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MODULE 3 - PROTECT VMWARE VIRTUAL MACHINES

LESSON 1 - DISCOVER VIRTUAL MACHINES

In this lesson we simulate adding of a vCenter in Powershell.
As a vCenter is already preconfigured in the Environemnt, we can only look at the existing and change some settings

Get an existing vCenter Asset source

Get-PPDMinventory_sources -Type VCENTER -filter 'address eq "vcsa-7.demo.local"'

You should see the vCenter configuration now:

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The Normal Process of onboarding a vCenter from Powershell would be

Creating a vCenter Credential in PPDM
Approving the Certificate
Adding the vCenter

To Add new vCenter Credntials in ppdm, run the command

$CREDS=New-PPDMcredentials -type VCENTER -name testcreds
$CREDS

with the Credentials admin@vsphere.local / Password123! New Cred To approve tghe Certificate ( also good for refreshing Certs) use the following Powershell Code

Get-PPDMcertificates -newhost vcsa-7.demo.local -port 443 | Approve-PPDMcertificates

Approve Certificates

Now we would be ready to add the new vCenter

Add-PPDMinventory_sources -Hostname vcsa-7.demo.local -port 443 -Type VCENTER -isHostingvCenter -ID $CREDS.id -Name "DEMO VCENTER"

This command is expected to fail as the Inventory already exists

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INCREMENTAL DISCOVERY

Start an icremental discovery using the function Start-PPDMdiscoveries

Get-PPDMinventory_sources -Type VCENTER -filter 'address eq "vcsa-7.demo.local"' | Start-PPDMdiscoveries -level DataCopies -start inventory-sources

vCenter Discoveries

With the Knowledge from Module 1, we can now review the discovery activity:

# Replace your Discovery ID here
Get-PPDMactivities -id 1ff60683-41e4-4389-8db7-38a549bc8ba4

Get-PPDMactivities

SET THRESHOLD LIMITS

Get the VM Backup Threshold Settings

Get-PPDMvm_backup_setting

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Review the Properties before we chage:

$VMsettings=Get-PPDMvm_backup_setting
$VMsettings.properties

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$VMsettings.properties[0].value=10
$VMsettings.properties[1].value=5
$VMsettings.properties

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Set-PPDMvm_backup_setting -vm_backup_setting $VMsettings

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TLDR

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