AutoLab automation uncovered, PowerShell
It’s Alastair here with the latest AutoLab automation post, this one is a little about the PowerShell automation that helps bring the pieces together. The first AutoLab automation post is here, the second here and the third here.
One of my favourite automation tools for vSphere is the PowerCLI snapin to Microsoft PowerShell. If you are a Windows guy working in Virtualization then you should get to know PowerCLI. I consider myself a real beginner with PowerCLI, I use it when I have a task to repeat but it’s not where I work all day. There are some awesome scripters who are more comfortable on a command prompt than with a GUI, these are the guys whose scripts I have hacked to make my script and you can start by doing the same. If you are a skilled scripter you may despair at my scripts, feel free to email me to recommend better ways.