Connect to a vCenter ServerSystem

To run PowerCLI cmdlets on vSphere and perform administration or monitoring tasks, you must establish a connection to an ESXi host or a vCenter Server system.

You can have more than one connection to the same server. For more information, see Managing Default Server Connections.

If your login credentials contain non-alphanumeric characters, you might need to escape them. For more information, see Providing Login Credentials.

Prerequisites

If you use a proxy server for the connection, verify that it is configured properly, so that the connection is kept alive long enough for tasks to finish.

Note: If you do not want to use a proxy server for the connection, run

Set-PowerCLIConfiguration
			 -ProxyPolicy
			 NoProxy

Procedure

Run Connect-VIServer with the server name and valid credentials.

Connect-VIServer -Server esx3.example.com -Protocol http -User 'MyAdministratorUser' -Password 'MyPassword'