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vSphere Installation and Setup
Procedure
1 Install Microsoft .NET 2.0 from the Microsoft website following the instructions on that website.
2 Install Microsoft PowerShell 2.0. from the Microsoft website following the instructions on that website.
3 Install vSphere PowerCLI, which includes the Image Builder cmdlets.
See the vSphere PowerCLI Installation Guide for detailed instructions.
What to do next
Review "Using Image Builder Cmdlets,"
documentation.
Use Image Builder cmdlets and other PowerCLI cmdlets and PowerShell cmdlets to manage image profiles
and VIBs. Use
Get-Help
Using Image Builder Cmdlets
Image Builder cmdlets are implemented as Microsoft PowerShell cmdlets and included in VMware
PowerCLI. Users of Image Builder cmdlets can take advantage of all PowerCLI features.
Experienced PowerShell users can use Image Builder cmdlets just like other PowerShell cmdlets. If you are
new to PowerShell and PowerCLI, the following tips help you come up to speed.
You can type cmdlets, parameters, and parameter values in the PowerCLI shell.
Get help for any cmdlet by running
n
Remember that PowerShell is not case sensitive.
n
Use tab completion for cmdlet names and parameter names.
n
Format any variable and cmdlet output by using
n
. See
ft Get-Help Format-List
Passing Parameters by Name
You can pass in parameters by name in most cases and surround parameter values that contain spaces or
special characters with double quotes.
Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile profile42 -SoftwarePackage "partner package 35"
Passing Parameters as Objects
You can pass parameters as objects if you want to do scripting and automation. You can use the technique
with cmdlets that return multiple objects or with cmdlets that return a single object.
1 Bind the output of a cmdlet that returns multiple objects to a variable.
$profs = Get-EsxImageProfile
2 When you run the cmdlet that needs the object as input, access the object by position, with the list
starting with 0.
Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile $profs[4] -SoftwarePackage partner-pkg
The example adds the specified software package to the fifth image profile in the list returned by
.
EsxImageProfile
Most examples in the documentation pass in parameters by name.
includes examples that pass parameters as objects.
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on page 234.If you are new to PowerCLI, read the PowerCLI
cmdlet_name at any time for command-line help.
Get-Help cmdlet_name
.
.
or
Format-List Format-Table
"Image Builder Workflows,"
or their short forms or
fl
Get-
on page 242
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