Powershell

Last edited September 8, 2007
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Sections:

VMWare
Active Directory
WMI
Misc

VMWare

VMWare Server Tasks to perform
- obtain VM inventory
- change power status
- change config values
- add disks
- add memory
- take snapshots
- revert snapshots

Active Directory

Get-AdUser function

Function Get-AdUser ($name) {
(New-Object
System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher("(&(CN=$name)(objectClass=User))")).findone().getdirectoryEntry()

}

WMI

Execute a process remotely using the Win32_Process WMI class

see http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.powershell/msg/95512b83367ab5b3
function Create-ProcessWithWMI ($computer = ".", $commandline = $(throw
"Enter the command to execute.") )
{
$ProcessClass = get-wmiobject -query "SELECT * FROM Meta_Class WHERE
__Class = 'Win32_Process'" -namespace "root\cimv2" -computername $computer
$results = $ProcessClass.Create( $commandline )

if ($results.ReturnValue -eq 0) { $results.ProcessID } # Or just return
$true if you don't want the PID.
else { $false ; throw "Failed to create process!" }

}

Misc

Execute PS1 file from CMD

powershell -nologo -command "& {c:\scripts\myps.ps1}"

SQl Provider

VI SDK powershell code so far:
[reflection.assembly]::loadfrom("$pwd\vimservice.dll")
$vimService = new-object vimService
$svcRef = new ManagedObjectReference
$svcRef.set_type("ServiceInstance")
$svcRef.set_value("ServiceInstance")

ProgrammingGuide201.pdf (application/pdf Object)
www.vmware.com/pdf/ProgrammingGuide201.pdf

Instantiating an Instance and Opening a User
Session

VMTN Discussion Forums: how do i figure out the Web service ...
www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=600...

https://<address>/sdk/vimService?wsdl
https://<address>/sdk/vim?wsdl

This is the web service URL for a VI server (e.g. mojito)