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Powershell GUI VMware ESXi custom patch bundle builder

Every time VMware releases ESXi patches, and I need to patch them on different projects with few modifications to patch bundle, by trimming down few driver VIBs packages or add third party driver vibs zip files packages. I do everything with PowerCLI commands. But as I wanted my colleage to perform same tasks for other different project. So for this I have written this PowerShell GUI script as ESXi custom patch bundle builder, it is very simple and can be easily used by anyone. This GUI is built with WPF with PowerShell.

Download this script here or it is also available on github.com.

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#Load required libraries
Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationFramework, PresentationCore, WindowsBase, System.Windows.Forms, System.Drawing 

#Website: http://vcloud-lab.com
#Written By: vJanvi
#Date: 20 May 2021
#Tested Environment:
    #Microsoft Windows 10
    #PowerShell Version 5.1
    #PowerCLI Version 12.2.0
    #Esxi offline bundle ESXi 7.0
    #vSphere 7
    #Dell drivers for Esxi version 7

#Read xaml file
#$xamlFile = 'D:\Projects\PowerShell\WPF\Esxi_patch\Esxi_patch\MainWindow.xaml'
$xamlContent = @'
<Window x:Class="Esxi_patch.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Esxi_patch"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        Title="ESXi Patch Bundle Builder - http://vcloud-lab.com" Height="616" Width="996" ResizeMode="NoResize">
    <Grid>
        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="120"/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="120"/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="120"/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="120"/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="120"/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="120"/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="120"/>
        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="40"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="40"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="40"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="40"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="40"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="40"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="40"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="40"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="40"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="40"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="40"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="40"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="40"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="40"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <TextBlock x:Name="patchBundleTextBlock" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,10,0,0" Text="Patch Bundle:" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="100" Grid.Row="0"/>
        <TextBlock x:Name="imageProfilesTextBlock" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,10,0,0" Text="Image Profiles:" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="100" Grid.Row="1"/>
        <TextBox x:Name="patchBundleTextBox" Grid.Column="1" Margin="10,0,10,0" Text="Type ESXi patch bundle with path" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center" Grid.ColumnSpan="3"/>
        <ComboBox x:Name="imageProfilesComboBox" Grid.Column="1" Margin="10,9,10,10" Text="Image Patch name" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Grid.Row="1"/>
        <Button x:Name="addDepotButton" Content="Add Depot" Grid.Column="4" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="100"/>
        <Button x:Name="getProfilesButton" Content="Get Profiles" Grid.Column="4" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Width="100" Grid.Row="1" Margin="0,9,0,11" IsEnabled="False"/>
        <GroupBox x:Name="addremoveVIBsGroupBox" Header="Add or Remove VIBs" Grid.Row="2" Margin="10,10,10,10" Grid.ColumnSpan="5" Grid.RowSpan="8">
            <Grid>
                <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                    <ColumnDefinition/>
                </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <CheckBox x:Name="net_mlx4_en_checkBox" Content="net-mlx4-en" Margin="17,10,427,247" IsChecked="True" Height="20"/>
                <CheckBox x:Name="net_mlx4_core_checkBox" Content="net-mlx4-core" Margin="17,33,427,224" IsChecked="True" Height="20" Width="124"/>
                <CheckBox x:Name="nmlx4_core_checkBox" Content="nmlx4-core" Margin="17,58,427,199" IsChecked="True" Height="20"/>
                <CheckBox x:Name="nmlx4_en_checkBox" Content="nmlx4-en" Margin="17,83,427,174" IsChecked="True" Height="20"/>
                <CheckBox x:Name="nmlx4_rdma_checkBox" Content="nmlx4-rdma" Margin="17,108,427,149" IsChecked="True" Height="20" Width="124"/>
                <CheckBox x:Name="ipfc_checkBox" Content="ipfc" Margin="17,133,427,124" IsChecked="True" Height="20" Width="124"/>
                <CheckBox x:Name="lsi_checkBox" Content="lsi" Margin="17,158,427,99" IsChecked="True" Height="20"/>
                <CheckBox x:Name="net_tg3_checkBox" Content="net-tg3" Margin="17,183,427,74" IsChecked="True" Height="20" Width="124"/>
                <CheckBox x:Name="net_ixgbe_checkBox" Content="net-ixgbe" Margin="169,10,275,247" IsChecked="True" Height="20" Width="124"/>
                <CheckBox x:Name="net_igb_checkBox" Content="net-igb" Margin="169,33,242,224" IsChecked="True" Height="20"/>
                <CheckBox x:Name="net_bnx2x_checkBox" Content="net-bnx2x" Margin="169,58,242,199" IsChecked="True" Height="20"/>
                <CheckBox x:Name="lsu_lsi_lsi_mr3_plugin_checkBox" Content="lsu_lsi_lsi_mr3_plugin" Margin="169,83,242,174" IsChecked="True" Height="20"/>
                <CheckBox x:Name="elxnet_checkBox" Content="elxnet" Margin="169,108,242,149" IsChecked="True" Height="20"/>
                <CheckBox x:Name="scsi_hpsa_checkBox" Content="scsi-hpsa" Margin="169,133,242,124" IsChecked="True" Height="20"/>
                <CheckBox x:Name="tools_light_checkBox" Content="tools-light" Margin="169,158,242,99" IsChecked="True" Height="20"/>
                <TextBox x:Name="removeVibstextBox" Margin="10,208,275,10" Text="Type additional VIB names to remove, each on newline" TextWrapping="Wrap" AcceptsReturn="True"/>
                <Slider x:Name="slider" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="326,10,0,10" Width="20" Orientation="Vertical" IsEnabled="False"/>
                <TextBox x:Name="addVIBsTextBox" Height="20" Margin="351,10,10,247" Text="Add VIB File" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
                <Button x:Name="addVIBbutton" Content="Add VIB" Margin="454,35,10,222" Height="20" IsEnabled="False"/>
                <TextBox x:Name="addedVibstextBox" Margin="351,60,10,10" Text="No VIB drivers or softwares added" TextWrapping="Wrap" IsReadOnly="True"/>

            </Grid>
        </GroupBox>
        <TextBlock x:Name="LogstextBlock" Grid.Column="5" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="11,10,0,0" Text="Logs" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
        <TextBox x:Name="logTextBox" Grid.Column="5" Margin="10,10,-110,10" Text="Logs" TextWrapping="Wrap" Grid.RowSpan="9" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" IsReadOnly="True" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" Grid.Row="1"/>
        <TextBlock x:Name="vendorNameTextBlock" Margin="10,10,10,10" Grid.Row="10" Text="Vendor Name:" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
        <TextBlock x:Name="newProfileNamesTextBlock" Margin="10,10,10,10" Grid.Row="11" Text="New Profile Name:" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
        <TextBox x:Name="venderNameTextBox" Margin="10,10,10,10" Grid.Row="10" Text="vcloud-lab-engineering-virutalization" TextWrapping="Wrap" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" IsReadOnly="True"/>
        <TextBox x:Name="newProfileNameTextBox" Margin="10,10,10,10" Grid.Row="11" Text="vcloud-lab-engineering-virutalization" TextWrapping="Wrap" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" IsReadOnly="True"/>
        <TextBlock x:Name="acceptanceLevelTextBlock" Margin="10,10,10,10" Grid.Row="10" Text="Acceptance Level:" TextWrapping="Wrap" Grid.Column="4"/>
        <ComboBox x:Name="acceptanceLevelComboBox" Grid.Column="5" Margin="10,8,-110,8" Text="Image Patch name" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Grid.Row="10" SelectedIndex="1">
            <ComboBoxItem Content="CommunitySupported"/>
            <ComboBoxItem Content="PartnerSupported"/>
            <ComboBoxItem Content="VMwareAccepted"/>
            <ComboBoxItem Content="VMwareCertified"/>
        </ComboBox>
        <RadioButton x:Name="zipRadioButton" Content="Zip File" Grid.Column="4" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,0,0,0" Grid.Row="11" VerticalAlignment="Center" IsChecked="True"/>
        <RadioButton x:Name="isoRadioButton" Content="ISO File" Grid.Column="5" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,0,0,0" Grid.Row="11" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
        <Button x:Name="exportBundleButton" Content="Export File" Grid.Column="6" Margin="117,5,-110,0" Grid.Row="11" VerticalAlignment="Top" IsEnabled="False" Width="113"/>
        <Button x:Name="getNewVIBListButton" Content="Get new bundle VIB list CSV" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Margin="10,10,10,10" Grid.Row="13" IsEnabled="False"/>
        <Button x:Name="getFileHashListButton" Content="Get-FileHash" Margin="10,10,10,10" Grid.Row="13" Grid.Column="2" IsEnabled="False"/>
        <TextBlock x:Name="ProcessTextBlock" Grid.Column="6" Margin="10,10,37,10" Grid.Row="12" Text="Progress" TextWrapping="Wrap" Height="20"/>
        <ProgressBar x:Name="progressBar" Grid.Column="6" Margin="88,10,-110,10" Grid.Row="12"/>
        <!-- -->
    </Grid>
</Window>
'@

#$xamlContent = Get-Content -Path $xamlFile -ErrorAction Stop
#[xml]$xaml = $xamlContent -replace 'mc:Ignorable="d"', '' -replace "x:N", 'N' -replace 'x:Class=".*?"', '' -replace 'd:DesignHeight="\d*?"', '' -replace 'd:DesignWidth="\d*?"', ''
[xml]$xaml = $xamlContent -replace 'x:Class=".*?"', '' -replace 'xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"', '' -replace 'mc:Ignorable="d"', ''

#Read the forms in xaml
$reader = (New-Object System.Xml.XmlNodeReader $xaml) 
$form = [Windows.Markup.XamlReader]::Load($reader) 

#AutoFind all controls
$xaml.SelectNodes("//*[@*[contains(translate(name(.),'n','N'),'Name')]]")  | ForEach-Object { 
    New-Variable  -Name $_.Name -Value $form.FindName($_.Name) -Force 
}

Function Confirm-Powercli
{
	$AllModules = Get-Module -ListAvailable VMware.PowerCLI
	if (!$AllModules)
	{
		Show-MessageBox -Message "Install VMware Powercli 12.0 or Latest. `n`nUse either 'Install-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core' `nor download Powercli from 'http://my.vmware.com'" -Title 'VMware Powercli Missing error' | Out-Null
	}
	else
	{
		Import-Module VMware.PowerCLI
		$PowercliVer = Get-Module -ListAvailable VMware.VimAutomation.Core | Select-Object -First 1
		$ReqVersion = New-Object System.Version('12.0.0.0')
		if ($PowercliVer.Version -gt $ReqVersion)
		{
			$logTextBox.Text = ''
			$logTextBox.AppendText("VMware PowerCLI Version: $($PowercliVer.Version).`r`n")
            $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 65)`r`n")
			#$textboxLogs.Text = "VMware PowerCLI Version: $($PowercliVer.Version)"
            $progressBar.Value = 10
		}
		else
		{
			Show-MessageBox -Message "Install VMware Powercli 6.0 or Latest. `n`nUse either 'Install-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core' `nor download Powercli from 'http://my.vmware.com'" -Title 'Lower version Powercli' | Out-Null
		}
	}
}

function Show-MessageBox
{
	param (
		[string]$Message = "Show user friendly Text Message",
		[string]$Title = 'Title here',
		[ValidateRange(0, 5)]
		[Int]$Button = 0,
		[ValidateSet('None', 'Hand', 'Error', 'Stop', 'Question', 'Exclamation', 'Warning', 'Asterisk', 'Information')]
		[string]$Icon = 'Error'
	)
	#Note: $Button is equl to [System.Enum]::GetNames([System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons])   
	#Note: $Icon is equl to [System.Enum]::GetNames([System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon])   
	$MessageIcon = [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon]::$Icon
	[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show($Message, $Title, $Button, $MessageIcon)
}

function Open-FileDialog 
{
	param (
		[string]$Path = [Environment]::GetFolderPath('Desktop')
    )
    $fileBrowser = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog -Property @{ 
        InitialDirectory = $Path
        Filter = 'zip (*.zip)|*.zip'
    }
    $null = $fileBrowser.ShowDialog()
    $fileBrowser.FileName
}

Confirm-Powercli

$path = [Environment]::GetFolderPath('Desktop')
$addDepotButton.Add_click({
    Get-EsxSoftwareDepot | Remove-EsxSoftwareDepot -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    $patchBundleTextBox.Text = $null
    $esxiPatchBundle = Open-FileDialog -Path $path
    $patchBundleTextBox.Text = $esxiPatchBundle
	if (($esxiPatchBundle -eq $null) -or ($esxiPatchBundle -eq ''))
	{
		Show-MessageBox -Message 'Choose correct ESXi zip patch bundle' -Title 'Error - Select correct zip bundle'
		$logTextBox.AppendText("Error: Select correct zip bundle.`r`n")
        $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 65)`r`n")
	}
	else
	{
		if (Test-path -Path $patchBundleTextBox.Text)
		{
            try 
            {
            	$softwareDepot = Add-EsxSoftwareDepot -DepotUrl $patchBundleTextBox.Text #-ErrorAction Stop
			    $logTextBox.AppendText("Zip Path: $($patchBundleTextBox.Text).`r`n")
			    $logTextBox.AppendText("Added Depot Url: $($softwareDepot.DepotUrl).`r`n")
                $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 65)`r`n")
			    $getProfilesButton.IsEnabled = $true
                $progressBar.Value = 20
                $patchBundleTextBox.IsReadOnly = $true
            }
            catch
            {
                Show-MessageBox -Message 'Selected ESXi bundle is not valid!' -Title 'Error - Select correct zip bundle'
                $logTextBox.AppendText("Error: Selected ESXi bundle is not valid!.`r`n")
                $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 65)`r`n")
                $addDepotButton.IsEnabled = $true
            }
		}
		else
		{
			Show-MessageBox -Message 'Choose correct ESXi zip patch bundle' -Title 'Error - Select correct zip bundle'
			$logTextBox.AppendText("Error: Choose correct ESXi zip patch bundle.`r`n")
            $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 65)`r`n")
            $addDepotButton.IsEnabled = $true
		}
	}
})

$getProfilesButton.Add_Click({
    $global:ImageProfiles = Get-EsxImageProfile
	$esxiProfile = $ImageProfiles.Name | Where-Object { $_ -match '-no-tools' } | Sort-Object Length -Descending | Select-Object -First 1
	#Update-ComboBox $imageProfilesComboBox -Items $imageProfiles.Name
    $imageProfilesComboBox.ItemsSource = $imageProfiles.Name
    $imageProfilesComboBox.SelectedIndex = $imageProfilesComboBox.items.IndexOf(1)
	
	$imageProfilesComboBox.Text = $esxiProfile
	$logTextBox.AppendText("Selected Esxi Profile: $esxiProfile.`r`n")
    $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 65)`r`n")
	$getProfilesButton.IsEnabled = $false
	
	$exportBundleButton.IsEnabled = $true
	$newProfileNameTextBox.IsReadOnly = $false
    $progressBar.Value = 30
    $logTextBox.ScrollToEnd()
    $addVIBbutton.IsEnabled = $true
    $venderNameTextBox.IsReadOnly = $false
    $newProfileNameTextBox.IsReadOnly = $false
})

$global:AddedVIBList = @()
$addVIBbutton.Add_Click({
    #$allDriverPackages = $addedVibstextBox.Text
    #$addVIBsTextBox.Text = $null
    $esxiVIBDrivers = Open-FileDialog -Path $path
    $addVIBsTextBox.Text = $esxiVIBDrivers
    if ($addedVibstextBox.Text -eq 'No VIB drivers or softwares added')
    {
        $addedVibstextBox.Text = $null
    }
    if ($(Test-Path $addVIBsTextBox.Text -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $true)
    {
        try
        {
            $driverDepot = Add-EsxSoftwareDepot $addVIBsTextBox.Text -ErrorAction Stop
            $packages = $driverDepot | Get-EsxSoftwarePackage
            foreach ($package in $packages)
            {
                $AddedVIBList += $package.Name + "`n"
                $logTextBox.AppendText("Added package name: $($package.Name)`r`n")
            }
            $addedVibstextBox.Text += $AddedVIBList
        }
        catch
        {
            Show-MessageBox -Message 'Selected VIB Software/Drivers is not valid!' -Title 'Error - Select correct zip bundle'
            $logTextBox.AppendText("Error: Selected VIB Software/Drivers is not valid.`r`n")
        }
        $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 25)`r`n")
    }
    $logTextBox.ScrollToEnd()
})

$exportBundleButton.Add_Click({
    $groupChildern = $addremoveVIBsGroupBox.Content.Children
    $allCheckBoxes = $groupChildern | Where-Object {$_.name -match 'checkBox'}
    $unwantedVIBList =  $allCheckBoxes | Where-Object {$_.IsChecked -eq $true} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Content
   
	if ($removeVibstextBox.Text -ne 'Type additional VIB names to remove, each on newline')
	{
		$unwantedVIBList += $removeVibstextBox.Text -split "`r`n"
	}
    $logTextBox.AppendText("VIBs will be removed:- $($unwantedVIBList -Join ', ')`r`n")
	$exportBundleButton.IsEnabled = $true
    $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 65)`r`n")

	$selectedImageProfile = $ImageProfiles | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $imageProfilesComboBox.Text}
    $global:NewVIBList = $selectedImageProfile.Viblist | Where-Object {$_.Name -notin $unwantedVIBList} | Sort-Object -Property Name

	$logTextBox.AppendText("Total VIBs count in New Patch Bundle: $($NewVIBList.Count).`r`n")
    $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 30)`r`n")

	$logTextBox.AppendText("VIB Name :- VIB Version`r`n")
	foreach ($vib in $NewVIBList)
	{
        $vibName = $vib.Name
        $vibVersion = $vib.Version
		$logTextBox.AppendText("$vibName :- $vibVersion`r`n")
	}
    $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 65)`r`n")
    $progressBar.Value = 50
    #########################################################

    $logTextBox.AppendText("Typed Profile Name: $($newProfileNameTextBox.Text).`r`n")
    $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 65)`r`n")

	$global:BundlePath = Split-Path $patchBundleTextBox.Text -Parent
	$newImage = New-EsxImageProfile -NewProfile $newProfileNameTextBox.Text -SoftwarePackage $NewVIBList -Vendor $venderNameTextBox.Text -AcceptanceLevel $acceptanceLevelComboBox.Text
    
    if (($addedVibstextBox.Text -ne 'No VIB drivers or softwares added') -or ($addedVibstextBox.Text -ne '') -or ($addedVibstextBox.Text -ne $null))
    {
        foreach ($driverVIB in $(($addedVibstextBox.Text -split "`n").trim() | Where-Object {$_ -ne ''}))
        {
            if ($driverVIB -ne $null)
            {
                Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile $newProfileNameTextBox.Text -SoftwarePackage $driverVIB #-ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
            }
        }
    }
	if ($zipRadioButton.IsChecked -eq $true)
	{
		Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile $newProfileNameTextBox.Text -ExportToBundle -FilePath "$bundlePath\$($newProfileNameTextBox.Text).zip" -Force
    	$logTextBox.AppendText("Esxi Zip bundle path: $BundlePath\$($newProfileNameTextBox.Text).zip.`r`n")
        $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 65)`r`n")
        $progressBar.Value = 90
        $global:bundleFile = "$BundlePath\$($newProfileNameTextBox.Text).zip"
	}
	else
	{
		Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile $newProfileNameTextBox.Text -ExportToISO -FilePath "$BundlePath\$($newProfileNameTextBox.Text).iso" -Force
        $logTextBox.AppendText("Esxi Iso path: $BundlePath\$($newProfileNameTextBox.Text).iso.`r`n")
        $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 65)`r`n")
        $progressBar.Value = 90
        $global:bundleFile = "$BundlePath\$($newProfileNameTextBox.Text).iso"
	}
    $logTextBox.ScrollToEnd()
    $progressBar.Value = 100
    Get-EsxSoftwareDepot | Remove-EsxSoftwareDepot -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

    $addVIBbutton.IsEnabled = $false
    $venderNameTextBox.IsReadOnly = $true
    $newProfileNameTextBox.IsReadOnly =  $true
    $exportBundleButton.IsEnabled = $false

    $getNewVIBListButton.IsEnabled = $true
    $getFileHashListButton.IsEnabled = $true
})

$getNewVIBListButton.Add_Click({
    $progressBar.Value = 1
    Get-EsxSoftwareDepot | Remove-EsxSoftwareDepot -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    $newSoftwareDepot = Add-EsxSoftwareDepot -DepotUrl $bundleFile
    $newPackageList =  $newSoftwareDepot | Get-EsxSoftwarePackage -ErrorAction Silently | Sort-Object Name
    $newPackageList | Export-Csv "$bundlePath\$($newProfileNameTextBox.Text).csv" -NoTypeInformation
    $logTextBox.AppendText("New Bundle Pacakge list csv: $BundlePath\$($newProfileNameTextBox.Text).csv.`r`n")
    $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 65)`r`n")
    $progressBar.Value = 100
    $logTextBox.ScrollToEnd()
})

$getFileHashListButton.Add_Click({
    $progressBar.Value = 1
    $fileHashMD5 = Get-FileHash $bundleFile -Algorithm MD5
    $fileHashSHA256 = Get-FileHash $bundleFile -Algorithm SHA256
    $logTextBox.AppendText("MD5: $($fileHashMD5.Hash).`r`n")
    $logTextBox.AppendText("SHA256: $($fileHashSHA256.Hash).`r`n")
    $logTextBox.AppendText("$('-' * 65)`r`n")
    $progressBar.Value = 100
    $logTextBox.ScrollToEnd()
})

[void]$form.ShowDialog()

After launching GUI PS1 script file, The interface of PowerShell GUI looks like below screenshot. To start you need to add offline bundle with button Add Depot, load Get Profiles, Remove or Add VIBs packages, Provide Vendor Name, Profile Name and Export file to either zip or iso. It can also fetches VIB list from new zip bundle. All the actions are captured in logs textbox.

Microsoft Powershell WPF Vmware vSphere esxi VIB patch bundle 7 vcenter server update manager vum lifecycle manager customizer custom patch builder esxi patch offline bundle.png

Newly generated customized esxi patch bundle and vib list csv is created in the same folder where offline bundle is kept.

Microsoft Powershell vmware vsphere vcenter esxi custom patch bundle builder vib software package esxi zip bundle offline esxi update manager vum lifecycle manager.png

I have verified both the zip offline bundle original and customized file contents and differances can be viewed, It is good to test this newly customized offline patch bundle in testing environment with this guide VMware LifeCycle Manager import updates bundle and patch ESXi server.

Zip vmware esxi vsphere software depot powercli add-esxsoftwaredepot software package offline bundle patch zip vsphere vcenter vum esxi custom vib esxi patch builder customizer.png

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