Scripting toolkit of PowerShell modules for VCF and vSphere; it can also produce custom ESX installation ISOs.
Also called VCF PowerCLI.
In the Ultra Transcenders books
Each book explains PowerCLI in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- VMware Cloud Foundation
Broadcom's platform for private cloud. It unifies management of NSX, vSAN, vSphere, VCF Automation and VCF Operations as one fleet; VVF, by contrast, lacks automation and cloud management.
- vSphere
VMware's platform for virtualisation, made up of vCenter and ESX hosts, supplying compute for VCF clusters.
- ESX
VMware's bare-metal hypervisor, installed on each host in a VCF fleet. Up to version 9.0 it was known as ESXi.
Related terms
- Orchestrator action
A piece of code, shared between workflows in VCF Operations orchestrator and subject to default limits. It can be JavaScript or use a runtime for Python, Node.js, PowerShell or PowerCLI.
- RVC
A support and monitoring console for vCenter that was deprecated in 9.0 and will be withdrawn. Broadcom points people to the vCenter UI, DCLI or PowerCLI as replacements.