VMware | PowerCLI SSH
A short description about enabling/disabling SSH in bulk within vSphere Environment. At first we are going to figure out which hosts already have SSH enabled (or disabled) afterwards we disable (or enable) it.
A short description about enabling/disabling SSH in bulk within vSphere Environment. At first we are going to figure out which hosts already have SSH enabled (or disabled) afterwards we disable (or enable) it.
Managing and maintaining a huge VMware environment is always associated with a lot of effort… if you don’t use automation tools 😉
By automation tools I am thinking about PowerShell, the Vmware Module PowerCLI and the native CLI interface from vSphere Hosts ESXCLI.
A few PowerShell cmdlets to manage vm power state from Hosts defined in an array.
With this basic structure you can combine several conditions -> very useful if you are going to maintain your vSphere environment.
First of all we need the necessary PowerShell-Module package for VMware: PowerCLI.
Depending on your vSphere Version you get information about PowerCli in the documentation from VMware itself: docs.vmware