Management of virtualization elements within one host or across many hosts through the same set of links and actions.Integration with the VMware SDK for advanced actions not yet supported by the VMware VI Toolkit.Support for browsing through any of the inventory hierarchical views that are available in Virtual Center.Single sign-on to multiple hosts that use the same credentials.
Easy management of multiple VMware Virtual Center, ESX, ESXi, or Virtual Server hosts from within one console.According to Quest, combining Windows PowerShell, PowerGUI, and their PowerPack for VMware provides the ability to manage not only the applications that organizations depend on, but also the virtual infrastructure that power them - all from a single console.Ī few highlights in this version include the following: PowerGUI with VMware PowerPack 2.0 gives administrators a helping hand by automating many management tasks that are common to virtual infrastructures. The new update includes a full-featured PowerShell script library for VMware to further enhance VMware virtualization management.
Quest Software, a company that has been taking a much larger interest in the virtualization market, has adopted the PowerShell scripting language and has been extending the free PowerGUI tool with its own PowerPack extensions.ĭuring the holidays, Quest was busy with the release of versions 2.0 and 2.0.1 of its PowerGUI PowerPack for VMware. This scripting language removed the complexity of learning Perl and other programming languages in order to easily automate many of today's administrative tasks.
When VMware tagged on to PowerShell and created the VMware VI Toolkit for Windows, virtualization administrators took notice. When Microsoft launched the new Microsoft PowerShell scripting language, administrators took notice.
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