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Your One-Stop Reference for VMware vSphere Automation

If you manage vSphere in a Windows environment, automating routine tasks can save you time and increase efficiency. VMware vSphere PowerCLI is a set of pre-built commands based on Windows PowerShell that is designed to help you automate vSphere processes involving virtual machines, datacenters, storage, networks, and more. This detailed guide—using a practical, task-based approach and real-world examples—shows you how to get the most out of PowerCLI's handy cmdlets.

Learn how to:

Automate vCenter Server and ESX/ESX(i) Server deployment and configuration
Create and configure virtual machines and use vApps
Secure, back up, and restore your virtual machines
Monitor, audit, and report the status of your vSphere environment
Use the PowerCLI SDK, PowerWF Studio, and vEcoShell
Schedule and view automation
Add a GUI front end to your scripts

ISBN-10

0470890797
ISBN-13

978-0470890790
Edition

1st
Publisher

Sybex
Publication date

April 12, 2011
Language

English
Dimensions

7.5 x 1.75 x 9.25 inches
Print length

768 pages
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Luc Dekens, VMware vExpert, has worked with operating systems for over 20 years and now focuses on virtualization, particularly platforms produced by VMware. He blogs about PowerCLI and the vSphere SDK at www.lucd.info.

Alan Renouf, VMware vExpert, is an EMC vSpecialist and has been working with VMware, Citrix, and Microsoft products for several years. Currently he focuses on virtualization products and their automation using PowerShell. He is also cohost, along with Jonathan Medd, of the Get Scripting podcast (www.get-scripting.blogspot.com).

Glenn Sizemore, VMware vExpert, started scripting early in his IT career, adopting PowerShell early on and conquering it when VMware PowerCLI first shipped. He shares scripts and automation techniques on his blog at www.Get-Admin.com.

Arnim van Lieshout, VMware vExpert, has been in the IT industry for 12 years, working mainly with operating systems. He has been focusing on virtualization for the last five years, especially automating tasks using PowerShell. Arnim blogs at www.van-lieshout.com.

Jonathan Medd, PowerShell MVP, is cohost of the Get-Scripting podcast and also shares his PowerShell knowledge at www.jonathanmedd.net.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sybex; 1st edition (April 12, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 768 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0470890797
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0470890790
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.44 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1.75 x 9.25 inches

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Luc Dekens
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Luc is an active member of the PowerCLI Community as LucD.
He is a vExpert and one of the top-25 bloggers in the VMware sphere.
He spoke at several VMworlds, US and Europe, and local VMUGs.
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Alan Renouf
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Alan Renouf is a Senior Technical Marketing Architect with VMware with over 12 years working experience within IT solutions. Alan currently focuses on automation of VMware products with vSphere PowerCLI. He has been a regular presenter at VMworld and multiple VMware User Groups around the world. Alan is the co-author of two VMware based books and the co-presenter of a PowerShell based podcast.
· Alan Renouf blogs for VMware at http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/ and has a personal blog at http://virtu-al.net
· Follow Alan Renouf’s podcast at http://get-scripting.blogspot.com
· Find Alan Renouf’s most recent book at http://PowerCLIBook.com
· Follow Alan Renouf on Twitter: @alanrenouf
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Arnim van Lieshout
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Arnim van Lieshout has been in the IT industry for 12 years, working mainly with operating systems. He holds key industry certifications and recognitions from VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix. For the last 5 years Arnim has been focusing on virtualization and as a virtualization architect he has been helping enterprise customers get the most out of virtualization, especially in server consolidation and business continuity. The last few years, he has been focusing on automating tasks using PowerShell. Arnim is an active member of the VMware Community forums and is a contributor to the VMware Community PowerPack (http://vmcompack.codeplex.com/). In 2010, Arnim was awarded third place in the VMware Script-O-Mania contest and, later that year, he was designated a VMware vExpert. He runs his own blog at www.van-lieshout.com, which is focused on virtualization and utilizing PowerShell in VMware environments. You can follow Arnim on Twitter at http://twitter.com/avlieshout
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FittyTree

Full of Awesome

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2011

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This is a great book. It's just what I've been waiting for to help streamline my vSphere automation skills and habits.

There is a small bug with the display of the example code snippets (the HTML code for ' seems to be in every place that the character itself should be), but they should be able to get that fixed soon. In the meantime, I can manage doing the manual replacements myself.

Nevertheless, it's the only thing that keeps me from rewarding 5 stars for what is otherwise a terrific edition to my vSphere reference arsenal.

Edit: After seeing the Author's responses to concerns expressed in other reviews here, I'd like to take the opportunity to upgrade my review to 5 stars. Great job guys. That's the kind of stuff I like to see.

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2012

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This is a really good reference book. It has tons of stuff that i have already been able to us in my job. I started to read it straight through but haven't been able to stay with it... but lets face it, it is a GREAT Reference book not a beginners book.

Part V where it discusses the different editors, the SDK, and how to build GUI is very useful.

I am very VMware View centric and it does not touch on that add on to CLI but this isn't a VMware View PowerCLI book, it is a VMWare vShpere PowerCLI book.

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Andy Simmons

Must-have for any vSphere admin

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2011

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This is a great resource for any vSphere admin. It covers everything from simple reporting and provisioning to automating complex workflows like site recovery.

Although the code samples in the Kindle version have "Prime" scattered randomly throughout as others have stated, all of the code is available online through the publisher, as explained in the forward. The online code samples do not have this issue, and are easier to work with than grabbing code out of the Kindle copy anyway. This book is WELL worth the money, and a 5-star rating even with these minor issues.

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Gary Guo

Useful resource for VMware cluster system admin by PowerCLI

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2011

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Even though I took a PowerCLI training course, this book is still a bible for me. The book covers the common use cases of vSphere 4.x admin with PowerCLI scripts. I read the whole book at a weekend, and I will try the scripts later. I'm working on a project of ESX/ESXi QA automation and I was looking for a PowerCLI book, this is the one after researching. I highly recommend this book for any one who wants to manage and to monitor VMware cluster using PowerCLI.

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James F. Cruce

This is your PowerCLi automation bible!

Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2013

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I purchased this book after attending VMworld and I love it! For automating your Vsphere environment this is your bible. I've only scratched the surface but this book has saved me hundreds of hours of testing. It's so much better to get my Powercli scripting right the first time.

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2012

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Great book. The Scripts are excellent and very practical e.g reading Hardware.
Presume next edition of Book will have Scripts for VCDirector included.

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Jeffrey Hall

...and the kitchen sink!

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2012

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Simply put, this is the most complete reference I've seen for PowerCLI and at the highest quality! I would recommend this to anyone that needs to have both a basic and an advanced reference for this powerful technology.

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2015

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Great reference

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vmachine

Referenz

Reviewed in Germany on September 1, 2011

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Wenn man das Autorenteam kennt, allen voran Luc Dekens und Alan Renouf, war eigentlich schon klar, dass hier eine absolute Referenz zur PowerCLI und der Automatisierung von VMware vSphere entstehen wird.
Dieses Buch bringt alles mit, was man zur Arbeit mit der PowerCLI benötigt und geht thematisch beliebig tief. Die Gliederung des Buches ist sehr gut gelungen und die Unmengen an Skriptbeispielen und Erklärungen geben Einsteigern wie auch Fortgeschrittenen die Werkzeuge zur täglichen Administration mit.
Eine absolute Kaufempfehlung für jeden VMware vSphere Administrator oder Berater und solche die es werden wollen.

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Nicholas

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 20, 2017

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Awesome book to assist in my day to day job

Vladan Laxa

Great book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2013

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Especially for virtualization enthusiasts like me. It contains many interesting examples for virtual infrastructure automatization. I like it very much!

Y. Heslop

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 9, 2014

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Exactly what I expected.

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