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PowerShell cmdlets

1. Sign in to the Nutanix web console.
2. Click the user icon in the upper-right corner of the web console and select Download Cmdlets Installer.

After the installer completes downloading, double-click the installer and follow the prompts.

The cmdlets are installed and a desktop shortcut NutanixCmdlets is created. Double-click the shortcut to start a PowerShell window that has the Nutanix cmdlets loaded.

Load Nutanix Snapin

if ( (Get-PSSnapin -Name NutanixCmdletsPSSnapin -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null ) 
{ 
    Add-PsSnapin NutanixCmdletsPSSnapin 
}

List Nutanix CMDlets

Get-Command | Where-Object{$_.PSSnapin.Name -eq "NutanixCmdletsPSSnapin"}

Connect to an Acropolis Cluster

Connect-NutanixCluster -Server $server -UserName "myuser" -Password (Read-Host "Password: " -AsSecureString) -AcceptInvalidSSLCerts

Get Nutanix VMs matching a certain search string

$searchString = "myVM" 
$vms = Get-NTNXVM | where {$_.vmName -match $searchString}

Interactive

Get-NTNXVM | where {$_.vmName -match "myString"}

Interactive and formatted

Get-NTNXVM | where {$_.vmName -match "myString"} | ft

Get Nutanix vDisks

$vdisks = Get-NTNXVDisk

Interactive

Get-NTNXVDisk

Interactive and formatted

Get-NTNXVDisk | ft

Get Nutanix Containers

$containers = Get-NTNXContainer

Interactive

Get-NTNXContainer

Interactive and formatted

Get-NTNXContainer | ft

Get Nutanix Protection Domains

$pds = Get-NTNXProtectionDomain

Interactive

Get-NTNXProtectionDomain

Interactive and formatted

Get-NTNXProtectionDomain | ft

Get Nutanix Consistency Groups

$cgs = Get-NTNXProtectionDomainConsistencyGroup

Interactive

Get-NTNXProtectionDomainConsistencyGroup

Interactive and formatted

Get-NTNXProtectionDomainConsistencyGroup | ft

REST API

See REST API