Overview This hands-on training course introduces using VMware vSphere™ PowerCLI to automate VMware vSphere 4. This course demonstrates ways to automate tasks that will reduce your IT costs while improving efficiency, availability, flexibility, and manageability.
Pre-Requisites
System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems and attendance at either the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage or the VMware vSphere: Fast Track course. And scripting experience in one of the following languages: VBScript, Perl, UNIX shell scripts, Python, or some other language with variables and control structures.
Next Course Dates
Dates available on request. Please contact us
| June | | | |
  | 11 Jun - 12 Jun, 2012 | RUEIL ATHENEE (France) | | | Request Space |
| July | | | |
| 02 Jul - 03 Jul, 2012 | Oslo, Global Knowledge (Norway) | | | Request Space |
| 12 Jul - 13 Jul, 2012 | Nieuwegein (Iepenhoeve 5) (Netherlands) | | | Request Space |
| 18 Jul - 19 Jul, 2012 | Frankfurt (Germany) | | | Request Space |
| August | | | |
| 15 Aug - 16 Aug, 2012 | München (Germany) | | | Request Space |
| 30 Aug - 31 Aug, 2012 | Nieuwegein (Iepenhoeve 5) (Netherlands) | | | Request Space |
| September | | | |
| 03 Sep - 04 Sep, 2012 | Oslo, Global Knowledge (Norway) | | | Request Space |
| October | | | |
| 03 Oct - 04 Oct, 2012 | Hamburg (Germany) | | | Request Space |
| 29 Oct - 30 Oct, 2012 | RUEIL ATHENEE (France) | | | Request Space |
| 30 Oct - 31 Oct, 2012 | Nieuwegein (Iepenhoeve 5) (Netherlands) | | | Request Space |
| 31 Oct - 01 Nov, 2012 | Frankfurt (Germany) | | | Request Space |
| December | | | |
| 10 Dec - 11 Dec, 2012 | Nieuwegein (Iepenhoeve 5) (Netherlands) | | | Request Space |
| 12 Dec - 13 Dec, 2012 | München (Germany) | | | Request Space |
| February | | | |
| 13 Feb - 14 Feb, 2013 | Hamburg (Germany) | | | Request Space |
| March | | | |
| 20 Mar - 21 Mar, 2013 | Frankfurt (Germany) | | | Request Space |
More Information
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.
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 reportingModule 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