Index
A
- Active Directory
- ESXi host, joining into / Joining an ESXi host into Active Directory , How to do it..., How it works…, There's more…
- add() method / How to do it…, How to do it…
- Admission Control / Getting ready
- alerts
- getting, from vSphere environment / Getting alerts from a vSphere environment, How to do it…, How it works…
- Arnim van-Lieshout
- New DRS Group Functions, URL / See also
- AutoLab
- vCloud Director environment, deploying / Deploying the vCloud Director environment from AutoLab
- about / Deploying the vCloud Director environment from AutoLab
- URL / Deploying the vCloud Director environment from AutoLab
C
- Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) / How to do it…
- cloning
- cluster
- creating / Creating a cluster and adding ESXi hosts, Getting ready, How it works…
- setting, into maintenance mode with PowerCLI / Setting a cluster into maintenance mode with PowerCLI, There's more...
- cluster advanced features
- Compare-Object
- used, for auditing group memberships / How to do it…, How it works…
- configuration script
- creating, to set properties uniformly / Creating a configuration script to set all properties uniformly, How to do it…
- ConfigureStorageDrsForPod method / How to do it…
- coredump settings, for ESXi host
- configuring, from PowerCLI / Configuring coredump settings for an ESXi host from PowerCLI, How to do it…, There's more…
- CSV
- output, sending to / Sending output to CSV and HTML, How to do it…, How it works…
- about / Sending output to CSV and HTML
- custom attribute
- creating, number of shares per VM on resource pool used / Creating a custom attribute with a number of shares per VM on each resource pool, How to do it…, How it works…
- custom function
- creating, for updating DRS group member / Creating a custom function to update members of a DRS group, How to do it…, How it works…
- used, for maintaining DRS groups membership / Creating rules to maintain memberships of DRS groups using a custom function, How to do it…, There's more…
- custom properties
- setting, to add context to virtual machines / Setting custom properties to add useful context to your virtual machines, How to do it…
- custom storage
D
- datastore cluster
- datastores
- creating, on ESXi host / Creating datastores on an ESXi host, How to do it…, How it works…
- Datastores view
- NFS / Getting ready
- iSCSI / Getting ready
- Dell Software PowerGUI guide
- URL / See also
- disks
- thin to thick disks converting, Storage vMotion used / Converting thin to thick disks with Storage vMotion, How to do it…, How it works…
- disk space
- in virtual machine, increasing / Increasing the disk space in a virtual machine, How it works…
- DRS
- working with / Setting cluster advanced features, including HA, DRS, and EVC, Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more…
- about / Introduction
- DRS group
- creating, for virtual machines / Creating a DRS group for virtual machines, How to do it…, How it works…
- members, listing / Listing the members of a DRS group, How to do it…, There's more…
- DRS groups membership
- maintaining, with custom function / Creating rules to maintain memberships of DRS groups using a custom function, How to do it…, There's more…
- rules, creating / Creating rules to maintain memberships of DRS groups using a custom function, How to do it…
- Dynamic Resource Scheduling (DRS) / Getting ready
E
- Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) settings
- ESXCLI
- about / Introduction
- esxcli network commands
- URL / See also
- ESXCLI object
- retrieving, in PowerCLI / Retrieving the ESXCLI object in PowerCLI, How to do it…, How it works…
- used, for performing ESXi ping / Performing ESXi ping with an ESXCLI object, How to do it…, There's more…
- esxcli storage commands
- URL / See also
- ESXCLI vm namespace
- used, for killing VM / Using the ESXCLI vm namespace to kill a misbehaving VM, How to do it…
- ESXi coredump
- URL / See also
- ESXi host
- connecting to / Connecting to an ESXi host or a vCenter instance, How it works…
- joining, into Active Directory / Joining an ESXi host into Active Directory , How to do it..., How it works…, There's more…
- datastores, creating on / Creating datastores on an ESXi host, How to do it…, How it works…
- syslog settings, configuring / Configuring syslog settings on an ESXi host, How to do it…, How it works…
- joining, to vCenter / Joining an ESXi host to vCenter, How it works…
- coredump settings, configuring from PowerCLI / Configuring coredump settings for an ESXi host from PowerCLI, How to do it…, There's more…
- ESXi hosts
- ESXi Network Dump Collector
- URL / See also
- ESXi ping
- performing, with ESXCLI object / Performing ESXi ping with an ESXCLI object, How to do it…, How it works…
- EVC
- ExtensionData property / How to do it…
F
- Fault Tolerance
- on virtual machine, enabling / Enabling and disabling Fault Tolerance on a virtual machine, How to do it…, How it works…
- on virtual machine, disabling / Enabling and disabling Fault Tolerance on a virtual machine, How to do it…, How it works…
- Fault Tolerance (FT) / Setting cluster advanced features, including HA, DRS, and EVC
- folders
- setting, up for object organization / Setting up folders to organize objects in vCenter, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
G
- get() method / How to do it…
- group memberships
- auditing, with Compare-Object / Using Compare-Object to audit group memberships for differences, How to do it…, How it works…
H
- HA
- about / Getting ready
- working with / Setting cluster advanced features, including HA, DRS, and EVC, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
- Admission Control settings / How to do it…
- Failover Level settings / How to do it…
- Host and Clusters view
- Finance / Getting ready
- IT / Getting ready
- hosted vCloud environment / The hosted vCloud environment
- HTML
- output, sending to / Sending output to CSV and HTML, How to do it…, How it works…
I
- individual VMs
- starting, in vCloud / Starting and stopping vApps and individual VMs in a vCloud, Getting ready, How it works…
- stopping, in vCloud / Starting and stopping vApps and individual VMs in a vCloud, How to do it…, How it works…
- Infrastructure
- Domain Controllers folder / Getting ready
- VMware folder / Getting ready
- Invoke-VMScript
- URL / See also
- Isolation Response / Getting ready
J
- JAM Software page
- URL / See also
K
- KeepTogether and Separate rules
- managing, with native DRS rule cmdlets / Using native DRS rule cmdlets to manage KeepTogether and Separate rules, How to do it…, How it works…
- kill() method / How to do it…
L
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) / Joining an ESXi host into Active Directory
- linked clones / Find lost or unknown snapshots
- list() method / How to do it…
M
- Managed Object Reference (MoRef) / How to do it…
- Managed Object Reference (MoRef) data type / Getting alerts from a vSphere environment
- Managed Object References (MoREF) / How it works…
- Management Network / Getting ready
- Media Access Control (MAC) / There's more…
- members, DRS group
- listing / Listing the members of a DRS group, How to do it…, There's more…
- updating, with custom function / Creating a custom function to update members of a DRS group, How to do it…, How it works…
- members, VM DRS group
- Microsoft TechNet
- Microsoft TechNet page
- URL / See also
- MoRef way
- used, for identifying objects / Learning the MoRef way of identifying objects, How to do it…, There's more…
N
- native commands, guest operating system
- executing, from PowerCLI / Executing native commands inside the guest operating system from PowerCLI, How to do it…, How it works…
- native DRS rule cmdlets
- used, for managing KeepTogether and Separate rules / Using native DRS rule cmdlets to manage KeepTogether and Separate rules, How to do it…, How it works…
- network configuration
- networking configuration
- in vCloud vApp / Configuring networking in a vCloud vApp, How to do it…, How it works…
- Network Interface Card (NIC) / Getting ready
- Networks view
- Standard vSwitches folder / Getting ready
- New-Snapshot cmdlet / How it works…
O
- objects
- identifying, with MoRef way / Learning the MoRef way of identifying objects, How to do it…, There's more…
- organization
- new user, creating with Views / Creating a new user in an organization using Views, How to do it…, See also
- virtual data center, creating in vCloud Director / Creating an organization's virtual datacenter in vCloud Director, How to do it…
- organizations, vCloud
- output
- sending, to CSV / Sending output to CSV and HTML, Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more…
- sending, to HTML / Sending output to CSV and HTML, How to do it…, There's more…
- OVA
- about / Introduction
- virtual appliance, importing from / Importing a virtual appliance from OVA, How to do it…, How it works…
- OVF
- about / Introduction
P
- partially automated DRS clusters
- recommendations, applying / Applying recommendations for partially automated DRS clusters, How to do it…, How it works…
- path selection policies
- path selection policy (PSP) / Configuring custom storage and path selection policies
- permissions
- setting, up on vCenter objects / Setting permissions on vCenter objects, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
- PowerCLI
- URL / Connecting to an ESXi host or a vCenter instance
- used, for creating VM properties basic reports / Creating basic reports of VM properties using VMware Tools and PowerCLI, How to do it…, There's more…
- about / Introduction
- ESXCLI object, retrieving / Retrieving the ESXCLI object in PowerCLI, How to do it…, How it works…
- ESXi host coredump settings, configuring from / Configuring coredump settings for an ESXi host from PowerCLI, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
- native commands of guest operating system, executing from / Executing native commands inside the guest operating system from PowerCLI, How to do it…, How it works…
- used, for setting cluster into maintenance mode / Setting a cluster into maintenance mode with PowerCLI, How to do it...
- used, for reassigning vApp VM network settings / Reassigning vApp VM network settings with PowerCLI, How to do it…, How it works…
- PowerCLI 6
- used, for settingStorage DRS automation levels for individual VMS / Setting Storage DRS automation levels for individual VMs using PowerCLI 6, How to do it…, How it works…
- PowerShell
- native capabilities, using to schedule scripts / Using PowerShell native capabilities to schedule scripts, How to do it…, How it works…
- PowerShell -f Format operator page
- URL / See also
- PowerShell objects
- output formatting, basics / Basics of formatting output from PowerShell objects, How to do it…, There's more…
- Provider Virtual Data Center (Provider VCD) / Getting ready
- provisioned disk
- thin or thick provisioned disk, locating / Locating thin or thick provisioned disks, There's more…
- PSScheduledJob Cmdlets
- URL / See also
R
- Raw Disk Mappings
- finding, in environment / Finding Raw Disk Mappings in your environment, How it works…
- recommendations
- applying, for partially automated DRS clusters / Applying recommendations for partially automated DRS clusters, How to do it…, How it works…
- Regular Expressions (RegEx)
- about / There's more…
- URL / See also
- reservations
- about / Introduction
- setting, for resource pools / Setting reservations and limits for resource pools, How to do it…, How it works…
- reporting / Reporting shares, reservations, and limits of resource pools and virtual machines, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
- resource pools
- setting up / Setting up resource pools, Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more…
- URL / There's more…
- about / Introduction
- limits within / Introduction
- reservations, setting / Setting reservations and limits for resource pools, How to do it…, How it works…
- limits, setting / Setting reservations and limits for resource pools, How to do it…, How it works…
- share allocations, balancing / Balancing share allocations on resource pools, How to do it…, How it works…
- custom attribute, creating with number of shares per VM / Creating a custom attribute with a number of shares per VM on each resource pool, How to do it…, How it works…
- limits, reporting / Reporting shares, reservations, and limits of resource pools and virtual machines, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
- Restart Priority / Getting ready
- rules
- creating, for DRS groups membership maintenance / Creating rules to maintain memberships of DRS groups using a custom function, How to do it…, There's more…
S
- scripts
- scheduling, PowerShell native capabilities used / Using PowerShell native capabilities to schedule scripts, How to do it…, There's more…
- security profiles
- services
- set() method / How to do it…
- share allocations
- setting, on resource pools / Balancing share allocations on resource pools, How to do it…, How it works…
- balancing, automating / Automating share allocation balancing, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
- shares
- Single Sign-On (SSO) / Introduction
- SmartOS / See also
- snapshot
- about / Introduction
- creating / Creating a snapshot, How to do it…, There's more…
- list, retrieving in environment / Getting a list of snapshots in the environment, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
- list, manipulating / Manipulating the list of snapshots to get better information, How to do it…, There's more…
- list, scoping / Scoping and filtering a list of snapshots, How to do it…, How it works…
- list, filtering / Scoping and filtering a list of snapshots, How to do it…, How it works…
- targeted, removing / Removing targeted snapshots, How to do it…, There's more…
- unknown snapshot, finding / Find lost or unknown snapshots, How to do it…, How it works…
- lost snapshot, finding / Find lost or unknown snapshots, How to do it…, How it works…
- function, creating to remediate snapshots / Creating a function to automatically remediate snapshots, How to do it…, There's more…
- automatic snapshot remediation, scheduling / Scheduling automatic snapshot remediation, How to do it…, How it works…
- management module, creating / Creating a snapshot management module, How to do it…, How it works…
- Storage Array Type Plug-in (SATP) / Configuring custom storage and path selection policies
- Storage DRS
- about / Creating and managing datastore clusters
- automation levels, setting for individual virtual machines / Setting Storage DRS automation levels for individual virtual machines, How to do it…, How it works…
- Storage DRS automation levels
- setting, for individual VMs with PowerCLI 6 / Setting Storage DRS automation levels for individual VMs using PowerCLI 6, How to do it…, How it works…
- Storage vMotion
- performing / Performing Storage vMotion, How to do it…, There's more…
- used, for converting thin to thick disks / Converting thin to thick disks with Storage vMotion, How to do it…, How it works…
- StressLinux
- URL / See also
- syslog settings
- configuring, on ESXi host / Configuring syslog settings on an ESXi host, How to do it…, How it works…
- System Identifier (SID) / There's more…
T
- TechNet Magazine
- URL / See also
- template
- virtual machine, cloning to / Cloning a virtual machine to a template, How it works…, See also
- new virtual machines, deploying from / Deploying new virtual machines from a template, How it works…, There's more…
- Text and Regular Expressions
- URL / See also
V
- vApps
- starting, in vCloud / Starting and stopping vApps and individual VMs in a vCloud, How to do it…, How it works…
- stopping, in vCloud / Starting and stopping vApps and individual VMs in a vCloud, How it works…
- vApp template
- importing, in vCloud / Importing a vApp template into vCloud, How it works…
- vApp VM network settings
- reassigning, with PowerCLI / Reassigning vApp VM network settings with PowerCLI, How to do it…, There's more…
- vCenter
- ESXi host, joining to / Joining an ESXi host to vCenter, How to do it…
- virtual datacenter, creating / Creating a virtual datacenter in vCenter, How to do it…, How it works…
- vCenter instance
- connecting to / Connecting to an ESXi host or a vCenter instance, How it works…
- vCenter objects
- organizing, by setting up folders / Setting up folders to organize objects in vCenter, Getting ready, How to do it…
- permissions, setting up / Setting permissions on vCenter objects, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
- vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPS) / How it works…
- vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) / Introduction, Importing a virtual appliance from OVA
- vCloud
- about / Introduction
- organizations, creating / Creating and managing organizations in vCloud, How to do it…, There's more…
- organizations, managing / Creating and managing organizations in vCloud, How to do it…, There's more…
- vApp template, importing / Importing a vApp template into vCloud, How it works…
- vApps, stopping / Starting and stopping vApps and individual VMs in a vCloud, How to do it…, How it works…
- individual VMs, starting / Starting and stopping vApps and individual VMs in a vCloud, How to do it…
- vApps, starting / Starting and stopping vApps and individual VMs in a vCloud, How to do it…
- individual VMs, stopping / Starting and stopping vApps and individual VMs in a vCloud, How to do it…, How it works…
- vCloud Director
- organizations virtual data center, creating / Creating an organization's virtual datacenter in vCloud Director, How to do it…
- references / Additional resources
- vCloud Director environment
- deploying, from AutoLab / Deploying the vCloud Director environment from AutoLab
- vCloud Director implementation
- building, on vSphere lab environment / Build your own vCloud Director implementation on your vSphere lab environment
- vCloud Director PowerCLI / The hosted vCloud environment
- vCloud environment
- connecting to / Connecting to a vCloud environment, How to do it…, How it works…
- vCloud vApp
- networking configuration / Configuring networking in a vCloud vApp, How to do it…, How it works…
- Views
- used, for creating new user in organization / Creating a new user in an organization using Views, How to do it…
- Virtu-Al.net
- URL / See also
- virtual appliance
- importing, from OVA / Importing a virtual appliance from OVA, Getting Started, How to do it…, There's more…
- virtual datacenter
- creating, in vCenter / Creating a virtual datacenter in vCenter, How to do it…, How it works…
- virtual data center, organization
- creating, in vCloud Director / Creating an organization's virtual datacenter in vCloud Director, How to do it…, How it works…
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
- about / There's more…
- virtual hardware version
- of virtual machine, upgrading / Upgrading the virtual hardware version of a virtual machine , Getting Started, How it works…
- virtual machine
- first virtual machine, deploying / Deploying the first virtual machine, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
- cloning, to template / Cloning a virtual machine to a template, How it works…
- new virtual machines, deploying from template / Deploying new virtual machines from a template, How it works…, There's more…
- hot add of virtual hardware, performing / Performing a hot add of virtual hardware to an existing virtual machine, How to do it…, How it works…
- disk space, increasing / Increasing the disk space in a virtual machine, How to do it…, How it works…
- virtual hardware version, upgrading / Upgrading the virtual hardware version of a virtual machine , How to do it…, How it works…
- inaccessible virtual machines, locating / Locating and reloading inaccessible or invalid virtual machines , How to do it…, How it works…
- inaccessible virtual machines, reloading / Locating and reloading inaccessible or invalid virtual machines , How to do it…, How it works…
- invalid virtual machines, reloading / Locating and reloading inaccessible or invalid virtual machines , How to do it…
- invalid virtual machines, locating / Locating and reloading inaccessible or invalid virtual machines , How to do it…
- virtual machines
- about / Introduction
- reporting / Reporting shares, reservations, and limits of resource pools and virtual machines, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
- DRS group, creating / Creating a DRS group for virtual machines, How to do it…, How it works…
- VM
- killing, with ESXCLI vm namespace / Using the ESXCLI vm namespace to kill a misbehaving VM, How to do it…, How it works…
- VM DRS group
- members, updating / Updating the members of a VM DRS group, How to do it…
- VM Network / Getting ready
- VM objects
- VM properties
- basic reports creating, VMware Tools used / Creating basic reports of VM properties using VMware Tools and PowerCLI, How to do it…, How it works…
- basic reports creating, PowerCLI used / Creating basic reports of VM properties using VMware Tools and PowerCLI, How to do it…, How it works…
- VMware Guest OS Compatibility Guide
- URL / See also
- VMware host object
- obtaining / Getting the VMware host object, How it works…, There's more…
- VMware Knowledge Base
- URL / See also
- VMware Knowledge Base page
- URL / See also
- VMware PowerCLI Blog
- URL / See also
- VMware PowerCLI Documentation Center and Installation
- URL / See also
- VMware SDK Documentation
- URL / See also
- VMware Tools
- used, for creating VM properties basic reports / How to do it…, How it works…
- VMware Tool settings
- setting, from PowerCLI / Setting VMware Tool settings from PowerCLI , How to do it…, How it works…
- VMware Virtual Appliances Marketplace
- VMware vSphere 5.5 Availability Guide
- URL / See also
- VMware vSphere 5.5 Documentation Center
- URL / See also
- VMware vSphere Host Profiles
- URL / See also
- Voice over IP (VoIP) / How it works…
- Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) / How it works…
- vShield Manager / Build your own vCloud Director implementation on your vSphere lab environment
- vSphere 5 / Creating and managing datastore clusters
- vSphere environment
- alerts, getting from / Getting alerts from a vSphere environment, How to do it…, How it works…
- vSphere lab environment
- vCloud Director implementation, building / Build your own vCloud Director implementation on your vSphere lab environment
- vSphere PowerCLI Documentation
- URL / See also
- vSphere PowerCLI Reference documentation
- URL / See also
W
- Wahl Network
- URL / See also
- Web Services SDK
- URL / There's more…