vSphere 4: Automation with vSphere PowerCLI (AUTO)
Quién debería asistir
This course is designed for technical persons responsible for managing ESX, VMware ESXi, and VMware vCenter™ Server, including IT managers, system architects, and system administrators.
Prerrequisitos
System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems and completion of either the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage or the VMware vSphere: Fast Track course. Also scripting experience in one of the following languages: Windows PowerShell, Windows PowerShell, VBScript, Perl, UNIX shell scripts, Python, or other languages with variables and control structures.
Objetivos del curso
This hands-on training course introduces the use of VMware vSphere™ PowerCLI to automate VMware vSphere 4. This course demonstrates ways to automate tasks that can reduce your IT costs while improving efficiency, availability, flexibility, and manageability. By the end of the course, you should understand how to use vSphere PowerCLI to perform the following tasks:
- Automate VMware® ESX™ configuration
- Automate the provisioning of virtual machines
- Automate changes to virtual machine configuration
- Automate cluster operations
- Automate reporting
Contenido del curso
Course Introduction
Introduction to vSphere PowerCLI
Define the main vSphere PowerCLI object
Define the main commandlets in vSphere PowerCLI
Connect to a vSphere infrastructure
Get help for commandlets
Automating ESX Host Configuration
Automate configuration of virtual switches on ESX hosts
Automate configuration of datastores on ESX hosts
Virtual Machine Provisioning, Configuration, and Protection
Automate creation of virtual machines
Change virtual machine settings programmatically
Run vSphere PowerCLI scripts in virtual machines
Automate virtual machine protection
Automating Cluster Operations
Automate virtual machine storage migration
Automate VMware vMotion™
Create a VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler/VMware High Availability cluster
Automate cluster configuration
Automate resource pool creation and configuration
Automating Reporting
Automate reporting about virtual machines
Automate reporting about ESX hosts
Automate reporting about clusters
Duración: 2 días