Alan Renouf posted an article on the vSphere Quick Start Guide we recently wrote which triggered this article. First let me quote from Alan’s article:
I was responsible for adding all the PowerCLI throughout the book, basically if something is explained and there is an easy way to do it in PowerCLI, we have added a code reference, this enables you to see how much is covered by PowerCLI and also how easy it actually is.
In writing the PowerCLI areas I didn’t actually realise how many we had put in until the book was completed and I extracted them all into a nice zip file which can be downloaded and used from here: http://www.yellow-bricks.com/wp-content/uploads/quickstartguide.zip
All in all there are 67 scripts, now obviously if you want to know more information about these scripts and exactly where they fit in you will need to buy the book.
Download these scripts as they will definitely help you manage your environment better and more consistent. Secondly they will help you learn Powershell/PowerCLI faster, especially if you also own the book. Which is the second part of this post, the book… it’s available in print via Amazon and Lulu. But also available as a PDF via Lulu. You can find the links below, but keep in mind that depending on shipping costs sometimes the US one might be cheaper. Let me also be crystal clear about the PDF, it’s a separate item. If you want the PDF you will need to order it. We do however have added it to our “must haves” for the next book, we hope we will be able to offer a printed and pdf version in one package by then.
Anyway, close to 2000 copies have been sold by now. Amazon has books on stock which should make a fast delivery possible.
Amazon – US $15.99
Lulu – Europe: € 14.29
Lulu – PDF: €7.14 / $9.99
Kenny says
Hi,
The actual URL is incorrect.
http://www.yellow-bricks.com/wp-content/uploads/quickstartguide.zip
Invalid – http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2010/01/10/wp-content/uploads/quickstartguide.zip
Kenny
Duncan Epping says
Ahh, sorry… link got copies+paste and referred to wrong dir. fixed, thanks for that!
JamesR says
I’m disappointed that those of us who rushed out and purchased the book (me) are not going to have the .pdf available. I’d have preferred to have it in .pdf form, and it would probably be more useful in that format. I guess I was used to the old big books that had the electronic format included with it.
Jim Peluso says
Personally I love the book and enjoy reading it at my leisure. The book is inexpensive and has so much information to offer; if I wanted the pdf version I wouldn’t mind springing the extra money for it.
robert stothard says
I am not a scripter so on running the scripts I am getting errors that indicate the “The term ‘MonitoringVMwareLicenseService.ps1’ is not recognized as a cmdl
nction, operable program, or script file. Verify the term and try again.
At line:1 char:34
I believe I need to change the script to point to my VI server is that true. Thank you from a Learner.
Erik says
Duncan,
Thanks for the quickstart guide powercli pdf. I saw a lot of very usefull scripts.