VMworld 2015/Automate Everything with PowerCLI
Automate Everything with PowerCLI
by Alan Renouf (VMware), and Luc Dekens (Eurocontrol)
Check the PowerCLI Blog for the code and video
Alan Renouf - http://blogs.vmware.com/PowerCLI and http://virtu-al.net/
- Started vCheck script
Luc Dekens - http://lucd.info
Cmdlets
New cmdlets - vRealize Operations Manager
Low level API access - view access
Next build high level cmdlets on top of the low level APIs
Get-VM Photon01 | Get-OMResource
Get-VM Datastore | Get-OMResource | Where { $_.Health -ne "Green" }
Get-VM Datastore | Get-OMResource | Where { $_.Health -ne "Green" } | Get-OMAlert | FT -AutoSize
... | Where { $_.value -gt 30 } | FT -AutoSize
$global:DefaultOMServers
$global:VIServers
$global:DefaultOMServers | Select *
$global:DefaultOMServers[0].??? ??? get-member ???
Released a FLING that has the NFS User Cmdlets
Flings are where a lot of our innovations go into - show off to customers
vCloud Air
Key to VMware's future
$CI = Get-PIComputeInstance -Region *cali* | Where { $_.ServiceGroup -match "MT87..." }
$CI | Connect-CIServe
$VVM = Get | Select Name, ....
$emptyarray = @()
Note: look into calculated properties
github
http://github.com/alanrenouf/vAudit-vCloudAir
Update Manager
Update Manager now included in core installer
Backwards compatibility to VUM 5.5
Technical preview - not generally available yet
DSC & vSphere
"Shut up and automate everything"
Desired State Configuration (DSC)
- define your configuration
- set it and forget it
- A watch dog for configurations
Use at least PowerShell v5
DSC Pull Server - don't install on vCenter server, place on another server
Powershell can now work with disconnected sessions
REST API
Best Practices for working with REST APIs
Tools to help:
- Chrome - advanced rest client
- Fiddler
- Postman ?