https://bgstack15.ddns.net/blog/enContents © 2022 <a href="mailto:bgstack15@gmail.com">bgstack15</a> <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"> <img alt="Creative Commons License BY-SA" style="border-width:0; margin-bottom:12px;" src="https://bgstack15.ddns.net/.images/l_by-sa_4.0_88x31.png"></a>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:59:20 GMTNikola (getnikola.com)http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttps://bgstack15.ddns.net/blog/posts/2019/04/27/rename-vm-via-powercli/bgstack15<p>After a <strong>Get-VIServer -Server vcenter101</strong> , of course.</p> <pre class="code literal-block"><span></span><code>Get-VM -Name test1 | Set-VM -Name test2 -Confirm:$false </code></pre> <h2>References</h2> <p>Shamelessly ripped from <a href="https://communities.vmware.com/message/2252707#2252707">Rename VM via PowerCLI |VMware Communities</a></p>onelinerpowerclivmvmwarehttps://bgstack15.ddns.net/blog/posts/2019/04/27/rename-vm-via-powercli/Sat, 27 Apr 2019 13:21:24 GMThttps://bgstack15.ddns.net/blog/posts/2019/04/15/install-powershell-and-powercli-on-centos-7-linux/bgstack15<p>I never thought I'd be doing this, but here's how to install PowerShell (yes, that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerShell">Powershell</a>) on our beloved GNU/Linux. I need it because I want to automate some VMware tasks and PowerCLI is available for Linux through powershell.</p> <pre class="code literal-block"><span></span><code>curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7/prod.repo -o- | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/microsoft.repo sudo yum install -y powershell </code></pre> <p>Now powershell is installed, on GNU/Linux! Let's contain our horror and keep moving forward. Open powershell and install the PowerCLI components.</p> <pre class="code literal-block"><span></span><code>pwsh Set-PSRepository -Name "PSGallery" -InstallationPolicy "Trusted" Find-Module "VMware.PowerCLI" | Install-Module -Scope "CurrentUser" -AllowClobber Import-Module "VMware.PowerCLI" </code></pre> <p>List what is available now with</p> <pre class="code literal-block"><span></span><code>Get-Module "VMware.*" -ListAvailable | FT -Autosize </code></pre> <p>And most VMware instances I've seen don't have pristine ssl certs, so you might want to run:</p> <pre class="code literal-block"><span></span><code>Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction:Ignore </code></pre> <p>Maintenance tasks include updating the PowerCLI modules.</p> <pre class="code literal-block"><span></span><code>Update-Module "VMware.PowerCLI" </code></pre> <h2>References</h2> <h3>Weblinks</h3> <ol> <li>Shamelessly ripped from <a href="https://ithinkvirtual.com/2018/03/04/install-powershell-and-vmware-powercli-on-centos/">Install PowerShell and VMware PowerCLI on CentOS | iThinkVirtual</a></li> <li><a href="https://tech.zsoldier.com/2018/09/powercli-ssl-connection-could-not-be.html">Zsoldier's Tech Blog: PowerCLI: The SSL connection could not be established, see inner exception.</a></li> </ol>powerclipowershellvmwarehttps://bgstack15.ddns.net/blog/posts/2019/04/15/install-powershell-and-powercli-on-centos-7-linux/Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:28:47 GMT