Set-SCVirtualizationManager

Changes the properties of a VMware vCenter Server that is managed by VMM.

Description

The Set-SCVirtualizationManager cmdlet changes one or more properties of a VMware vCenter Server that is managed by System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). A vCenter Server manages VMware ESX hosts and VMware-based virtual machines. 

Properties that you can change include settings for the TCP port used to connect to the vCenter Server, credentials used to access the vCenter Server, and updating a vCenter Server security certificate.

If a security certificate for a vCenter Server expires or a self-signed certificate is replaced by a certificate from a third-party Certification Authority (CA), you must update both the vCenter Server and VMM: 

- First, replace the current vCenter certificate with the new 
  certificate in vCenter. Refer to the VMware documentation
  for instructions.

- Next, update the certificate in VMM by importing the new certificate 
  into VMM. See example 3 for this cmdlet.

For more information about including a VMware VirtualCenter Server as a virtualization managers in a Virtual Machine Manager environment, type: "Get-Help Add-SCVirtualizationManager -detailed".

For more information about Set-SCVirtualizationManager, type: "Get-Help Set-SCVirtualizationManager -online".

Parameters

VirtualizationManager

Required? true
Accept Pipeline Input? true (ByValue)
Position? 0 
Specifies a virtualization manager object managed by VMM.

Certificate

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Specifies a security certificate object.

Credential

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Specifies a credential object or, for some cmdlets, a Run As account object that contains the user name and password of an account that has permission to perform this action. Or, in the case of Restart-SCJob, has permission to complete a restarted task. 

For more information about the PSCredential object, type: "Get-Help Get-Credential". 
For more information about Run As accounts, type: "Get-Help New-SCRunAsAccount".

EnableSecureMode

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Indicates whether VMM communicates with VMware ESX hosts and Citrix XenServer hosts in secure mode. The default value is $True.

JobVariable

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Specifies that job progress is tracked and stored in the variable named by this parameter.

PROTipID

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Specifies the ID of the PRO tip that triggered this action. This allows for auditing of PRO tips.

RunAsynchronously

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Indicates that the job runs asynchronously so that control returns to the command shell immediately.

TCPPort

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Specifies a numeric value that represents a TCP port. 

Requires a VMM virtualization manager object, which can be retrieved by using the Get-SCVirtualizationManager cmdlet.

Examples

1: Specify new credentials for a virtualization manager. 
PS C:\> $VirtManager = Get-SCVirtualizationManager -ComputerName "VirtMgrServer01.Contoso.com"
PS C:\> $Credential = Get-SCRunAsAccount -Name "RunAsAccount04"
PS C:\> Set-SCVirtualizationManager -VirtualizationManager $VirtManager -Credential $Credential

The first command gets the virtualization manager object named VirtMgrServer01 from the VMM database and stores the object in the $VirtManager variable.

The second command gets the Run As account named Host Computer Account 04 and stores it in the $Credential variable.

The last command changes the stored credentials for VirtMgrServer01 that are used when VMM connects to the external service.

See Also