Automate administration of your virtual infrastructure with these tools and techniques

Overview:

Simplification of administration and its related overhead is a strategic imperative for most companies. And, although programmatic automation has existed in the Windows and Linux operating systems for some time now, getting a complete solution for system management and automation often requires purchasing expensive third-party, proprietary software that is difficult to learn and sometimes suffers from compatibility issues. Fortunately, VMware has incorporated a variety of interfaces into its technology that simplifies the management of your virtual infrastructure. The inherent flexibility and performance that ESX Server and VirtualCenter provide at a functional level, combined with the ability to develop custom management client applications to help administer, manage, and monitor your virtual infrastructure make VMware's virtualization technology the right choice for many operations. In this sample chapter from Scripting VMware Power Tools: Automating Virtual Infrastructure Administration , discover how even with a limited background in scripting, you can develop programs that will help automate and ease administration via VMWare's scripting APIs, VirtualCenter SDK, and other VMware SDKs.

Title: Scripting VMware Power Tools: Automating Virtual Infrastructure Administration
ISBN: 1597490598
Published: October 2006
Authors: Al Muller, David E. Williams, Stephen Beaver, David E. Hart, David Payne, Jeremy Pries, Paul Summitt
Chapter: Chapter 3: Scripting and Programming for the Virtual Infrastructure
Published by Syngress Publishing

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