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Automation using power cli
- 1. Automa'on Using PowerCLI Eric Wannemacher
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- 3. Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. Archimedes
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- 11. How Do I Use It? • Things that are boring/repe''ve – Server builds – LUN migra'ons – Changing seRngs across many hosts/VMs – Reports for management/other teams – Managing mul'ple vCenters • Things I should do, but may not otherwise – Configura'on monitoring – Log review
- 12. GeRng Started • Install PowerShell (v2 if possible) • Run “Set-‐Execu'onPolicy RemoteSigned” • Install PowerCLI 4.0 U1 (Maybe 4.1) • Connect-‐VIServer <host or vCenter> • MAGIC • Disconnect-‐VIServer
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- 14. Making Toast #List all VMs Get-VM # Get one VM Get-VM ubuntu01 # Get VMs that match Get-VM ubuntu*
- 15. Boiling an Egg # List VMs in a Datacenter Get-Datacenter dc001 | Get-VM # List VMs in a cluster Get-Cluster dc001 | Get-VM
- 16. Sieing Through What You Have # Get 2 CPU or larger VMs Get-VM | Where-Object {$_.NumCPU -ge 2} # Get 2 GB RAM or larger VMs Get-VM | Where-Object {$_.MemoryMB -ge 2048}
- 17. Available Ingredients Get-Command Get-VICommand Summarized By Noun h9p://wannemacher.us/?p=315 Get-Help Get-VM Get-Member Get-VM | Get-Member
- 18. Addi'onal Info • Local Resources – h9p://vmwarescrip'ng.com – h9p://wannemacher.us • Other – Managing VMware Infrastructure with Windows PowerShell TFM – The VMware Community Forums (LucD) – Google