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VMware releases PowerCLI 5.1 Release 2

February 12th, 2013

VMware has released PowerCLI 5.1 Release 2 which is  the latest update to its PowerShell interface which includes support for Virtual Distributed Switches, vCloud Director 5.1 and PowerShell 3.

Virtual Distributed Switches

This new release now includes 14 new cmdlets to manage VMware Virtual Distributed Switches, something people have been waiting eagerly for:

    • Get-VDSwitch
    • New-VDSwitch
    • Remove-VDSwitch
    • Set-VDSwitch
    • Export-VDSwitch
    • Get-VDPortGroup
    • New-VDPortGroup
    • Remove-VDPortGroup
    • Set-VDPortGroup
    • Export-VDPortGroup
    • Add-VDSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter
    • Remove-VDSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter
    • Add-VDSwitchVMHost
    • Remove-VDSwitchVMHost

There are also enhancements to existing cmdlets such as Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter and Set-NetworkAdapter to support distributed port groups.

vCloud Director 5.1

vCloud Director 5.1 support has also been added with a new snap-in which include cmdlets to:

    • Connect to a vCloud Director Server
    • Create, Manage, Modify and Retrieve Organizations
    • Create, Manage, Modify and Retrieve Organization Virtual Datacenters
    • Create, Manage, Modify and Retrieve Organization Networks
    • Importing vApps & Creating vApp Templates
    • Create, Manage, Modify and Retrieve a vApp
    • Create, Manage, Modify and Retrieve vApp Networks
    • Create and Manage Access Control Rules

PowerShell 3

PowerCLI 5.1 Release 2 also now includes support for PowerShell 3 which is Microsoft’s latest update to its phenomenal scripting environment. Version 3 enhancement include Workflows & Scheduled Jobs, simpler where-object formatting, a new web-based console, persistent sessions, enhanced IDE,  Module Auto-Loading and plenty of new and enhanced cmdlets.

Missing

Something I have spotted that is still missing is support for the new vSphere Web Client tags which would be useful.

Documentation

It’s worth look at the release notes for some of the Known Issues and also understanding which PowerCLI cmdlets only work with the 32-bit version.

Also of use is the User Guide .PDF which has some example scripts.

Great update, VMware, keep ’em coming!

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