VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference

VMware vSphere
PowerCLI Reference
™
Automating vSphere Administration
Luc Dekens
Alan Renouf
Glenn Sizemore
Arnim van Lieshout
Jonathan Medd
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To my family, friends and colleagues: This took quite a bit of our time away.
Luc
For my perfect wife and children, my inspiration in life
Alan
To my Grandfather: You made me the man I am…
Glenn
To Victor, My Father, Present in Absence and therefore never Past
Arnim
For my family, for putting up with me whilst I worked on this
Jonathan
Ac k n o w l e d g m e n t s
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e’d all like to thank Pete Gaughan, editorial manager; Agatha Kim, acquisitions editor; Eric Charbonneau, production editor; Liz Welch, copyeditor; Nancy Guenther,
indexer; Rebecca Rider, proofreader; and Jim Kramer, compositor. Without each of
​their contributions, this book would never have made it to the presses. In particular,
we would like to thank our developmental editor, Mary Ellen Schutz, for making us
all literate. Without her attention to detail, we wouldn’t have been able to produce
the complete manual you’re now reading. Finally, we would like to thank Stuart
Radnidge, our technical editor. Stu Rad held us all to the highest standards. He left
no script unturned and no explanation unchecked. He served as the gatekeeper,
ensuring that any code you find herein will run the first time, every time. (You
can visit his blog by searching for vinternals from your favorite browser.) While
we didn’t always see eye to eye, without the professionals at Sybex this book would
never have been possible. Thanks, guys, it was a blast.
Thanks to my fellow authors and all the people at Sybex who were involved with this
book. And a special thanks to “our Gentle Editor, the little old lady from Wisconsin.”
She had to organize all this geek talk into the book you’re now holding in your hands.
I would also like to thank all the people from VMware who produced such a great
product—especially the PowerCLI Development Team in Sofia, Bulgaria, and Carter
Shanklin, who made this product what it is today. Thanks also to Pablo Roesch,
although we aren’t developers, we appreciate the drive with which you help us evangelize this wonderful piece of software. And finally, thanks to Jeffrey Snover and the
PowerShell Team at Microsoft. Without PowerShell, none of this would have been
possible. You shook the automation world!
Luc
I’d like to thank my wonderful wife and children for supporting me throughout
this book and my life. To my fellow authors and everyone who has worked on this
book: I would like to say thank you for staying with me and allowing me to push
the boundaries time and time again. I would also like to thank my father. If he had
not dragged me along to my first computer club and bought me the ZX Spectrum,
I would not be here today. Thanks to my mother for her ongoing support—I know
you will read this even though you don’t know what PowerShell is!
Alan
I’d like to thank my wife Kristine for marrying me in the first place. Without her
support, I would not have taken on this project. To Luc and Alan: It was an honor
working with you both—thank you for including me. I’d also like to thank Roger
Williams and Charlie Louk; you both taught me my trade. Without your teachings, I wouldn’t be where I am today. To my fellow vExpert, co-worker, and friend:
Andrew, you push me every day. Keep it up; I think it’s working!
Glenn
I’d like to thank my wife Alexandra for putting up with me and for going to bed
alone many nights while I was working on this book. To my oldest son: Thank you
for your patience and understanding. Yes, now I finally have time to rebuild your
PC. To my middle son: Thank you for your forbearance. We now can jump on the
trampoline together ’til we drop. To my newborn son: Thank you for entering my
life during the process. You really gave me new inspiration.
I’d also like to thank Luc and Alan for the opportunity to realize a dream, VMware
for starting the x86 virtualization revolution, the VMware PowerCLI development
team for creating such a great product and finally, to all the other authors of this
book: It was great working with you guys.
Arnim
I’d like to thank Alan and Luc for offering me the opportunity to be involved with
the book, Alan for the remote use of his test lab, all of the authors of the book for
their help and contributions, and finally the guys at Special Operations Software for
suggesting in 2007 that I should learn PowerShell.
Jonathan
A b o u t t h e Au t h o r s
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ost projects have to start somewhere as an idea, and this one was no different.
Alan and I had discussed the idea of a PowerCLI book. When Sybex contacted us,
our idea suddenly became a reality. As probably all first-time authors do, we hor​ribly underestimated the effort that goes into writing a book like the one we had
in mind. Luckily we had the good fortune to be able to attract some outstanding
co-authors like Glenn, Arnim, and Jonathan. We hope that you, the reader, will
enjoy reading this book as much as we did writing it.
Luc Dekens started many moons ago in the mainframe world as a system programmer. While the companies he worked for took Unix and Windows boxes on board,
it was a natural evolution for him to expand into those areas. A couple of years ago
Luc was impressed by a new scripting tool, Monad, that Microsoft was bringing to
market. When the organization Luc works for was expanding their virtualization
platform, he stumbled on a product called VI Toolkit. It was ideal for automating
many administrative tasks. Luc was admitted to the early beta program and started
contributing to the ever-growing PowerCLI community. After attending VMworld
2009 in San Francisco, where he did a session together with Hal Rottenberg, Luc
started a blog (http://lucd.info). During VMworld 2010 in the US and in
Europe, Luc did a session together with Alan Renouf that sold out several times.
Alan Renouf has worked in IT since 1998, starting as a junior desktop support
engineer and working in a variety of IT jobs. Currently he works as a vSpecialist for
EMC. Alan was named a vExpert in both 2009 and 2010. He presented a PowerCLI
session with Luc Dekens at both VMworld San Francisco and Copenhagen (2010).
Alan first started scripting in his childhood, copying code from magazines onto a
ZX Spectrum and tweaking scripts until they worked. He worked his way through
a variety of languages before settling on PowerShell. Alan is the co-host of the GetScripting PowerShell podcast at http://get-scripting.blogspot.com and
the author of a PowerCLI-related blog at http://virtu-al.net. You can follow
Alan on Twitter at http://twitter.com/alanrenouf.
Glenn Sizemore has held just about every position one could hold in IT—everything
from cable dog to enterprise architect. He started scripting early in his IT career
and had mastered VBScript by the time PowerShell first shipped. As a scripter, he
was an early adopter and had conquered PowerShell when the VMware Toolkit for
Windows (PowerCLI) first shipped. Curiosity carried Glenn to an internal team-
testing virtualization. Three years later, he was attending his third VMworld and had
just been awarded the status of VMware vExpert. Along the way, Glenn started a blog,
www.Get-Admin.com, to share scripts and automation techniques. Outside of work,
Glenn is the proud father of two beautiful children and an avid PowerShell evangelist.
Arnim van Lieshout has been in the IT industry for 12 years, working mainly with
operating systems. He holds key industry certifications and recognitions from VMware,
Microsoft, and Citrix. For the last 5 years Arnim has been focusing on virtualization
and as a virtualization architect he has been helping enterprise customers get the most
out of virtualization, especially in server consolidation and business continuity. The
last few years, he has been focusing on automating tasks using PowerShell. Arnim is an
active member of the VMware Community forums and is a contributor to the VMware
Community PowerPack (http://vmcompack.codeplex.com/). In 2010, Arnim
was awarded third place in the VMware Script-O-Mania contest and, later that year,
he was designated a VMware vExpert. He runs his own blog at www.van-lieshout​
.com, which is focused on virtualization and utilizing PowerShell in VMware environments. You can follow Arnim on Twitter at http://twitter.com/avlieshout.
Jonathan Medd has been working with Windows Infrastructure products since
1997 and, more recently, virtualization technologies from VMware. In 2007, he
discovered Windows PowerShell and now spends a lot of time encouraging IT
pros he meets to use PowerShell by talking with them, giving presentations to user
groups, and via posts on his blog http://jonathanmedd.net. He also co-hosts
the Get-Scripting PowerShell podcast, which provides information on how to learn
PowerShell and what’s going on in the PowerShell world—you can find this at
http://get-scripting.blogspot.com. In April 2010, Jonathan was awarded
status as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for PowerShell. You can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/jonathanmedd.
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Forewords xix
Introduction xxi
Part I Install, Configure, and Manage the vSphere Environment 1
Chapter ​1 Automating vCenter Server Deployment and Configuration 3
Chapter ​2 Automating vSphere Hypervisor Deployment and Configuration 35
Chapter ​3 Automating Storage and Networking 67
Chapter ​4 Using Advanced vSphere Features 93
Part II Managing the Virtual Machine Life Cycle 127
Chapter ​5 Creating Virtual Machines 129
Chapter ​6 Using Templates and Customization Specifications 173
Chapter ​7 Configuring Virtual Machine Hardware 197
Chapter ​8 Advanced Virtual Machine Features 229
Chapter ​9 Using vApps 269
Part III Securing Your vSphere Environment 301
Chapter ​10 Backing Up and Restoring Your Virtual Machines 303
Chapter ​11 Organize Your Disaster Recovery 325
Chapter ​12 Hardening the vSphere Environment 367
Chapter ​13 Maintain Security in Your vSphere Environment 403
Part IV Monitoring and Reporting 427
Chapter ​14 Reporting the Status of Your vSphere Environment 429
Chapter ​15 Using Statistical Data 463
Chapter ​16 Monitoring the vSphere Environment 501
Chapter ​17 Auditing the vSphere Environment 529
Part V Scripting Tools and Features 561
Chapter ​18 Scheduling Automation Scripts 563
Chapter ​19 The SDK 583
Chapter ​20 The Onyx Project 621
Chapter ​21 PowerGUI and vEcoShell 635
Chapter ​22 PowerWF Studio 663
Chapter ​23 Add a GUI Front-End to Your Automation Scripts 687
Index
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Table of Contents
Forewords xix
Introduction xxi
Part I Install, Configure, and Manage the vSphere Environment 1
Chapter ​1 Automating vCenter Server Deployment and Configuration 3
Prepare the vCenter Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Create an Automated Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Set Up Your vCenter Folder Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Creating a Folder Structure from Scratch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Exporting a Folder Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Importing a Folder Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Define Users and Their Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Granting Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Creating New Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Bringing in Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Exporting Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Importing Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Configure Datacenters and Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Creating Datacenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Creating Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Configuring High Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Configuring Distributed Resource Scheduler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Configuring Enhanced vMotion Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configuring Distributed Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Viewing License Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Licensing a Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter ​2 Automating vSphere Hypervisor Deployment and Configuration 35
Prepare for an Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Installation Medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gathering Required Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Automate an Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Customizing an Installation with Kickstart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Postinstallation Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter ​3 Automating Storage and Networking 67
Set Up the Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Setting Up Different Types of Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Configuring an iSCSI Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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Rescanning for New Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adding Datastores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Setting a Multipath Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Set Up the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Standard and Distributed Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adding VMkernel Port Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Making Your Switches and Port Groups Resilient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Copying Networking Configuration from Another Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Moving Multiple VMs to a New Port Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter ​4 Using Advanced vSphere Features 93
Manage vNetwork Distributed Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Use Fault Tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Configure Storage I/O Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Use Distributed Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Configure Host Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Configure Active Directory Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Part II Managing the Virtual Machine Life Cycle 127
Chapter ​5 Creating Virtual Machines 129
Use the New-VM Cmdlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Creating a New Virtual Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cloning a Virtual Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deploying from a Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Registering a Virtual Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Use the SDK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Perform a Mass Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Preparing for Mass Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Running the Deployment Synchronous or Asynchronous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Postconfiguration and Validating the New Virtual Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Identify Eye-Catchers for Auditing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using Custom Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maintaining Custom Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maintain VMware Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Windows Silent Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Linux Silent Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Updating VMware Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter ​6 Using Templates and Customization Specifications 173
Use Customization Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Creating Customization Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Managing Customization Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using Customization Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Use Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Creating Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deploying Guests from Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maintaining Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter ​7 Configuring Virtual Machine Hardware 197
Add, Configure, and Remove Virtual Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changing Virtual Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changing Memory Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changing the Number of vCPUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changing vCPU Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adding or Removing a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Assigning a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adding a Virtual Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Removing a Virtual Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Extending a Virtual Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changing Other Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Optimize Storage Usage with Thin Provisioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Converting a Virtual Disk Using Storage vMotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Converting a Virtual Disk in Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter ​8 Advanced Virtual Machine Features 229
Interact with the Guest OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using Linux Native Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using Windows Native Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using PowerCLI Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Use vMotion and Storage vMotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Examining vMotion Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Moving a Virtual Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Use and Manage Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Creating and Removing Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maintaining Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restricting the Creation of Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter ​9 Using vApps 269
Import Virtual Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Create Your Own vApps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maintain vApps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Setting the Start Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using IP Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using IP Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Modifying vApp Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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