VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference

Chapter 15 Reporting and Auditing

In this chapter, you will learn to:

• The Basics

• Reporting 101
• Techniques
• Objects

• Information Sources

• PowerCLI Objects
• vSphere View objects
• ESXi Console Commands
• Tasks and Events
• Performance Data
• CIM Interface
• Other Sources

• Report Formats

• On the Screen
• Files

Here we will show you how to use PowerShell and PowerCLI to create reports, where to get the data for your reports, and how to create reports in all kinds of formats. When you finish, be sure to take a look at Appendix A for example report scripts that you can use as a basis for your own automated reports.

The Basics

To get you started, let’s begin with some basic concepts. Besides a brief introduction to the PowerCLI Get cmdlets, which allow ...