I’m pleased to announce the general availability of PowerVCF v2.0 for download from the PowerShell Library.

As mentioned in previous posts PowerVCF is a open source project and the team has been working hard on the latest update in their spare time to add support for VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0.

Download It Here: PowerVCF PowerShell Library Download

What’s New in PowerVCF v2.0

Along with a number of new or modified cmdlets the following enhancements have been made:

• Grouped cmdlets based on order of API documentation
• Enhancements to reuse duplicate code
• Updated for consistency in the use of code
• Support for the new token-based authentication model

The following table provides a detailed breakdown of all the cmdlet changes for this release.

Category	cmdlet Name	Description	Comment
Backup and Restore	Start-VCFRestore	Starts the restore process of SDDC Manager	NEW
Backup and Restore	Get-VCFRestoreTasks	Gets the status of the restore process	NEW
Connectivity	Connect-VCFManager	Create authentication header for SDDC Manager appliance	UPDATED – Support the new token / bearer authentication model and basicAuth switch for restore process
Connectivity	Connect-CloudBuilder	Create authentication header for Cloud Builder appliance	NEW
Certificates	Get-VCFCertificateAuthority	Get Certificate Authority information	UPDATED – Added support for getting the details by id
Certificates	Remove-VCFCertificateAuthority	Deletes Certificate Authority configuration	NEW
Certificates	Get-VCFCertificate	View certificate of all the resources in a domain	UPDATED – Added support for get certificate details by resource
Credentials	Get-VCFCredential	Get the credentials	UPDATED- Added support for getting the details by id
Credentials	Stop-VCFCredentialTask	Cancels a failed update or rotate passwords task	RENAMED – From Cancel-VCFCredentialTask
Credentials	Restart-VCFCredentialTask	Retry a failed rotate/update passwords task	RENAMED – From Retry-VCFCredentialTask
Hosts	Commission-VCFHost	Commissions a list of hosts	UPDATED – Added support for validating the input spec for host operations (-validate switch)
NSX-T Edge Clusters	Get-VCFEdgeCluster	Get an Edge Cluster	NEW
NSX-T Edge Clusters	New-VCFEdgeCluster	creates an NSX-T edge cluster	NEW
Personalities	Get-VCFPersonality	Get the vSphere Lifecycle Manager Personalities	NEW
SDDC (Cloud Builder)	Get-CloudBuilderSDDC	Retrieve all SDDCs	NEW
SDDC (Cloud Builder)	Start-CloudBuilderSDDC	Create SDDC	NEW
SDDC (Cloud Builder)	Restart-CloudBuilderSDDC	Retry failed SDDC creation	NEW
SDDC (Cloud Builder)	Get-CloudBuilderSDDCValidation	Get all SDDC specification validations	NEW
SDDC (Cloud Builder)	Start-CloudBuilderSDDCValidation	Validate SDDC specification before creation	NEW
SDDC (Cloud Builder)	Stop-CloudBuilderSDDCValidation	Cancel SDDC specification validation	NEW
SDDC (Cloud Builder)	Restart-CloudBuilderSDDCValidation	Retry SDDC validation	NEW
System Prechecks	Start-VCFSystemPrecheck	Perform System Precheck	RENAMED – From Start-PreCheckVCFSystem
System Prechecks	Get-VCFSystemPrecheckTask	Get System Precheck Task	RENAMED – From Get-PreCheckVCFSystemTask
Tasks	Restart-VCFTask	Retry a previously failed task	RENAMED – From Retry-VCFTask
Users	Get-VCFRole	Get all roles	NEW
Users	Get-VCFUser	Get all Users	NEW
Users	New-VCFUser	Adds a new user	NEW
Users	New-VCFServiceUser	Adds a new service user	NEW
Users	Delete-VCFUser	Deletes a user	NEW
vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager	Reset-VCFvRSLCM	Redeploy vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager	NEW
vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager	New-VCFvRSLCM	Validate the input specification for vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager deployment	UPDATED – Added support for validating the json spec (-validate switch).

If you would like to learn more about VMware Cloud Foundation or PowerVCF, check out these links:

• VMware Cloud Foundation Documentation
• VMware Cloud Foundation General FAQ
• VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0 Release Notes
• PowerVCF Documentation
• PowerVCF v2.0 PowerShell Library Download