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Convenience Functions for Connecting to Multiple vCenters

November 29, 2011

In a large environment repeatedly connecting and disconnecting from groups of vCenters can be tedious so I created some helper functions and put them in my PowerShell profile.

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Connect-VIServerGroup lab
Connect-VIServerGroup desktops
Disconnect-VIServerGroup lab

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Function Connect-VIServerGroup {
	param (
		[String]$group = $(throw "A VI server group name must be specified.")
	)

    Connect-VIServer -Server (Get-VIServerList $group)
}

Function Disconnect-VIServerGroup {
  	param (
  		[String]$group = $(throw "A VI server group name must be specified.")
  	)

  Disconnect-VIServer -Server (Get-VIServerList $group) -Confirm:$false
}

Function Get-VIServerList {
  	param (
  		[String]$group = $(throw "A VI server group name must be specified.")
  	)

    switch ($group) {
  		"lab" {"vclab01.local", "vclab02.local"}
  		"servers" {"vc001.local", "vc002.local", "vc003.local", "vc004.local"}
  		"desktops" {"vc005.local", "vc006.local", "vc007.local", "vc008.local"}
  		default {throw "No VI server group named $group found."}
  	}
}