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Learning PowerCLI for VMware VSphere

Learning PowerCLI for VMware VSphere

By : Robert van den Nieuwendijk
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Learning PowerCLI for VMware VSphere

Learning PowerCLI for VMware VSphere

3.9 (15)
By: Robert van den Nieuwendijk
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Overview of this book

Learning PowerCLI is written in a friendly and practical style with a focus on getting you started and automating daily tasks quickly and efficiently. If you manage or administrate a vSphere environment, and want to make that easier and more efficient, then this book is for you! This book is ideal for you if you want to learn how to automate your VMware vSphere infrastructure, by getting the most out of PowerCLI. It’s assumed that you have some experience in administrating a VMware vSphere environment. Knowledge of Microsoft’s Windows PowerShell is not a prerequisite.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Learning PowerCLI
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Learning PowerCLI
Credits
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Credits
About the Author
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About the Author
About the Reviewers
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About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
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www.PacktPub.com
Preface
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Preface
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Introduction to PowerCLI
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Introduction to PowerCLI
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Downloading and installing PowerCLI
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Modifying the PowerShell execution policy
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Connecting and disconnecting servers
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Using the credential store
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Retrieving a list of all of your virtual machines
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Retrieving a list of all of your hosts
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Summary
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Learning Basic PowerCLI Concepts
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Learning Basic PowerCLI Concepts
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Using the Get-Command, Get-Help, and Get-Member cmdlets
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Using providers and PSDrives
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Using arrays and hash tables
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Creating calculated properties
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Using raw API objects with ExtensionData or Get-View
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Extending PowerCLI objects with the New-VIProperty cmdlet
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Working with vSphere folders
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Summary
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Working with Objects in PowerShell
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Working with Objects in PowerShell
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Using objects, properties, and methods
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Expanding variables and subexpressions in strings
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Using here-strings
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Using the pipeline
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Using the PowerShell object cmdlets
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Creating your own objects
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Using COM objects
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Summary
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Managing vSphere Hosts with PowerCLI
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Managing vSphere Hosts with PowerCLI
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Adding a host to a VMware vCenter Server
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Enabling and disabling maintenance mode
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Working with host profiles
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Working with host services
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Configuring the host firewall
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Configuring vSphere Image Builder and Auto Deploy
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Using esxcli from PowerCLI
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Using the vSphere CLI commands from PowerCLI
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Removing a host from the VMware vCenter Server
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Summary
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Managing Virtual Machines with PowerCLI
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Managing Virtual Machines with PowerCLI
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Creating a virtual machine
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Registering a virtual machine
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Using OS customization specifications
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Starting and stopping a virtual machine
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Modifying the settings of a virtual machine
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Converting a virtual machine into a template
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Moving a virtual machine to another folder, host, cluster, resource pool, or datastore
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Updating the VMware Tools
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Upgrading virtual machine compatibility
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Using snapshots
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Running commands on the guest OS
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Configuring Fault Tolerance
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Opening the console of a virtual machine
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Removing a virtual machine
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Summary
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Managing Virtual Networks with PowerCLI
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Managing Virtual Networks with PowerCLI
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Using vSphere Standard Switches
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Using host network adapters
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Using standard port groups
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Using vSphere Distributed Switches
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Removing vSphere Distributed Switches
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Using distributed virtual port groups
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Configuring host networking
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Configuring the network of a virtual machine
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Managing Storage with PowerCLI
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Managing Storage with PowerCLI
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Rescanning for new storage devices
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Creating datastores
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Retrieving datastores
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Setting the multipathing policy
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Configuring the vmhba paths to a SCSI device
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Working with Raw Device Mappings
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Configuring Storage I/O Control
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Configuring Storage DRS
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Upgrading datastores to VMFS-5
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Removing datastores
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Summary
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Managing High Availability and Clustering with PowerCLI
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Managing High Availability and Clustering with PowerCLI
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Creating vSphere HA and DRS clusters
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Retrieving clusters
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Modifying cluster settings
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Moving hosts to clusters
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Moving clusters
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Using DRS rules
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Using DRS recommendations
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Using resource pools
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Using Distributed Power Management (DPM)
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Removing clusters
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Managing vCenter with PowerCLI
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Managing vCenter with PowerCLI
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Working with roles and permissions
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Managing licenses
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Configuring alarms
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Retrieving events
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Reporting with PowerCLI
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Reporting with PowerCLI
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Retrieving log files
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Creating log bundles
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Performance reporting
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Exporting reports to CSV files
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Generating HTML reports
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Sending reports by e-mail
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Reporting the health of your vSphere environment with vCheck
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Using PowerGUI
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Index

Chapter 2. Learning Basic PowerCLI Concepts

While learning something new, you always have to learn the basics first. In this chapter, you will learn some basic PowerShell and PowerCLI concepts. Knowing these concepts will make it easier for you to learn the advanced topics. We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

  • Using the Get-Command, Get-Help, and Get-Member cmdlets

  • Using providers and PSDrives

  • Using arrays and hash tables

  • Creating calculated properties

  • Using raw API objects with ExtensionData or Get-View

  • Extending PowerCLI objects with the New-VIProperty cmdlet

  • Working with vSphere folders

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