw_rename_vm b/vmw_rename_vm
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c5119da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vmw_rename_vm
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from pyVmomi import vim
+import pyVim.connect
+import atexit
+import argparse
+import siteconf
+
+site_conf = siteconf.read()
+
+
+def get_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Rename VM')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-s', '--site',
+                        required=True,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='name of the site to connect to')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-v', '--vm',
+                        required=True,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='vm to rename')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-n', '--newname',
+                        required=True,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='new name')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    return args
+
+
+def get_obj(content, vimtype, name):
+    """
+    Return an object by name, if name is None the
+    first found object is returned
+    """
+    obj = None
+    container = content.viewManager.CreateContainerView(
+        content.rootFolder, vimtype, True)
+    for c in container.view:
+        if name:
+            if c.name == name:
+                obj = c
+                break
+        else:
+            obj = c
+            break
+
+    return obj
+
+
+def main():
+    args = get_args()
+
+    if not args.site in site_conf:
+        print(f"site not found: {args.site}")
+        exit(1)
+
+    host = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter']
+    user = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter_user']
+    passwd = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter_passwd']
+
+    si = pyVim.connect.SmartConnectNoSSL(
+        host = host,
+        user = user,
+        pwd = passwd
+        )
+    atexit.register(pyVim.connect.Disconnect, si)
+    content = si.RetrieveContent()
+
+    vm = get_obj(content, [vim.VirtualMachine], args.vm)
+    if not vm:
+        print("vm not found")
+        exit(1)
+
+    vm.Rename(args.newname)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+
+# vim: set tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab smarttab:
diff --git a/vmw_snapshot_list b/vmw_snapshot_list
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7894b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vmw_snapshot_list
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from pyVmomi import vim
+import pyVim.connect
+import atexit
+import argparse
+from pprint import pprint
+import re
+from datetime import datetime
+from dateutil.tz import tzlocal
+import siteconf
+
+site_conf = siteconf.read()
+
+
+def get_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Clone VM from template')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-s', '--site',
+                        required=False,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='name of the site to connect to')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-H', '--host',
+                        required=False,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='vcenter host name (override site)')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-u', '--user',
+                        required=False,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='user name')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-p', '--passwd',
+                        required=False,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='password')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-a', '--age',
+                        required=False,
+                        type=int,
+                        default=5,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='[days] miniumum snapshot age to list')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    return args
+
+
+def get_vms(content):
+    obj_view = content.viewManager.CreateContainerView(
+        content.rootFolder, [vim.VirtualMachine], True)
+    vms_list = obj_view.view
+    obj_view.Destroy()
+    return vms_list
+
+
+def snapshots(snaplist, min_days, depth=0):
+    now = datetime.now(tzlocal())
+    snapshot_data = []
+    for s in snaplist:
+        dt = now - s.createTime
+        if dt.days >= min_days:
+            text = ". " * depth + "(%s) %s / %i days (%s)" % (s.state, s.name, dt.days, s.createTime)
+            snapshot_data.append(text)
+        snapshot_data = snapshot_data + snapshots(s.childSnapshotList, min_days, depth + 1)
+    return snapshot_data
+
+
+def main():
+    args = get_args()
+
+    host, user, passwd = None, None, None
+    if args.site:
+        if not args.site in site_conf:
+            print(f"site not found: {args.site}")
+            exit(1)         
+        host = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter']
+        user = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter_user']
+        passwd = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter_passwd']
+    if args.host:
+        host = args.host
+    if args.user:
+        host = args.user
+    if args.passwd:
+        host = args.passwd
+
+    if not host or not user or not passwd:
+        print("Missing site / host, user, passwd.")
+        exit(1)
+    #print(f"host {host} user {user} passwd {passwd}")
+
+    si = pyVim.connect.SmartConnectNoSSL(
+        host = host,
+        user = user,
+        pwd = passwd
+        )
+    atexit.register(pyVim.connect.Disconnect, si)
+    content = si.RetrieveContent()
+
+    vms = get_vms(content)
+    for vm in vms:
+        if vm.snapshot is None:
+            continue
+
+        snaplist = snapshots(vm.snapshot.rootSnapshotList, args.age)
+        if re.search('_R$', vm.name):
+            continue;
+        for s in snaplist:
+            print("%s: %s" % (vm.name, s))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+
+# vim: set tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab smarttab:
diff --git a/vmw_snapshot_remove_all b/vmw_snapshot_remove_all
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e613005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vmw_snapshot_remove_all
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from pyVmomi import vim
+import pyVim.connect
+import atexit
+import argparse
+from pprint import pprint
+import sys
+import siteconf
+            
+site_conf = siteconf.read()
+
+
+def get_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Reads vm names from stdin, removes all snapshots.')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-s', '--site',
+                        required=True,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='name of the site to connect to')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    return args
+
+def get_obj(content, vimtype, name):
+    """
+    Return an object by name, if name is None the
+    first found object is returned
+    """ 
+    obj = None
+    container = content.viewManager.CreateContainerView(
+        content.rootFolder, vimtype, True)
+    for c in container.view:
+        if name:
+            if c.name == name:
+                obj = c
+                break
+        else:
+            obj = c
+            break                                                               
+    return obj      
+
+
+def wait_for_task(task):
+    """ wait for a vCenter task to finish """
+    task_done = False
+    while not task_done:
+        if task.info.state == 'success':
+            return task.info.result
+
+        if task.info.state == 'error':
+            print("there was an error")
+            task_done = True
+
+def snapshots(snaplist, depth=0):
+    snapshot_data = []
+    for s in snaplist:
+        text = ". " * depth + "(%s) %s / %s" % (s.state, s.name, s.createTime)
+        snapshot_data.append(text)
+        snapshot_data = snapshot_data + snapshots(s.childSnapshotList, depth + 1)
+    return snapshot_data
+
+
+def main():
+    args = get_args()
+
+    if not args.site in site_conf:
+        print(f"site not found: {args.site}")
+        exit(1)
+    host = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter']
+    user = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter_user']
+    passwd = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter_passwd']
+
+
+    si = pyVim.connect.SmartConnectNoSSL(
+        host = host,
+        user = user,
+        pwd = passwd
+        )
+    atexit.register(pyVim.connect.Disconnect, si)
+    content = si.RetrieveContent()
+
+    while True:
+        vmname = sys.stdin.readline()
+        if vmname == '': break # EOF
+        vmname = vmname.rstrip()
+        if vmname == '': continue # empty line
+        vm = get_obj(content, [vim.VirtualMachine], vmname)
+        if vm == None:
+            print("vm not found: "+ vmname)
+            continue
+        if vm.snapshot is None:
+            print("vm has no snapshots: "+ vmname)
+            continue
+        print("removing all snapshots of: "+ vmname)
+        snaplist = snapshots(vm.snapshot.rootSnapshotList)
+        for s in snaplist:
+            print("  "+  s)
+
+        wait_for_task(vm.RemoveAllSnapshots())
+        if vm.snapshot is None:
+            print("done.")
+        else:
+            print("warning: vm has still snapshots!")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+
+# vim: set tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab smarttab:
diff --git a/vmw_vm_set_network b/vmw_vm_set_network
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..358142a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vmw_vm_set_network
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from pyVmomi import vim
+import pyVim.connect
+import atexit
+import argparse
+import time
+import siteconf
+ 
+site_conf = siteconf.read()
+
+
+def get_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Set VM network')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-s', '--site',
+                        required=True,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='name of the site to connect to')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-v', '--vm',
+                        required=True,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='vm to configure')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-n', '--network',
+                        required=True,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='new network')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    return args
+
+
+def get_obj(content, vimtype, name):
+    """
+    Return an object by name, if name is None the
+    first found object is returned
+    """
+    obj = None
+    container = content.viewManager.CreateContainerView(
+        content.rootFolder, vimtype, True)
+    for c in container.view:
+        if name:
+            if c.name == name:
+                obj = c
+                break
+        else:
+            obj = c
+            break
+
+    return obj
+
+
+def main():
+    args = get_args()
+
+    if not args.site in site_conf:
+        print(f"site not found: {args.site}")
+        exit(1)
+    host = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter']
+    user = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter_user']
+    passwd = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter_passwd']
+
+    si = pyVim.connect.SmartConnectNoSSL(
+        host = host,
+        user = user,
+        pwd = passwd
+        )
+    atexit.register(pyVim.connect.Disconnect, si)
+    content = si.RetrieveContent()
+
+    vm = get_obj(content, [vim.VirtualMachine], args.vm)
+    if not vm:
+        print("vm not found")
+        exit(1)
+    net = get_obj(content, [vim.Network], args.network)
+    if not net:
+        print("network not found")
+        exit(1)
+
+    device_change = []
+    for dev in vm.config.hardware.device:
+        if isinstance(dev, vim.vm.device.VirtualEthernetCard):
+            nicspec = vim.vm.device.VirtualDeviceSpec()
+            nicspec.operation = vim.vm.device.VirtualDeviceSpec.Operation.edit
+            nicspec.device = dev
+            nicspec.device.backing = vim.vm.device.VirtualEthernetCard.NetworkBackingInfo()
+            nicspec.device.backing.network = net
+            nicspec.device.backing.deviceName = args.network
+            nicspec.device.connectable = vim.vm.device.VirtualDevice.ConnectInfo()
+            nicspec.device.connectable.startConnected = True
+            nicspec.device.connectable.allowGuestControl = True
+            nicspec.device.connectable.connected = True
+            device_change.append(nicspec)
+            break
+
+    config_spec = vim.vm.ConfigSpec(deviceChange=device_change)
+    task = vm.ReconfigVM_Task(config_spec)
+    while task.info.state == vim.TaskInfo.State.running:
+        time.sleep(1)
+    print("network changed")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+
+# vim: set tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab smarttab: