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PowerCLI is the "new' name for what used to be called the Virtual Infrastructure Toolkit, or VI Toolkit in short. | PowerCLI is the "new' name for what used to be called the Virtual Infrastructure Toolkit, or VI Toolkit in short. | ||
In order to manage your virtual infrastructure on windows using scripts you will most likely want to use the [[VI Toolkit for windows]] and [[ | In order to manage your virtual infrastructure on windows using scripts you will most likely want to use the [[VI Toolkit for windows]] and [[PowerShell]] | ||
==== Learning VI-Toolkit Powershell ==== | ==== Learning VI-Toolkit Powershell ==== | ||
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* [[Virtu-Al: Lesson 4 Portgroups]] | * [[Virtu-Al: Lesson 4 Portgroups]] | ||
* [https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/PowerCLI55R2/html/index.html VMware's PowerCLI 5.5 R2 online cmdlet reference] | |||
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* [http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-4210 Managing VMware with PowerShell -- Frequently Asked Questions] | * [http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-4210 Managing VMware with PowerShell -- Frequently Asked Questions] | ||
* [http://communities.vmware.com/message/1381785 PowerCLI Poster with all the available cmdlets] | * [http://communities.vmware.com/message/1381785 PowerCLI Poster with all the available cmdlets] | ||
* [http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/2012/09/powercli-5-1-poster.html PowerCLI 5.1 Poster] | |||
* [http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-12014 Workshop and demo scripts by Carter Shanklin] | * [http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-12014 Workshop and demo scripts by Carter Shanklin] | ||
* [http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/2010/11/vmworld-2010-powercli-lab-manual-for-your-reading-pleasure-alton-yu.html VMworld 2010 PowerCLI lab manual] | |||
* [http://read.virtualizeplanet.com/?p=138 VirtualizePlanet PowerCLI lessons by Ricky El-Qasem] | * [http://read.virtualizeplanet.com/?p=138 VirtualizePlanet PowerCLI lessons by Ricky El-Qasem] | ||
* [http://www.petri.co.il/vmware-vsphere-powercli-getting-started.htm Getting Started with vSphere PowerCLI (Petri.co.il)] | |||
===== PowerCLI videos ===== | ===== PowerCLI videos ===== | ||
* [[Patching ESX with PowerCLI 4.0 U1]] | * [[Patching ESX with PowerCLI 4.0 U1]] | ||
* [[Invoke-VM with PowerCLI 4.0 U1]] | * [[Invoke-VM with PowerCLI 4.0 U1]] | ||
* [http://professionalvmware.com/2012/04/vbrownbag-follow-up-powercli-201-w-jake-robinson/ #vBrownBag Follow-Up – PowerCLI 201 w/ Jake Robinson] | |||
==== PowerCLI Oneliners ==== | ==== PowerCLI Oneliners ==== | ||
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* [[PowerCLI Oneliners: VM Configuration]] | * [[PowerCLI Oneliners: VM Configuration]] | ||
* [[PowerCLI Oneliners: Storage]] | * [[PowerCLI Oneliners: Storage]] | ||
* [http://vwiki.co.uk/ESX_PowerCLI_One-Liners ESX PowerCLI One-Liners (vWiki)] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Oneliners]] | |||
==== PowerCLI scripts ==== | ==== PowerCLI scripts ==== | ||
* [http:// | ===== integration ===== | ||
* [[Introduction to scripting vi using perl or powershell]] | |||
* [[Manage VMware Server with PowerShell]] | |||
* [[Introduction to the vSphere SDK in Java and C#]] | |||
* [http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/2009/09/how-to-run-powercli-scripts-from-vcenter-alarms.html How to run PowerCLI scripts from vCenter alarms] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: WebPowerCLI, run scripts from your browser]] | |||
===== not categorized ===== | |||
* [http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-6972 Deploy and Redeploy vm's (from templates) from a .csv] | * [http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-6972 Deploy and Redeploy vm's (from templates) from a .csv] | ||
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* [[Out-Dataset Cmdlet]] | * [[Out-Dataset Cmdlet]] | ||
==== VM Configuration ==== | |||
* [http://virtualfuture.info/2008/07/powershell-remove-connected-iso/ Remove connected iso's] | |||
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* [[Restart VMware Tools on all Windows VM's]] | * [[Restart VMware Tools on all Windows VM's]] | ||
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* [[PowerCLI: Resolving improper memory limits on your virtual machines]] | * [[PowerCLI: Resolving improper memory limits on your virtual machines]] | ||
* [[PowerCLI: Dump virtual machine info as XML]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Match VM and Windows hard disks]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Determine vSwitch vmnic for your VM]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Get VM Swap Information]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: HL Tools – Part 1 – Clone a VM without vCenter]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: HL Tools – Part 2 – Create a nested hypervisor]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Change Virtual Machines Guest OS Names]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Create multiple VMs]] | |||
==== Host Management ==== | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Report every VM added to vCenter in the last 30 days]] | * [[PowerCLI: Report every VM added to vCenter in the last 30 days]] | ||
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* [[PowerCLI: Daily Report]] | * [[PowerCLI: Daily Report]] | ||
* [[PowerCLI: Get number of vCPU | * [[PowerCLI: Get number of vCPU%27s used in cluster]] | ||
* [[PowerCLI: Factory reset of ESXi]] | * [[PowerCLI: Factory reset of ESXi]] | ||
* [[PowerCLI: Cluster Load]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Get VMHost Support Bundles]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Update host from ESXi 5.1 to 5.1 update 1]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: VM stats and Google Charts]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: ESXi 5.0 / ESXi 5.1 Host Backup & Restore GUI Utility]] | |||
===== Integration with ESXi shell ===== | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Using plink to modify ESXi host configuration files via SSH]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: enable SSH and configure ESXi Firewall]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Update ESXi Root Password with Password Generator]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: enable SSH GUI for vSphere clusters]] | |||
==== Storage ==== | |||
*[[PowerCLI: HBA Load Balancer]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Upgrading your VMFS datastores]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Upgrade from VMFS3 to VMFS5 with no downtime]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Checking VMFS Version and Block Sizes]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Set the Path Selection Policy for every device path of every host in your vSphere 5.0/5.1 cluster]] | |||
* [https://labs.vmware.com/flings/powercli-cmdlet-for-nfs PowerCLI cmdlet for NFS] | |||
==== Networking ==== | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Verify and change the existing Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) Filter configuration]] | |||
===== dvSwitch ===== | |||
* [[PowerCLI: dvPortgroup ports report]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Disable Netflow for a VDPortgroup or a number of VDPortGroups]] | |||
==== vCloud ==== | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Show-vCloudStatsHtml.ps1]] | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Install Software in Isolated Virtual Machines]] | |||
==== libraries ==== | |||
* [[PowerCLI: Scriptkit]] | |||
[[Category: Powershell]][[Category: VI-Toolkit]] | [[Category: Powershell]][[Category: VI-Toolkit]][[Category: PowerCLI]] | ||
