Initially, automation doesn't save time. To get the benefits of automation, you must invest the time upfront to create scripts that you'll use time and again. In this chapter, you'll take your first ESXi host that has been installed with an IP address configured on it, and you will configure the server continually from there. This chapter will take an administrator through the basic configuration tasks needed to perform the initial configuration, join them to vCenter, and get it into an operational state. At the end of this chapter, all of these steps will build into a scripted configuration that can be executed against new hosts in the future.
PowerCLI Cookbook
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PowerCLI Cookbook
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Overview of this book
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
PowerCLI Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Configuring the Basic Settings of an ESXi Host with PowerCLI
Configuring vCenter and Computing Clusters
Managing Virtual Machines
Working with Datastores and Datastore Clusters
Creating and Managing Snapshots
Managing Resource Pools, Reservations, and Limits for Virtual Machines
Creating Custom Reports and Notifications for vSphere
Performing ESXCLI and in-guest Commands from PowerCLI
Managing DRS and Affinity Groups using PowerCLI
Working with vCloud Director from PowerCLI
Setting up and Configuring vCloud Director
Index
Customer Reviews