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I am pretty new to using PowerCLI and I would like to use it to automate a couple of things, but it does not seem to allow me to run what I want to without connecting to a server. I do not want to have to connect to a server to automate the service I am trying to run. Would anyone have any ideas on how to work around the Connect-VIServer issue?

If it helps I am trying to use the Set-Template command to convert my file to a VM.

Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!

scapegoat17
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If you don't own a copy of vCenter you can still get a lot out of PowerCLI. PowerCLI will enable you to manage multiple ESX servers at once even without vCenter, but no *vMotion or templates*, you still need vCenter for those features!

So you can't avoid the use of connect-viserver

CB.
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  • Thanks for the response! How would I have to go about using the ESX servers so that I can use the `Set-Template` command in `PowerCLI`? – scapegoat17 Jul 05 '13 at 13:00
  • To use ‘set-template‘ cmdlet you have to connect to a vCenter Server – CB. Jul 05 '13 at 13:09