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Learning PowerCLI for VMware VSphere

Automate your Vmware vSphere environment by learning how to install and use PowerCLI. This book takes a practical tutorial approach that will have you automating your daily routine tasks in no time.

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited
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|Sep 2025

Key Features

    Book Description

    Learning PowerCLI is written in a friendly and practical style with a focus on getting you started and automating daily tasks quickly and efficiently. If you manage or administrate a vSphere environment, and want to make that easier and more efficient, then this book is for you! This book is ideal for you if you want to learn how to automate your VMware vSphere infrastructure, by getting the most out of PowerCLI. It’s assumed that you have some experience in administrating a VMware vSphere environment. Knowledge of Microsoft’s Windows PowerShell is not a prerequisite.

    What you will learn

    • Download and install PowerCLI
    • Add hosts to VMware vCenter Server
    • Configure vSphere Auto Deploy
    • Use the esxcli command from PowerCLI
    • Create OS Customization Specs
    • Monitor virtual machine performance
    • Configure distributed virtual switches and storage I/O Control
    • Enable VM and Application Monitoring
    • Manage licenses for multiple hosts to migrate them easily
    • Configure an alarm to monitor your networks virtual machines
    • Generate a goodlooking HTML report in no time

    Who this book is for

    Table of Contents

      PDF ISBN: 978-1-78217-017-4
      Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
      Copyright owner: © 2014 Packt Publishing Limited
      Publication date: 2025
      Language: English
      Pages: 374

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