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Managing VMware vSphere 4 with The Virtualization EcoShell
Eric Sloof - NTPRO.NLScott Herold - Quest Software
Introduction
• VMware Certified Instructor• Freelance consultant• Blogger @ NTPRO.NL
Agenda
About The Virtualization EcoShell
Getting Started
Task Automation
Administrative Reports and Charts
Best Practice Filters
Power Packs
Daily Report (vCheck)
Demo
Books and Twitter Aliases
Upcoming Features - Scott Herold
About the Virtualization EcoShell
• The goal of the Virtualization EcoShell is to provide a freeware desktop application for novice and expert IT administrators leveraging Windows PowerShell scripts across their multi-platform virtual environments.
About the Virtualization EcoShell
Gather information from many sources
Filter just the data you want
Remediate and take action against your environment
Report the data how you want it
Integrate and extend your capabilities
The EcoShell Console
Task Automation
• Reduce errors from manual processes across multiple areas of responsibility through the script-based administration of repetitive and complex tasks inherent in virtualization infrastructures.
Task Automation
Administrative Reports
• Provide pre-defined and customizable reports as well as automated maps without hassle in HTML, XML and CSV formats, including support for Microsoft Visio.
Administrative Reports
Administrative Reports
Administrative Reports
Powerful Script Assistance
• Cushion and ramp up script creation by exposing, analyzing and troubleshooting script output for common Windows PowerShell commands.
Powerful Script Assistance
Powerful Script Assistance
Charts
• The Chart tab in the Grid enables you to create customized charts. You can select different types like Area, Column, Doughnut, Line, Scatter, Stacked Area and Stacked Column. The horizontal axes labels hold the category and can be fed by everything that’s measurable.
Charts
Charts
Custom Filters
• You can adjust the Property, Operator and a Value in a filter and just present the data you want.
• NIC count• Operating system• Power State• Memory• DNS Name
Custom Filters
• These filters allows you to easily perform daily checks of common faulty configuration issues like a Snapshot hunter, VMs with CD-ROM Connected and Hosts with NIC at Half Duplex.
Best Practice Filters
Best Practice Filters
Best Practice Filters
PowerPack Management
• A PowerPack is a collection of PowerShell scripts that are used to extend the Virtualization EcoShell administrative console. These scripts are stored inside of nodes, links or actions all of which are used to add functionality into the console.
PowerPack Management
PowerPack ~> Virtu-Al.net Scripts
Daily Report (vCheck)
• This script picks on the key areas of the virtual infrastructure and reports it all in a nice HTML page, so all you have do in the morning is take a look at the vCheck.
Daily Report (vCheck)
Getting Started
1. Virtualization EcoShell (thevesi.org)2. Windows PowerShell3. VMware PowerCLI
Configuring Virtualization EcoShell
• Adding Connections• Managed Hosts• Selecting Objects and Connect
Adding actions and Script Links
High CPU ready values
Demo
Books
vSphere Quick Start GuideDave, Duncan, Bernie, Thomas, Stewart and Alan Renouf
Managing VMware InfrastructureWith Windows PowerShellHal Rottenberg
VMware VI and vSphere SDKSteve Jin
Twitter aliasses @theVESI
• Carter Shanklin @cshanklin• Alan Renouf @alanrenouf• Hal Rottenberg @halr9000 • Luc Dekens @LucD22• Dmitry Sotnikov @Dsotnikov• Hugo Peeters
@hugopeeters• Arne Fokkema @afokkema• Eric Sloof @esloof• Scott Herold @vmguru
Upcoming features - Scott Herold
• Scott Herold• Lead Architect –Virtualization Business• Quest Software
• What’s New in EcoShell 1.3