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Install VCSA Using CLI

November 13, 2024 AB Comments 0 Comment

We can install or automate VCSA deployment using the CLI. VMware has already provided CLI option for the installation and completely documented solution. You can refer VMware documentation below. https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-vcenter-installation/GUID-C17AFF44-22DE-41F4-B85D-19B7A995E144.html There are the following steps involved in installing VCSA using CLI JSON templates are available in the VCSA installation bundle which we have to use for the installation. Under the folder \vcsa-cli-installer\templates\install you can find the templates. embedded_vCSA_on_ESXi.json embedded_vCSA_on_VC.json embedded_vCSA_replication_on_ESXi.json embedded_vCSA_replication_on_VC.json vCSA_with_cluster_on_ESXi.json Copy the respective JSON template to the temp…

Get Managed Object

October 4, 2023 AB Comments 0 Comment

We can easily gather all Managed Object information using vSphere SDK. We have seen in the earlier post about How to connect using SDK. Now, we will see how you can gather the Managed Object information using SDK. Once, we connect to vCenter, we will have an object called VMware.Vim.VimClientImpl and after connection, this object will help us to gather any Managed Object information. VimClientImpl object has the method FindEntityViews that can be used to get any Managed Object from…

Export PSCredentials To File

November 29, 2020 AB Comments 16 comments

Add VmNic

November 29, 2020 AB Comments 0 Comment

How to connect vCenter using SDK?

November 21, 2020 AB Comments 2 comments

We can connect vCenter using VMware.Vim dll file in c# code easily. This file does exist in the PowerCLI folder in Windows. Using this connection, we can achieve almost all the tasks that we can perform using Web Client or vSphere Client. Please refer other posts to understand how we can perform tasks or gather inventory. using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; using VMware.Vim; namespace vSphere { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) {…