Managing VMware vSphere with PowerCLI

Pluralsight
Course Summary
This course will introduce PowerCLI, explain some PowerShell basics, and then dive deep with hands-on demonstrations to learn how to use PowerCLI for real-world administration of vSphere 4.
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Course Description
PowerCLI is the key to automating and managing VMware vSphere like a vExpert. This course will introduce PowerCLI, explain some PowerShell basics, and then dive deep with hands-on demonstrations to learn how to use PowerCLI for real-world administration of vSphere 4. Since this is an advanced course, to get the most out of it you should have a solid understanding of working with vSphere and virtualization concepts. Some experience with command-line administration and PowerShell is helpful but not required.
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Course Syllabus
Introduction to Power CLI- 16m 35s
—Overview 2m 47s
—What is PowerCLI? 3m 35s
—PowerCLI Window 1m 56s
—How Does PowerCLI Work? 1m 33s
—Why Learn PowerCLI? 2m 13s
—Downloading the Toolkit 1m 42s
—Installing PowerCLI 0m 55s
—The PowerCLI Console 1m 54sPowerShell Basics- 56m 35s
—PowerShell the Command-Line Interface 2m 35s
—PowerShell the Script Engine 1m 45s
—Variables 1m 34s
—Automatic Variables 3m 13s
—Operators 2m 15s
—Cmdlets 3m 34s
—Parameters 2m 47s
—Typing Savers for the CLI 4m 19s
—The Pipeline 2m 50s
—Flow Control 9m 34s
—Object-Oriented Scripting 6m 10s
—Reading a PowerShell Script 3m 6s
—Integrated Scripting Environments (ISE) and More 7m 20s
—Other Resources 4m 41s
—What We Covered 0m 52sPowerCLI Concepts - Part 1- 1h 12mPowerCLI Concepts - Part 2- 44m 4sPower CLI in the Real World- 1h 13mPowerCLI Cmdlet Deep Dives- 1h 19m