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Managing VMWare with Windows PowerShell: TFM®

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VMware is the king when it comes to virtualization. Windows PowerShell has gotten huge accolades as an extremely powerful tool for automation of IT tasks. These two technologies make a lot of sense together, and VMware is now making that happen with the release of their VI Toolkit for Windows.

In "Managing VMware Infrastructure with PowerShell", you will learn how to perform everything from simple ad-hoc reporting at the command-line ("are any of my virtual machines powered off?") to complex scripts to automate a a massive deployment of hundreds of virtual machines. Simple, yet powerful; concise, yet robust; you will enjoy using this new language to solve your old problems using less code than you thought possible.

If you are a system administrator responsible for managing a VMware Virtual Infrastructure (version 2.0 or above), or a standalone ESX Server (version 3.0 or above), then you need this book. Aimed at scripters of every level, the book starts off with a PowerShell primer and continues well into the internals of virtualization on the VMware platform.

More PowerShell Goodness: The SAPIEN Blog includes a complete section on Windows PowerShell news and tips, and the SAPIEN Knowledge Base has a growing list of PowerShell-related articles. You may also enjoy www.ScriptingAnswers.com, which offers discussions, training, and free resources for administrative scripting - including Windows PowerShell.

Table of Contents

• Introduction - Why You Need This Book

1. Windows PowerShell Crash Course
2. Getting Started
3. Scripting with Virtual Infrastructure
4. Understanding Your Verbs and Nouns
5. Basic Cmdlets
6. Deploying Your Virtual Infrastructure
7. Configuring Your Environment
8. Reporting and Discovery
9. Keeping Things Running (Maintenance)
10. When Things Break (Troubleshooting)
11. Management and Automation Case Studies

Appendices

1. Other Resources

About the Author

Hal Rottenberg is a Senior Systems Administrator with IBM's prestigious Internet Security Systems X-Force division in Atlanta, Georgia and has been with them since 2007. Prior to that, he worked for nine years in server support and a variety of other roles for Hewlett-Packard. When he's not fixing and breaking software during the day, he likes to participate in several online communities. He is a former member of the XMPP Standards Foundation and is currently the webmaster for the open source instant messaging client, Psi (psi-im.org). When Hal found out about PowerShell in 2006, he jumped in head first to learn this exciting new technology. He is now a co-host of the popular PowerScripting Podcast (powerscripting.net) alongside creator Jonathan Walz. The podcast is the only one of its kind devoted exclusively to PowerShell. Hal also enjoys contributing knowledge to the PowerShell newsgroup (microsoft.public.windows.powershell), IRC channel #PowerShell on FreeNode, and various other forums and websites on the net such as PowerShellCommunity.org and PowerShellCentral.com. You can read his take on these and other technologies at his blog TechProsaic which can be found at halr9000.com. Outside of his tech pursuits, Hal loves spending time with his wife and family, and coaching his two boys in soccer.

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