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Your One–Stop Reference for VMware vSphere Automation
If you manage vSphere in a Windows environment, automating routine tasks can save you time and increase efficiency. VMware vSphere PowerCLI is a set of pre–built commands based on Windows PowerShell that is designed to help you automate vSphere processes involving virtual machines, datacenters, storage, networks, and more. This detailed guide—using a practical, task–based approach and real–world examples—shows you how to get the most out of PowerCLI′s handy cmdlets.
Learn how to:
Automate vCenter Server and ESX/ESX(i) Server deployment and configuration
Create and configure virtual machines and use vApps
Secure, back up, and restore your virtual machines
Monitor, audit, and report the status of your vSphere environment
Use the PowerCLI SDK, PowerWF Studio, and vEcoShell
Schedule and view automation
Add a GUI front end to your scripts
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Your One–Stop Reference for VMware vSphere Automation
If you manage vSphere in a Windows environment, automating routine tasks can save you time and increase efficiency. VMware vSphere PowerCLI is a set of pre–built commands based on Windows PowerShell that is designed to help you automate vSphere processes involving virtual machines, datacenters, storage, networks, and more. This detailed guide—using a practical, task–based approach and real–world examples—shows you how to get the most out of PowerCLI′s handy cmdlets.
Learn how to:
Automate vCenter Server and ESX/ESX(i) Server deployment and configuration
Create and configure virtual machines and use vApps
Secure, back up, and restore your virtual machines
Monitor, audit, and report the status of your vSphere environment
Use the PowerCLI SDK, PowerWF Studio, and vEcoShell
Schedule and view automation
Add a GUI front end to your scripts
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Format:Paperback
This is an ideal book to have for reference.
I can't imagine starting at the beginning and working your way through it - though it looks like some people have. But if you have it handy, it will save you a lot of work if you have a reasonable size environment to manage.
Most things seem to have been covered in detail, and if not, then there is usually something there to get you started.
If you want to learn PowerCli then this won't be for you, but if you've got a basic grasp, then this will be a really handy reference.
I can't imagine starting at the beginning and working your way through it - though it looks like some people have. But if you have it handy, it will save you a lot of work if you have a reasonable size environment to manage.
Most things seem to have been covered in detail, and if not, then there is usually something there to get you started.
If you want to learn PowerCli then this won't be for you, but if you've got a basic grasp, then this will be a really handy reference.
Format:Paperback
The book spans 740 pages including the index and contains 23 chapters - I couldn't think of anything the authors had missed.
The book starts at the very beginning with installing vCenter and vSphere. Other options than PowerShell are provided for some of the cofiguration tasks. I'm not sure that I would want to perform all of the configuration tasks from the command line but the guidance is there is you need it.
Part 2 (chapters 5-9) covers the Virtual Machine lifecycle. Lots of godd well written scripts for creating and managing your virtual machines
I do disagree with the table on page 231 - WMI isn't hard to learn its just difficult to find the information
Part 3 (chapters 10-13) is about security though I think most organisations will use third party backup tools rather than rely on DIY systems. I particularly liked the chapter on DR - with so many organisations relying on virtualisation technologies knowing how to restore your systems is even more essential - though LoadwithPartialName shouldn't have been used whats wrong with Add-Type?
Part 4 Monitoring and Reporting (14-17) is of great interest to me - I spend a lot of time capacity planning so this is the information I need
The last 6 chapters cover some of the other tools that can be used with PowerShell and the PowerCLI. This may be a dip into as needed section for a lot of people but the authors are commended for the completeness of their coverage.
Some of the scripts are quite long so I recommend downloading the code - no I'm not telling you where it is you have to buy the book!
This is a book about VMware, written by VMware experts and shows how to manage VMware with PowerShell. You will also pick up quite a bit of stuff about VMware itself.
This is a book that I will be using a lot. I strongly recommend it if you are working with VMware and want to manage it with PowerShell.
Buy it. Read It. Use it.
The book starts at the very beginning with installing vCenter and vSphere. Other options than PowerShell are provided for some of the cofiguration tasks. I'm not sure that I would want to perform all of the configuration tasks from the command line but the guidance is there is you need it.
Part 2 (chapters 5-9) covers the Virtual Machine lifecycle. Lots of godd well written scripts for creating and managing your virtual machines
I do disagree with the table on page 231 - WMI isn't hard to learn its just difficult to find the information
Part 3 (chapters 10-13) is about security though I think most organisations will use third party backup tools rather than rely on DIY systems. I particularly liked the chapter on DR - with so many organisations relying on virtualisation technologies knowing how to restore your systems is even more essential - though LoadwithPartialName shouldn't have been used whats wrong with Add-Type?
Part 4 Monitoring and Reporting (14-17) is of great interest to me - I spend a lot of time capacity planning so this is the information I need
The last 6 chapters cover some of the other tools that can be used with PowerShell and the PowerCLI. This may be a dip into as needed section for a lot of people but the authors are commended for the completeness of their coverage.
Some of the scripts are quite long so I recommend downloading the code - no I'm not telling you where it is you have to buy the book!
This is a book about VMware, written by VMware experts and shows how to manage VMware with PowerShell. You will also pick up quite a bit of stuff about VMware itself.
This is a book that I will be using a lot. I strongly recommend it if you are working with VMware and want to manage it with PowerShell.
Buy it. Read It. Use it.
Format:Paperback
Written by some of the top scripters in the VMware community the PowerCLI Reference book is really what it's title states - a reference. What it does (and does very well) is present both a 'cookbook' of useful scripts and explain how and why they work. While it does explain some concepts along the way it's not really pitched as an introductory guide or as the best way to learn PowerCLI (Hal Rottenberg's book might be better if this is what you're after).
At 700 pages it covers a lot of material but I'm impressed with the technical depth throughout - I picked areas where my knowledge is strongest (though not in the same league as these guys) and still found myself learning something new everytime. For example I've used the VIX API while creating scripted deployments for my test and dev environments at work and thought I knew it reasonably well. To my surprise the book delved into the inner workings of the cmdlets themselves and explained how they in turn called some guest OS scripts which ship with PowerCLI. The index lists the pages where each cmdlet is used so it's easy to look up the cmdlet you're interested in and see code examples. The scripts are downloadable from the book's website and the authors have even put together a module containing all the code along with instructions for how to use it. This is a major bonus - you get nearly 80 prewritten functions you can integrate into your own scripts! These are useful for day to day administration, not just esoteric or niche functions.
Disclosure - I've met both Jonathan Medd and Al Renouf at the VMware User Group on several occasions and was sent a copy of the book to review (I suspect a good chunk of the people interested in buying this book will be familiar with the authors through their social media presence if not in person). There was no obligation to write a positive review and I've said it as I see it.
At 700 pages it covers a lot of material but I'm impressed with the technical depth throughout - I picked areas where my knowledge is strongest (though not in the same league as these guys) and still found myself learning something new everytime. For example I've used the VIX API while creating scripted deployments for my test and dev environments at work and thought I knew it reasonably well. To my surprise the book delved into the inner workings of the cmdlets themselves and explained how they in turn called some guest OS scripts which ship with PowerCLI. The index lists the pages where each cmdlet is used so it's easy to look up the cmdlet you're interested in and see code examples. The scripts are downloadable from the book's website and the authors have even put together a module containing all the code along with instructions for how to use it. This is a major bonus - you get nearly 80 prewritten functions you can integrate into your own scripts! These are useful for day to day administration, not just esoteric or niche functions.
Disclosure - I've met both Jonathan Medd and Al Renouf at the VMware User Group on several occasions and was sent a copy of the book to review (I suspect a good chunk of the people interested in buying this book will be familiar with the authors through their social media presence if not in person). There was no obligation to write a positive review and I've said it as I see it.
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