VMware: Using the govc CLI to automate vCenter commands | Fabian Lee : Software Engineer

The vSphere web GUI is a nice visual tool, but if you need to retrieve vCenter information in bulk or perform mass operations across VMs, then a command line tool such as govc in invaluable. govc is written in Go, which means it has support on Linux as well as most other platforms. Installation Identity ... VMware: Using the govc CLI to automate vCenter commands