# Some Basic Powershell
Get-Help
Get-Command
Get-Service
Get-Help Get-Service -Full
Get-Help Get-Service -Example
Get-Service | Get-Member
Get-Service | Select-Object Name, Status, MachineName
Get-Service | where {$_.status -eq "Running" }
# --- VI Toolkit ---
# List all VI Toolkit related cmdlets
Get-VICommand
#Get help for the VI Toolkit cmdlets
Get-Help Get-VM -Full
Get-Help Get-VM -Example
# Connect to the Virtual Infrastructure Server - Could be a host
Connect-VIServer VC
# Get a list of VMs
Get-VM
# See the details of the Get-VM Object returned
Get-VM | Get-Member
# How many VMs do we have in our VI
(Get-VM).Count
# Get a List of our hosts
Get-VMHost
# Which guests are on our particular host
Get-VMHost ESX01.virtual.net | Get-VM
# Create a new VM on our host
Get-VMHost ESX01.virtual.net | New-VM -Name "NewVm0" -DiskMB 1 -MemoryMB 128
# Create 5 new vms on our host
Foreach ($i in 1..5) { Get-VMHost ESX01.virtual.net | New-VM -Name "Newvm$i” -DiskMB 1 -MemoryMB 128 }
# change one of our newly created VMs to have 2 CPUs
Get-Vm Newvm1 | set-vm -NumCpu 2 -confirm:$false
# Export our Guests to a CSV File
Get-VM | Export-CSV C:\UKVMUG\AllVMs.csv
# Open the CSV using Invoke-Item
Invoke-Item c:\ukvmug\allvms.csv
# Export our Guests to a HTML File
Get-VM | ConvertTo-Html > C:\UKVMUG\AllVMs.html
# Open the HTML file using Invoke-Item
Invoke-Item c:\ukvmug\allvms.html
# Disconnect any CD-ROM Drives
Get-VM | Get-CDDrive | Set-CDDrive -Connected $false –confirm:$false
# Delete our VMs we just created
Remove-VM New* -confirm:$false
# List our hosts and there Service console details
Get-VMHost esx01.virtual.net | Get-vmhostnetwork
# List virtual switches on our hosts
Get-VMHost | Get-VirtualSwitch
# List portgroups on our hosts
Get-VMHost | Get-VirtualSwitch | Get-VirtualPortGroup
# Create a portgroup on our host
Get-VirtualSwitch -VMHost ESX01.virtual.net -Name 'vSwitch0' | New-VirtualPortGroup -Name 'Production Network' -VLanId 100
# Delete our newly created portgroup
Get-VirtualSwitch -VMHost ESX01.virtual.net -Name 'vSwitch0' | Get-VirtualPortGroup -Name "Production Network" | Remove-VirtualPortGroup
# List All Datastores
Get-vmhost | get-datastore
# List all clusters
Get-Cluster
# Rescan storage on each of the hosts - VERY USEFUL
Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostStorage -RescanAllHba
# Create a Snapshot for W2K3
Get-VM W2K3 | New-Snapshot -Name Snapshot1
# List all Snapshots for all VMs
Get-VM | Get-Snapshot
# Get it ready for VESI Demo
Foreach ($i in 1..5) { Get-VMHost ESX01.virtual.net | New-VM -Name "Newvm$i” -DiskMB 1 -MemoryMB 128 }
# Accessing the full objects
Get-VM | Get-View
# What more does this give us ?
Get-VM | Get-Member
Get-VM | Get-View | Get-Member

#Cleanup
Remove-VM New* -confirm:$false
Get-VM | Get-Snapshot -Name Snapshot1 | Remove-Snapshot -confirm:$false
Remove-item c:\UKVMUG\allvms.csv
Remove-item c:\UKVMUG\allvms.html