PowerCLI Cmdlet for NFS

• vSphere 6.0
• Windows operating system
• .NET version 4.5 or later
• Powershell version 3 or later
• PowerCli 6.0R1

1. Unzip VMware.VimAutomation.Storage.Fling.zip to some location (say: C:\Dev\)
2. Run PowerCli
3. Run the following commands in PowerCli:
   C:\PS>$env:PSModulePath = $env:PSModulePath + ";C:\Dev\"
   C:\PS>import-module VMware.VimAutomation.Storage.Fling
   C:\PS>get-command -Module VMware.VimAutomation.Storage.Fling

To see how you can manage NFS 4.1 features in the vSphere 6.0 release using existing and new cmdlets, see the following workflow:

NFS v4.1 Workflow using PowerCLI:
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# Variables
> $vmhost = Get-VMHost 'host_ip'
> $ntp1 = 'ntp_server_ip'
> $dns1 = 'dns_server_1_ip'
> $dns2 = 'dns_server_2_ip'
> $dnsSearch = 'search_dns_domain_name'
> $domain = 'active_directory_domain_name'
> $ADuser = 'user_name'
> $ADpasswd = 'password'

# Set up NTP servers
> add-vmhostntpserver -vmhost $vmhost -ntpserver $ntp1

# Set DNS server and search domain
> $vmhostnetwork = get-vmhostnetwork -vmhost $vmhost
> set-vmhostnetwork -network $vmhostnetwork -DnsFromDhcp $false -dnsaddress $dns1,$dns2 -DomainName $dnsSearch -searchdomain $dnsSearch

# Join the machine to the domain
> $getvmhost | get-vmhostauthentication | Set-VMHostAuthentication -JoinDomain -Domain $domain -Username $ADuser -Password $ADpasswd -confirm:$false

# Get the user credentials (provide username, password, in the window)
> $credential = Get-Credential

# Create an NFS user on the VMHost
> New-NfsUser -VMHost $vmhost -Credential $credential

# Create an NFS v4.1 datastore. New-Nfs41Datastore is a sample function that we provide as a script, along with this fling.
> New-Nfs41Datastore -Name "nfs_datastore_name" -VMHost $vmhost -RemotePath "nfs_datastore_remote_path" -AccessMode readWrite -SecurityType SEC_KRB5 -RemoteHostNames "remote_host_1_ip","remote_host_2_ip"

# Retrieve the datastore
> $ds = Get-Datastore "nfs_datastore_name"

# Remove the datastore
> Remove-Datastore $ds -VMHost $vmhost

# Get NFS User on a VM Host
> $user = Get-NfsUser -VMHost $vmhost

# Update the passowrd of NFS User
> $user = Set-NfsUser -NfsUser $user -Password "new_password"

# Remove the NFS User
> Remove-NfsUser -NfsUser $user