Just noticed the new release of PowerCLI 4.1.1 on twitter:
There are a lot of new features:
- Added support for the ESX CLI functionality through the
Get-EsxClicmdlet.- Added support for ESX Top statistics through the
Get-EsxTopcmdlet.- Enhanced
Get-VirtualSwitch,Get-VirtualPortGroup,Get-VMHost,Get-VM,New-NetworkAdapter,Set-NetworkAdapter, andGet-VMHostNetworkAdapterto add support for distributed switches and distributed switch port groups.- Added support for SCSI controllers through the
New-ScsiController,Get-ScsiController, andSet-ScsiControllercmdlets, and the newControllerparameter ofNew-HardDiskandSet-HardDisk.- Added support for querying and modifying vCenter Server alarms through the
Get-AlarmDefinition,Set-AlarmDefinition,Get-AlarmAction,New-AlarmAction,Remove-AlarmAction,Get-AlarmActionTrigger,New-AlarmActionTrigger, andRemove-AlarmActionTriggercmdlets.- Added the
Get-AdvancedSetting,Set-AdvancedSetting,New-AdvancedSetting, andRemove-AdvancedSettingcmdlets for managing advanced vCenter Server settings and Cluster HA advanced options.- Added the
Wait-Toolscmdlet that allows you to wait for VMware Tools of the specified virtual machines to load before proceeding.- Added support for querying disk and disk partition information of hosts through the
Get-VMHostDiskandGet-VMHostDiskPartitioncmdlets.- Added support for formatting host disk partitions through the
Format-VMHostDiskPartitioncmdlet.- Added support for querying the primary HA cluster nodes through the
Get-HAPrimaryVMHostcmdlet.- Added support for zeroing out a virtual machine hard disk through a new
ZeroOutparameter toSet-HardDiskcmdlet.
looking forward to test the new Get-EsxCli and the Get-EsxTop cmdlets.
The complete change log is available here.
You can download the new release from here: download link.