PowerCLI Command to manage VMware ESXi, vCenter for beginner

Name: PowerCLI Command to manage VMware ESXi, vCenter for beginner
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Learning VMware PowerCLI Power CLI Command to Automating and manage your VMware Vsphere ESXi and vCenter

Created byTareq Tech

Last updated 6/2025

English

What you'll learn

Will learn how to use PowerCLI on your VMware ESXi and vCenter
You will learn PowerCLI
You will learn basic and important command on Powershell
will learn how to setup ESXi Host
will learn how to setup vCenter on ESXi Host

Course content

11 sections • 29 lectures • 3h 56m total length

Why we learn PowerCLI and what will learn from this Course10:37
Learn why PowerCLI and PowerShell unlock automated management of ESXi and vCenter. Explore basic commands, reporting to CSV or Excel, and practical tasks from VM to host and service management.
Udemy Platform2:25
Explore how to adjust video speed on Udemy across devices (1.25, 1.5, 0.75) and how feedback on accent, pronunciation, and the five-star rating influence course visibility.

LAB Plan4:15
Stage 1 ( Downloading VMware Workstation 15 )4:49
Download and install VMware Workstation 15, run as administrator, complete setup with next and license accept, and avoid installing VirtualBox on the same host.
Stage 2 (Setup the Network )4:03
Set up a host-only network (vmnet10) in the virtual network editor, assign a private class c ip range (192.168.100.x) with dynamic dhcp, and enable host sharing to connect lab vms.
Stage 3 ( Download and Install Windows Server )13:31
Download the Windows Server 2016 iso from Microsoft and create a new virtual machine. Install vm tools, configure a static IP and DNS, and verify connectivity.
Stage 4 ( Download and Install ESXi Host )10:21
Stage 4 covers downloading the esxi host iso, creating a VM with 12 gb ram and 400 gb storage, installing esxi, and testing the connection using enterprise plus demo license.
Stage 5 (Download and Install vCenter )28:36
Download and install the vcenter appliance version 7 on the ESXi host, then configure static network settings (IP, subnet, gateway, DNS) and create the layla.local domain as described.
Setup VMware Modules8:11
Install and set up VMware PowerCLI modules in PowerShell, then connect to the ESXi host or vCenter with Connect-VIServer to manage your environment.
Connect by Windows 101:50

Why using PowerShell4:06
Explore how PowerShell standardizes commands with get, set, new, and remove to manage VMware through PowerCLI, ESXCLI, and modules, improving auditor readiness and consistency.
Basic PowerShell10:33
Learn beginner PowerShell basics for PowerCLI, including Get-Command, Get-Help, Get-Member, and the pipeline, to manage VMware VMs with caution using get, set, and remove commands.
Object in PowerShell7:38
Learn to use select, where, and sort in PowerCLI to filter and project properties, leverage Get-VM, and apply comparisons with -eq and -gt, including the ? shortcut.

powercli : Report to CSV File Format11:54
powercli : Report to HTML Format8:45
Learn to export PowerCLI reports to HTML, selecting VM properties such as name, version, build number, memory, CPU, power state, and host, with sorting options and how to customize output.
Style the HTML5:16
Style PowerCLI html reports with css to improve readability by inserting style blocks after the title, before the header, after the body, and before closing body.

Requirements

Should have basic knowledge of ESXi and vCenter but not compulsory

Description

This course in 2025 will teach you how to use PowerCLI on ESXi and vCenter and Automation your daily tasks

Here I shall provide almost common Examples in real life, what almost best practice.

Also you will learn powershell command as well

Hopefully you will learn much information about PowerCLI on this course

VMware PowerCLI

VMware PowerCLI is a collection of PowerShell modules providing many cmdlets to manage a wide range of VMware products. It allows IT Pros to not only perform most vSphere administrative tasks but also automate them.

Take a chunky vSphere cluster made up of 50 nodes for instance, in which you need to make a change to detach one or more LUNs on all of them. You could either spend a few hours making the change on each host manually in the vSphere Client, or you can use PowerCLI to execute the change on all the nodes in a matter of minutes. Granted such change must be performed carefully if you know what you are doing.

Pushing changes to hosts or VMs isn’t the only benefit VMware PowerCLI brings to the table. You can also use it to collect data that is relevant to a specific use case in a single place. There are ready to use scripts available such as Alan Renouf’s vCheck that acts as a framework to email HTML reports based on what you want to keep an eye on. This script is backed by VMware themselves.

Automation always was a crucial part in IT operations and was introduced into its own category since the exponential gain in traction by solutions like Terraform. VMware PowerCLI and PowerShell becoming more advanced with each release, we are able to automate more and more. PowerCLI also provides integration with applications like vRealize Operations, NSX, VSAN, Horizon, VMware Cloud platforms

Who this course is for:

Anyone interested to use PowerClI Command in his/her environment of VMware
Anyone wants to manage VMware ESXi and vCenter by Command Line

PowerCLI Command to manage VMware ESXi, vCenter for beginner

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Course content

Introduction2 lectures • 13min

LAB8 lectures • 1hr 16min

PowerShell3 lectures • 22min

Connect and Disconnect Servers1 lecture • 10min

Managing ESXi Host with PowerCLI3 lectures • 27min

Managing Virtual Machines with PowerCLI2 lectures • 13min

Managing Virtual Networks with PowerCLI1 lecture • 14min

Managing Storage with PowerCLI1 lecture • 4min

Reporting with PowerCLI3 lectures • 26min

Useful Commands1 lecture • 3min

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