VMware vSphere PowerCLI: Basics
Part 1 of 2 of the VMware vSphere PowerCLI series will introduce you to PowerCLI and teach you basic administration of hosts and virtual machines.
What you'll learn
Part 1 of 2 of the VMware vSphere PowerCLI series will introduce you to PowerCLI and teach you basic administration of hosts and virtual machines. This comprehensive training course will teach you how to 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
- Overview of the VMHost Cmdlets 1m
- The Most Important Cmdlet: Get-VMHost 12m
- Add ESX Server to vCenter 8m
- Manage Host Accounts 12m
- Work with Host Services 11m
- Configure Network Time Protocol (NTP) 7m
- Configure Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) 12m
- Maintain ESX Hosts 6m
- Work with Host Profiles 13m
- Introduction 1m
- Overview of the Virtual Machine Cmdlets 7m
- Work with Snapshots 7m
- Perform vMotion and svMotion 6m
- Execute PowerCLI Scripts in Virtual Machines 10m
- Automate Creation of Virtual Machines 20m
- Manage Virtual Machine Power States 6m
- The Set-VM Cmdlet 6m
- The HardDisk Cmdlets 10m
- The NetworkAdapter Cmdlets 10m
- The CDDrive Cmdlets 18m
- The VMQuestion Cmdlets 10m
- Work with Templates 7m
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