In this demo Ben (@xcud) takes a PowerCLI script that's been transcribed into workflow activities and drop a 'ToWMI' activity at the end which causes the workflow to push the data retrieved from PowerCLI into WMI when the workflow is run. The workflow is set to run automatically every 5 seconds by being deployed as a Task in the Agent. The data is shown both on the PowerShell commandline and in a PowerGadget digital readout. Download the beta now: http://powerwf.com/
Saturday, June 27. 2009
PowerCLI To Perfmon using the PowerWF Agent
Thursday, June 25. 2009
PowerWF + PowerCLI = vSphere on Rails
Organizations are increasingly looking to automate administrators' daily lives. Microsoft and VMware responded with two key technologies: Windows PowerShell, which has become the preferred scripting language for Windows administrators, and VMwareβs PowerCLI which provides a Windows PowerShell interface to the vSphere API. vSphere PowerCLI includes PowerShell Cmdlets, and documentation for administering vSphere components.
PowerWF combines both technologies into a single easy-to-use product that replaces legacy batch files, scripts and custom application development, enabling you to completely automate your vSphere environment without writing a single line of code. I created a little one minute Jing demoΒ -how to build a PowerCLI Work Flow with PowerWF.
Continue reading "PowerWF + PowerCLI = vSphere on Rails" »Wednesday, June 17. 2009
PowerWF Studio for VMware
I downloaded a copy of this workflow package and did some tests with it, these guys are awsome.
PowerWF Studio for VMware is a suite of tools for automating and administering virtual machine operations and the guests within virtual machines. Leveraging the VMware's VIX API plus several other PowerWF activities packs, PowerWF Studio for VMware offers levels of automation typically only seen in enterprise class solutions. The product supports management of VMware Server, Workstation, Player, and Virtual Infrastructure (both ESX and vCenter).
The VIX activity pack furnishes building blocks that allow you to quickly develop complex workflows that automate virtual machine operations, as well as the guests within virtual machines. PowerWF supports all the functions available within VMware's VIX API with none of complexities. PowerWF protects your existing investments by giving you myriad ways to use your workflows, including within shell scripts, an existing .NET application, or integrated with PowerShell.Β