Use cases for managing vCenter/ESXi Server, Virtual Machines and more

Note: The use of the scripts requires the PowerShell Module VMware.PowerCLI.

• Import/export auto deploy state

• Get/set a cluster
• Add/move/remove a cluster
• Add, get, set, move, remove datastore cluster

• Get/set a datacenter
• Add/move/remove a datacenter

• Get/set a datastore
• Add/remove a datastore

• Get/set a hard disk
• Add/copy/move/remove a hard disk
• Add/get/set a SCSI controller
• Add, get, set, copy, move, remove VDisk

• Get/set a floppy drive
• Add/remove a floppy drive
• Get/set a CD drive
• Add/remove a CD drive
• Get/remove a USB device

• Get/set a folder
• Add/move/remove a folder

• Get/set a host
• Add/move/remove a host
• Get/set a host user account
• Add/remove a host user account
• Get/set a host firewall default policy
• Get/set a host firewall exception
• Get/set hosts firmware settings
• Get/set hosts Sphere logs, log types
• Get/set hosts firmware settings
• Get/set a host network adapter
• Add/remove a host network adapter
• Start/suspend/restart/stop a host
• Get/set a host profile
• Get/set start policy
• Export/import a host profile
• Add/invoke/remove a host profile
• Test host profile compliance
• Invoke a command
• Get hardware informations
• Get/set host storages
• Get/start/stop/restart host services
• Get/format host disk partitions
• Get/set host diagnostic partition
• Get host disks
• Get PCI devices
• Get/add routes from the routing table
• Get, install host patches
• Get host profile required input

• Get/set a virtual network adapter
• Add/remove a virtual network adapter
• Get virtual port groups
• Get distributed switches

• Copy, get, sync patches

• Get/set a PowerCLI configuration
• Get a PowerCLI version

• Get/set a resource pool
• Add/remove a resource pool

• New, get, set, copy, remove OS customization specifications

• Get history tasks
• Get/Stop a task

• Create a new virtual machine template
• Convert/clone/register/remove a virtual machine template
• Get/set a virtual machine template

• Get, set, new, remove tag category
• Get, set, new, remove tag
• Get, new, remove tag assignment

• Get/set a virtual switch
• Add/remove a virtual switch

• Get/set a virtual machine
• Add/move/clone/create from template/remove a virtual machine
• Start/suspend/restart/stop a virtual machine
• New/remove/get/set snap shot
• Restore a virtual machine
• Register a virtual machine
• New/clone/create from template/register a virtual machine on a cluster
• Get/set start policy
• Install/update/mount/dismount tools
• Get guest system
• Start/suspend/restart/stop a guest system
• Run a script in the guest OS of a virtual machine
• Get/set resource configuration
• Copies guest system files and folders

• Get available time zones, counters, topologies
• Get inventory items
• Get server properties
• Get statistical informations
• Exposes the ESXCLI functionality

• Report all available patches
• Report all host patches

• Search host IDs or names
• Search resource pool IDs or names
• Search virtual switches IDs or names
• Search virtual machine IDs or names
• Search disk IDs, paths or names
• Search VDisks
• Search running or queued tasks
• Search available folders
• Search available network adapters, virtual networks
• Search available host accounts
• Search available host network adapters
• Search available datastore IDs or names
• Search available datacenter IDs or names
• Search snap shot IDs or names
• Search available port groups
• Search available guest system IDs
• Search the names of then time zones available on the specified host
• Search the names of the SCSI controllers
• Search information about a host services
• Search templates, clusters, datastore clusters