Data Center Automation with vRealize Orchestrator and PowerCLI

Administrateurs vSphere expérimentés qui souhaitent utiliser les outils disponibles pour automatiser les tâches quotidiennes.

Après avoir terminé ce cours, vous devriez être en mesure de :

• Décrire les fonctionnalités et les avantages de l'automatisation dans un environnement vSphere
• Comprendre le rôle de l'API vSphere Web Services dans l'automatisation
• Utiliser le navigateur d'objets gérés (MOB) pour afficher la structure de l'API VMware vSphere® et VMware
• Faire l'Inventaire vCenter Server®
• Utiliser vSphere PowerCLI pour déployer et gérer des machines virtuelles et une infrastructure virtuelle
• Exécuter et gérer les workflows vRealize Orchestrator de la bibliothèque
• Concevoir, développer et exécuter des workflows vRealize Orchestrator personnalisés et réutilisables
• Incorporer JavaScript dans les workflows vRealize Orchestrator
• Sélectionner l'outil approprié pour automatiser les tâches quotidiennes dans vCenter Server

Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Automation in vSphere

• Identify the tools available to vSphere administrators for automation
• Understand the benefits of automation
• Understand the function of black boxes in programming

vSphere API

• Identify the function of an API
•  Recognize the components of the vSphere Web Services API
• Understand how the vSphere Web Services API is used by automation tools
• Understand object-oriented terminology relevant to the vSphere Web Services API
• Use the MOB to explore the vSphere object model and invoke methods

vSphere PowerCLI Basics

• Describe features of vSphere PowerCLI
• List common tasks to perform with vSphere PowerCLI
• Connect vSphere PowerCLI to vCenter Server and VMware ESXi™ hosts
• Define variables to use in vSphere PowerCLI
• Use basic vSphere PowerCLI cmdlets
• Describe features of the command pipeline
• Examine vSphere PowerCLI objects
• View vSphere PowerCLI object properties
• Invoke vSphere PowerCLI object methods

Advanced vSphere PowerCLI concepts

• Examine View objects with the Get-View cmdlet
• Convert View objects to VIObjects
• Invoke vSphere Web Services API methods
• Use the Onyx tool to capture vSphere PowerCLI code

vRealize Orchestrator Basics

• Identify vRealize Orchestrator components
• Understand the function of plug-ins
• Add a vCenter Server instance to the vCenter Server plug-in
• List the components of a workflow
• Create a vCenter Server object with a library workflow
• Distinguish between workflow variable types
• Create a simple workflow
• Create workflow input and output parameters
• Set a workflow input parameter as an attribute
• Understand the role of binding in workflows
• Use a library workflow in a new workflow
• Use the setup wizard to perform parameter binding 

vSphere PowerCLI Use Cases

• Perform day-to-day management tasks with vSphere PowerCLI

vRealize Orchestrator Use Case

• Create a workflow that deploys multiple virtual machines according to a customer specification

Developing vRealize Orchestrator Workflows

• Identify and use common vRealize Orchestrator workflow elements
• Implement vRealize Orchestrator workflow nesting
• List methods for calling other workflows in vRealize Orchestrator workflows
• Identify the information required to develop a workflow
• Use the vRealize Orchestrator workflow scripting debugger

vRealize Orchestrator Advanced

• Create basic decision loops in workflows
• Use a for-each loop in a workflow
• Understand how exceptions are handled in vRealize Orchestrator
• Use action elements in workflows
• Capture JavaScript with Onyx and use it in a workflow

vRealize Orchestrator PowerShell Plug-In

• Add Windows PowerShell hosts to the vCenter Server inventory
• Invoke scripts on Windows PowerShell hosts
• Create Windows PowerShell workflows

Guest Operations with vRealize Orchestrator and vSphere PowerCL

• Understand the architecture of virtual machine guest operations
• Identify the requirements for using guest operations
• Perform guest operations with vRealize Orchestrator and vSphere PowerCLI

 

Suivi de la formation VSICM - VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage ou expérience similaire avec les déploiements vSphere

 

Pré-requis recommandés :

• VSICM - VMware vSphere : Installation, Configuration et Administration