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Vote PowerCLI at VMworld 2013

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Alan Renouf

Its time to vote for VMworld sessions again and this year there are a whopping 13 PowerCLI related sessions in the public voting for you to select, that’s a lot more than last year.

There is a good variety of sessions from learning up to the expert, from VMware engineers (The guys who wrote PowerCLI) and also customers who use PowerCLI.

Personally I would like to accept all of them but hey, its down to you so go to the VMworld Voting Page sign in and vote for your top sessions.

I’m looking forward to automation and fun filled VMworld this year!

4887	The PowerCLI – vSphere API Rosetta Stone
Josh Atwell Conrad Ramos	Occasionally tasks that are simple in the vSphere GUI are not available as part of the native PowerCLI cmdlets. Automating these tasks require digging deeper into vSphere’s API, which is foreign to most PowerCLI scripters. PowerCLI can directly communicate with this API if you know the right places to look.Attendees will learn how to navigate the vSphere API to identify the methods required to perform these tasks. Additionally attendees will learn the basics on how to integrate these mysterious methods into PowerCLI through proven examples. We’ll help you learn the language of the vSphere API and translate it into powerful scripts and functions.
4910	Racking up Oracle RAC with PowerCLI
Maish Saidel-Keesing	Have you ever set up Oracle RAC? Have you ever counted how many steps it takes to perform the full installation? How many of those have to be performed manually?Wouldn’t it be great to set up your Oracle RAC cluster with a minimal amount of steps and let the rest all be handled automatically?This Session will supply the use case of how our company managed to automate the full installation of Oracle RAC. Converting a manual, highly error prone and frustrating process, to something that is now 100% automated, and has reduced to the time to deploy a fully functional RAC cluster from 12-16 hours of manual work to a 60-90 minute automated process.The session will go through the workflow needed to complete a RAC installation – and will show you how we leveraged some our built-in processes and the vSphere API to complete the rest of the work. The session will include a live demo of a full RAC installation from start to finish.
4944	PowerCLI Best Practices – A Deep Dive
Luc Dekens Alan Renouf	In previous years Alan and Luc showed you some of their best practices and how to take PowerCLI one step further. This year they will dive deeper and show you some best practices you didn’t see coming.- The Software Defined Datacenter - Taking on the MOB and winning - From vSwitch to vDS - Pimp your performance graphs - Common and Cool Community Questions …
4983	PowerCLI for dummies
Noam Perimann	In this customer case study, an IT generalist shares real-world PowerCLI scripting solutions to monitoring and maintenance challenges in a Windows environment. Integrating vm-level and guest-level scripting, holistic automation is presented in digestible pieces. Even a dummy can become a productive automator.
5019	Automating Horizon View Administration with PowerCLI and LDAP
Jack McMichael	As large Horizon View deployments scale up, so does the administration tasks that accompany it. Ease the pain of administration tasks, pool deployment, user entitlement, and desktop image management with the use of PowerCLI and the Horizon View ADLDS instance.In this advanced technical session we’ll setup our Connection Broker for use with PowerCLI. We’ll examine the most commonly used PowerCLI cmdlets and put them to use in real world examples that will help you streamline administration or create automated tasks to better manage a Horizon View environment. We’ll navigate into the Horizon View ADLDS instance to understand the information available, make you comfortable manipulating data when necessary, and show how you can integrate LDAP queries into scripts to aggregate the information you need that Horizon View Administrator may not show you.
5166	How to manage and automate large scale Cloud deployments through PowerShell / PowerCLI
Sajal Debnath	The overall aim of this session is to enable cloud admins to effectively utilize PowerShell / PowerCLI in their day to day tasks to make it easier for them to manage the complex environments.The session starts with a discussion on common needs for automation in cloud environment, different methods of achieving same and their respective merits and demerits. It will then go on to discuss available PowerShell / PowerCLI way of automating and managing cloud environment. Different categories of cmdlets available under PowerCLI for vCloud environment and their uses and applications.Next it takes sample use cases and solve those using PowerShell scripts, describing in detail about the working of the scripts so that general idea can be gained about the requirements and how to approach to provide solutions to meet the requirements.In this stepwise approach has been taken where it starts from simple scripts and then gradually goes to more complex scripts.
5287	Open up the vCloud hood using PowerCLI, Hyperic, vCenter Operations Manager and vCenter Orchestrator to reveal the inner cloud.
Phil Ditzel Cathal Cleary	Are you a vCloud service provider? Are you a vCloud consumer? Do you have enough visibility of what’s happening under vCloud Director’s hood?This session will discuss tools and techniques for both the provider and consumer to open up the vCloud box and allow for higher levels of utilization. We will demonstrate techniques using PowerCLI, vFabric Hyperic, vCenter Operations Manager and vCenter Orchestrator to add both provider and consumer instrumentation to vCloud Director.
5298	PowerCLI – from Youngling to Master
Hans De Leenheer	Learning a new technology is like learning a new language. It is especially so if you want to learn a scripting language. At the VMware Community Podcast of March 27th, where the topic was PowerCLI, a question got raised where you should start when you are a rookie. The answer was “many places”. As a result of that PowerCLIforDummies.com got created that would be just that landing place to start.Making it interesting the website evolves through the stages of learning a new language. To keep it geek enough the learning process has been aligned with the Jedi ranks. By the end of this session you will know how to grow from Youngling to Apprentice, Knight and in the end become a real PowerCLI Master.
5338	What’s in PowerCLI for me?
Andrey Anastasov Vladimir Goranov	Have you ever felt like you are doing the same thing over and over again? Are you tired of clicking with the mouse through tedious user interfaces and endless wizards? Are you having trouble keeping up with the loads of work around your virtual infrastructure?Then you might use some help – and PowerCLI is the tool for you! It lets you automate all aspects of your work: reporting, provisioning, and large-scale changes, to name a few. PowerCLI is powerful, yet easy to use.
5340	What everybody ought to know about reporting in the software-defined data center with PowerCLI
Andrey Anastasov Vladimir Goranov	Administrators: Do you know what is going on in your virtual environment? Are you aware of the current trends in its usage? Are you in control of your software-defined infrastructure?PowerCLI will help you report on all aspects of your virtual environment and cloud infrastructure. Learn how to write simple yet powerful PowerCLI reports in various formats. Discover the five PowerCLI reports no vSphere administrator can live without and the amazing reporting capabilities PowerCLI provides for the software-defined data center.
5479	To the Cloud, with PowerCLI!
Jake Robinson Alan Renouf	PowerCLI has become one of the most powerful and easy to use tools in a vSphere admin’s arsenal. Since version 5.01 this also includes the ability to manage your workloads in the public cloud. This session will show you the power you have to manage workloads at any vCloud provider, see how easy it is to create, manage and report on your cloud workloads with PowerCLI
5554	How to use the new PowerCLI VMware vSphere Distributed Switch cmdlets and become a PowerCLI superstar
Robert van den Nieuwendijk	While the VMware vSphere Distributed Switch has been around since vSphere 4, official vSphere PowerCLI support for the VMware vSphere Distributed Switch was just recently introduced in VMware vSphere PowerCLI 5.1 Release 2. This session will provide a technical deep dive into the new PowerCLI cmdlets to manage a vSphere Distributed Switch. You will learn how to configure and manage a vSphere Distributed Switch using PowerCLI. Exporting and importing the configuration of a vSphere Distributed switch will be discussed in depth. You will learn how to import the configuration of a vSphere Distributed switch to create new distributed switches and port groups, or to modify existing ones. Finally migrating a standard vSwitch to a vSphere Distributed Switch will be highlighted.
5731	Become a Rock Star with PowerCLI and vCenter Orchestrator – Now with more Cowbell
Josh Atwell	Automation is the future of cloud and in this session attendees will learn how to identify areas in their environment that are primed for less administrator interaction. The combination of PowerCLI and vCenter Orchestrator puts considerable power in even the greenest users. Attendees will learn how to identify areas for automation and start learning to discern which tool is best suited for the job and when to use them together.

PowerCLI Lab Online – Sign up now for the public beta

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Alan Renouf

If you were at VMworld in 2012 you may have attended the Hands on Labs (HOL), this is normally one of the most popular areas at VMworld as it’s a time when people can use the applications they don’t currently have installed in their own environments, they can use a virtual environment to follow instructions and see how the applications really work.

One of the most popular labs at VMworld is always the PowerCLI Lab, this was no exception in 2012, every year the PowerCLI team does a great job of adding new features to the latest version of PowerCLI and this is always a great way to check those features out in a test environment.

There has always been one issue with the HOL though, once you leave VMware you say goodbye to the HOL as access was previously at the event only….. Until Now.

There is now a public beta of the HOL Online, this gives you access to a number of different HOL Online for you to take at your own leisure and sat at the comfort of your own desk.

How do I sign up?

To sign up simply go to http://hol.vmware.com and click on the link as highlighted below:

Once you have filled out a few questions you will need to wait for your account to be activated (I have been assured this will be fairly quick). Once activated you will be able to click on the “VMware Hands-on Labs Online” link as above and access a number of different labs, complete with their own isolated environment and full step by step documentation to run through the lab chosen.

How do I find the PowerCLI Lab?

Once you have gained access to the HOL and signed in use the left hand menu to select “Cloud Infrastructure”

Now scroll down the list on the right until you see the PowerCLI Lab, then click Enroll.

Once you have done this the selected Lab will be added to “My Enrollments” where you will be able to click the “Start this LAB” button to launch the lab as below:

The LAB will now start and you will have access as seen below:

PowerCLI at VMworld 2012 Barcelona

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Alan Renouf

Following on from the great sessions at VMworld San Francisco, PowerCLI will also be coming to VMworld Barcelona, there are some great sessions, labs and discussions available for you to watch, make sure you add these to your schedule now !

INF-VSP1252 – What’s New with vSphere 5.1 – ESXCLI & PowerCLI

In this session Technical Marketing automation experts William Lam and Alan Renouf will take you through VMware Automation.

You will learn which products are available, which products to use and how Automation fits into the VMware Suite of products. In this session Alan and William will take you through the exciting features available to use when automating VMware products, both beginners and experts will learn how to use new features to make your life easier and more productive.

Thursday, Oct 11, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

William Lam – Sr. Technical Marketing Engineer, VMware, Inc.

Alan Renouf – Sr. Technical Marketing Architect, VMware, Inc.

INF-VSP1329 – PowerCLI Best Practices: The Return!

Building on the success of our PowerCLI Best Practices sessions from VMworld 2011, we want to show you our next collection of PowerCLI best practices. This session will show and demonstrate PowerCLI in all its aspects managing and automating not just VMware vSphere® but also VMware vCloud Director®, VMware® View™, VMware vShield™ and more

Thursday, Oct 11, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Alan Renouf – Sr. Technical Marketing Architect, VMware, Inc.

Luc Dekens – Systems Engineer, Eurocontrol Maastricht.

Group Discussions

GD33 – PowerCLI with Alan Renouf

During this group discussion we will talk about what can be automated, discuss the merits of using PowerShell and PowerCLI, show examples and talk about the best methods of achieving integration. We will also discuss tips and tricks you have learned and the best methods for automating the VMware products. Come prepared with examples and questions and remember this is a Group Discussion!

Wednesday, Oct 10, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Alan Renouf – Sr. Technical Marketing Architect, VMware, Inc.

Hands on Labs

HOL-INF-10 – Script and Develop Your Cloud Solution with PowerCLI and the vSphere Web Client SDK

This lab is presented as two 30 minute lightning labs to help you extend your VMware solution. The PowerCLI module covers automating vSphere and vCloud Director. Novice users will learn to use the tool and more advanced users will get familiar with the new functionality available in the latest release of the product. You will walk away with a better understanding of PowerCLI and how it can help you in your day-to-day work. The vSphere Web Client SDK module teaches you several techniques for extending the vSphere Web Client. The goal of this module is to demonstrate the close integration that is possible with the vSphere Web Client SDK, and the ease with which you can integrate your own solutions into the vSphere Web Client.

HOL

Attend the self paced Hands on Lab.

Meet the Experts

EXPERTS04 – Meet the Experts – 04
Have some specific PowerCLI questions ? Stop by the Meet the Experts Lounge to book time with a Knowledge Expert. They are available throughout the week for casual, one-to-few discussions. Please reference their availability now and stop by the Lounge reception desk in Hall 6, to schedule a 30-minute appointment.	Tuesday, Oct 9, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Videos

Still cant decide ? Take a look at some of the session videos where the presenters explain more information…..

PowerCLI 5.1 Poster

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Alan Renouf

Following the release of PowerCLI 5.1 there is of course a new PowerCLI Poster, those of you who attended VMworld San Francisco may have been lucky enough to grab one of the few posters we had there, they went very quick and I’m sorry to the people who did not get one.

We plan on having some at VMworld Barcelona (No guarantees) so make sure you attend some of the PowerCLI sessions to get your copy.

In the meantime, for those of you who could not wait and want to print your own copy right now please find below the latest PowerCLI 5.1 poster including a list of all the new cmdlets and the cmdlets in the new PowerCLI for vCloud Tenants snapin.

Download the poster here, this is ideal for printing on large printers or even just keeping on the iPad or as a PDF for reference.

PowerCLI 5.1 – What’s New ?

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Alan Renouf

With the announcement of vSphere 5.1 from Steve Herrod at VMworld 2012 – San Francisco I wanted to highlight the new features which will be available as part of VMware vSphere PowerCLI 5.1 Release 1.

Background

As with previous releases there have been many enhancements to PowerCLI, as users of PowerCLI will know, as part of the default PowerCLI 5.0.1 install we already had 5 PowerShell Snapin’s available to use, these enabled you to manage the following products and features:

vCenter and vSphere (VMware.VimAutomation.Core Snapin)
vCenter and vSphere Licensing (VMware.VimAutomation.License Snapin)
Image Builder (VMware.ImageBuilder Snapin)
Auto Deploy (VMware.DeployAutomation Snapin)
vCloud Director (VMware.Vimautomation.Cloud Snapin)

As you will also know, most of the cmdlets for the Cloud snapin were “Get-“ cmdlets, these allowed us to focus on retrieving data from vCloud Director, access to more advanced functions were available via the Get-CIView cmdlet but this was for the advanced PowerCLI users.

What’s New for vSphere Users ?

The PowerCLI Core Snapin introduces a number of improvements and new features, you will of course find many bug fixes and speed enhancements as part of this release, as well as this the following enhancements have been included:

You can use Kerberos for pass-through authentication with vCenter Server, ESX/ESXi, and vCenter Virtual Appliance systems.
You can create linked clones with New-VM.
You can pass datastore clusters to the Datastoreparameters.
You can retrieve vSphere objects from vCloud Director objects with the RelatedObjectparameter.
You can manage resources more efficiently with Storage DRS (SDRS) support added to a number of cmdlets.
You can retrieve, create, modify, and remove VMHost, VM, and SDRS advanced settings with the the Get-AdvancedSetting, New-AdvancedSetting, Set-AdvancedSetting, and Remove-AdvancedSetting cmdlets.

vSphere PowerCLI 5.1 Release 1 also brings a set of improvements that enhance security and customization, these include:

You can set the scope of your settings with the Scope parameter of Set-PowerCLIConfiguration.
You can initialize custom vSphere PowerCLI scripts automatically by storing them in the Initialize-PowerCLIEnvironment_Custom.ps1 script configuration file.

What’s New for vCloud Admins ?

vCloud Director Admins can take advantage of over 60 cmdlets to manage vCloud Director, these have been enhanced from the “Get-“ cmdlets and now include cmdlets to help you modify and automate your vCloud Directory infrastructure, the following enhancements have been made:

You can create, modify, manage, and remove organizations.
You can create and manage permissions.
You can assign computing and networking resources.
You can create, modify, and remove organization networks.
You can create, modify, and remove vApp networks.
You can create, modify, manage, and remove vApps.
You can manage virtual machines and their guest operating systems within vApps.

What’s New for vCloud Tenants ?

With PowerCLI 5.1 Release 1 we now have a new snapin specifically for vCloud Tenants, in fact this is a completely separate installation with its own set of cmdlets which can not be installed on the same machine as vSphere PowerCLI 5.1 Release 1, this is called VMware vSphere PowerCLI Release 1 for Tenants and is designed to aid the vCloud Tenants in performing automated tasks in their hosted vCloud organization.

Why would we do this ?

We wanted to bring the power of automation and the ease of reporting that PowerCLI gives the current vSphere and vCloud Admins to the tenants of the cloud. All this whilst giving them an easy to use simplified subset of cmdlets specific to the tasks they can do within their vCloud Organization.

What’s available to tenants ?

VMware vSphere PowerCLI 5.1 Release 1 for Tenants consists of two components:

vSphere PowerCLI common snapin for providing common PowerCLI configuration and usage based tasks, these cmdlets are part of the VMware.VimAutomation.Commonsnapin.
vCloud Director PowerCLI snapin for providing tenant-based reporting and automation, these cmdlets are part of the VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud snapin and can be used with vCloud Director 1.5.1 Tenant tasks.

These components will allow the vCloud Tenants to perform the following tasks:

You can list, modify, and manage organizations.
You can list, create, and manage permissions.
You can list and assign networking resources.
You can list organization networks.
You can list, create, modify, and remove vApp networks.
You can list, create, modify, manage, and remove vApps.
You can list and manage virtual machines and their guest operating systems within vApps.

Summary

So where are we now ? What can we actually do with PowerCLI and the different VMware installations of snapins ?

As you can see, we have a number of different snapins which enable us to add the products and areas we are interested in using with Windows PowerShell, we have the ability to not only enable our admin users but also our private and public cloud users, with the VMware snapins all users of the VMware products can achieve the level of automation, integration and reporting that PowerShell and PowerCLI gives.

More Information

Keep tuned for more blog posts and information or if you are visiting VMworld Europe in 2012 make sure you add INF-VSP1252 – What’s New with vSphere 5.1 – ESXCLI & PowerCLI to your session list.

PowerShell and PowerCLI at VMworld 2012 – San Francisco

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Alan Renouf

Posted by
Alan Renouf
Technical Marketing

Its VMworld time again… yes already !

At VMworld San Francisco there are some great sessions which include PowerShell and PowerCLI this year, I hope you have already added them to your session builder but if not then please see below.

You will find a mixture of Sessions, Group Discussions and a Hands On Lab.

With integration and automation being on the top of everyone's list at the moment I can highly recommend attending these sessions to get a heads up on what's going on in the world of PowerCLI…

And if you are still undecided then skip to the bottom of this post where you will be able to watch a couple of quick session videos explaining more about some of these sessions.

INF-VSP1252 – What’s New with vSphere Automation

In this session Technical Marketing automation experts William Lam and Alan Renouf will take you through VMware Automation.

Monday, Aug 27, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Wednesday, Aug 29, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM

William Lam – Sr. Technical Marketing Engineer, VMware, Inc.

Alan Renouf – Sr. Technical Marketing Architect, VMware, Inc.

INF-BCO2155 – vCloud DR for Oxford University Computing Services – Real World Example

Resiliency is a key aspect of any infrastructure—it is even more important in infrastructure-as-a-service solutions. This session will include a tour of a real world vCloud DR solution deployed at Oxford University Computing Services (OUCS). Throughout the session there will be detailed guidance on how both the management and resource clusters were designed, deployed and automated. Furthermore the details of how SRM in conjunction with VMware vSphereTM PowerCLI (PowerCLI) was used to automate the end-to-end recovery of a vCloud Director–based infrastructure. This session will offer a perfect complimentary follow on from the whitepaper regarding the high-level process produced by Duncan Epping and Chris Colotti and the Automation session by Alan Renouf and Aidan Dalgleish. The paper combined with the Automation session will describe the process and the automation principles whereas this session will describe a complete real world implementation.

Monday, Aug 27, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Aidan Dalgleish – Consulting Architect, VMware, Inc.

Adrian Parks – Senior Systems Administrator, Oxford University Computing Services

Gary Blake – Senior Consultant, VMware, Inc.

INF-VSP1329 – PowerCLI Best Practices: The Return!

Tuesday, Aug 28, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Wednesday, Aug 29, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Alan Renouf – Sr. Technical Marketing Architect, VMware, Inc.

Luc Dekens – Systems Engineer, Eurocontrol Maastricht.

INF-VSP2448 – Automating Bare Metal to the Cloud and Beyond

When working in the cloud automation is key, working at the scale of the cloud VMware customers need an easy and reliable method of deployment which gives guaranteed results 100% of the time. Cisco, VMware and Bluelock will show you how to automate the build of your complete vCloud Director Infrastructure from the bare metal up to the cloud and beyond. Learn how PowerShell can be used to create a single easily readable and adaptable script to ensure your system is built quickly and efficiently, watch as a system is built before your very eyes with no magic tricks or rabbits in sight.

Tuesday, Aug 28, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Eric Williams – Technical Marketing Engineer, Cisco Systems Inc.

Alan Renouf – Sr. Technical Marketing Architect, VMware, Inc.

Jake Robinson – Solutions Architect, BlueLock

INF-VSP1856 – Become a Rock Star with PowerCLI and vCenter Orchestrator

Automation is the future of cloud, and in this session attendees will learn how to identify areas in their environment that are primed for less administrator interaction. The combination of PowerCLI and VMware® vCenter™ Orchestrator puts considerable power in even the greenest users. Attendees will learn how to identify areas for automation and start learning to discern which tool is best suited for the job and when to use them together.

Monday, Aug 27, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Josh Atwell – Systems Administrator, Cisco Systems Inc.

INF-VSP2164 – Automation of vCloud Director Disaster Recovery

Resiliency is a key aspect of any infrastructure—it is even more important in infrastructure-as-a-service solutions. This session will include guidance, examples and demonstrations of the use of VMware vSphereTM PowerCLI (PowerCLI) to automate the recovery of a vCloud Director–based infrastructure. In particular the session will focus on the automation of the recovery steps for vCloud Director managed vApp workloads, that cannot be recovered with vSphere Site Recovery Manager (SRM). This session will offer a perfect complimentary follow on from the whitepaper regarding the high-level process released by Duncan Epping and Chris Colotti. The paper discussed the process and this session will describe the automation

Tuesday, Aug 28, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Alan Renouf – Sr. Technical Marketing Architect, VMware, Inc.

Aidan Dalgleish – Consulting Architect, VMware, Inc.

Group Discussions

GD27 – PowerCLI with Alan Renouf

Monday, Aug 27, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Thursday, Aug 30, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Alan Renouf – Sr. Technical Marketing Architect, VMware, Inc.

Hands on Labs

HOL-INF-10 – Script and Develop Your Cloud Solution with PowerCLI and the vSphere Web Client SDK

HOL

Attend the self paced Hands on Lab.

Videos

Still cant decide ? Take a look at some of the session videos where the presenters explain more information…..

How do you use PowerCLI ?

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Alan Renouf

How do you use PowerCLI ?

That was one of the questions I asked this year at both VMworld Las Vegas and also VMworld Copenhagen, there was some nice answers to this question, often people I meet are using PowerCLI in ways I never thought of, others don’t realize how powerful it actually is and how much time they can save.

This year at VMworld there was lots of great fun around PowerCLI, if you want to see how people use PowerCLI and see what the buzz was like at VMworld then please watch the below video.

If you have cool ways you are using PowerCLI make sure you add a comment to this post to tell everyone else !

PowerCLI at VMworld 2011 Copenhagen

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Alan Renouf

Following on from the success of VMworld 2011 Las Vegas and all the great PowerCLI related sessions and labs, VMworld Copenhagen should be just as packed with PowerShell goodness. Make sure you add the following sessions to your scheduler (available now on VMworld.com).

There are some great sessions from VMware employees and PowerCLI users alike, including more information on the cmdlets for vCloud Director first mentioned at VMworld Las Vegas, these will be part of session VSP2296 and demos of the new Image Builder and Auto Deploy cmdlets in session VSP1882.

Also available at VMworld Copenhagen will be printed versions of the 5.0 PowerCLI poster and the new ESXi Reference poster (numbers are slim so grab ne quick).

Apparently we are also due another sighting of PowerCLI-Man !

Also don’t forget to attend PowerCLI Lab (Lab 14)

Well worth attending and 4th in the list of most attended sessions at VMworld Las Vegas !

Alan Renouf – Technical Marketing

PowerCLI Poster 5.0

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Alan Renouf

With the release of vSphere 5.0 and also the introduction of new PowerCLI snap-ins it is time for an updated poster.

If you attended VMworld 2011 Las Vegas then you may have already been given one of these at the many PowerCLI sessions or during the hands on labs.

If you were not lucky enough to get one then please head over to the PowerCLI Community and download it from this post here in PDF format.

The new poster adds to the original vSphere PowerCLI core cmdlets and allow you to quickly reference cmdlets from the following :

vSphere
Image Builder
Auto Deploy
Update Manager
Licensing
View
vCloud

Make sure you download the poster from here.

PowerCLI at VMworld 2011 (Las Vegas) UPDATE

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Vladimir Goranov

VSP2296 What everybody ought to know about reporting vSphere and vCloud environment with PowerCLI session has a repetition!

If you haven’t managed to subscribe for it in the first time slot due to the high interest level from the audience, now you have the opportunity to attend the second one on Tuesday 4:30 PM.

PowerCLI is the best tool for automating management and configuration of VMware vSphere

Category Archives: VMworld

How do I sign up?

How do I find the PowerCLI Lab?

Group Discussions

Hands on Labs

Meet the Experts

Videos

Background

What’s New for vSphere Users ?

What’s New for vCloud Admins ?

What’s New for vCloud Tenants ?

Why would we do this ?

What’s available to tenants ?

Summary

More Information

Group Discussions

Hands on Labs

Videos

Also don’t forget to attend PowerCLI Lab (Lab 14)