Vmware powercli download windows 10

PowerCLI is a must have tool for every VMware Administrator when you want to automate something in your VMware environment. In this blog I highlight the installation, updating and some troubleshooting tips for deploying and running PowerCLI on Windows OSes.

PowerCLI installation

• Uninstall PowerCLI 6.x and earlier from the Add/remove programs or Programs and Features if exist.
• Make sure you have a internet connection.
• Check if Windows Management Framework 5.1 is installed for Windows 7,8 and Windows Server 2012 R2 and earlier OSes. Open PowerShell en enter:

$PSVersionTable PS C:\$PSVersionTable Name Value ---- ----- PSVersion 5.1.17763.592 PSEdition Desktop PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...} BuildVersion 10.0.17763.592 CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000 WSManStackVersion 3.0 PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3 SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1

• If WMF 5.1 is not installed. Install the WMF 5.1 can be downloaded here, link. Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 and above have PowerShell version 5.1 already installed.
• Installation PowerCLI

PowerCLI installation with admin rights: Install-Module VMware.PowerCLI Use the -AllowClobber when you get: A command with the name 'Export-VM' is already available on this system. Install-Module VMware.PowerCLI -AllowClobber Installation of PowerCLI without admin rights: Install-Module VMware.PowerCLI -Scope CurrentUser These modules are installed in the %homepath%\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules

• Allow the execution of local scripts

Admin rights needed: Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

• Disable certificate checking and CEIP

Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -Confirm:$false -ParticipateInCeip $false

Install the VMware Horizon Module

• Download the Horizon modules from GitHub: Link
• Extract it
• Copy the VMware.Hv.Helper folder to the modules path

Updating PowerCLI

The following steps can be used to update a PowerCLI 10 or 11 installation

• Make sure you have a internet connection.
• Check the PowerCLI version

Get-Module VMware* -ListAvailable

• Update the existing PowerCLI version

Update-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI

• Check the version of PowerCLI

Get-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -ListAvailable

Troubleshooting PowerCLI

The following troubleshooting options can be used when having problems with the installation and running of PowerCLI such as:

Could not load file or assembly……………….

• Disable the Anti Virus.
• Uninstall PowerCLI 6.x and earlier from the Add/remove programs or Programs and Features if exist.
• Uninstall PowerCLI.

Get-Module VMware.PowerCLI -ListAvailable | Uninstall-Module -Force

• Check the  paths for VMware modules entries in the path. Remove VMware folder if exist.

$env:PSModulePath.Split(';')

• List All the VMware modules and remove VMware modules.

Get-Module -Name VMware* -ListAvailable

• Check for old PowerCLI modules and installation such as:

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\PowerCLI\Modules Get-PSSnapin -registered

• Delete the registry keys of the old PS snapins.

• Reboot the Windows system.

Try to install the PowerCLI module using a clean install as described above.