Managing vSphere environment with the VMware PowerCLI

Products

• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

• VMware PowerCLI is a powerful command line tool that lets you automate all aspects of vSphere management, including networking, storage, virtual machines, tasks, and more.
• It is distributed as a Windows PowerShell snap-in, and includes more than 300 PowerShell cmdlets, along with documentation and samples.
• There are many different resources you can use to get a better understanding of how to use the VMware PowerCLI. This article outlines those resources.

Environment

• ESXi 8.x
• ESX 9.x
• vCenter 8.x
• vCenter 9.x

Resolution

Get started with vSphere PowerCLI by checking the resources below.

1. Download VCF PowerCLI
2. Documentation VCF PowerCLI
3. Getting Started with VCF PowerCLI
4. Broadcom PowerCLI Community
5. VCF PowerCLI Blog

Additional Information

To perform specific tasks with the VMware PowerCLI, see:

• Managing virtual machines using PowerCLI
  • vCenter 8.x
  • vCenter 9.x
• Identifying virtual machines with Raw Device Mappings (RDMs) using PowerCLI