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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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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

Connecting to SRM servers

Before you can manage SRM from PowerCLI, you have to connect to the SRM servers you want to manage. Because SRM fails over virtual machines from a protected site to a recovery site, both sites need a vCenter Server and an SRM server. So, if you want to manage both SRM servers, you will have to connect to each of them. After connecting to an SRM server, you can use the ExtensionData property of the output of the Connect-SrmServer cmdlet to access the SRM API.

The Connect-SrmServer cmdlet establishes a connection to an SRM server. The syntax of the Connect-SrmServer cmdlet is given here. The first parameter set is the default. You can use this parameter set if you have a connection to a vCenter Server that has an SRM server associated with it:

Connect-SrmServer [-User <String>] [-Password <SecureString>]
    [-Port <Int32>] [-Protocol <String>] [-Credential <PSCredential>]
    [-RemoteCredential <PSCredential>] [-RemoteUser <String...
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