Yellow Bricks

by Duncan Epping

Looking for PowerCLI skills?

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No need to struggle anymore, just learn PowerCLI from the masters… Luc Dekens and Alan Renouf wrote a book which is available for pre-ordering right now. Most of you probably already know Luc and Alan, but for those who don’t I think I am not exaggerating when I say that these guys are the top PowerCLI experts in the virtualization industry. Both Luc and Alan have a wealth of expertise and know how to explain things in a way that even I can understand it… believe that is an achievement cause I have no affinity with PowerCLI whatsoever. Now, Alan and Luc didn’t do this by themselves they had Arnim van Lieshout, Glen Sizemore and Jonathan Medd helping them out writing the book. Lets not forget their infamous tech editor Stuart “vinternals” Radnidge

VMware vSphere PowerCLI is a must-have tool for any administrator managing VMware vSphere in a Windows environment. Having to repeat vSphere administrative tasks can be time consuming and error-prone, but PowerCLI—created specifically for Windows environments—allows VMware administrators to automate tasks. Written to the latest PowerCLI, this handy guide shows you step by step how to use the PowerCLI cmdlets for daily administration procedures and frequently performed tasks for VMware vSphere X. The reference is organized by vSphere tasks, providing a practical approach to accessing the information you need while you are on the job. Supported by real world examples and no-nonsense instruction, coverage includes installation, configuration, and management of a vSphere environment, management of the virtual machine life-cycle, security, and monitoring and reporting.

While I was scavenging the internet for a screenshot of the cover, which I did not manage to find by the way, I noticed something else. It seems that these 5 guys are literally planning to take over the PowerCLI Community:

It seems that PowerCLIbook.com will primarily be used as a mechanism to offer readers updated versions of scripts, to enable them to ask the authors questions around the book itself and even to download a full Powerpack. Judging by the fact that is hasn’t been formally announced yet I expect the guys are still working on the forum/site.

Anyway, go out and pre-order the book… it is worth it,

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  4. Doug says

    We all expect great things from Luc and Alan. No pressure or anything. 🙂 I am not alone in my looking forward to the book.

  8. Alan Renouf says

    Jim, yes there should be as we are using Sybex to publsih with, Sybex make PDF and Kindle versions of their books as far as i am aware.

    Thanks for the post Duncan “Scoop” Epping and well done for finding the site before I had even finished setting it up !

    Alan

    • Dhaval says

      Million $ question. When is it due? I read the EMC job and family time and getting help from vExperts + MVPs. But, I am eager to get my hands on the actual material.

      Any estimate guys? I know this is Duncan’s site, but DE -you have most up-to-date info compared to the authors’ blogs where they have info. about the book 🙂

      -Dhaval