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== Taking Reporting and Command Line Automation to the Next Level with PowerCLI ==

 Alan Renouf: Sr Product Manager, VMware
 Blog: http://blogs.vmware.com/PowerCLI
 Blog: http://virtu-al.net/
 Twitter: @alanrenouf
 Wrote: vShake script?
 vExpert

 Luc Dekens
 System Engineer, Eurocontrol Maastricht
 Blog: http://lucd.info/
 vExpert & PowerShell MVP
 VMTN acount: LucD
 Twitter: @Lucd22?

PowerCLI built on PowerShell

New: PowerCLI 5.8 R1 (part of vCloud Suite 5.8)

New in PowerCLI 5.8:
* enhanced startup speed
* storage policy cmdlets
* query ovf/ova for deployment properties
* ovf/ova delpyment and configuraiton
* added filter by tag to more cmdlets
* enhanced error reporting
* support for RelatedObject to Get-HardDisk
* filtering support for multiple areas
* support for latest version of vCloud APIs
* New-CIVM cmdlet
* support for upcoming versions of SRM

Scripts are organic

"Luc has moved on from writing scripts, to writing scripts that write scripts.  Now that's transcendence."  :-)

== Best Practices ==

(Code available on slides)

Problem: Link ESXi build and VMware Tools version

uses external information:
* http://packages.vmware.com/tools/versions

PowerShell script parses this table, and compares against what hosts are running.

Problem: Link multipath policy for RDMs

Add help details:
<pre>
<#
.SYNOPSIS text
.DESCRIPTION text
 text
#>
</pre>

== OVF/OVA Deployment Enhancements ==

Get-OvfConfiguration cmdlet

== vCheck ==

good tool for determining what resources are being used

== PowerShell ISE ==

Use the PowerShell ISE IDE as you can check out the state of variables

Introducing the Windows PowerShell ISE - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd315244.aspx

== PowerCLI Dating ==

funny :-)

"If I ever manage to find a girlfriend I'll have tons of time to spend with her tanks to PowerCLI" -- rbrannigan

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