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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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Robert van den Nieuwendijk Robert van den Nieuwendijk
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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

Using vCloud virtual appliances

A virtual appliance (vApp) is a container that contains one or more virtual machines. These virtual machines together make an application. For example, if you have a three-tier application, you can have a vApp that contains the database server, the application server, and the web server. In vCloud Director every virtual machine has to be part of a vApp.

In the following sections Retrieving vApp templates, Creating vCloud vApps, Retrieving vCloud vApps, Starting vCloud vApps, and Stopping vCloud vApps , we will show you how to use the PowerCLI cmdlets to retrieve vApp templates, create vApps, retrieve vApps, start vApps, and stop vApps.

Retrieving vApp templates

In vCloud Air, there are some predefined vApp templates available for use in your tenant environment. You can use the vApp templates to create your vApps. The Get-CIVAppTemplate cmdlet retrieves these vApp templates. The syntax of this cmdlet is as follows, and the first parameter set is the default...

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