PowerVCF v2.0.0 - General Availability
I'm pleased to announce the general availability of PowerVCF v2.0.0 for download from the PowerShell Library. PowerVCF is a open source project and the team works on adding support when time permits.
Download It Here: PowerVCF PowerShell Library Download
What's New in PowerVCF v2.0<
Along with a number of new or modified cmdlets the following enhancements have been made:
- Grouped cmdlets based on order of API documentation
- Enhancements to reuse duplicate code
- Updated for consistency in the use of code
- Support for the new token-based authentication model
The following table provides a detailed breakdown of all the cmdlet changes for this release.
| Category | cmdlet Name | Description | Comment |
| Backup and Restore | Start-VCFRestore | Starts the restore process of SDDC Manager | NEW |
| Backup and Restore | Get-VCFRestoreTasks | Gets the status of the restore process | NEW |
| Connectivity | Connect-VCFManager | Create authentication header for SDDC Manager appliance | UPDATED - Support the new token / bearer authentication model and basicAuth switch for restore process |
| Connectivity | Connect-CloudBuilder | Create authentication header for Cloud Builder appliance | NEW |
| Certificates | Get-VCFCertificateAuthority | Get Certificate Authority information | UPDATED - Added support for getting the details by id |
| Certificates | Remove-VCFCertificateAuthority | Deletes Certificate Authority configuration | NEW |
| Certificates | Get-VCFCertificate | View certificate of all the resources in a domain | UPDATED - Added support for get certificate details by resource |
| Credentials | Get-VCFCredential | Get the credentials | UPDATED- Added support for getting the details by id |
| Credentials | Stop-VCFCredentialTask | Cancels a failed update or rotate passwords task | RENAMED - From Cancel-VCFCredentialTask |
| Credentials | Restart-VCFCredentialTask | Retry a failed rotate/update passwords task | RENAMED - From Retry-VCFCredentialTask |
| Hosts | Commission-VCFHost | Commissions a list of hosts | UPDATED - Added support for validating the input spec for host operations (-validate switch) |
| NSX-T Edge Clusters | Get-VCFEdgeCluster | Get an Edge Cluster | NEW |
| NSX-T Edge Clusters | New-VCFEdgeCluster | creates an NSX-T edge cluster | NEW |
| Personalities | Get-VCFPersonality | Get the vSphere Lifecycle Manager Personalities | NEW |
| SDDC (Cloud Builder) | Get-CloudBuilderSDDC | Retrieve all SDDCs | NEW |
| SDDC (Cloud Builder) | Start-CloudBuilderSDDC | Create SDDC | NEW |
| SDDC (Cloud Builder) | Restart-CloudBuilderSDDC | Retry failed SDDC creation | NEW |
| SDDC (Cloud Builder) | Get-CloudBuilderSDDCValidation | Get all SDDC specification validations | NEW |
| SDDC (Cloud Builder) | Start-CloudBuilderSDDCValidation | Validate SDDC specification before creation | NEW |
| SDDC (Cloud Builder) | Stop-CloudBuilderSDDCValidation | Cancel SDDC specification validation | NEW |
| SDDC (Cloud Builder) | Restart-CloudBuilderSDDCValidation | Retry SDDC validation | NEW |
| System Prechecks | Start-VCFSystemPrecheck | Perform System Precheck | RENAMED - From Start-PreCheckVCFSystem |
| System Prechecks | Get-VCFSystemPrecheckTask | Get System Precheck Task | RENAMED - From Get-PreCheckVCFSystemTask |
| Tasks | Restart-VCFTask | Retry a previously failed task | RENAMED - From Retry-VCFTask |
| Users | Get-VCFRole | Get all roles | NEW |
| Users | Get-VCFUser | Get all Users | NEW |
| Users | New-VCFUser | Adds a new user | NEW |
| Users | New-VCFServiceUser | Adds a new service user | NEW |
| Users | Delete-VCFUser | Deletes a user | NEW |
| vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager | Reset-VCFvRSLCM | Redeploy vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager | NEW |
| vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager | New-VCFvRSLCM | Validate the input specification for vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager deployment | UPDATED - Added support for validating the json spec (-validate switch). |
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