PowerCLI-Lab.ps1

Wifi SSID: 500CM-CONF
Password: botwtmpr

vCenter Server Name: vcsa01.corp.local
vCenter IP: 52.36.60.129

Username: Student[01-60]
Password: Password[01-60]

Lab 1: 
Install-Module VMware.PowerCLI -Scope CurrentUser

Lab 1.1: 
Get-ExecutionPolicy
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

Lab 2: 
Get-PowerCLIConfiguration

Lab 3: 
Get-Help Connect-VIServer

Lab 4: 
Connect-VIServer -Server vcsa01.corp.local -Protocol https

Lab 5: 
Get-Datacenter

Lab 6: 
Get-Cluster

Lab 7: 
Get-VMHost

Lab 8: 
Get-Datastore

Lab 9: 
Get-Datacenter | Select-Object *

Lab 10:
Get-Cluster | Select-Object *

Lab 11: 
Get-VMHost | Select-Object *

Lab 12: 
Get-Datastore | Select-Object *

Lab 13: 
Get-Datacenter | Get-View
$dc = Get-Datacenter
$dc.ExtensionData

Lab 14: 
Get-Cluster | Get-View
$cluster = Get-Cluster
$cluster.ExtensionData

Lab 15: 
Get-VMHost | Get-Random | Get-View
$vmh = Get-VMHost | Get-Random
$vmh.ExtensionData

Lab 16: 
Get-Datastore | Get-Random | Get-View
$ds = Get-Datastore | Get-Random
$ds.ExtensionData

Lab 17: 
New-Datacenter -Name Student[0-50]

Lab 18: 
Get-Folder
Get-Folder -Type Datacenter
$folder = Get-Folder -Type Datacenter

Lab 19: 
New-Datacenter -Name StudentDC[1-50] -Location $folder

Lab 20: 
Get-Help New-Cluster
Get-Help New-Cluster -Examples
New-Cluster -Name StudentCluster[1-51] -Location (Get-Datacenter -Name Student[1-50]) -HAEnabled $true -DrsEnabled $true 

Lab 21: 
Get-Cluster -Name StudentCluster[1-50] | Select-Object Name,DrsMode
Set-Cluster -Name StudentCluster[1-50] -DrsMode FullyAutomated

Lab 22: 
Add-VMHost -Location StudentDC[1-50] -Name esx[1-50].corp.local -User root -Password "VMware1!"

Lab 23: 
Move-VMHost -VMHost esx[1-50].corp.local -Destination StudentCluster[1-50]

Lab 24: 
New-Datastore  # VMFS Mount

Lab 25: 
$vm = Get-VM -Location (Get-VMHost -Name esx[1-50].corp.local)
$vm
$vm | Select-Object *
$vm.ExtensionData

Lab 26: 
New-ResourcePool -Name StudentRP[1-50] -Location (Get-Cluster -Name StudentCluster[1-50]) 

Lab 27: 
Move-VM -VM $vm -Destination (Get-ResourcePool -Name StudentRP[1-50])

Lab 28: 
Get-Folder -Type VM
New-Folder -Name ProdWorkloads[1-50] -Location (Get-Datacenter -Name StudentDC[1-50])
$prodFolder = Get-Folder -Name ProdWorkloads[1-50]
New-Folder -Name Web[1-50] -Location $prodFolder
$prodFolder | New-Folder -Name DB[1-50]

Lab 29: 
$vm | Move-VM -Destination $prodFolder

Lab 30: 
$myCluster = Get-Cluster -Name StudentCluster[1-50]
$myRP = Get-ResourcePool -Name StudentRP[1-50]
$myDS = Get-Datastore  vsanDatastore
New-VM -Name Student[1-50] -ResourcePool $myRP -Datastore $myDS -DiskGB 20 -MemoryGB 4 -NumCpu 2 -GuestId windows9Server64Guest

Lab 31: 
$cloneVM = New-VM -VM $vm -Name Clone[1-50] -ResourcePool $myRP -Datastore $myDS -Location $prodFolder

Lab 32: 
Get-VM -Location $myCluster
Get-VM -Location $myCluster | Select-Object Name,ResourcePool,Folder

Lab 33: 
Get-VM | Where-Object {$_.PowerState -eq 'PoweredOn'} | Select-Object Name,DrsAutomationLevel

Lab 34: 
Get-VM | Get-HardDisk
Get-VM | Get-HardDisk | Set-HardDisk -CapacityGB 40

Lab 35: 
$cloneVM | Remove-VM

Lab 36: 
$cloneVM   # Get pointer to the VMX
$vmx = $cloneVM.ExtensionData
New-VM -DiskPath $vmx

Lab 37: 
Get-VM -Name Clone[1-50] | Remove-VM -DeletePermanently -Confirm:$false