Who should attend
Experienced vSphere administrators who want to use available tools to automate day-to-day tasks
Prerequisites
Completion of the following courses, or equivalent experience with vSphere deployments:
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7] (VSICM7)
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7] (VSOS7)
Course Objectives
This five-day course equips experienced VMware vSphere® administrators with the knowledge to use the automation tools that all vSphere customers have access to. Using real-world use cases and examples, students learn how to automate day-to-day administration tasks with VMware vSphere® PowerCLI™ and VMware vRealize® Orchestrator™. In this class, you use these tools to automate tasks in a lab environment.
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- 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 to view the structure of the vSphere Web services API and the VMware vCenter Server™ inventory
- Use vSphere PowerCLI to deploy and manage virtual machines and virtual infrastructure
- Run and manage vRealize Orchestrator workflows from the library
- Design, develop, and run custom, reusable vRealize Orchestrator workflows
- Incorporate JavaScript into vRealize Orchestrator workflows
- Select the appropriate tool for automating tasks in vCenter Server
Course Content
- Course Introduction
- Automation in vSphere
- vSphere API
- vSphere PowerCLI Basics
- Advanced vSphere PowerCLI and the vSphere API
- vSphere PowerCLI Use Cases
- vRealize Orchestrator Basics
- vRealize Orchestrator Advanced
- vRealize Orchestrator Use Cases
- vRealize Orchestrator PowerCLI Plug-In
- vRealize Orchestrator Integration
- Guest Operations with vRealize Orchestrator and vSphere PowerCLI
- Software Development Process and Tools
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