VMware PowerCLI

Install PowerCLI on Linux

1. Install PowerShell.

   # Register the Microsoft RedHat repository
   curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/8/prod.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/microsoft.repo
   
   # Install PowerShell
   sudo dnf install --assumeyes powershell
   
   # Start PowerShell
   pwsh

2. Install PowerCLI module online.

   PS C:\> Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI

3. Option, install PowerCLI module offline.

   Download the PowerCLI ZIP file from the PowerCLI home page and transfer the ZIP file to your local machine.

   # To view the folder paths to which you can extract the PowerCLI ZIP file, run the command:
   $env:PSModulePath
   
   # Extract the contents of the PowerCLI ZIP file to one of the listed folders.
   unzip -q -d <PSModulePath> <PowerCLI ZIP file>
   
   # For Windows, run the command to unblock the copied files.
   Get-ChildItem -Path 'unzipped_folder_path' -Recurse | Unblock-File

4. Verify that the VMware PowerCLI modules have installed successfully.

   Get-Module VMware* -ListAvailable

Commands Reference

・ VMware vSphere And vSAN cmdlets

# Connects to a vSphere server.
Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore
Connect-VIServer -Protocol https -User 'administrator@vsphere.local' -Password 'Welcome@123' -Server 192.168.3.199

# PowerOff / PowerOn VM
Get-VM "Remote-Machine (3.86)" | Stop-VM
Get-VM "Remote-Machine (3.86)" | Start-VM

# Get VMs creation date, vSphere 6.7 or latest.
Get-VM | Select-Object Name, 
   @{N="CreationDate"; E={$_.ExtensionData.Config.CreateDate}}

# Find out used and provisioned disk size for a specific virtual machine.
Get-VM -Name "Remote-Machine (3.86)" | Select Name,
   @{N='Used (GB)';E={[math]::Round($_.UsedSpaceGB,2)}},
   @{N='Provisioned (GB)';E={[math]::Round($_.ProvisionedSpaceGB,2)}} | Format-List