Generating PowerCLI code using Onyx

Onyx is a very useful fling that we could use with the C# client to record the actions taken in the client and generate equivalent PowerCLI .NET code. It is a script recorder that sits between vSphere Client and vCenter Server, and it records what scripts were called whenever you do something within the C# Client. It can output the scripts as raw SOAP messages, C#, and vCO (or vRO) JavaScript code.

vSphere 5.5 Web Client has become the main focus for managing vSphere environment and supports many features that are not available in C# client. Now, we have an updated fling, Onyx for the Web Client, that supports Web Client operations. This version translates actions taken in the vSphere Web Client to PowerCLI .NET ...

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