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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Automate Everything with PowerCLI ==<br />
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by Alan Renouf (VMware), and Luc Dekens (Eurocontrol)<br />
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Check the PowerCLI Blog for the code and video<br />
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Alan Renouf - http://blogs.vmware.com/PowerCLI and http://virtu-al.net/<br />
* Started vCheck script<br />
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Luc Dekens - http://lucd.info<br />
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== Cmdlets ==<br />
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New cmdlets - vRealize Operations Manager<br />
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Low level API access - view access<br />
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Next build high level cmdlets on top of the low level APIs<br />
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Get-VM Photon01 | Get-OMResource<br />
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Get-VM Datastore | Get-OMResource | Where { $_.Health -ne "Green" }<br />
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Get-VM Datastore | Get-OMResource | Where { $_.Health -ne "Green" } | Get-OMAlert | FT -AutoSize<br />
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... | Where { $_.value -gt 30 } | FT -AutoSize<br />
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$global:DefaultOMServers<br />
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$global:VIServers<br />
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$global:DefaultOMServers | Select *<br />
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$global:DefaultOMServers[0].??? ??? get-member ???<br />
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Released a FLING that has the NFS User Cmdlets<br />
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Flings are where a lot of our innovations go into - show off to customers<br />
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== vCloud Air ==<br />
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Key to VMware's future<br />
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$CI = Get-PIComputeInstance -Region *cali* | Where { $_.ServiceGroup -match "MT87..." }<br />
$CI | Connect-CIServe<br />
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$VVM = Get | Select Name, ....<br />
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$emptyarray = @()<br />
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Note: look into calculated properties<br />
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== github ==<br />
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http://github.com/alanrenouf/vAudit-vCloudAir<br />
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== Update Manager ==<br />
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Update Manager now included in core installer<br />
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Backwards compatibility to VUM 5.5<br />
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Technical preview - not generally available yet<br />
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== DSC & vSphere ==<br />
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"Shut up and automate everything"<br />
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Desired State Configuration (DSC)<br />
* define your configuration<br />
* set it and forget it<br />
* A watch dog for configurations<br />
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Use at least PowerShell v5<br />
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DSC Pull Server - don't install on vCenter server, place on another server<br />
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Powershell can now work with disconnected sessions<br />
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== REST API ==<br />
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Best Practices for working with REST APIs<br />
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Tools to help:<br />
* Chrome - advanced rest client<br />
* Fiddler<br />
* Postman ?</div>Kenneth