Create Save-PowerCLI.ps1

Adding function to download specific versions of PowerCLI from an online repository

Scripts/Save-PowerCLI.ps1

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+function Save-PowerCLI {
+<#  
+.SYNOPSIS  
+    Function which can be used to easily download specific versions of PowerCLI from an online gallery
+.DESCRIPTION 
+    Downloads a specific version of PowerCLI and all the dependencies at the appropriate version
+.NOTES  
+    Author: 1.0 - Dimitar Milov 
+.PARAMETER RequiredVersion
+    Specify the PowerCLI version
+.PARAMETER Path
+    Directory path where the modules should be downloaded
+.PARAMETER Repository
+    Repository to access the PowerCLI modules
+.EXAMPLE
+	Save-PowerCLI -RequiredVersion '10.0.0.7895300' -Path .\Downloads\ 
+    Downloads PowerCLI 10.0.0 to the Downloads folder 
+#>
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+        [version]$RequiredVersion,
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+        [ValidateScript( { Test-Path $_} )]
+        [string]
+        $Path,
+
+        [Parameter()]
+        [string]$Repository = 'PSGallery'
+    )
+   $powercliModuleName = 'VMware.PowerCLI'
+   $desiredPowerCLIModule = Find-Module -Name $powercliModuleName -RequiredVersion $RequiredVersion
+   if (-not $desiredPowerCLIModule) {
+      throw "'VMware.PowerCLI' with version $RequiredVersion' was not found."
+   }
+
+   $depsOrder = 'VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk', 'VMware.VimAutomation.Common', 'VMware.Vim', 'VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core', 'VMware.VimAutomation.Core', 'VMware.VimAutomation.Nsxt', 'VMware.VimAutomation.Vmc', 'VMware.VimAutomation.Vds', 'VMware.VimAutomation.Srm', 'VMware.ImageBuilder', 'VMware.VimAutomation.Storage', 'VMware.VimAutomation.StorageUtility', 'VMware.VimAutomation.License', 'VMware.VumAutomation', 'VMware.VimAutomation.HorizonView', 'VMware.DeployAutomation', 'VMware.VimAutomation.vROps', 'VMware.VimAutomation.PCloud'
+   $orderedDependncies = @()
+   foreach ($depModuleName in $depsOrder) {
+      $orderedDependncies +=  $desiredPowerCLIModule.Dependencies | ? {$_.Name -eq $depModuleName}
+   }
+
+   # Save PowerCLI Module Version
+   Find-Module -Name $powercliModuleName -RequiredVersion $RequiredVersion | Save-Module -Path $Path
+
+   # Save dependencies with minimum version
+   foreach ($dependency in $orderedDependncies) {
+      Find-Module $dependency.Name -RequiredVersion $dependency.MinimumVersion | Save-Module -Path $Path
+   }
+
+   # Remove newer dependencies versoin
+   foreach ($dependency in $orderedDependncies) {
+      Get-ChildItem -Path (Join-Path $path $dependency.Name) | `
+      Where-Object {$_.Name -ne $dependency.MinimumVersion} | `
+      Remove-Item -Confirm:$false -Force -Recurse
+   }
+}