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VI Toolkit/ PowerShell for VMware

VI Toolkit/ PowerShell for VMware. Randy Snyder. Microsoft PowerShell. Command line shell and scripting language Download Windows PowerShell 1.0 and install http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx Open a command prompt .

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VI Toolkit/ PowerShell for VMware

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  1. VI Toolkit/PowerShell for VMware Randy Snyder

  2. Microsoft PowerShell • Command line shell and scripting language • Download Windows PowerShell 1.0 and install • http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx • Open a command prompt

  3. Microsoft PowerShell

  4. Next steps • Get-Help • Can use tabbing to finish commands • Commands like ls, pwd, dir etc… work • Files are saved as a .PS1 • Not only for Windows, (VMware, Quest, F5, Full Armor etc..)

  5. Microsoft PowerShell

  6. VMware VI Toolkit • New version release January 28, 2009 • Quick Reference Guide • VMware forum • VMware Europe Lab • http://www.vmwarescripting.com/ • http://www.peetersonline.nl/ • http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/categories/10-VMware-PowerShell

  7. Get-Help “command” -detailed

  8. Getting Started

  9. What can I do?

  10. PowerGUI

  11. Connecting

  12. Viewing information

  13. Viewing the Source

  14. The Problem • Need to get data from a number of servers • Data is not in a script that I could find • Field is not somewhere I would normally look

  15. Finding Data • Get-VM vm_name | get-view | format-custom >c:\out.txt •   Summary = •     class VirtualMachineSummary •     { • Vm = •         class ManagedObjectReference •         { •           Type = VirtualMachine •           Value = vm-149535 •         }

  16. ($vm | get-view) | get-member

  17. ($vm | get-view).summary | get-member

  18. ($vm | get-view).summary.vm | get-member

  19. ($vm | get-view).summary.vm

  20. Writing the Script

  21. Step 1 Connect • #Set variables • $vcserver = “insert VC Server Name“ • #Connect to VC • $VC = Connect-VIServer $VCServer

  22. Loop the command • #Tell it to loop through the names • foreach ($object in $vmname){ • #Provide the command to increase the RAM • $vm = Get-VM $object • ($vm | Get-View).summary.vm.value + " " + $vm.name • }

  23. Results

  24. Vmotion IP’s

  25. Additional Resources • VMware Administrator’s guide for VI Toolkit 1.5 • Undocumented Features • Real Time Publishers • VI-Toolkit.com • PowerScripting Podcast • Power of Shell

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