VMware PowerCLI

Currently there is no Cmdlet that supports snapshot management for vApps and VMs. The API seems to have plenty snapshot functions, so this shouldn't be a very difficult task. https://code.vmware.com/apis/553/doc/doc/landing-user_operations.html ...

Some times a virtual machine won't have a valid cert, one case is virtual desktops, and invoke-vmscript fails because of the invalid cerificate

From the time when the animals could still speak, the $global:DefaultVIServer and $global:DefaultVIServers variables have been a pain in the * for intellisense.Who hasn't typed $global:def followed by a <Tab> (ISE) or <Ctrl><Space) ...

Currently there is no Cmdlet to manage the harddisks of a CIVM that I'm aware of. I did find a blogpost that lists a function go GET the disk size, but not change it.VMware PowerCLI Blog: Retrieving vCloud Director VM Hard Disk size Basically it...

When I wanted to relocate Datastore Cluster with vCenter inventory with following steps $folder = Get-Folder -name FOLDER$item = Get-Inventory -name DATASTORE-CLUSTERMove-Inventory -Item $item -Destination $folder I have realized that Get-Invent...

Open Source PowerCLI in the same way that PowerShell has been open sourced, i think the benefits are clear from what we have seen with PowerShell. Would be great to see the source code in a github repo where the community can contribute.

Would be great to be able to get PowerCLI Core on the vRO appliance and to be able to paste PowerCLI code straight into a workflow!

Right now everything is driven via UI or DockerCLI. Both are not ideal for automation and integration with my other tool sets. lots of functionality possibilities! I’d probably start with: connect-VicAppliance Get-VicProject Get-VicApplicatio...

When trying to dismount a CD ISO mounted in an OS, it's very common that the OS has some hold on that ISO that will cause attempts to disconnect the CDDrive to create a VM Question asking for confirmation to force the dismount. One can attempt com...

Today, vCenter SSO operations can not be Automated through PowerCLI, it would be very useful to expose a module that would provide such capabilities. Below are several articles outline use cases that rely on a CLI that resides on the vCenter Serve...