Learning PowerCLI. Automate your Vmware vSphere environment by learning how to install and use PowerCLI. This book takes a practical tutorial approach that will have you automating your daily routine tasks in no time Robert van den Nieuwendijk

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• Learning PowerCLI
  • Table of Contents
  • Learning PowerCLI
  • Credits
  • About the Author
  • About the Reviewers
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  • Preface
    • What this book covers
    • What you need for this book
    • Who this book is for
    • Conventions
    • Reader feedback
    • Customer support
      • Downloading the example code
      • Errata
      • Piracy
      • Questions
  • 1. Introduction to PowerCLI
    • Downloading and installing PowerCLI
      • Downloading PowerCLI
      • Installing PowerCLI
    • Modifying the PowerShell execution policy
    • Connecting and disconnecting servers
      • Connecting to a server
      • Connecting to multiple servers
      • Suppressing certificate warnings
      • Disconnecting from a server
      • Retrieving the PowerCLI configuration
    • Using the credential store
    • Retrieving a list of all of your virtual machines
      • Suppressing displaying deprecated warnings
      • Using wildcard characters
      • Filtering objects
      • Using comparison operators
      • Using aliases
    • Retrieving a list of all of your hosts
      • Displaying the output in a grid view
    • Summary
  • 2. Learning Basic PowerCLI Concepts
    • Using the Get-Command, Get-Help, and Get-Member cmdlets
      • Using Get-Command
      • Using Get-VICommand
      • Using Get-Help
      • Using Get-PowerCLIHelp
      • Using Get-PowerCLICommunity
      • Using Get-Member
    • Using providers and PSDrives
      • Using providers
      • Using PSDrives
      • Using the vSphere PowerCLI Inventory Provider
      • Using the vSphere PowerCLI Datastore Provider
      • Copying files between a datastore and your PC
    • Using arrays and hash tables
    • Creating calculated properties
    • Using raw API objects with ExtensionData or Get-View
      • Using the ExtensionData property
      • Using the Get-View cmdlet
      • Using Managed Object References
      • Using the Get-VIObjectByVIView cmdlet
    • Extending PowerCLI objects with the New-VIProperty cmdlet
    • Working with vSphere folders
    • Summary
  • 3. Working with Objects in PowerShell
    • Using objects, properties, and methods
      • Using methods
    • Expanding variables and subexpressions in strings
      • Understanding what expands a string
      • Expanding a string when it is used
    • Using here-strings
    • Using the pipeline
      • Using the ByValue parameter binding
      • Using the ByPropertyName parameter binding
    • Using the PowerShell object cmdlets
      • Using the Select-Object cmdlet
      • Using the Where-Object cmdlet
      • Using the ForEach-Object cmdlet
      • Using the Sort-Object cmdlet
      • Using the Measure-Object cmdlet
        • Rounding a value
      • Using the Group-Object cmdlet
      • Using the Compare-Object cmdlet
      • Using the Tee-Object cmdlet
    • Creating your own objects
      • Using the New-Object cmdlet
      • Using a hash table to create an object
      • Creating objects using the Select-Object cmdlet
      • Adding properties to an object with Add-Member
      • Using type declarations
    • Using COM objects
    • Summary
  • 4. Managing vSphere Hosts with PowerCLI
    • Adding a host to a VMware vCenter Server
      • Creating a datacenter
      • Creating a cluster
      • Adding a host
    • Enabling and disabling maintenance mode
    • Working with host profiles
      • Creating a host profile
      • Attaching the host profile to a cluster or a host
      • Testing the host profile for compliance
      • Applying a host profile to a host or cluster
      • Using host profile answer files
      • Exporting a host profile
      • Importing a host profile
    • Working with host services
      • Retrieving information about host services
      • Starting a host service
      • Stopping a host service
      • Restarting a host service
      • Modifying the startup policy of a host service
    • Configuring the host firewall
      • Getting the host firewall default policy
      • Modifying the host firewall default policy
      • Getting the host firewall exceptions
      • Modifying a host firewall exception
    • Configuring vSphere Image Builder and Auto Deploy
      • Configuring Image Builder
      • Configuring Auto Deploy
    • Using esxcli from PowerCLI
      • Listing all of the available esxcli commands
    • Using the vSphere CLI commands from PowerCLI
    • Removing a host from the VMware vCenter Server
    • Summary
  • 5. Managing Virtual Machines with PowerCLI
    • Creating a virtual machine
      • Creating a virtual machine from scratch
      • Creating a virtual machine from a template
      • Cloning a virtual machine
    • Registering a virtual machine
    • Using OS customization specifications
    • Starting and stopping a virtual machine
      • Starting a virtual machine
      • Suspending a virtual machine
      • Shutting down a virtual machines guest operating system
      • Stopping a virtual machine
    • Modifying the settings of a virtual machine
      • Using the VMware vSphere API
      • Adding devices to a virtual machine
        • Adding a hard disk
        • Adding a SCSI controller
        • Adding a network adapter
        • Adding a floppy drive
        • Adding a CD drive
      • Modifying devices added to a virtual machine
        • Modifying a hard disk
          • Moving a hard disk to another datastore
        • Modifying a SCSI controller
        • Modifying a network adapter
        • Modifying a floppy drive
        • Modifying a CD drive
      • Removing devices from a virtual machine
        • Removing a hard disk
        • Removing a network adapter
        • Removing a floppy drive
        • Removing a CD drive
    • Converting a virtual machine into a template
      • Converting a template into a virtual machine
      • Modifying the name of a template
      • Removing a template
    • Moving a virtual machine to another folder, host, cluster, resource pool, or datastore
    • Updating the VMware Tools
      • Using the Update-Tools cmdlet
      • Enabling the "Check and upgrade VMware Tools before each power on" checkbox
    • Upgrading virtual machine compatibility
    • Using snapshots
      • Creating snapshots
      • Retrieving snapshots
      • Reverting to a snapshot
      • Modifying snapshots
      • Removing snapshots
    • Running commands on the guest OS
    • Configuring Fault Tolerance
      • Turning Fault Tolerance on
      • Turning Fault Tolerance off
    • Opening the console of a virtual machine
    • Removing a virtual machine
    • Summary
  • 6. Managing Virtual Networks with PowerCLI
    • Using vSphere Standard Switches
      • Creating vSphere Standard Switches
      • Configuring vSphere Standard Switches
      • Adding network adapters to a switch
      • Removing vSphere Standard Switches
    • Using host network adapters
      • Creating host network adapters
      • Retrieving host network adapters
      • Configuring host network adapters
        • Configuring network speed and the duplex setting
        • Configuring the management network
        • Configuring vMotion
      • Removing host network adapters
      • Configuring NIC Teaming
    • Using standard port groups
      • Creating standard port groups
      • Configuring standard port groups
      • Removing standard port groups
    • Using vSphere Distributed Switches
      • Creating vSphere Distributed Switches
        • Creating a new vSphere Distributed Switch from scratch
        • Cloning a vSphere Distributed Switch
        • Creating a vSphere Distributed Switch from an export
      • Retrieving vSphere Distributed Switches
      • Configuring vSphere Distributed Switches
        • Rolling back the configuration of a vSphere Distributed Switch
        • Importing the configuration of a vSphere Distributed Switch from a backup
        • Upgrading a vSphere Distributed Switch
      • Adding hosts to vSphere Distributed Switches
      • Adding host physical network adapters to a vSphere Distributed Switch
      • Removing host physical network adapters from a vSphere Distributed Switch
      • Removing hosts from a vSphere Distributed Switch
      • Exporting the configuration of vSphere Distributed Switches
    • Removing vSphere Distributed Switches
    • Using distributed virtual port groups
      • Creating distributed virtual port groups
        • Creating distributed virtual port groups from a reference group
        • Creating distributed virtual port groups from an export
      • Configuring distributed virtual port groups
        • Renaming a distributed virtual port group
        • Rolling back the configuration of a distributed virtual port group
        • Restoring the configuration of a distributed virtual port group
      • Configuring Network I/O Control
        • Enabling Network I/O Control
        • Disabling Network I/O Control
      • Exporting the configuration of distributed virtual port groups
      • Migrating a host network adapter from a standard port group to a distributed port group
      • Removing distributed virtual port groups
    • Configuring host networking
    • Configuring the network of a virtual machine
    • Summary
  • 7. Managing Storage with PowerCLI
    • Rescanning for new storage devices
    • Creating datastores
      • Creating NFS datastores
      • Getting SCSI LUNs
      • Creating VMFS datastores
        • Creating software iSCSI VMFS datastores
    • Retrieving datastores
    • Setting the multipathing policy
    • Configuring the vmhba paths to a SCSI device
      • Retrieving the vmhba paths to a SCSI device
      • Modifying the vmhba paths to a SCSI device
    • Working with Raw Device Mappings
    • Configuring Storage I/O Control
      • Retrieving Storage I/O Control settings
    • Configuring Storage DRS
      • Creating a Datastore Cluster
      • Retrieving Datastore Clusters
      • Modifying Datastore Clusters
      • Adding datastores to a Datastore Cluster
      • Retrieving the datastores in a Datastore Cluster
      • Removing datastores from a Datastore Cluster
      • Removing Datastore Clusters
    • Upgrading datastores to VMFS-5
    • Removing datastores
    • Summary
  • 8. Managing High Availability and Clustering with PowerCLI
    • Creating vSphere HA and DRS clusters
    • Retrieving clusters
      • Retrieving the HA master or primary hosts
      • Retrieving cluster configuration issues
    • Modifying cluster settings
      • Disabling HA
      • Disabling or enabling host monitoring
      • Associating a host profile with a cluster
      • Enabling VM and application monitoring
      • Configuring the heartbeat datastore selection policy
    • Moving hosts to clusters
    • Moving clusters
    • Using DRS rules
      • Creating VM-VM DRS rules
      • Creating VM-Host DRS rules
        • Creating virtual machines DRS groups
        • Creating hosts DRS groups
        • Retrieving DRS groups
        • Modifying DRS groups
          • Adding virtual machines to a DRS group
          • Removing virtual machines from a DRS group
        • Removing DRS groups
        • Creating virtual machines to hosts DRS rules
      • Retrieving DRS rules
      • Modifying DRS rules
      • Removing DRS rules
    • Using DRS recommendations
    • Using resource pools
      • Creating resource pools
      • Retrieving resource pools
      • Modifying resource pools
      • Moving resource pools
      • Configuring resource allocation between virtual machines
      • Removing resource pools
    • Using Distributed Power Management (DPM)
      • Enabling DPM
      • Configuring hosts for DPM
      • Testing hosts for DPM
        • Putting hosts in standby mode
        • Starting hosts
      • Retrieving the DPM configuration of a cluster
      • Disabling DPM
    • Removing clusters
    • Summary
  • 9. Managing vCenter with PowerCLI
    • Working with roles and permissions
      • Retrieving privileges
      • Using roles
        • Creating roles
        • Retrieving roles
        • Modifying roles
        • Removing roles
      • Using permissions
        • Creating permissions
        • Retrieving permissions
        • Modifying permissions
        • Removing permissions
    • Managing licenses
      • Adding license keys to the license inventory
      • Retrieving license keys from the license inventory
      • Removing license keys from the license inventory
      • Assigning licenses to hosts
      • Retrieving assigned licenses
      • Removing assigned license keys from hosts
      • Using the LicenseDataManager
        • Associating license keys with host containers
        • Applying the associated license key to all the hosts in the container
        • Retrieving license key associations
          • Retrieving all of the license key associations to the host containers in your environment
          • Retrieving the license keys associated with a specific host container
          • Retrieving the effective license key of a host container
        • Modifying license key associations
        • Removing license key associations
    • Configuring alarms
      • Retrieving alarm definitions
      • Modifying alarm definitions
      • Creating alarm actions
        • Configuring the vCenter Server mail server and sender settings
      • Retrieving alarm actions
      • Removing alarm actions
      • Creating alarm action triggers
      • Retrieving alarm action triggers
      • Removing alarm action triggers
    • Retrieving events
    • Summary
  • 10. Reporting with PowerCLI
    • Retrieving log files
    • Creating log bundles
    • Performance reporting
      • Retrieving the statistical intervals
      • Retrieving performance statistics
      • Retrieving metric IDs
    • Exporting reports to CSV files
    • Generating HTML reports
    • Sending reports by e-mail
    • Reporting the health of your vSphere environment with vCheck
    • Using PowerGUI
    • Summary
  • Index

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