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* [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/download.mspx Windows PowerShell] | * [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/download.mspx Windows PowerShell] | ||
* [http://www.vmware.com/go/powershell VI Toolkit] | * [http://www.vmware.com/go/powershell VI Toolkit] | ||
The following website is a good resource for general PowerShell help | |||
* http://powershell.com/cs/ | |||
== Getting Started == | == Getting Started == | ||
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Connect to the Virtual Centre using the following command using your normal username and password (same as you'd use to log into the VI Client). You will need access to the servers on TCP 443. | Connect to the Virtual Centre using the following command using your normal username and password (same as you'd use to log into the VI Client). You will need access to the servers on TCP 443. | ||
Connect-VIServer -Server uklonvcp1 -User <user> -Password <pass> | Connect-VIServer -Server uklonvcp1 -User <user> -Password <pass> | ||
Be aware that PowerShell commands generally return objects, rather than text, and that the textual representation of the return object is often abbreviated for simplicity. To see the entire return for a command, pipe the result into <code>Format-List</code>. To complicate matters further, some return objects contain further objects, see examples below | |||
<pre> | |||
[vSphere PowerCLI] E:\> get-vm -name "winstg" | |||
Name PowerState Num CPUs Memory (MB) | |||
---- ---------- -------- ----------- | |||
winstg PoweredOn 1 756 | |||
[vSphere PowerCLI] E:\> get-vm -name "winstg" | Format-List * | |||
PowerState : PoweredOn | |||
Description : | |||
Guest : VMware.VimAutomation.Client20.VMGuestImpl | |||
NumCpu : 1 | |||
MemoryMB : 756 | |||
CDDrives : {CD/DVD Drive 1} | |||
FloppyDrives : {Floppy Drive 1} | |||
HardDisks : {Hard Disk 1} | |||
NetworkAdapters : {Network Adapter 1} | |||
Host : uklonesxt1.datastream.com | |||
HostId : HostSystem-host-301 | |||
HARestartPriority : ClusterRestartPriority | |||
HAIsolationResponse : AsSpecifiedByCluster | |||
DrsAutomationLevel : AsSpecifiedByCluster | |||
CustomFields : {} | |||
Id : VirtualMachine-vm-25136 | |||
Name : winstg | |||
[vSphere PowerCLI] E:\> get-vm -name "ukt1ewapilp1" | Format-List * | |||
PowerState : PoweredOff | |||
Description : | |||
Guest : VMware.VimAutomation.Client20.VMGuestImpl | |||
NumCpu : 2 | |||
MemoryMB : 2048 | |||
CDDrives : {CD/DVD Drive 1} | |||
FloppyDrives : {Floppy Drive 1} | |||
HardDisks : {Hard Disk 1} | |||
NetworkAdapters : {Network Adapter 1, Network Adapter 2, Network Adapter 3} | |||
Host : uklonesxtml1.datastream.com | |||
HostId : HostSystem-host-662 | |||
HARestartPriority : ClusterRestartPriority | |||
HAIsolationResponse : AsSpecifiedByCluster | |||
DrsAutomationLevel : AsSpecifiedByCluster | |||
CustomFields : {} | |||
Id : VirtualMachine-vm-697 | |||
Name : ukt1ewapilp1 | |||
[vSphere PowerCLI] E:\> get-vm -name "ukt1ewapilp1" | ForEach-Object {$_.NetworkAdapters} | |||
MacAddress : 00:50:56:89:40:59 | |||
WakeOnLanEnabled : True | |||
NetworkName : PubLBFE2_52.128 | |||
Type : Flexible | |||
ConnectionState : VMware.VimAutomation.Client20.ConnectInfoImpl | |||
Id : VirtualMachine-vm-697/4000 | |||
Name : Network Adapter 1 | |||
MacAddress : 00:50:56:89:55:40 | |||
WakeOnLanEnabled : True | |||
NetworkName : PubLBBE1_52.192 | |||
Type : Flexible | |||
ConnectionState : VMware.VimAutomation.Client20.ConnectInfoImpl | |||
Id : VirtualMachine-vm-697/4001 | |||
Name : Network Adapter 2 | |||
MacAddress : 00:50:56:89:56:da | |||
WakeOnLanEnabled : True | |||
NetworkName : PubHostBE2_49.192 | |||
Type : Flexible | |||
ConnectionState : VMware.VimAutomation.Client20.ConnectInfoImpl | |||
Id : VirtualMachine-vm-697/4002 | |||
Name : Network Adapter 3 | |||
</pre> | |||
=== Basic Commands === | |||
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! Command !! Description | |||
|- | |||
| <code> get-vm </code> || Get list of VM's | |||
|- | |||
| <code> get-vm | sort -property Name </code> || Get list of VM's, sorted by name | |||
|- | |||
| <code> get-vmguest -VM (get-vm -name "winstg") </code> || Get VM guest info (IP address, OS) | |||
|} | |||
== VM Datastores == | == VM Datastores == | ||