Add-SCVirtualizationManager

Syntax

Add-SCVirtualizationManager
   [-VMMServer <ServerConnection>]
   [-ComputerName] <String>
   [-Description <String>]
   -Credential <VMMCredential>
   [-TCPPort <UInt32>]
   [-Certificate <ClientCertificate>]
   [-EnableSecureMode <Boolean>]
   [-RunAsynchronously]
   [-PROTipID <Guid>]
   [-JobVariable <String>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Add-SCVirtualizationManager cmdlet adds a VMware vCenter Server to your Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) environment so that VMM can connect to the vCenter Server and import its data. After you add the vCenter Server to VMM, you need to add the VMware ESX hosts associated with the vCenter Server before VMM can manage the virtual machines deployed on those hosts.

The default port used to connect to a VMware VirtualCenter Server computer is TCP port 443.

Examples

Example 1: Add a VMware vCenter Server to VMM

PS C:\> $RunAsAccount = Get-SCRunAsAccount -Name "RunAsAccount03"
PS C:\> $Cert = Get-SCCertificate -ComputerName "vCenterServer01.Contoso.com"
PS C:\> Add-SCVirtualizationManager -ComputerName "vCenterServer01.Contoso.com" -Certificate $Cert -TCPPort 443 -Credential $RunAsAccount

The first command gets the Run As account object named RunAsAccount03 and stores the object in the $RunAsAccount variable. The required credentials for this operation are either a local Administrator account or a domain account with administrator rights on the vCenter Server that you want to add as a virtualization manager to VMM.

The second command obtains the security certificate from vCenterrServer01 and stores it in the $Cert variable.

The last command adds the virtualization manager object named vCenterServer01 to the VMM database, imports the security certificate object, and specifies that VMM will use TCP port 443 (the default port) to connect to that server. As the last command is processed, $Credential provides your Run As credentials to Add-SCVirtualizationManager.

Example 2: Add multiple VMware vCenter Servers to VMM

PS C:\> $Credential = Get-SCRunAsAccount -Name "RunAsAccount03" 
PS C:\> $Servers = "vCenterServer01.Contoso.com", "vCenterServer02.Contoso.com"
PS C:\> ForEach ($Server in $Servers) {$Cert = Get-SCCertificate -ComputerName $Server;  Add-SCVirtualizationManager -ComputerName $Server -Certificate $Cert -TCPPort 443 -Credential $Credential}

The first command gets the Run As account object named RunAsAccount03 and stores the object in the $RunAsAccount variable. The required credentials for this operation are either a local Administrator account or a domain account with administrator rights on the vCenter Server that you want to add as a virtualization manager to VMM.

The second command stores the strings "vCenterServer01.Contoso.com" and "vCenterServer02.Contoso.com", which are the names of two VMware vCenter Servers, in the $Servers variable.

The last command adds the two servers to VMM and specifies that VMM will import the security certificates and use TCP port 443 (the default port) to connect to the virtualization manager service on vCenterServer01 and vCenterServer02. As this command is processed, $Credential provides your Run As credentials to Add-SCVirtualizationManager.

For more information about the standard Windows PowerShell ForEach loop statement, type Get-Help about_ForEach.

Parameters

-Certificate

-ComputerName

-Credential

-Description

-EnableSecureMode

-JobVariable

-PROTipID

-RunAsynchronously

-TCPPort

-VMMServer

Outputs

VirtualizationManager

This cmdlet returns a VirtualizationManager object.

Related Links

• Get-SCCertificate
• Get-SCRunAsAccount
• Get-SCVirtualizationManager
• Read-SCVirtualizationManager
• Remove-SCVirtualizationManager
• Set-SCVirtualizationManager