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Learning PowerCLI

You're reading from   Learning PowerCLI A comprehensive guide on PowerCLI

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2017
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ISBN-13 9781786468017
Length 562 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to PowerCLI FREE CHAPTER 2. Learning Basic PowerCLI Concepts 3. Working with Objects in PowerShell 4. Managing vSphere Hosts with PowerCLI 5. Managing Virtual Machines with PowerCLI 6. Managing Virtual Networks with PowerCLI 7. Managing Storage 8. Managing High Availability and Clustering 9. Managing vCenter Server 10. Patching ESXi Hosts and Upgrading Virtual Machines 11. Managing VMware vCloud Director and vCloud Air 12. Using Site Recovery Manager 13. Using vRealize Operations Manager 14. Using REST API to manage NSX and vRealize Automation 15. Reporting with PowerCLI

Chapter 11.  Managing VMware vCloud Director and vCloud Air

VMware vCloud Director (vCD) is VMware's product for cloud service providers to build multitenant cloud services. VMware vCloud Air is VMware's public cloud platform built on vCD. Virtual machines managed by vCloud Director should not be modified in VMware vSphere. Both products can be managed using PowerCLI. The PowerCLI modules VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud and  VMware.VimAutomation.PCloud provides cmdlets to use vCD and vCloud Air. In this chapter, you will learn to how to manage vCD and vCloud Air virtual appliances as well as virtual machines using PowerCLI.

This chapter covers the following topics:

  • Connecting to vCloud Air servers and vCloud Director servers
  • Retrieving organizations
  • Retrieving organization virtual data centers
  • Retrieving organization networks
  • Retrieving vCloud users
  • Using vCloud virtual appliances
  • Managing vCloud virtual machines
  • Using the vCloud Director API with Get-CIView
  • Disconnecting from...
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