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Beginners Guide to Managing VMware using PowerShell

Title: Beginners Guide to Managing VMware using PowerShell
Author(s): Xtravirt (Peter Grant)
Target Audience: Technical - Intermediate
Current Revision: 1.0 November 2009
First Published: 4 November 2009
Products: VMware, Microsoft PowerShell
UID: XD10133

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Title: 
Beginners Guide to Managing VMware using PowerShell
Author(s): 
Xtravirt (Peter Grant)
Target Audience: 
Technical - Intermediate
First Published: 
4 November 2009
Products: 
VMware, Microsoft PowerShell
UID: 
XD10133

This document is a beginner’s guide to configuring and using PowerShell to perform administration tasks within a VMware Infrastructure. This assumes little or no experience with PowerShell and will go through the steps of downloading, configuring and using it to perform simple tasks.

Release the power...go forth and manage VMware using Microsoft's PowerShell

Overview

This document is a beginner’s guide to configuring and using PowerShell to perform administration tasks within a VMware Infrastructure. This assumes little or no experience with PowerShell and will go through the steps of downloading, configuring and using it to perform simple tasks.

It aims to serve as a basic introduction and to show the steps required to get started with VMware & Powershell.

Key Concepts:

  • PowerShell Introduction
  • Install Steps and First Commands
  • Creating PowerShell Scripts
  • Running PowerShell Scripts from DOS Command Prompts or Task Scheduler
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ESX
ESXi
Microsoft
PowerCLI
Powershell
Scripting
vCenter
VMware
Management

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