PowerCLI

• Made in 2013
• Collection of powershell modules for Vsphere API
• Necessary in mass clone environments
• • Schools, businesses, large organizations
• Uses an Object Model
• • Managed Objects
• • • HostSystem, VirtualMachine, Folder, Network
• • Managed Object Reference
• • • Points to other managed objects
• • Data Objects
• • • Have properties of a managed object
• Can access managed object browser at https.://vcenter or esxihost/mob