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…..
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. |
I’ve tried this script, a modified version of yours:
Get-VMHost | Select name,
@{N=”Mem.Usage.Average”;E={(get-stat -entity $_ -Start ((Get-Date).AddDays(-30)) -Finish (Get-Date) -stat mem.usage.average -intervalmins 5 -MaxSamples 1).Value}},
@{N=”Mem.Usage.Maximum”;E={(get-stat -entity $_ -Start ((Get-Date).AddDays(-30)) -Finish (Get-Date) -stat mem.usage.maximum -intervalmins 5 -MaxSamples 1).Value}},
@{N=”Cpu.Usage.Average”;E={(get-stat -entity $_ -Start ((Get-Date).AddDays(-30)) -Finish (Get-Date) -stat cpu.usage.average -intervalmins 5 -MaxSamples 1).Value}},
@{N=”Cpu.Usage.Maximum”;E={(get-stat -entity $_ -Start ((Get-Date).AddDays(-30)) -Finish (Get-Date) -stat cpu.usage.maximum -intervalmins 5 -MaxSamples 1).Value}} |Export-Csv c:\stats.csv
I want to get the maximum cpu usage of the last 30 days, but nothing happens, only the average numbers occur in the stats.csv.
What am I doing wrong?
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@Mariana
You guys have just made far too many exciting changes, I knew I missed something, thanks for pointing it out.
Alan
Another important feature is that PowerCLI now supports running cmdlets on multiple servers. To switch between working on a single server and working on multiple servers, use the Set-PowerCLIConfiguration cmdlet.