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ISTS-PS-Scripts - MUST BE UPDATED

PowerCli scripts to help with ESXi deployment and team replication. It was designed and used for the deployment of the ISTS14 (2016) competition at RIT. Currently maintained, updated, and used for all current and future competitions.

Author: Jaime Geiger
Maintainer and Updater: Brandon Adler
Contributors: Jesse Buonanno
              Kyle Carretto

Useful scripts to configure VMs with PowerCLI and to deploy AD domains. Written for and used to deploy VMs at SPARSA's ISTS14 competiton

There are a lot of things here, check out ISTS-Scripts.psm1

Full list of functions with descriptions

Function Name	Description
Connect-ISTSVCenter	Connects to vcenter from config or prompt
Get-VCenterConnectionStatus	Run a simple test to see if the VCenter server is connected
Import-ISTSConfig	Sets variables for use in the script (prefixed by ISTS_)
Invoke-DeployISTSDomainController	Uploads an AD deployment script to the VM's passed in and runs it
Invoke-AddDnsRecordsFromCSV	Takes DNS records from a CSV file and adds them to a Windows Server
Install-PBIS	Installs PBIS on a linux host
Invoke-JoinLinuxHostsToDomain	Gathers linux system info and invokes InstallPBIS on hosts
Add-WindowsHostsToDomain	Joins windows hosts to an AD domain
Start-ISTSDeployFromCSV	Programatically clones, configures, snapshots, and starts VMs in parallel
Add-ISTSVMFolders	Mass adds organizational folders based on team numbers
Add-ISTSResourcePools	Mass adds resource pools based on team numbers
Add-ISTSNetworks	Mass adds networks based on names, team numbers, and VLAN mappings
Invoke-ConfirmPrompt	Creates a prompt for the user