Adding several vSphere 6.5 API examples

Scripts/ESXInstalledVIBs.ps1

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+<#
+.SYNOPSIS Retrieve the installation date of an ESXi host
+.NOTES  Author:  William Lam
+.NOTES  Site:    www.virtuallyghetto.com
+.PARAMETER Vmhost
+  ESXi host to query installed ESXi VIBs
+.EXAMPLE
+  Get-ESXInstalledVibs -Vmhost (Get-Vmhost "mini")
+.EXAMPLE
+  Get-ESXInstalledVibs -Vmhost (Get-Vmhost "mini") -vibname vsan
+#>
+
+Function Get-ESXInstalledVibs {
+    param(
+        [Parameter(
+            Mandatory=$true,
+            ValueFromPipeline=$true,
+            ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)
+        ]
+        [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.InventoryItemImpl]$Vmhost,
+        [Parameter(
+            Mandatory=$false,
+            ValueFromPipeline=$true,
+            ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)
+        ]
+        [String]$vibname=""
+     )
+
+     $imageManager = Get-View ($Vmhost.ExtensionData.ConfigManager.ImageConfigManager)
+     $vibs = $imageManager.fetchSoftwarePackages()
+
+     foreach ($vib in $vibs) {
+        if($vibname -ne "") {
+            if($vib.name -eq $vibname) {
+                return $vib | select Name, Version, Vendor, CreationDate, Summary
+            }
+        } else {
+            $vib | select Name, Version, Vendor, CreationDate, Summary
+        }
+     }
+}