PowerCLI Scripts added

a number of scripts that cover a handful of areas.

Check-VMwareTools.ps1

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+function Check-Tools {
+<#	
+	.NOTES
+	===========================================================================
+	 Created by: Brian Graf
+	 Organization: VMware
+	 Official Blog: blogs.vmware.com/PowerCLI
+     Personal Blog: www.vtagion.com
+     Twitter: @vBrianGraf
+	===========================================================================
+	.DESCRIPTION
+		This will quickly return all VMs that have VMware Tools out of date
+    Along with the version that it is running
+    .Example
+    Check-Tools -VMs (Get-VM)
+    .Example
+    $SampleVMs = Get-VM "Mgmt*"
+    Check-Tools -VMs $SampleVMs
+#>
+  [CmdletBinding()]
+    param( 
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,
+        ValueFromPipeline=$True,
+                   Position=0)]
+        [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.InventoryItemImpl[]]
+        $VMs
+    )
+Process { 
+#foreach ($VM in $VMs) {
+$OutofDate = $VMs | where {$_.ExtensionData.Guest.ToolsStatus -ne "toolsOk"}
+$Result = @($OutofDate | select Name,@{Name="ToolsVersion";Expression={$_.ExtensionData.Guest.Toolsversion}})
+
+$Result
+}
+
+}

ExportImportTags.ps1

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+function Export-Tag {
+   [CmdletBinding()]
+   Param (
+      [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, Position = 1)]
+      [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.VIServer]$Server, 
+      
+      [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, Position = 2)]
+      [string]$Destination
+   )
+   
+   # Retrieve all categories
+   $categoryList = Get-TagCategory -Server $server
+   # Retrieve all tags
+   $tagList = Get-Tag -Server $server
+   # Store the tags and categories in a list to export them at once
+   $export = @($categoryList, $tagList)
+   # Export the tags and categories to the specified destination
+   Export-Clixml -InputObject $export -Path $destination
+}
+
+function Import-Tag {
+   [CmdletBinding()]
+   Param (
+      [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, Position = 1)]
+      [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.VIServer]$Server, 
+      
+      [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, Position = 2)]
+      [string]$Source
+   )
+   
+   # Import the tags and categories from the specified source
+   $import = Import-Clixml -Path $source
+   # Divide the input in separate lists for tags and categories
+   $categoryList = $import[0]
+   $tagList = $import[1]
+   
+   # Store the newly created categories to avoid retrieving them later
+   $categories = @()
+   
+   # First create all categories on the server
+   foreach ($category in $categoryList) {
+      $categories += `
+         New-TagCategory `
+            -Name $category.Name `
+            -Description $category.Description `
+            -Cardinality $category.Cardinality `
+            -EntityType $category.EntityType `
+            -Server $server `
+         | Out-Null
+   }
+   
+   # Then create all tags in the corresponding categories
+   foreach ($tag in $tagList) {
+      # Find the category object in the list
+      $category = $categories | where {$_.Name -eq $tag.Category.Name}
+      if ($category -eq $null) {$category = $tag.Category.Name}
+      
+      New-Tag `
+         -Name $tag.Name `
+         -Description $tag.Description `
+         -Category $category `
+         -Server $server `
+      | Out-Null
+   }
+}

Get-BiosBootStatus.ps1

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+function Get-BiosBootStatus {
+<#	
+	.NOTES
+	===========================================================================
+	 Created by: Brian Graf
+	 Organization: VMware
+	 Official Blog: blogs.vmware.com/PowerCLI
+     Personal Blog: www.vtagion.com
+     Twitter: @vBrianGraf
+	===========================================================================
+	.DESCRIPTION
+		This will return the boot status of Virtual Machines, whether they
+    are booting to the Guest OS or being forced to boot into BIOS.
+    .Example
+    # Returns all VMs and where they are booting
+    Get-BiosBootStatus -VMs (Get-VM)
+    .Example
+    # Only returns VMs that are booting to BIOS
+    Get-BiosBootStatus (Get-VM) -IsSetup
+    
+#>
+  [CmdletBinding()]
+    param( 
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,
+        ValueFromPipeline=$True,
+                   Position=0)]
+        [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.InventoryItemImpl[]]
+        $VM,
+        [switch]$IsSetup
+    )
+Process {
+    if($IsSetup)
+        {
+        $Execute = $VM | where {$_.ExtensionData.Config.BootOptions.EnterBiosSetup -eq "true"} | Select Name,@{Name="EnterBiosSetup";Expression={$_.ExtensionData.config.BootOptions.EnterBiosSetup}}
+        }
+    else
+        {
+        $Execute = $VM | Select Name,@{Name="EnterBiosSetup";Expression={$_.ExtensionData.config.BootOptions.EnterBiosSetup}}
+        }
+}
+End {$Execute}
+}

Install-HostClient.ps1

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+function install-HostClient {
+<#	
+	.NOTES
+	===========================================================================
+	 Created on:   	8/13/2015 9:12 AM
+	 Created by:   	Brian Graf
+	 Github:        http://www.github.com/vtagion
+     Twitter:       @vBrianGraf
+     Website:     	http://www.vtagion.com
+	===========================================================================
+	.DESCRIPTION
+		This advanced function will allow you to install the ESXi Host Client
+    On all the hosts in a specified cluster.
+    .Example
+    Install-HostClient -Cluster (Get-Cluster Management-CL) -Datastore (Get-Datastore NFS-SAS-300GB-A) -vibfullpath c:\temp\esxui-2976804.vib
+
+    .Example
+    $ds = Get-Datastore Main-shared
+    $Cluster = Main-CL
+    Install-HostClient -Cluster $cluster -Datastore $ds -vibfullpath c:\temp\esxui-2976804.vib
+
+    .Notes
+    You must use shared storage for this to work correctly, otherwise only a single host will be able to install the vib and all others will fail
+#>
+[CmdletBinding()]
+param(
+[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,HelpMessage="Must be shared storage across all hosts")]
+    [ValidateScript({Get-Datastore $_})]
+    [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.DatastoreManagement.NasDatastoreImpl]$Datastore,
+
+[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,HelpMessage="Please specify a Cluster object")]
+    [ValidateScript({Get-Cluster $_})]
+    [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.ComputeResourceImpl]$Cluster,
+    
+[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,HelpMessage="Specify the full path of the ESXi Host Client Vib")]
+    [ValidateScript({Get-Item $_})]
+    [String]$vibfullpath
+)
+Begin {
+
+$VIBFile = Get-item $vibfullpath -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+
+# Verify that VIB location is correct
+if ($VIBFile -eq $null){Throw "oops! looks like $VIBFile doesn't exist in this location."}
+
+# Save filename to variable
+$VIBFilename = $vibfile.PSChildname
+
+# Save datacenter to variable for Datastore path
+$dc = $Cluster | Get-Datacenter
+
+#Get-Datastore -Name $Datastore
+
+# Create Datastore Path string
+$Datastorepath = "vmstore:\" + $dc + "\" + $Datastore.Name + "\"
+
+# Verbose info for debugging
+Write-verbose "DatastorePath = $Datastorepath" 
+Write-verbose "Vibfile = $vibfile" 
+Write-verbose "Vibfullpath = $vibfullpath" 
+Write-verbose "VibFilename = $VIBFilename" 
+
+# check to see if file already exists or not before copying
+if (!(Test-Path -Path $Datastorepath)) {
+Copy-DatastoreItem $vibfile $Datastorepath -Force
+}
+
+# validate the copy worked. If not, stop script
+if (!(Test-Path -Path $Datastorepath)) {
+Throw "Looks like the VIB did not copy to $Datastorepath. Check the filename and datastore path again and rerun this function."
+}
+
+# Create VIB path string for ESXCLI
+$VIBPATH = "/vmfs/volumes/" + $datastore.name + "/" + "$VIBFilename"
+
+}
+
+Process {
+
+
+#$VIBPATH = "/vmfs/volumes/NFS-SAS-300GB-A/esxui-2976804.vib"
+
+# Get each host in specified cluster that meets criteria
+Get-VMhost -Location $Cluster | where { $_.PowerState -eq "PoweredOn" -and $_.ConnectionState -eq "Connected" } | foreach {
+
+    Write-host "Preparing $($_.Name) for ESXCLI" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+
+    # Create ESXCLI variable for host for actions
+    $ESXCLI = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $_
+
+    # Check to see if ESX-UI is already installed
+    if (($ESXCLI.software.vib.list() | Select AcceptanceLevel,ID,InstallDate,Name,ReleaseDate,Status,Vendor,Version | Where {$_.Name -match "esx-ui"})) {Write-host "It appears ESX-UI is already installed on $_. Skipping..." -ForegroundColor Yellow} else {
+
+        Write-host "Installing ESXi Embedded Host Client on $($_.Name)" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+
+        # Saving command to variable to use for verification after command is run
+        $action = $ESXCLI.software.vib.install($null,$null,$null,$null,$null,$null,$null,$null,$VIBPATH)
+
+        # Verify VIB installed successfully
+        if ($action.Message -eq "Operation finished successfully."){Write-host "Action Completed successfully on $($_.Name)" -ForegroundColor Green} else {Write-host $action.Message -ForegroundColor Red}
+    }
+}
+}
+End {
+Write-host "Function Complete" -ForegroundColor Green
+Write-Host "You may access your hosts at https://<host ipaddress>/ui" -ForegroundColor Green
+}
+}

Invoke-BiosBoot.ps1

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+function Invoke-BiosBoot {
+<#	
+	.NOTES
+	===========================================================================
+	 Created by: Brian Graf
+	 Organization: VMware
+	 Official Blog: blogs.vmware.com/PowerCLI
+     Personal Blog: www.vtagion.com
+     Twitter: @vBrianGraf
+	===========================================================================
+	.DESCRIPTION
+		This function allows you to set a VM to boot into BIOS or Guest OS
+    .Example
+    # Set a VM to boot to BIOS
+    Invoke-BiosBoot -VMs (Get-VM) -Bios
+    .Example
+    Invoke-BiosBoot -VMs (Get-VM) -OS
+#>
+  [CmdletBinding()]
+    param( 
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,
+        ValueFromPipeline=$True,
+                   Position=0)]
+        [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.InventoryItemImpl[]]
+        $VM,
+        [switch]$Bios,
+        [switch]$OS
+    )
+Process {
+    if($Bios) 
+    {        
+        Foreach ($VirtualMachine in $VM) {
+            $object = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec
+            $object.bootOptions = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineBootOptions
+            $object.bootOptions.enterBIOSSetup = $true
+
+            $Reconfigure = $VirtualMachine | Get-View
+            $Reconfigure.ReconfigVM_Task($object)
+            $Return 
+        }
+    }
+    if($OS)
+    {
+        Foreach ($VirtualMachine in $VM) {
+            $object = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec
+            $object.bootOptions = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineBootOptions
+            $object.bootOptions.enterBIOSSetup = $false
+
+            $Reconfigure = $VirtualMachine | Get-View
+            $Reconfigure.ReconfigVM_Task($object)
+            $Return
+        }
+    }
+}
+}

Remove-HostClient.ps1

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+function Remove-HostClient {
+<#	
+	.NOTES
+	===========================================================================
+	 Created on:   	8/13/2015 9:12 AM
+	 Created by:   	Brian Graf
+	 Github:        http://www.github.com/vtagion
+     Twitter:       @vBrianGraf
+     Website:     	http://www.vtagion.com
+	===========================================================================
+	.DESCRIPTION
+		This advanced function will allow you to remove the ESXi Host Client
+    on all the hosts in a specified cluster.
+    .Example
+    Remove-HostClient -Cluster (Get-Cluster Management-CL) 
+
+    .Example
+    $Cluster = Main-CL
+    Remove-HostClient -Cluster $cluster
+#>
+[CmdletBinding()]
+param(
+    [ValidateScript({Get-Cluster $_})]
+    [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.ComputeResourceImpl]$Cluster
+)
+Process {
+
+# Get all ESX hosts in cluster that meet criteria
+Get-VMhost -Location $Cluster | where { $_.PowerState -eq "PoweredOn" -and $_.ConnectionState -eq "Connected" } | foreach {
+
+    Write-host "Preparing to remove Host Client from $($_.Name)" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+
+    # Prepare ESXCLI variable
+    $ESXCLI = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $_
+
+    # Check to see if VIB is installed on the host
+    if (($ESXCLI.software.vib.list() | Where {$_.Name -match "esx-ui"})) {
+
+        Write-host "Removing ESXi Embedded Host Client on $($_.Name)" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+
+        # Command saved to variable for future verification
+        $action = $esxcli.software.vib.remove($null,$null,$null,$null,"esx-ui")
+
+        # Verify VIB removed successfully
+        if ($action.Message -eq "Operation finished successfully."){Write-host "Action Completed successfully on $($_.Name)" -ForegroundColor Green} else {Write-host $action.Message -ForegroundColor Red}
+
+    } else { Write-host "It appears Host Client is not installed on this host. Skipping..." -ForegroundColor Yellow }
+}
+}
+End {Write-host "Function complete" -ForegroundColor Green}
+}

Remove-IPPool.ps1

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+Function Remove-IPPool {
+	<#
+	.Synopsis
+	This function will remove IP-Pools from vCenter
+	.Description
+	This function will remove IP-Pools from vCenter based on the inputs provided
+	.Example
+	Assuming my datacenter was 'westwing' and my IPPool was 'IPPool1'
+	remove-ippool westwing IPPool1
+	.Notes
+	Author: Brian Graf
+	Role: Technical Marketing Engineer, VMware
+	Last Edited: 05/01/2014
+
+	#>
+	[cmdletbinding()]
+	Param (
+		[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true, valuefrompipelinebypropertyname = $true)]
+		[String]$Datacenter,
+		[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true)]
+		[String]$PoolName
+	)
+	
+	Process {
+	$dc = (Get-datacenter $Datacenter)
+	$dcenter = New-Object VMware.Vim.ManagedObjectReference
+	$dcenter.type = $dc.ExtensionData.moref.type
+	$dcenter.Value = $dc.ExtensionData.moref.value
+
+	$IPPoolManager = Get-View -Id 'IpPoolManager'
+	$SelectedPool = ($IPPoolManager.QueryIpPools($dc.ID) | Where-Object { $_.Name -like $PoolName })
+
+	$IPPool = Get-View -Id 'IpPoolManager-IpPoolManager'
+	$IPPool.DestroyIpPool($dcenter, $SelectedPool.id, $true)
+
+	}
+}
+