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Export DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler) rules from a vCenter server using PowerCLI-How to?

To export DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler) rules from a vCenter server using PowerCLI, you can use the following script. This script will connect to your vCenter server, retrieve the DRS rules for each cluster, and export them to a CSV file. Install VMware PowerCLI if you haven’t already: Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -Scope CurrentUser 2. Run the following PowerCLI script: #…

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How To Install VMware PowerCLI Module using Powershell - Online Method

How To Install VMware PowerCLI Module using Powershell – Online Method

To use VMware PowerCLI you need to first install/enable the modules on your client computer. The steps provided below are of steps that I have frequently taken to install on my Windows 10 client machines.

Install VMware PowerCLI Module From PC With Internet Connection From a Windows 10 client with an internet connection open powershell (as an administrator) and issue the following commands:

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VMware PowerCLI is a collection of PowerShell modules that provides cmdlets used to manage VMware environments. As a VMware Virtualization administrator, you’ll be able to perform most vSphere administrative tasks as well as automate many operations. A cmdlet is a lightweight command that PowerShell runtime invokes within the context of automation scripts that are provided at the command line. They are invoked programmatically through PowerShell APIs. The combination of VMware PowerCLI and PowerShell unlocks the power of automation more and more. PowerCLI provides an integration with VMware products such as vSphere ESXi, NSX, vCenter, vRealize Operations, VSAN, Horizon, and VMware Cloud platforms. Install VMware PowerCLI Tools on macOS The major requirement for this installation are: PowerShell Homebrew Internet connection Install Homebrew on macOS If you don’t have Homebrew already installed on your system, run the commands below to download it. /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)" Confirm installation was successful by checking the version: $ brew --version Homebrew 3.6.3 Homebrew/homebrew-core (git revision cbc3731cfcd; last commit 2022-09-29) Homebrew/homebrew-cask (git revision c41e6a96ba; last commit 2022-09-29) Install PowerShell on macOS With the Homebrew package installed, we’ll use it to get PowerShell on macOS. $ brew install --cask powershell ==> Downloading https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.2.6/powershell-7.2.6-osx-x64.pkg ==> Downloading from https://objects.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset-2e65be/49609581/83411cda-c621-4bfd-bc39-7668321cbc45?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA ######################################################################## 100.0% ==> Installing dependencies: openssl@3 ==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/openssl/3/manifests/3.0.5 ######################################################################## 100.0% ==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/openssl/3/blobs/sha256:c4de05580e98de88ece952f04d2ea019d89043379d44a18970cf4a1e9d93c825 ==> Downloading from https://pkg-containers.githubusercontent.com/ghcr1/blobs/sha256:c4de05580e98de88ece952f04d2ea019d89043379d44a18970cf4a1e9d93c825?se=2022-09-29T19%3A40%3A00Z&sig=lo9lADMAkHz0GxIH ######################################################################## 100.0% ==> Installing openssl@3 ==> Pouring openssl@3--3.0.5.monterey.bottle.tar.gz 🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/openssl@3/3.0.5: 6,444 files, 28.2MB ==> Installing Cask powershell ==> Running installer for powershell; your password may be necessary. Package installers may write to any location; options such as `--appdir` are ignored. Password: installer: Package name is PowerShell - 7.2.6 installer: Installing at base path / installer: The install was successful. 🍺 powershell was successfully installed! Verify that your installation is working properly: $ pwsh PowerShell 7.2.6 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. https://aka.ms/powershell Type 'help' to get help. PS /Users/jkmutai/Desktop> You can get a newer version of PowerShell by updating Homebrew’s formulae and upgrading PowerShell: brew update brew upgrade powershell --cask Install VMware PowerCLI Tools on macOS Open PowerShell on your macOS workstation. $ pwsh Then run the commands in PowerShell to install all PowerCLI modules: PS /Users/jkmutai> Install-Module VMware.PowerCLI -Scope CurrentUser You may get a warning relating to modules installation from an untrusted repository, press Y or A to confirm the installation. Untrusted repository You are installing the modules from an untrusted repository. If you trust this repository, change its InstallationPolicy value by running the Set-PSRepository cmdlet. Are you sure you want to install the modules from 'PSGallery'? [Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "N"): A

The modules are downloaded automatically and stored in the correct folder. The -Scope parameter can be used to make the PowerCLI modules available to AllUsers. PS /Users/jkmutai> Install-Module VMware.PowerCLI -Scope AllUsers To list all available modules, run: Get-Module -ListAvailable On macOS the modules are stored inside ~/.local/share/powershell/Modules directory. $ ls ~/.local/share/powershell/Modules VMware.CloudServices VMware.Sdk.vSphere.Content VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.TrustedInfrastructure VMware.DeployAutomation VMware.Sdk.vSphere.ContentLibrary VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.VCHA VMware.ImageBuilder VMware.Sdk.vSphere.Esx.Hcl VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.Vm VMware.PowerCLI VMware.Sdk.vSphere.Esx.Hosts VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.VmTemplate VMware.PowerCLI.Sdk VMware.Sdk.vSphere.Esx.Settings VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vStats VMware.PowerCLI.Sdk.Types VMware.Sdk.vSphere.VAPI.Metadata VMware.Sdk.vSphereRuntime VMware.PowerCLI.VCenter VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter VMware.Vim VMware.PowerCLI.VCenter.Types.ApplianceService VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.Authentication VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core VMware.PowerCLI.VCenter.Types.CertificateManagement VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.CertManagement VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud VMware.Sdk.Nsx.Policy VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.Content VMware.VimAutomation.Common VMware.Sdk.Runtime VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.Datastore VMware.VimAutomation.Core VMware.Sdk.vSphere VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.Deployment VMware.VimAutomation.Hcx VMware.Sdk.vSphere.Appliance VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.Guest VMware.VimAutomation.HorizonView VMware.Sdk.vSphere.Appliance.Access VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.ISO VMware.VimAutomation.License VMware.Sdk.vSphere.Appliance.Health VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.Identity VMware.VimAutomation.Nsxt VMware.Sdk.vSphere.Appliance.InfraProfile VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.Inventory VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk VMware.Sdk.vSphere.Appliance.LocalAccounts VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.LCM VMware.VimAutomation.Security VMware.Sdk.vSphere.Appliance.Logging VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.NamespaceManagement VMware.VimAutomation.Srm VMware.Sdk.vSphere.Appliance.Networking VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.Namespaces VMware.VimAutomation.Storage VMware.Sdk.vSphere.Appliance.Recovery VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.OVF VMware.VimAutomation.StorageUtility VMware.Sdk.vSphere.Appliance.SupportBundle VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.Services VMware.VimAutomation.Vds VMware.Sdk.vSphere.Appliance.System VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.Storage VMware.VimAutomation.Vmc VMware.Sdk.vSphere.Appliance.Update VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.SystemConfig VMware.VimAutomation.WorkloadManagement VMware.Sdk.vSphere.Cis VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.Tagging VMware.VimAutomation.vROps VMware.Sdk.vSphere.Cis.Tagging VMware.Sdk.vSphere.vCenter.Topology VMware.VumAutomation PowerCLI usage example Let’s consider a simple example on using VMware vSphere cmdlets for automated administration of the vSphere environment. To get details about installed version of PowerCLI, use: PS /Users/jkmutai> Get-PowerCLIVersion

PowerCLI Version ---------------- VMware.PowerCLI 12.7.0 build 20091289 --------------- Component Versions --------------- VMware Common PowerCLI Component 12.7 build 20067789 VMware Cis Core PowerCLI Component PowerCLI Component 12.6 build 19601368 VMware VimAutomation VICore Commands PowerCLI Component PowerCLI Component 12.7 build 20091293 PS /Users/jkmutai> See current configuration before you proceed. PS /Users/jkmutai> Get-PowerCLIConfiguration Scope ProxyPolicy DefaultVIServerMode InvalidCertificateAction DisplayDeprecationWarnings WebOperationTimeout Seconds ----- ----------- ------------------- ------------------------ -------------------------- ------------------- Session UseSystemProxy Multiple Unset True 300 User AllUsers Update the configuration to ignore accept self-signed certificates for SSL connection: PS /Users/jkmutai> Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore Perform operation? Performing operation 'Update VMware.PowerCLI configuration.'? [Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): A Scope ProxyPolicy DefaultVIServerMode InvalidCertificateAction DisplayDeprecationWarnings WebOperationTimeout Seconds ----- ----------- ------------------- ------------------------ -------------------------- ------------------- Session UseSystemProxy Multiple Ignore True 300 User Ignore AllUsers Connect to Environment Use the Connect-VIServer command to setup a new connection. This will ask you to input username and password. PS /Users/jkmutai> Connect-VIServer -Server esxi01.example.com -Protocol https Specify Credential Please specify server credential User: root Password for user root: ********** Name Port User ---- ---- ---- esxi01.example.com 443 root For non-interactive connection you can pass the username and password in CLI: Connect-VIServer -Server -Protocol https -User -Password Run a cmdlet to retrieve the datastores available. PS /Users/jkmutai> Get-Datastore Name FreeSpaceGB CapacityGB ---- ----------- ---------- datastore1 317.590 319.000 You can search for cmdlets commands using regex inPowerCLI, example: #Show all cmdlets with keyword switch it its name PS /Users/jkmutai> Get-VICommand *switch CommandType Name Version Source ----------- ---- ------- ------ Cmdlet Export-VDSwitch 12.7.0.20… VMware.VimAutomation.Vds Cmdlet Get-VDSwitch 12.7.0.20… VMware.VimAutomation.Vds Cmdlet Get-VirtualSwitch 12.7.0.20… VMware.VimAutomation.Core Cmdlet Initialize-CpuCoreConfigForEnhancedNetworkingStac… 4.0.0.200… VMware.Sdk.Nsx.Policy Cmdlet Initialize-PreconfiguredHostSwitch 4.0.0.200… VMware.Sdk.Nsx.Policy Cmdlet Initialize-RealizedLogicalSwitch 4.0.0.200… VMware.Sdk.Nsx.Policy Cmdlet Initialize-StandardHostSwitch 4.0.0.200… VMware.Sdk.Nsx.Policy Cmdlet New-VDSwitch 12.7.0.20… VMware.VimAutomation.Vds Cmdlet New-VirtualSwitch 12.7.0.20… VMware.VimAutomation.Core Cmdlet Remove-VDSwitch 12.7.0.20… VMware.VimAutomation.Vds

Cmdlet Remove-VirtualSwitch 12.7.0.20… VMware.VimAutomation.Core Cmdlet Set-VDSwitch 12.7.0.20… VMware.VimAutomation.Vds Cmdlet Set-VirtualSwitch 12.7.0.20… VMware.VimAutomation.Core For more understanding on PowerCLI usage, refer to official VMware documentation pages: VMware PowerCLI Cmdlets by Product PowerCLI Community Scripts

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Check Host Connection Status in a VMWare Cluster

Check Host Connection Status in a VMWare Cluster

Here is a script on VMware via Powershell. As long as you have installed the PowerCLI module, you can run this via the standard Powershell. I have taken the script and created a PS1 file to run through the list and email it to you. This will help in the cases whereby you have multiple hosts and needs to be aware of the connection status. Now all your resources may not have access to VCenter or…

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PowerCLI and VMware Horizon View

By Curtis Brown

Introduction

VMware PowerCLI has been in existence for quite some time and over the last 2 years it has been moving at quite a rapid pace.  It has traditionally been used to provide PowerShell based command and control functionality within VMware vSphere environments, with particular focus on the ability to create scripted functions for automation purposes.  Used in conjunction with automation and orchestration tooling, a great many bespoke capabilities are available.

During 2018, there has been a release around every 2 months, the current release, version 11 was released in October and provides support for the following:

vSphere 6.7U1

VMware Horizon 7.6

NSX-T 2.3

VMware Cloud on AWS

Being based on PowerShell, it is also compatible with third party modules, such as those administering Active Directory, to provide an integrated solution across a wide range of products.

In this blog, I look at PowerCLI’s ability to support VMware Horizon.

 Installing VMware PowerCLI

 Installing PowerCLI was once a case of downloading an installer from the VMware Portal and installing the components.  However, PowerCLI is now published from the PowerShell Gallery on the internet (https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/VMware.PowerCLI/11.0.0.10380590) permitting installation on a connected PC straight from the PowerShell interface, simply by running:

Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI

You might get something like this (accept the default):

Then it’ll install…

To allow execution of local scripts:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

Then, run the following to confirm it’s all installed successfully.

Once installed, it’s worth configuring the Customer Experience Program participation by Enabling or Disabling this (It stops nag messages).

Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP $true $false

After that, the basic PowerCLI is ready to go.

 What can we do for Horizon?

 ‘Out of the box’, PowerCLI only provides  the ability to connect or disconnect to the Connection Server, so providing a conduit for accessing the Horizon APIs.  To connect to Horizon Connection Server:

Connect-HVServer -Server connectionserverFQDN -user adminuser@domain -Password XXXX

However, VMware maintain example scripts at https://github.com/vmware/PowerCLI-Example-Scripts that can be used as a basis for automation of Horizon and the other supported components.  

By downloading the scripts as a ZIP file, it is possible to install them.  First, check $env:PSModulePath to locate the modules directory paths (usually, there’s the user specific path, plus system ones)

For Horizon, we extract VMware.hv.helper from the ZIP and drop this into C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules.

In PowerShell, we then unblock the newly exported folder by running

dir ‘C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\VMware.Hv.Helper\’ | Unblock-File

With this in place, we can now use a whole raft of useful PowerShell commands (they can be listed by using Get-Command -Module 'VMware.Hv.Helper'). These can be used for automation of tasks and generating reports.

For example, Get-HVPoolSummary will list configured pools, including their type, assignment type and status:

And we can see how many VMs are available:

Get-HVHealth shows a basic status:

By leveraging the ‘New‘ and ‘Remove’ commands, it is possible to provision and destroy new Pools (desktops and applications), entitlements, RDS Farms and Cloud Pod objects such as Sites and Entitlements.  For Example, setting up Shared Desktop pool ‘Teachers 1’:

Closing Thoughts

What we have here is a set of powerful tools that are not just capable of managing the VMware vSphere infrastructure, but can also expand into the realm of delivering desktop pools – all from scripting and automation.  For example, it would be possible to create a script that would leverage PowerShell to create an Active Directory Group and populate it, then create a desktop pool and grant the members of the group access to it.  Further, this could be used in concert with vRealize Automation and Orchestration to provide a portal for self service requests for generating desktop pools and services.

Given that the current release supports VMware Cloud on AWS as well as VMware Horizon, this offers the tantalizing prospect of being able to programmatically manage a federated on-prem and AWS hosted Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture.  The sky is the limit!

If you’re planning to deploy a Virtual Desktop solution, we can help. Xtravirt provide design and implementation services to create the right solution for your organisation. Contact us and we’d be happy to use our wealth of knowledge and experience to assist you.  

 About the Author

Curtis Brown joined the Xtravirt consulting team in October 2012. His specialist areas include End User Compute solutions and Virtual Infrastructure design and implementation with particular strength in VDI, storage integration, backup and Disaster Recovery design/implementation. He was awarded VMware vExpert 2018 and is a graduate of the VMware Advanced Architecture Course 2018.

 About Xtravirt

Xtravirt are an experienced consulting firm dedicated to delivering outcomes to help customers solve their IT challenges. We design and build strategies to help customers unlock the full potential of cloud, datacentre and workspace technology.

We are the VMware Global and EMEA Professional Services partner of the year.

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Automating VMware Horizon 7 with VMware PowerCLI 6.5

VMW EUC > With VMware PowerCLI 6.5 Release 1, the automation of VMware Horizon 7 matures and we get integrated PowerShell support for the View component of Horizon 7 built into VMware PowerCLI. We have a proper Horizon 7 module that is distributed and ships with the core VMware PowerCLI installation. For information about all the new features […] The post Automating VMware Horizon 7 with VMware PowerCLI 6.5 appeared first on VMware End-User Computing Blog. http://dlvr.it/NBcSZL

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Online PowerCLI Installation, Quick Steps

Online PowerCLI Installation, Quick Steps

Here are some quick steps to installing PowerCLI onto your computer to get you started. I performed the steps listed below on a Windows 10 Computer.

  Overview

VMware PowerCLI is a command-line and scripting tool built on Windows PowerShell, and provides more than 600 cmdlets for managing and automating vSphere, vCloud, vRealize Operations Manager, and VMware Horizon environments.

Requirements

Po…

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PoweredOn VM but NICs are Disconnected

PoweredOn VM but NICs are Disconnected

Here is a script on VMware via Powershell. As long as you have installed the PowerCLI module, you can run this via the standard Powershell. I have taken the script and created a PS1 file to run through the list and email it to you. This will help in the cases whereby an application or service is not cluster aware and a migration takes place. Or if a Hosts reboots and the VM comes up but for some…