Chapter 9. Managing vCenter with PowerCLI

If you have more than one ESXi server, a vCenter Server will make your ESXi servers much easier to manage. A vCenter Server will also add a lot of additional features, such as HA and DRS clusters, to your vSphere environment,. In this chapter, we will discuss some topics that will help you manage your vSphere environment.

The following topics are covered in this chapter:

  • Working with roles and permissions
  • Managing licenses
  • Configuring alarms
  • Retrieving events

Working with roles and permissions

In a VMware vSphere environment, you might want to give certain permissions to users or administrators, who are not a part of the vSphere administrator's team, to perform specific tasks. For example, you might want to give ...

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