Way long back, After writing my my article VMWARE VSPHERE POWERCLI INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION STEP BY STEP, I decided today to upgrade my vSphere PowerCLI to newer version 10 in the office, I am choosing little bit different installation method instead of using exe installer, PowerCLI can be downloaded from Microsoft Powershell PSGallary instead from VMware.com site. Before installation that I will uninstall existing VMware PowerCLI version from Control Panel >> Programs (appwiz.cpl). This way I can ensure no conflict occur after installation from PSGallary and no merger happen. If you are doing fresh installation you can skip this step.
Once uninstallation of Powercli completed, Open Microsoft Powershell as Administrator. Next command require active internet. I am using my windows 10 desktop, Find the module online with command.
Find-Module VMware.PowerCLI
In the information it shows, latest version is 10.x and it is found on online Microsoft PSGallery Repository. Next command will start download the entire repo module, It will take some time as it is around 50 MB of space is required.
Install-Module VMware.PowerCLI
Although it shows untrusted repository, but it is safe and you can press Y to continue. (It shows untrusted because we have to explicitly add it to trusted repo using Set-PSRepository cmdlet), While Installation It shows progressbar, and in my case I received below error as shown on the console.
Connect-VIServer : 6/9/2018 8:05:39 PM Connect-VIServer Error: Invalid server certificate. Use Set-PowerCLIConfiguration to set the value for the InvalidCertificateAction option to Prompt if you'd like to connect once or to add a permanent exception for this server.
Additional Information: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel with authority 'vcsa65'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Connect-VIServer vcsa65
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : SecurityError: (:) [Connect-VIServer], ViSecurityNegotiationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_ConnectivityServiceImpl_Reconnect_CertificateError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.
Cmdlets.Commands.ConnectVIServer
I need error free installation and for this I am running it again using below one-liner command. While Installation It again shows progressbar.
Install-Module VMware.PowerCLI -AllowClobber -Force
Here, After installation is complete, You will not find any vSphere Powercli icon on desktop. To use it open Powershell and type below command.
Import-Module VMware.PowerCLI
Actually this is a Manifest which will load all linked vmware modules in one go. A module manifest is a PowerShell script file you can use to include information about the module. For example, you can describe the author, specify files in the module (such as nested modules), run scripts to customize the user's environment, load type and formatting files, define system requirements, and limit the members that the module exports.
ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands
---------- ------- ---- ----------------
Script 6.7.0.8... VMware.DeployAutomation {Add-DeployRule, Add-ProxyServer, Add-ScriptBundle, Copy-D...
Script 6.7.0.8... VMware.ImageBuilder {Add-EsxSoftwareDepot, Add-EsxSoftwarePackage, Compare-Esx...
Manifest 10.1.0.... VMware.PowerCLI
Script 6.7.0.8... VMware.Vim
Script 10.1.0.... VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core {Connect-CisServer, Disconnect-CisServer, Get-CisService}
Script 10.0.0.... VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud {Add-CIDatastore, Connect-CIServer, Disconnect-CIServer, G...
Script 10.1.0.... VMware.VimAutomation.Common
Script 10.1.0.... VMware.VimAutomation.Core {Add-PassthroughDevice, Add-VirtualSwitchPhysicalNetworkAd...
Script 6.5.4.7... VMware.VimAutomation.HA Get-DrmInfo
Script 7.1.0.7... VMware.VimAutomation.HorizonView {Connect-HVServer, Disconnect-HVServer}
Script 10.0.0.... VMware.VimAutomation.License Get-LicenseDataManager
Script 10.1.0.... VMware.VimAutomation.Nsxt {Connect-NsxtServer, Disconnect-NsxtServer, Get-NsxtService}
Script 10.0.0.... VMware.VimAutomation.PCloud {Connect-PIServer, Disconnect-PIServer, Get-PIComputeInsta...
Script 10.1.0.... VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk {Get-InstallPath, Get-PSVersion}
Script 10.0.0.... VMware.VimAutomation.Srm {Connect-SrmServer, Disconnect-SrmServer}
Script 10.1.0.... VMware.VimAutomation.Storage {Add-KeyManagementServer, Copy-VDisk, Export-SpbmStoragePo...
Script 1.2.0.0 VMware.VimAutomation.StorageUtility Update-VmfsDatastore
Script 10.1.0.... VMware.VimAutomation.Vds {Add-VDSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter, Add-VDSwitchVMHost, E...
Script 10.0.0.... VMware.VimAutomation.Vmc {Connect-Vmc, Disconnect-Vmc, Get-VmcService}
Script 10.0.0.... VMware.VimAutomation.vROps {Connect-OMServer, Disconnect-OMServer, Get-OMAlert, Get-O...
Script 6.5.1.7... VMware.VumAutomation {Add-EntityBaseline, Copy-Patch, Get-Baseline, Get-Complia...
While connecting to vCenter I faced below error and it didn't allow me to login, because I was using default self singed vCenter certificate and it was not yet changed.
Connect-VIServer vcsa65
Connect-VIServer : 6/9/2018 8:05:39 PM Connect-VIServer Error: Invalid server certificate. Use Set-PowerCLIConfiguration to set the value for the InvalidCertificateAction option to Prompt if you'd like to connect once or to add a permanent exception for this server.
Additional Information: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel with authority 'vcsa65'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Connect-VIServer vcsa65
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : SecurityError: (:) [Connect-VIServer], ViSecurityNegotiationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_ConnectivityServiceImpl_Reconnect_CertificateError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.
Cmdlets.Commands.ConnectVIServer
To fix this issue use below one time command, this sets powercli invalid certificate action configuration to ignore.
Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -Confirm:$false
Next try using same Connect-VIServer command to connect vCenter and it will be successful. Another setting about Participate in Ceip (Join the Customer Experience Improvement Program in PowerCLI), annoying yellow warning shows you when importing module, You can suppress it with below 2 commands.
To join the CEIP, run the following command. Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -ParticipateInCeip $true
To leave the CEIP, run the following command. Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -ParticipateInCeip $false
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