Thursday, May 24, 2012

vSphere AutoDeploy PowerCLI cmdlets

I was reviewing the guide for Auto Deploy and on page 16 found this table which will be a good handy resource to memorize the PowerCLI commands to use with rule sets.

Command 

Get-DeployCommand           

Returns a list of Auto Deploy cmdlets.

New-DeployRule                  
Creates a new rule with the specified items and patterns.

Set-DeployRule                    
Updates an existing rule with the specified items and patterns.You cannot update a rule that is part of a rule set.

Get-DeployRule                    
Retrieves the rules with the specified names.

Copy-DeployRule                 
Clones and updates an existing rule.

Add-DeployRule                   
Adds one or more rules to the working rule set and, by default, also to the active  rule set. Use the NoActivate parameter to add a rule only to the working rule set.

Remove-DeployRule             
Removes one or more rules from the working rule set and from the active ruleset. Run this command with the - Delete parameter to completely delete the rule.

Set-DeployRuleset                
Explicitly sets the list of rules in the working rule set.

Get-DeployRuleset                
Retrieves the current working rule set or the current active rule set.

Switch-ActiveDeployRuleset 
Activates a rule set so that any new requests are evaluated through the rule set.

Get-VMHostMatchingRules 
Retrieves rules matching a pattern. For example, you can retrieve all rules that apply to a host or hosts. Use this cmdlet primarily for debugging.

Test-DeployRulesetCompliance 

Checks whether the items associated with a specified host are in compliance with the active rule set.
Repair-DeployRulesetCompliance       
Given the output of Test-DeployRulesetCompliance, this cmdlet updates the image profile, host profile, and location for each host in the vCenter Server inventory. The cmdlet might apply image profiles, apply host profiles, or move hosts to prespecified folders or clusters on the  vCenter Server system.

Apply-EsxImageProfile                       
Associates the specified image profile with the specified host.

Get-VMHostImageProfile                   
Retrieves the image profile in use by a specified host. This cmdlet differs from the Get-EsxImageProfile cmdlet in the Image Builder PowerCLI.

Repair-DeployImageCache                
Use this cmdlet only if the Auto Deploy image cache is accidentally deleted.

Get-VMHostAttributes                       
Retrieves the attributes for a host that are used when the Auto Deploy server evaluates the rules.


If you want to find out the PDF its located under other resources on the main documentation page.

Enjoy reading for your VCAP.



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