Month: July 2013

Connect to your VCenter/VMHost: PowerCLI C:> Connect-VIServer VMHOST01 Specify Credential Please specify server credential User: root Password for user root: ************ Name                           Port  User —-                           —-  —- VMHOST01                       443   root PowerCLI C:>   Know your VMHost hypervisor version running: PowerCLI C:> vmhost | select-object version Version ——- 4.1.0 PowerCLI C:> PowerCLI C:> Get-VMHost | % { (Get-View $_.ID).Config.Product } Name                  : VMware ESXi FullName              : VMware ESXi 4.1.0 build-260247 Vendor                : VMware, Inc. Version               : 4.1.0 Build                 : 260247 LocaleVersion         : INTL LocaleBuild           : 000 OsType                : vmnix-x86 ProductLineId         : embeddedEsx ApiType               : HostAgent ApiVersion            : 4.1 InstanceUuid          : LicenseProductName    […]

If you are new to even PowerShell, you need get your base PowerShell configured to run the cmdlets.  You may want to take a look at Setting up environment for PowerShell scripting   Configure Your PowerShell successfully run the cmdlets in VMware vSphere PowerCLI: Launch VMware vSphere PowerCLI as Administrator on the system you are running:           Welcome to the VMware vSphere PowerCLI! Log in to a vCenter Server or ESX host:              Connect-VIServer To find out what commands are available, type:       Get-VICommand To show searchable help for all PowerCLI commands:   Get-PowerCLIHelp Once you’ve connected, display all virtual machines: Get-VM If […]