Managing VMware vSphere with PowerCLI
This course will introduce PowerCLI, explain some PowerShell basics, and then dive deep with hands-on demonstrations to learn how to use PowerCLI for real-world administration of vSphere 4.
What you'll learn
PowerCLI is the key to automating and managing VMware vSphere like a vExpert. This course will introduce PowerCLI, explain some PowerShell basics, and then dive deep with hands-on demonstrations to learn how to use PowerCLI for real-world administration of vSphere 4. Since this is an advanced course, to get the most out of it you should have a solid understanding of working with vSphere and virtualization concepts. Some experience with command-line administration and PowerShell is helpful but not required.
Table of contents
- PowerShell the Command-Line Interface 3m
- PowerShell the Script Engine 2m
- Variables 2m
- Automatic Variables 3m
- Operators 2m
- Cmdlets 4m
- Parameters 3m
- Typing Savers for the CLI 4m
- The Pipeline 3m
- Flow Control 10m
- Object-Oriented Scripting 6m
- Reading a PowerShell Script 3m
- Integrated Scripting Environments (ISE) and More 7m
- Other Resources 5m
- What We Covered 1m
- Introduction 1m
- Support Matrix 2m
- vSphere Object Model 1m
- Managed Objects 1m
- Automation Objects 1m
- Connecting to vSphere and vCenter 4m
- PowerCLI Cmdlets 2m
- Inventory and Reporting 4m
- Deployment and Configuration - Add 3m
- Deployment and Configuration - New 7m
- Deployment and Configuration - Set 7m
- Maintenance and Operations - Moving VM 8m
- Removing Snapshots 4m
- Starting and Stopping VMs 4m
- Troubleshooting and Problem Resolution 17m
- Examining Virtual Machines 7m
- What We Covered 1m
- Introduction 1m
- When to Script? 4m
- From Console to Script 5m
- Build a Virtual Farm 1m
- Script to Create a New Farm 20m
- Find Old Snapshots 2m
- First Script for Finding Old Snapshots 7m
- Second Script for Finding Old Snapshots 9m
- Created Linked Clones 4m
- Script for Creating a Linked Clone 17m
- Quick Tips and One-Liners 4m
- Introduction 2m
- Deep Dive into New-VM 2m
- Create New Virtual Machines from Scratch 6m
- Creating a Virtual Machine 7m
- Clone an Existing Virtual Machine 1m
- Cloning a Virtual Machine 4m
- Create a Virtual Machine Based on a Template 1m
- Deploying a Template 5m
- Register an Existing Virtual Machine 5m
- Registering a Virtual Machine 3m
- New-VM - Other Features 12m
- Read the vCenter Event Log with Get-VIEvent 2m
- Using Get-VIEvent 10m
- Event Properties 4m
- Working with Event Objects 16m
- What We Covered 1m
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