Index

A

• alarm actions
  • cmdlets, using / Managing alarms
• alarm action triggers
  • cmdlets, using / Managing alarms
• alarms
  • managing / Managing alarms
  • cmdlets, using / Managing alarms
  • alarm definition / Managing alarms
  • alarm action / Managing alarms
  • alarm action trigger / Managing alarms
• anti-affinity rule
  • using / Using the DRS affinity and anti-affinity rules
  • cmdlets, using / Using the DRS affinity and anti-affinity rules
• approvals
  • managing / Managing approvals
• assertions
  • defining / Testing your scripts using Pester
• Auto Deploy
  • configuring, for ESXi hosts / Configuring Auto Deploy for ESXi hosts
  • defining / Configuring Auto Deploy for ESXi hosts
• automation
  • through PowerShell scripts / Automation through PowerShell scripts

B

• baselines
  • cmdlets, managing / Managing vSphere Update Manager
• behavior-driven development (BDD)
  • about / Testing your scripts using Pester
• best practices, PowerShell scripting
  • defining / Best practices
• black box testing
  • about / Testing your scripts using Pester
  • URL / Testing your scripts using Pester
• boot process
  • URL / Configuring Auto Deploy for ESXi hosts
• branch
  • creating / Branch

C

• capabilities
  • defining, from VSAN storage provider / Cmdlets related to policy backup and migration
• capacity check report
  • defining / Capacity check report
  • parameters, defining / Parameter descriptions
• Catch block
  • about / Error handling in PowerShell
• checkpoints
  • defining / Testing your scripts using Pester
• cluster
  • about / Cluster
  • cmdlets, using / Cluster
• cmdlet, disk size
  • URL / Hard disks
• cmdlet parameters, Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet
  • defining / The Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet
• cmdlets, ESXi host networking
  • using / Managing networking for ESXi
• commands, Git
  • git init / Branch
  • git help / Branch
  • git status / Branch
  • git add / Branch
  • git commit / Branch
  • git branch / Branch
  • git checkout / Branch
  • git merge / Branch
  • git push / Branch
  • git pull / Branch
• comment-based help
  • creating / Creating comment-based help
  • using / Creating comment-based help
  • rules / Creating comment-based help
  • in functions / Creating comment-based help
  • in scripts / Creating comment-based help
  • in script modules / Creating comment-based help
  • keywords / Creating comment-based help
  • keywords, URL / Creating comment-based help
• comparison operators
  • about / Conditional logic
• conditional logic
  • about / Conditional logic
  • loops, using / Conditional logic using loops
• content library
  • managing / Managing Content Libraries
  • reference / Managing Content Libraries

D

• datacenter
  • about / Datacenter
  • cmdlets, using / Datacenter
• datastore clusters
  • using / Using datastore clusters
  • cmdlets, using / Using datastore clusters
  • parameters, setting / Using datastore clusters
• datastores
  • managing / Managing datastores
  • cmdlets / Managing datastores
• default duration
  • reference / Authenticating and getting a vRA token
• depot
  • creating / Image Builder with PowerCLI
  • URL / Image Builder with PowerCLI
• Distributed Power Management
  • configuring / Configuring Distributed Power Management
• Distributed Power Management (DPM)
  • about / Configuring Distributed Power Management
• Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS)
  • about / Configuring Distributed Power Management
• DRS affinity rule
  • using / Using the DRS affinity and anti-affinity rules
• dynamic parameters
  • about / Dynamic parameters
  • requirements / Dynamic parameters
  • using / Dynamic parameters
• Dynamic Resource Scheduling
  • using / Using Dynamic Resource Scheduling

E

• $ErrorActionPreference
  • about / Error handling in PowerShell
  • values / Error handling in PowerShell
• Enhanced vMotion Compatibility mode
  • configuring / Configuring the Enhanced vMotion Compatibility mode
  • URL / Configuring the Enhanced vMotion Compatibility mode
• enhancement list
  • URL / PowerShell
• enumeration
  • about / Using the vSphere API
• error handling, PowerShell
  • references / Error handling in PowerShell
• ESXi
  • networking, managing for / Managing networking for ESXi
• ESXi host
  • firewall and services, configuring / Configuring a firewall and services in an ESXi host
• ESXi host networking
  • cmdlets / Managing networking for ESXi
• ESXi hosts
  • Auto Deploy, configuring for / Configuring Auto Deploy for ESXi hosts
• ESXi server
  • booting, from Auto Deploy server / Configuring Auto Deploy for ESXi hosts
• Extended Unique Identifier (EUI)
  • about / Managing datastores
• ExtensionData property
  • used, for returning .NET View objects / Using the ExtensionData property to return .NET View objects

F

• Fault Tolerance (FT)
  • configuring / Configuring Fault Tolerance
  • about / Configuring Fault Tolerance
• features, ISESteroids
  • URL / ISESteroids
• Fibre Channel (FC)
  • about / Configuring Fibre Channel storage
• Fibre Channel storage
  • configuring / Configuring Fibre Channel storage
• Finally block
  • about / Error handling in PowerShell
• firewall and services
  • configuring, in ESXi host / Configuring a firewall and services in an ESXi host
• folder
  • about / Folder
  • cmdlets, using / Folder
• Foreach
  • and Foreach-object, comparing / The difference between Foreach and Foreach-object
• fork & pull model
  • about / The fork
• function attributes
  • specifying / Specifying function attributes

G

• Get-OMStatKey cmdlet
  • URL / Managing vRealize Operations Manager
• Get-View cmdlet
  • used, for returning .NET View objects / Using the Get-View cmdlet to return .NET View objects
  • URL / Using the Get-View cmdlet to return .NET View objects
• Git
  • advantages / Using version control with GitHub
  • and other version control systems, comparing / Using version control with GitHub
  • references / Using version control with GitHub
• GitHub
  • version control, using with / Using version control with GitHub
  • using / Using version control with GitHub
  • URL / Using version control with GitHub
• GitHub Desktop
  • URL / Using version control with GitHub
• GitHub workflow
  • defining / Branch
• guest OS
  • managing / Managing the guest OS
• GUI, using Windows Forms
  • defining / Building a GUI using Windows Forms
  • button, creating / Creating a button
  • TextBox, creating / Creating a TextBox
  • ListBox, creating / Creating ListBox
  • CheckBox, creating / Creating CheckBox
• GUI, using WPF
  • defining / Building GUI using WPF
  • URL / Building GUI using WPF
• GUI tool
  • using / Branch

H

• hard disks
  • cmdlets, defining / Hard disks
• High Availability (HA)
  • configuring / Configuring High Availability
  • about / Configuring Distributed Power Management
• host profile
  • about / Using host profiles
• host profiles
  • using / Using host profiles
  • managing / Managing host profiles
  • cmdlets, using / Managing host profiles
• hosts
  • adding, to vCenter server / Adding hosts to a vCenter server
• HTTP methods
  • using / Introducing REST APIs

I

• Image Builder
  • defining, with PowerCLI / Image Builder with PowerCLI
  • using / Image Builder with PowerCLI
  • architecture / Image Builder with PowerCLI
  • need for / Image Builder with PowerCLI
  • cmdlets, using / Image Builder with PowerCLI
• image profile
  • about / Image Builder with PowerCLI
• in-circuit testing (ICT)
  • about / Testing your scripts using Pester
• Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet
  • about / The Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet
• iSCSI adapters
  • software iSCSI adapter / Configuring iSCSI storage
  • hardware iSCSI adapter / Configuring iSCSI storage
• iSCSI storage
  • configuring / Configuring iSCSI storage
• ISESteroids
  • URL / ISESteroids

J

• Job Control Language (JCL)
  • about / The history of scripting
• JSON
  • defining / Introducing JSON
  • and XML, comparing / Introducing JSON
  • syntax rules / Syntax rules
  • values / Values
• JSON file
  • URL / Listing shared and private catalog items

L

• logical operators
  • about / Conditional logic

M

• machines
  • managing / Managing machines
• MoRef (Managed Object Reference)
  • about / Using the ExtensionData property to return .NET View objects

N

• .NET View objects
  • returning, Get-View cmdlet used / Using the Get-View cmdlet to return .NET View objects
  • returning, ExtensionData property used / Using the ExtensionData property to return .NET View objects
• Netflow
  • configuring / Configuring Netflow
  • URL / Configuring Netflow
• Netflow, disabling
  • URL / Configuring Netflow
• network adapters
  • cmdlets, defining / Network adapters and USB devices
• Network Addressing Authority (NAA)
  • about / Managing datastores
• networking
  • managing, for ESXi / Managing networking for ESXi
• network profiles
  • managing / Managing network profiles
• New-Datastore cmdlet
  • URL / Configuring iSCSI storage
• New-VM cmdlet
  • URL / Creating virtual machines
• NFS storage
  • configuring / Configuring NFS storage
• NIC Teaming
  • about / Managing networking for ESXi

O

• Object categories
  • managed object types / Using the vSphere API
  • data object types / Using the vSphere API
  • enumerated data types / Using the vSphere API
  • fault type / Using the vSphere API
• Onyx
  • about / Generating PowerCLI code using Onyx
  • used, for generating PowerCLI code / Generating PowerCLI code using Onyx
  • URL / Generating PowerCLI code using Onyx
  • reference / Generating PowerCLI code using Onyx
• options, CmdletBinding()
  • defining / Specifying function attributes
• options, parameter attributes
  • Mandatory argument / Specifying parameter attributes
  • Position argument / Specifying parameter attributes
  • ValueFromPipeline / Specifying parameter attributes
  • Alias / Specifying parameter attributes
• OS customization specifications
  • managing / Managing OS customization specifications

P

• Package Control
  • URL / Sublime Text
• parameter attributes
  • specifying / Specifying parameter attributes
  • URL / Using parameter validation attributes
• parameters, capacity check report
  • defining / Parameter descriptions
• parameters, PowerShell function
  • static / Specifying function attributes
  • dynamic / Specifying function attributes
• parameters, vRA
  • Accept / Authenticating and getting a vRA token
  • Content-Type / Authenticating and getting a vRA token
• parameter validation attributes
  • using / Using parameter validation attributes
  • AllowNull / AllowEmptyString / Using parameter validation attributes
  • ValidateCount / Using parameter validation attributes
  • ValidateLength / Using parameter validation attributes
  • ValidatePattern / Using parameter validation attributes
• permissible types, ViewType parameter
  • defining / Using the Get-View cmdlet to return .NET View objects
• Pester
  • used, for testing scripts / Testing your scripts using Pester
  • about / Testing your scripts using Pester
  • URL / Testing your scripts using Pester
• Pester Wiki
  • URL / Testing your scripts using Pester
• port blocking
  • cmdlets, defining / Configuring port blocking
• port group management
  • cmdlets / Managing port groups
• port groups
  • managing / Managing port groups
• ports
  • working with / Working with ports
  • cmdlets, defining / Working with ports
  • traffic shaping, configuring / Configuring traffic shaping
  • port blocking, configuring / Configuring port blocking
  • security policy, configuring / Configuring the security policy
  • teaming policy, configuring / Configuring the teaming policy
• PowerActions, for vSphere Web Client
  • defining / PowerActions for vSphere Web Client
  • URL / PowerActions for vSphere Web Client
  • prerequisites / PowerActions for vSphere Web Client
  • installing / PowerActions for vSphere Web Client
• PowerCLI
  • defining / The essence of PowerShell and PowerCLI, PowerCLI
  • features / PowerCLI
  • components / PowerCLI
  • Image Builder, using with / Image Builder with PowerCLI
  • cmdlets, defining / Creating virtual machines
• PowerCLI cmdlets
  • used, for connecting to vCenter / Connecting to a vCenter and other VMware environments using PowerCLI cmdlets
  • used, for connecting to other VMware environments / Connecting to a vCenter and other VMware environments using PowerCLI cmdlets
• PowerCLI code
  • generating, Onyx used / Generating PowerCLI code using Onyx
• PowerCLI extensions
  • used, for configuring vFLASH / Configuring vFLASH using PowerCLI Extensions
  • URL / Configuring vFLASH using PowerCLI Extensions
  • reference / Configuring vFLASH using PowerCLI Extensions
• PowerCLI Scripts
  • about / PowerActions for vSphere Web Client
• PowerShell
  • defining / The essence of PowerShell and PowerCLI, PowerShell
  • command types / PowerShell
  • programming constructs, implementing / Implementing programming constructs in PowerShell
  • URL / Implementing programming constructs in PowerShell, Sublime Text
  • conditional logic / Conditional logic
  • error handling / Error handling in PowerShell
• PowerShell code repository
  • URL / Adding hosts to a vCenter server
• PowerShell help files
  • defining / PowerShell help files
• PowerShell scripts
  • automation, using through / Automation through PowerShell scripts
• private VLANs
  • creating / Creating private VLANs
• programming constructs
  • implementing, in PowerShell / Implementing programming constructs in PowerShell
• proper editor
  • using / Using a proper editor
  • Sublime Text, defining / Sublime Text
  • ISESteroids, defining / ISESteroids
• properties, Distributed Power Management
  • defining / Configuring Distributed Power Management
• provisioned resources
  • managing / Managing provisioned resources

R

• Raw Device Mapping (RDM)
  • using / Using Raw Device Mapping
  • about / Using Raw Device Mapping
• Representational State Transfer (REST or ReST)
  • about / Introducing REST APIs
• resource pools
  • managing / Managing resource pools
  • cmdlets, using / Managing resource pools
  • creating / Managing resource pools
• resources, REST
  • advantages / Introducing REST APIs
• Resource URI
  • reference / vRealize Automation REST APIs
• REST
  • URL / Introducing REST APIs
• REST APIs
  • defining / Introducing REST APIs
  • URL / Introducing REST APIs
• REST API services, vRA
  • Advanced Designer Service / vRealize Automation REST APIs
  • Approval Service / vRealize Automation REST APIs
  • Branding Service / vRealize Automation REST APIs
  • Catalog Service / vRealize Automation REST APIs
  • Catalog Registry / vRealize Automation REST APIs
  • EventLog Service / vRealize Automation REST APIs
  • Files Service / vRealize Automation REST APIs
  • Identity Service / vRealize Automation REST APIs
  • Licensing Service / vRealize Automation REST APIs
  • Management Service / vRealize Automation REST APIs
  • Notification Service / vRealize Automation REST APIs
  • Plug-in Service / vRealize Automation REST APIs
  • Portal Service / vRealize Automation REST APIs
  • Reservation Service / vRealize Automation REST APIs
  • vCO Service / vRealize Automation REST APIs
  • WorkItem Service / vRealize Automation REST APIs
• return codes
  • defining / Introducing REST APIs
  • success codes / Introducing REST APIs
  • user error codes / Introducing REST APIs
• rule
  • about / Cmdlets related to policy backup and migration

S

• SAPIEN PowerShell Studio
  • using / Using SAPIEN PowerShell Studio
• scripting
  • history / The history of scripting
• Scripting language
  • URL / The history of scripting
• scripts
  • running / Running and scheduling scripts
  • scheduling / Running and scheduling scripts
  • testing, Pester used / Testing your scripts using Pester
• Security Hardening Script
  • defining / Security Hardening Script
  • URL / Security Hardening Script
• security policy
  • cmdlets, defining / Configuring the security policy
• Set-OMAlert cmdlet
  • URL / Managing vRealize Operations Manager
• Set-Strictmode
  • URL / Implementing programming constructs in PowerShell
• shared catalog items
  • listing / Listing shared and private catalog items
• shared repository model
  • about / The shared repository model
• Shell scripts
  • using / The history of scripting
• snap-ins and modules, vCloud PowerCLI package
  • VMware.VimAutomatio n.Cloud / The vCloud PowerCLI package
  • VMware.VimAutomatio n.PCloud / The vCloud PowerCLI package
• snap-ins and modules, vSphere PowerCLI package
  • VMware.VimAutomation.Core / The vSphere PowerCLI package
  • VMware.VimAutomation.Vds / The vSphere PowerCLI package
  • VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core / The vSphere PowerCLI package
  • VMware.VimAutomation.Storage / The vSphere PowerCLI package
  • VMware.VimAutomation.HA / The vSphere PowerCLI package
  • VMware.VimAutomation.License / The vSphere PowerCLI package
  • VMware.ImageBuilder / The vSphere PowerCLI package
  • VMware.DeployAutomation / The vSphere PowerCLI package
• software depot
  • about / Image Builder with PowerCLI
• SRM advanced configurations
  • managing / Managing SRM advanced configurations
• standard switches
  • cmdlets / Managing port groups
• storage device
  • representing / Managing datastores
• storage policy-based management
  • used, for managing storage / Managing storage using storage policy-based management
  • cmdlets, related to policy rules / Cmdlets related to policy rules
  • cmdlets, related to storage policy / Cmdlets related to storage policy
  • cmdlets, related to Spbm capabilities and compatible storage / Cmdlets related to Spbm capabilities and compatible storage
  • cmdlets, related to policy application / Cmdlets related to policy application
  • cmdlets, related to policy backup and migration / Cmdlets related to policy backup and migration
• Sublime Text 3
  • URL / Sublime Text
• switch case examples
  • URL / Conditional logic
• Switch parameters
  • defining / Switch parameters

T

• teaming policy
  • cmdlets, defining / Configuring the teaming policy
• templates
  • managing / Managing templates
• tenant
  • managing / Managing tenants
  • creating / Creating a tenant
  • identity stores, listing for / Listing identity stores for a tenant
  • identity store, linking to / Linking an identity store to a tenant
• test-driven development (TDD)
  • about / Testing your scripts using Pester
• traffic shaping
  • cmdlets, defining / Configuring traffic shaping
• trap keyword
  • about / Error handling in PowerShell
• try block
  • about / Error handling in PowerShell

U

• Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)
  • about / Introducing REST APIs
  • reference / Introducing REST APIs

V

• vApps
  • managing / Managing vApps
  • cmdlets, defining / Managing vApps
• vCenter logical constructs
  • configuring / Configuring vCenter logical constructs
  • folder / Folder
  • datacenter / Datacenter
  • cluster / Cluster
• vCenter server
  • hosts, adding to / Adding hosts to a vCenter server
• vCenter Site Recovery Manager
  • managing / Managing vCenter Site Recovery Manager
• vCloud Air
  • managing / Managing vCloud Air
• vCloud PowerCLI package
  • defining / The vCloud PowerCLI package
• version control
  • using, with GitHub / Using version control with GitHub
• vFLASH
  • configuring, PowerCLI extensions used / Configuring vFLASH using PowerCLI Extensions
• VIB
  • about / Image Builder with PowerCLI
• virtual machines
  • managing / Creating virtual machines
  • modifying / Modifying virtual machines
  • hard disks / Hard disks
  • network adapters, managing / Network adapters and USB devices
  • USB devices / Network adapters and USB devices
  • passthrough devices / Passthrough devices
  • snapshots / Snapshots
  • resource configuration / Resource configuration and policies
  • policies, defining / Resource configuration and policies
  • VMware tools, managing / Managing VMware tools in a VM
• virtual SAN
  • configuring / Configuring virtual SAN
• VMFS resignaturing
  • applying / Applying VMFS resignaturing
• VM guest
  • cmdlets, using / Managing vCloud Air
• VMware
  • URL / Managing datastores
• VMware KB Article 1014953
  • URL / Managing datastores
• VMware KB Article 2009226
  • URL / Using Raw Device Mapping
• VMware official blog
  • URL / Managing vRealize Operations Manager
  • references / Managing vRealize Operations Manager
• vRA token
  • authenticating / Authenticating and getting a vRA token
  • obtaining / Authenticating and getting a vRA token
• vRealize Automation (vRA)
  • about / vRealize Automation REST APIs
  • URL / vRealize Automation REST APIs
• vRealize Automation (vRA) REST APIs
  • defining / vRealize Automation REST APIs
• vRealize Operations Manager
  • managing / Managing vRealize Operations Manager
  • URL / Managing vRealize Operations Manager
• vROps environment
  • cmdlets, defining / Managing vRealize Operations Manager
• VSAN
  • about / Configuring Distributed Power Management
• vSphere API
  • using / Using the vSphere API
  • URL / Using the vSphere API
• vSphere distributed switches
  • managing / Managing vSphere distributed switches
  • cmdlets / Managing vSphere distributed switches
• vSphere network I/O control
  • configuring / Configuring vSphere network I/O control
• vSphere PowerCLI package
  • defining / The vSphere PowerCLI package
• vSphere scheduled task
  • creating / Creating a vSphere scheduled task
• vSphere Security Hardening Guide
  • defining / The vSphere Security Hardening Guide
  • URL / The vSphere Security Hardening Guide
• vSphere standard switches
  • managing / Managing vSphere standard switches
• vSphere Update Manager
  • managing / Managing vSphere Update Manager
  • cmdlets, defining / Managing vSphere Update Manager

W

• -Whatif option
  • about / Error handling in PowerShell
• white box testing
  • about / Testing your scripts using Pester
  • URL / Testing your scripts using Pester
• Windows Forms
  • about / Different ways to create a Windows GUI
• Windows GUI
  • creating / Different ways to create a Windows GUI
• Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
  • about / Different ways to create a Windows GUI
• Write-Log function
  • URL / Security Hardening Script
• Write-Verbose
  • about / Error handling in PowerShell

X

• $xmlWindow
  • URL / Building GUI using WPF
• XML
  • and JSON, comparing / Introducing JSON