This five-day course teaches experienced VMware vSphere® administrators how to use the powerful automation tools that all vSphere customers have access to. Using real-world use cases and examples, you will learn how to automate day-to-day administration tasks with VMware vSphere® PowerCLI™ and VMware vRealize® Orchestrator™. During class, you will use these tools to automate tasks in a realistic lab environment.
Product Alignment• vSphere PowerCLI 6.0• vRealize Orchestrator 7.0
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Identify the tools available to vSphere administrators for automation
- Understand the benefits of automation
- Understand the function of black boxes in programming
- Identify the function of an API
- Recognize the components of the vSphere Web Services API
- Understand how the vSphere Web Services API is used by automation tools
- Understand object-oriented terminology relevant to the vSphere Web Services API
- Use the MOB to explore the vSphere object model and invoke methods
- Describe features of vSphere PowerCLI
- List common tasks to perform with vSphere PowerCLI
- Connect vSphere PowerCLI to vCenter Server and VMware ESXi™ hosts
- Define variables to use in vSphere PowerCLI
- Use basic vSphere PowerCLI cmdlets
- Describe features of the command pipeline
- Examine vSphere PowerCLI objects
- View vSphere PowerCLI object properties
- Invoke vSphere PowerCLI object methods
- Perform day-to-day management tasks with vSphere PowerCLI
- Examine View objects with the Get-View cmdlet
- Convert View objects to VIObjects
- Invoke vSphere Web Services API methods
- Use the Onyx tool to capture vSphere PowerCLI code
- Identify vRealize Orchestrator components
- Understand the function of plug-ins
- Add a vCenter Server instance to the vCenter Server plug-in
- List the components of a workflow
- Create a vCenter Server object with a library workflow
- Distinguish between workflow variable types
- Create a simple workflow
- Create workflow input and output parameters
- Set a workflow input parameter as an attribute
- Understand the role of binding in workflows
- Use a library workflow in a new workflow
- Use the setup wizard to perform parameter binding
- Identify and use common vRealize Orchestrator workflow elements
- Implement vRealize Orchestrator workflow nesting
- List methods for calling other workflows in vRealize Orchestrator workflows
- Identify the information required to develop a workflow
- Use the vRealize Orchestrator workflow scripting debugger
- Create basic decision loops in workflows
- Use a for-each loop in a workflow
- Understand how exceptions are handled in vRealize Orchestrator
- Use action elements in workflows
- Capture JavaScript with Onyx and use it in a workflow
- Create a workflow that deploys multiple virtual machines according to a customer specification
- Add Windows PowerShell hosts to the vCenter Server inventory
- Invoke scripts on Windows PowerShell hosts
- Create Windows PowerShell workflows
- Understand the architecture of virtual machine guest operations
- Identify the requirements for using guest operations
- Perform guest operations with vRealize Orchestrator and vSphere PowerCLI
Experienced vSphere administrators who want to use available tools to automate day-to-day tasks
Completion of the following courses, or equivalent experience with vSphere deployments:
• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.0]
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe the features and benefits of automation in a vSphere environment
- Understand the role of the vSphere Web Services API in automation
- Use the Managed Object Browser (MOB) to view the structure of VMware vSphere® API and VMware vCenter Server® inventory
- Use vSphere PowerCLI to deploy and manage virtual machines and virtual infrastructure
- Run and manage library vRealize Orchestrator workflows
- Design, develop, and run custom reusable vRealize Orchestrator workflows
- Incorporate JavaScript into vRealize Orchestrator workflows
- Select the appropriate tool for automating day-to-day tasks in vCenter Server
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