You can learn more about some vSphere PowerCLI concepts and features from the built-in help articles named about articles. You can access them through a running vSphere PowerCLI process.
Running Help About_* lists all built-in Windows PowerShell and vSphere PowerCLI about articles.
Accessing Built-In Help Articles for vSphere PowerCLI
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Handling Invalid Certificates
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Help About_Invalid_Certificates
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When you try to connect to a vCenter Server system or a vCloud Director server and the server cannot recognize any valid certificates, the Invalid Certificate prompt appears.
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LicenseDataManager
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Help About_LicenseDataManager
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The LicenseDataManager component lets you to extend the vCenter Server inventory with license data.
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Object-by-Name (OBN)
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Help About_OBN
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To help you save time and effort, vSphere PowerCLI lets you select objects by their names.
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VMware vSphere PowerCLI Objects
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Help About_PowerCLI_Objects
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For their input and output, the vSphere PowerCLI cmdlets use a set of .NET types that reside in the VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types namespace.
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Using the RunAsync Parameter
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Help About_RunAsync
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When you set the RunAsync parameter, you indicate that you want to run the cmdlet asynchronously.
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Authenticating with a vCenter Server System or a vCloud Server
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Help About_Server_Authentication
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To authenticate with vCenter Server and vCloud Director servers, you can provide a user name and password through the User and Password parameters, or a PSCredential object through the Credential parameter.
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Unique Identifiers for PowerCLI Objects (UID)
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Help About_UID
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You can uniquely identify a PowerCLI object on a server or across multiple servers by providing its UID.
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Datastore Provider (VimDatastore)
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Help About_VimDatastore
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The Datastore Provider (VimDatastore) provides filesystem-style view and access to the contents of datastores.
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