Back to Basics PowerCLI Setting Up Profile For Automation – VirtuallyThatGuy

Welcome to VirtuallyThatGuy – This post will be looking at setting up your PowerShell profile and getting you ready for the journey of Automation

## Run this command as admin in powershell

set-executionpolicy remotesigned

## Create Powershell Profile

## run below in admin mode in Powershell

Test-Path $profile

New-Item -path $profile -type file –force

## edit the profile and add below: C:\Users\username\Documents\WindowsPowerShell

### add the following to powershell power-shell profile

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Confirm:$false

#Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core

#Install-Module Vmware.VimAutomation.Core -confirm:$false

Import-Module Vmware.VimAutomation.Core

Update-Module VMware.PowerCLI

New-VIProperty -Name ToolsVersion -ObjectType VirtualMachine -ValueFromExtensionProperty Config.tools.ToolsVersion -Force

New-VIProperty -Name ToolsVersionStatus -ObjectType VirtualMachine -ValueFromExtensionProperty Guest.ToolsVersionStatus -Force

New-VIProperty -Name GuestFullName -ObjectType VirtualMachine -ValueFromExtensionProperty ‘Guest.GuestFullName’ -Force

New-VIProperty -Name ToolsVersionStatus -ObjectType VirtualMachine -ValueFromExtensionProperty ‘Guest.ToolsVersionStatus’ -Force

New-VIProperty -Name ToolsVersion -ObjectType VirtualMachine -ValueFromExtensionProperty ‘Config.tools.ToolsVersion’ -Force

### Now your profile is all setup ready for automation

## Run this command as admin in powershell 
set-executionpolicy remotesigned 
 
##  Create Powershell Profile
## run below in admin mode in Powershell

Test-Path $profile
New-Item -path $profile -type file –force

## edit the profile and add below:  C:\Users\username\Documents\WindowsPowerShell

### add the following to powershell power-shell profile 

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Confirm:$false
#Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core
#Install-Module Vmware.VimAutomation.Core -confirm:$false
Import-Module Vmware.VimAutomation.Core
Update-Module VMware.PowerCLI
New-VIProperty -Name ToolsVersion -ObjectType VirtualMachine -ValueFromExtensionProperty Config.tools.ToolsVersion -Force
New-VIProperty -Name ToolsVersionStatus -ObjectType VirtualMachine -ValueFromExtensionProperty Guest.ToolsVersionStatus -Force
New-VIProperty -Name GuestFullName -ObjectType VirtualMachine -ValueFromExtensionProperty ‘Guest.GuestFullName’ -Force
New-VIProperty -Name ToolsVersionStatus -ObjectType VirtualMachine -ValueFromExtensionProperty ‘Guest.ToolsVersionStatus’ -Force
New-VIProperty -Name ToolsVersion -ObjectType VirtualMachine -ValueFromExtensionProperty ‘Config.tools.ToolsVersion’ -Force

### Now your profile is all setup ready for automation

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