In the previous version of PowerCLI we had 165 great cmdlets to play with and didn’t we have fun, now in the new version (Download Here) we have a whopping…..

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That’s right, an extra 68 cmdlets (4 of the old cmdlets were renamed from the previous version), bring on the fun !

So as well as the increased performance, what do we now have to play with ? here is a quick summary of the new cmdlets and what they do….

Name Synopsis
Add-PassthroughDevice Attaches pass-through devices to the specified virtual machine.
Apply-DrsRecommendation Applies the specified DRS recommendations.
Copy-DatastoreItem Copies items between datastores and between a datastore and a local file system provider.
Copy-HardDisk Copies a virtual hard disk to another destination.
Copy-VMGuestFile Copies a file from and to the guest OS of the specified virtual machines using VMware Tools.
Export-VApp Exports a virtual appliance to the provided destination.
Get-Annotation Retrieves annotations.
Get-CustomAttribute Retrieves custom attributes.
Get-DrsRecommendation Retrieves the available DRS recommendations from the provided clusters.
Get-IScsiHbaTarget Retrieves the available iSCSI HBA targets.
Get-NicTeamingPolicy Retrieves the Nic teaming policies of the specified virtual switches and virtual port groups.
Get-OSCustomizationNicMapping Retrieves the configured Nic setting mappings for the specified OS customization specification.
Get-PassthroughDevice Retrieves the pass-through devices available on the specified hosts, virtual machines, and templates.
Get-PowerCLIConfiguration Retrieves the vSphere PowerCLI proxy configuration and default servers policy.
Get-PowerCLIVersion Retrieves the vSphere PowerCLI version.
Get-UsbDevice Retrieves the USB devices available on a vSphere server.
Get-VApp Retrieves virtual appliances.
Get-VIPermission Retrieves the permissions defined on the specified inventory objects.
Get-VIPrivilege Retrieve the privilege groups and items for the provided servers.
Get-VIRole Retrieves all roles defined on the provided servers.
Get-VMGuestNetworkInterface Retrieves information about the network configuration of the specified virtual machines or guests.
Get-VMGuestRoute Retrieves the routing configuration of the specified virtual machines or guests.
Get-VMHostAvailableTimeZone Retrieves the time zones available on the specified host.
Get-VMHostHba Retrieves information about the available HBAs (Host Bus Adapter).
Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter Retrieves the host network adapters on a vSphere server.
Get-VMQuestion Retrieves the pending questions for the specified virtual machines.
Import-VApp Imports a virtual appliance.
Install-VMHostPatch Updates the specified hosts.
Move-Template Moves virtual machine templates to another location.
New-CustomAttribute Creates a new custom attribute.
New-IScsiHbaTarget Creates a new iSCSI HBA target.
New-OSCustomizationNicMapping Adds Nic settings mappings to the specified OS customization specifications.
New-VApp Creates a new virtual appliance.
New-VIPermission Creates new permissions on the specified inventory objects for the provided users and groups in the role.
New-VIRole Creates a new role on the specified servers and applies the provided privileges.
New-VMGuestRoute Adds a new route to the routing table of the provided virtual machines and guests.
Remove-CustomAttribute Removes custom attributes.
Remove-HardDisk Removes the specified virtual hard disks.
Remove-IScsiHbaTarget Removes targets from their iSCSI HBAs.
Remove-OSCustomizationNicMapping Removes the specified OS customization NIC mappings.
Remove-PassthroughDevice Removes the specified pass-through devices.
Remove-UsbDevice Removes the specified USB devices from a virtual machine.
Remove-VApp Removes virtual appliances from the server.
Remove-VIPermission Removes the specified permissions.
Remove-VIRole Removes the specified roles.
Remove-VMGuestRoute Removes the specified routes from the routing table of their corresponding virtual machines.
Restart-VM Restarts the specified virtual machines.
Restart-VMHost Restarts the specified hosts.
Set-Annotation Changes the name of the specified annotation.
Set-CustomAttribute Specifies a name for a custom attribute.
Set-IScsiHbaTarget Configures an iSCSI HBA target.
Set-NicTeamingPolicy Configures the specified NIC teaming policy.
Set-OSCustomizationNicMapping Modifies the provided OS customization NIC mappings.
Set-PowerCLIConfiguration Modifies the vSphere PowerCLI configuration.
Set-VApp Configures a virtual appliance.
Set-VIPermission Modifies the properties of the specified permissions.
Set-VIRole Modifies the privileges of the provided roles.
Set-VIToolkitConfiguration Modifies the vSphere PowerCLI configuration.
Set-VMGuestNetworkInterface Configures the network settings of a virtual machine using VMware Tools.
Set-VMGuestRoute Configures the specified route.
Set-VMHostHba Configures the CHAP properties of the given iSCSI HBAs.
Set-VMHostStorage Configures a host storage.
Set-VMQuestion Answers the specified virtual machine question.
Start-VApp Starts virtual appliances.
Start-VMHost Starts the specified hosts.
Stop-VApp Stops virtual appliances.
Stop-VMHost Powers off the specified hosts.
Suspend-VMHost Suspends hosts.