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16 Sep 2008 09:14 AM EDT

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Now that XenServer and XenCenter 5.0 have been released, we turn our attention to other things. One of those new projects is a PowerShell SnapIn for XenServer, which I'm pleased to announce today.

The new SnapIn is now available publicly, at http://community.citrix.com/cdn/xs/sdks.

Here are a few basic examples. Over the next few days, I'll post some increasingly interesting examples, to help you get a feel for the new SnapIn.

PS> Get-Credential | Connect-XenServer -url https://<servername>


PS> Get-XenServer:VM -name Debian | Format-Table uuid,name_label,is_a_template,power_state

uuid                name_label                is_a_template         power_state
----                ----------                -------------         -----------
2b676031-29b0-35... Debian Sarge 3.1                   True              Halted
b20f5359-1c5a-7b... Debian Etch 4.0                    True              Halted
9b14ee57-47fd-af... Debian Sarge 3.1...               False              Halted
04738c85-0bb7-ce... Debian Sarge 3.1                  False           Suspended
4b76320b-404b-0c... Debian Etch 4.0 (1)               False             Running
3e0982ed-0cfe-1e... Debian Sarge 3.1                  False           Suspended


PS> Get-XenServer:VM -name Debian -properties @{ is_a_template="false" } |
>>    Format-Table uuid,name_label,power_state

uuid                       name_label                               power_state
----                       ----------                               -----------
9b14ee57-47fd-afc6-e057... Debian Sarge 3.1 (1)                          Halted
04738c85-0bb7-ce5a-40bc... Debian Sarge 3.1                           Suspended
4b76320b-404b-0cdf-1583... Debian Etch 4.0 (1)                          Running
3e0982ed-0cfe-1ef5-7e5c... Debian Sarge 3.1                           Suspended


PS> Invoke-XenServer:VM.start -vm "Debian Sarge 3.1 (1)"
PS> Get-XenServer:VM -name Debian -properties @{ is_a_template="false" } |
>>    Format-Table uuid,name_label,power_state

uuid                       name_label                               power_state
----                       ----------                               -----------
9b14ee57-47fd-afc6-e057... Debian Sarge 3.1 (1)                         Running
04738c85-0bb7-ce5a-40bc... Debian Sarge 3.1                           Suspended
4b76320b-404b-0cdf-1583... Debian Etch 4.0 (1)                          Running
3e0982ed-0cfe-1ef5-7e5c... Debian Sarge 3.1                           Suspended

PS> Disconnect-XenServer -url https://<servername>

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