Powershell for VMware - Part II

On part two for PowerCLI cmdlets for handling virtual machine for VMware environment. We will start with some task and command associated with it. It will help to clear your basic handling for virtual machine and you can test some of cmdlets from below on your environment. 

Listing VMs, Hosts, Datastores, And Resource Pools.(Beginner)

Task	Solution
Connect to Virtual Center	Get-VC 10.0.0.2
Obtain a list of all VMs	Get-VM
Obtain a list of all Hosts	Get-VMHost
Obtain a list of all Datastores	Get-Datastore
Obtain a list of all Resource Pools	Get-Resourcepool

Creating a VM.

Task	Solution
Create a VM called “MyFirst_VM” on ESX1. Give the VM 256 MB of RAM and 1GB of disk	Get-VMHost ESX1 | New-VM  -Name ”MyFirst_VM”  -Memorymb 256 –diskmb 1024 –pool  (Get-resourcepool sales-esx1) –location (Get-folder sales)
Create a VM called “MySecond_VM” on ESX2. Give the VM 2 CPUs, and configure it to host Windows 2008 as the guest operating system.	Get-VMHost ESX2 | New-VM –Name “MySecond_VM” –Memorymb 1024 –diskmb 2048 –guestif Win2008ServGuest –pool  (Get-Resourcepool sales-esx2) –location (Get-folder sales)

Basic VM Modification

Task	Solution
Change the number of virtual CPUs configured for “Sales1” from 1 to 2	Get-VM “Sales1”  | Set-VM –numcpu 2
Change the amount of RAM configured for “Sales1” from 256mb to 1024mb	Get-VM “Sales1” | Set-VM –memorymb 1024
Verify that your modifications were successful	Get-VM “Sales1”

Powering VMs ON & OFF

Task	Solution
Determine the power status of all available VMs	Get-VM |ft name,powerstate
Power on the “Server1” virtual machine	Get-VM  “Server1”| Start-VM
Reset the “Server1” virtual machine	Get-VM “Server1” | Stop-VM
Suspend the “Server1” virtual machine	Get-VM “Server1” | Suspend-VM
Resume the “Server1” virtual machine	Get-VM “Server1” | Start-VM
Power off the “Server1” virtual machine	Get-VM “Server1” | Stop-VM