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
