Introducing PowerVCF 2.0

I am happy to share the news and spread the word that PowerVCF 2.0 is now GA!

What’s New?

PowerVCF 2.0 supports VCF 4.0 which introduces a new token based authentication (JSON Web Token aka JWT) so all cmdlets had to be updated to support this new authentication method.
Please note if you want to use PowerVCF on a VCF 3.9.x train you should use the old 1.2.0 branch still available from GitHub. However if you perform an install from PS Gallery you’ll get the 2.0 branch.
That said, there is a long list of new cmdlets available which I’m pasting here, Gary has done a tremendous job on 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-User	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).