vSphere PowerCLI is a command-line and scripting tool built on Windows PowerShell, and provides more than 200 cmdlets for managing and automating vSphere.
Requirements
To use vSphere PowerCLI, you need:
To use vSphere PowerCLI, you need:
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.NET 2.0 Service Pack 1
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Windows PowerShell 1.0 or Windows PowerShell 2.0 Release To Manufacture (RTM).
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If .NET 2.0 is installed without Service Pack 1, some operations might take long to complete.
Supported Platforms
vSphere PowerCLI 4.0 Update 1 works on the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the following operating systems:
vSphere PowerCLI 4.0 Update 1 works on the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the following operating systems:
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Windows Vista
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Windows XP Service Pack 2
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Windows Server 2003
vSphere PowerCLI 4.0 Update 1 supports the following VMware environments
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VMware ESX Server 3.5
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VMware ESX Server 3i
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VMware VirtualCenter 2.5
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VMware ESX 3.0 and VirtualCenter 2.0
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VMware ESX 4.0 and vCenter 4.0
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VMware ESX 4.0 Update 1 and vCenter 4.0 Update 1
Run the following (In Bold):
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
Connect-VIServer
cmdlet Connect-VIServer at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
Server[0]: vc1.vmadmin.local
Server[1]:
WARNING: There were one or more problems with the server certificate:
Supply values for the following parameters:
Server[0]: vc1.vmadmin.local
Server[1]:
WARNING: There were one or more problems with the server certificate:
* The X509 chain could not be built up to the root certificate.
Name Port User
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vc1.vmadmin.local 443 VMADMIN\administrator
Example (Get All VMs):
Get-VM
Name PowerState Num CPUs Memory (MB)
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DC1 PoweredOn 1 512
VC1 PoweredOn 1 4096
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DC1 PoweredOn 1 512
VC1 PoweredOn 1 4096