Module 1: Course Introduction
Module 2: 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
Module 3: Automating ESX Host Configuration
- Automate configuration of virtual switches on ESX hosts
- Automate configuration of datastores on ESX hosts
Module 4: 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
Module 5: 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
Module 6: Automating Reporting
- Automate reporting about virtual machines
- Automate reporting about ESX hosts
- Automate reporting about clusters