Getting Started with VMware Cloud Director cmdlets
Provides cmdlets for automating vCloud Director features.
Step 1: Connect to Environment
# Connects as an organization user to the provided organization.
Connect-CIServer -Server cloud.example.com -User Org1Admin -Password pass -Org Organization1
You can also connect to remote environment by running one of the alternative options to connect below:
Option 1 :
# Connects as a system administrator to a system organization.
Connect-CIServer -Server cloud.example.com -User admin -Password pass
Option 2 :
# Connects to the provided organization by specifying a credential object.
Connect-CIServer -Server cloud.example.com -Org Organization1 -Credential $vappUserCredential
Option 3 :
# Connects to a server by providing a server session ID.
Connect-CIServer -Server cloud.example.com -SessionID $sessionID
Option 4 :
# Connects to a server from the list of recently connected servers.
Connect-CIServer -Menu
Option 5 :
# Connects to a vCloud Air datacenter.
$vCloudAirConnection = Connect-PIServer -User [email protected] -Password 'pass' $myDatacenter = Get-PIDatacenter 'myDatacenter' Connect-CIServer -PIDatacenter $myDatacenter
Step 2: Retrieve a object by running a Get command
# Retrieves all datastores with names that start with "MyDatastore" from all available provider vDCs.
Get-CIDatastore -Name "MyDatastore*"