Connecting to vCenter or a vSphere Host

How to connect

SYNTAX

   Connect-VIServer [-Server] <String[]> [-Port <Int32>] [-Protocol <String>]

   [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-User <String>] [-Password <String>]

   [-Session <String>] [-NotDefault] [-SaveCredentials] [-AllLinked]

   [-Force] [<CommonParameters>]

   Connect-VIServer -Menu [<CommonParameters>]

Example

C:\PS>Connect-VIServer -Server vcenter01 -User admin -Password pass

NOTES:

        When you connect to a server via Connect-ViServer you allocate

        resources on this server, and these resources remain opened until

        Disconnect-ViServer -Force is called on this connection. Closing the

        PowerCLI process does not close the server resources.

    --------------  EXAMPLE 1 --------------

    C:\PS>Connect-VIServer -Server 10.23.112.235 -Protocol https -User admin

    -Password pass

    Connects to a vSphere server using the User and Password parameters.

    --------------  EXAMPLE 2 --------------

    C:\PS>Connect-VIServer Server -Credentials $myCredentialsObject -Port 1234

    Connects to a vSphere server by using a credential object.

    --------------  Example 3 --------------

    C:\PS>Connect-VIServer "Server" -SessionId $sessionId

    Connect by using a server session ID.

    Once you connect to a server, you can save the session ID -

    $serverObject.SessionId, so that you can restore the existing server

    connection instead of reconnecting.

   --------------  Example 4 --------------

    C:\PS>Connect-VIServer Server

   Connect by using integrated authentication. In this case, the credentials

   you are logged on to your machine must be the same as those for the server

    --------------  Example 5 --------------

C:\PS>Connect-VIServer "Server" -User user -Password pass -SaveCredentials

    Connect to a server and save the credentials in the credential store.

    After the credentials are stored, you can connect to the server without

    specifying them. To get a previously saved credential store item, use the

    Get-VICredentialStoreItem cmdlet.

    -------------- Example 6 --------------

    C:\PS>Connect-VIServer –Menu

    Connect to a server by choosing the server address from a list of

    Previously connected servers.

    -------------- Example 7 --------------

    C:\PS>Connect-VIServer "Server" -All Linked

    Connect to a vSphere server which is a part of a federation vCenter

    Server. This will connect you to all vSphere servers in the federation as

    well.