VMware vSphere PowerCLI: Advanced Management
Part 2 of 2 of the VMware vSphere PowerCLI series will teach you advanced PowerCLI concepts and functionality, including how to manage storage and networking, and build reports.
What you'll learn
Part 2 of 2 of the VMware vSphere PowerCLI series will teach you advanced PowerCLI concepts and functionality to help you automate and customize your virtual environment. You'll learn to automate ESX configurations, automate the creation of virtual machines, and automate vSwitches and datastores configurations. This course is recommended for those who are familiar with the core concepts of vSphere, or a familiarity with PowerShell.
Table of contents
- Introduction 1m
- Virtual Networking in a Nutshell 3m
- Overview of the Virtual Networking Cmdlets 1m
- Managing the Host Network with VMHostNetwork Cmdlets 13m
- Managing Host Network Adapters with VMHostNetworkAdapter Cmdlets 2m
- The Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter Cmdlet 17m
- The New-VMHostNetworkAdapter Cmdlet 11m
- The Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter Cmdlet 7m
- Working with Virtual Switches with the VirtualSwitch Cmdlets 2m
- The New-VirtualSwitch Cmdlet 10m
- The Set-NicTeamingPolicy Cmdlet 16m
- Working with Distributed Virtual Switches 9m
- Working with Virtual Portgroups 9m
- Introduction 1m
- From Host to Datastore, a Journey 4m
- Overview of the Storage Cmdlets 1m
- Working with the Storage Subsystem 8m
- Working with the Host Bus Adapters 10m
- Configuring iSCSI Using PowerCLI 9m
- Creating a New iSCSI Target Connection 10m
- Working with Disks, LUNs, and Partitions 2m
- Modifying LUN Multipath Policy 18m
- Examining Disks and Partitions 7m
- Managing Datastores 6m
- Using the Datastore Provider and Introducing the VIM Providers 9m
- Copying Files Between Datastores 4m
- Introduction 1m
- What is VMware High Availability? 1m
- What is VMware Dynamic Resource Scheduling? 3m
- Overview of the HA and DRS Cmdlets 3m
- Creating an HA / DRS Cluster 7m
- Adding an ESX Host to a Cluster and Modifying Cluster HA Settings 9m
- The DRS Cmdlets 3m
- Creating a DRS Affinity Rule 4m
- Configuring Virtual Machine Cluster Settings 7m
- Working with Resource Pools 11m
- Advanced Cluster Configuration 11m
- Introduction 2m
- A Special Note About ESXi 1m
- How to Create Great Reports - A Brief Overview 3m
- Requirements 11m
- Interpret the Data 5m
- Automate! If You Repeat It, Script It! 1m
- Using PowerCLI to Create Reports 3m
- Report 1: Host Inventory 5m
- Using VMHostReport.ps1 Script 16m
- Report 2: VM Inventory 7m
- Using VMReport.ps1 Script 15m
- Sending an E-mail with VM Report 3m
- Report 3: Storage Utilization 4m
- Using Export-DSReport.ps1 Script 18m
- Using Search Datastore Function 14m
About the author
Hal Rottenberg is a system engineer, Microsoft PowerShell MVP, and VMware vExpert living in Woodstock, Georgia. He has over thirteen years of experience in IT while working for such large enterprises as Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and The Home Depot. When it comes to IT, Hal's passions are automation and virtualization. He is well-known in sysadmin circles for co-hosting the PowerScripting Podcast, and heading up the PowerShellCommunity organization. He is also the author of a book titled "Managing V... more