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• Mastering vSphere 6

– Nick Marshall

– Grant Orchard

– Josh Atwellhttp://amzn.com/1118925157

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Technologies Updated

• PowerCLI

• vRealize Orchestrator (formerly vCenterOrchestrator)

• vMA / vCLI

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vMA / vCLI Updates

• New vifp listservers commands

• More securities in vMA-------------------------------

• New commands (vvols and nfs41)

• New requirement to point to a Platform Services Controller that includes SSO.

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vRealize Orchestrator Updates

• New Name – Same Product

• No longer in vCenter install

• Dynamic Types

• Switch Case for branching based on conditions.

• Global Error Handling

• REST API

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vRealize Orchestrator

• No longer installed by default.

• Windows installer being deprecated.

• Exists. Get your appliance on.

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Dynamic Types

• Faster integration with API driven targets such as applications and infrastructure.

• Not much out there on this yet.

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Switch Case

• Allows developers to run different code depending on the conditions in the workflow.

Image credits: http://automate-it.today/vrealize-orchestrator-6-new-features/

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PowerCLI Updates

• VSAN

• IO Filters (VAIO)

• vCloud Air

• Platform Services Controller

• Get-DRMInfo (Distributed Resource Manager

• 498 cmdlets

• Modules!?

• VVOLs?

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I Haz None

• I haz no VSAN

• I haz no vCloud Air subscription

– I haz On Demand but cmdlets not supported yet.

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No Fear! - VSAN

Cluster cmdlets now include VSAN related parameters.

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No Fear! - vCloud Air

Connect to vCloud Network and find available compute resources! It’s a locator.- Only works with subscription = Not On Demand accounts = #SadPanda

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No Fear! - vCloud Air

vCloud Air uses vCloud Director….and the same cmdlets! BOOM!All vCloud Director end-points are supported.Module includes both administrator and tenant cmdlets

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IO Filters - VAIO

• Partner capability to put tech directly into the IO stream. O_o

• Waiting for partners to get solutions certified.

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PowerCLI 5.8

7 Snapins

0 Modules

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PowerCLI 6.0

4 Snap-ins

7 Modules

New items are modules.

Core is still snap-in

More flexible. Easier to load

into the environment/script.

http://blogs.vmware.com/PowerCLI/2015/03/powercli-6-0-introducing-powercli-modules.html#vBrownBag

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Any Questions?

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