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VMware PowerCLI  – installation comes with PowerShell commands that are particular to VMware allowing users to interact with VMware environments

1. Find the module.

Find-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI

Version Name Repository Description
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13.3.0…. VMware.PowerCLI PSGallery This Windows PowerShell module contains VMware.P…

2.1 Install modules for all users (install the latest version by default).

Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI

2.2 Install for the current user without admin privileges.

Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -Scope CurrentUser

2.3 Check the version after installation.

Get-PowerCLIVersion

3. Whether to participate in VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program.

No: Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP $false

Yes: Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP $true

3. List all cmdlets.

Get-Command -Module *VMWare*

VMware ESXi 8.0U3e – in a massive turn of events with the release of VMware 8.0U3e Broadcom is making free VMware ESXi available for download

https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/free-downloads

VMware Tools 12.5.0 Release Notes

A malicious actor with sufficient Active Directory (AD) permissions can gain full access to an ESXi host that was previously configured to use AD for user management by re-creating the configured AD group (‚ESX Admins‘ by default) after it was deleted from AD VMware ESXi 7.0/8.0 – updates address multiple security vulnerabilities CVE-2024-37085 CVE-2024-37086 CVE-2024-37087

VMware Tools 12.4.0 Release Notes

VMware by Broadcom – End of General Availability of the free vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 7.x and 8.x)