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+# PowerShell Studio Files
+*.temppoint.*
+*.psproj.psbuild
+*.psbuild
+
+#VS Code Files
+*.vscode
+
+# Windows image file caches
+Thumbs.db
+ehthumbs.db
+
+# Folder config file
+Desktop.ini
+
+# Recycle Bin used on file shares
+$RECYCLE.BIN/
+
+# Windows Installer files
+*.cab
+*.msi
+*.msm
+*.msp
+
+# Windows shortcuts
+*.lnk
+
+# =========================
+# Operating System Files
+# =========================
+
+# OSX
+# =========================
+
+.DS_Store
+.AppleDouble
+.LSOverride
+
+# Thumbnails
+._*
+
+# Files that might appear on external disk
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
+
+# Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
+.AppleDB
+.AppleDesktop
+Network Trash Folder
+Temporary Items
+.apdisk

Modules/DatastoreFunctions.psm1

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+#Created by Alan Renouf, published at https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-18008
+Function Get-DatastoreMountInfo {
+	[CmdletBinding()]
+	Param (
+		[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
+		$Datastore
+	)
+	Process {
+		$AllInfo = @()
+		if (-not $Datastore) {
+			$Datastore = Get-Datastore
+		}
+		Foreach ($ds in $Datastore) {  
+			if ($ds.ExtensionData.info.Vmfs) {
+				$hostviewDSDiskName = $ds.ExtensionData.Info.vmfs.extent[0].diskname
+				if ($ds.ExtensionData.Host) {
+					$attachedHosts = $ds.ExtensionData.Host
+					Foreach ($VMHost in $attachedHosts) {
+						$hostview = Get-View $VMHost.Key
+						$hostviewDSState = $VMHost.MountInfo.Mounted
+						$StorageSys = Get-View $HostView.ConfigManager.StorageSystem
+						$devices = $StorageSys.StorageDeviceInfo.ScsiLun
+						Foreach ($device in $devices) {
+							$Info = "" | Select Datastore, VMHost, Lun, Mounted, State
+							if ($device.canonicalName -eq $hostviewDSDiskName) {
+								$hostviewDSAttachState = ""
+								if ($device.operationalState[0] -eq "ok") {
+									$hostviewDSAttachState = "Attached"							
+								} elseif ($device.operationalState[0] -eq "off") {
+									$hostviewDSAttachState = "Detached"							
+								} else {
+									$hostviewDSAttachState = $device.operationalstate[0]
+								}
+								$Info.Datastore = $ds.Name
+								$Info.Lun = $hostviewDSDiskName
+								$Info.VMHost = $hostview.Name
+								$Info.Mounted = $HostViewDSState
+								$Info.State = $hostviewDSAttachState
+								$AllInfo += $Info
+							}
+						}
+						
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		$AllInfo
+	}
+}
+
+Function Detach-Datastore {
+	[CmdletBinding()]
+	Param (
+		[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
+		$Datastore
+	)
+	Process {
+		if (-not $Datastore) {
+			Write-Host "No Datastore defined as input"
+			Exit
+		}
+		Foreach ($ds in $Datastore) {
+			$hostviewDSDiskName = $ds.ExtensionData.Info.vmfs.extent[0].Diskname
+			if ($ds.ExtensionData.Host) {
+				$attachedHosts = $ds.ExtensionData.Host
+				Foreach ($VMHost in $attachedHosts) {
+					$hostview = Get-View $VMHost.Key
+					$StorageSys = Get-View $HostView.ConfigManager.StorageSystem
+					$devices = $StorageSys.StorageDeviceInfo.ScsiLun
+					Foreach ($device in $devices) {
+						if ($device.canonicalName -eq $hostviewDSDiskName) {
+							$LunUUID = $Device.Uuid
+							Write-Host "Detaching LUN $($Device.CanonicalName) from host $($hostview.Name)..."
+							$StorageSys.DetachScsiLun($LunUUID);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+Function Unmount-Datastore {
+	[CmdletBinding()]
+	Param (
+		[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
+		$Datastore
+	)
+	Process {
+		if (-not $Datastore) {
+			Write-Host "No Datastore defined as input"
+			Exit
+		}
+		Foreach ($ds in $Datastore) {
+			$hostviewDSDiskName = $ds.ExtensionData.Info.vmfs.extent[0].Diskname
+			if ($ds.ExtensionData.Host) {
+				$attachedHosts = $ds.ExtensionData.Host
+				Foreach ($VMHost in $attachedHosts) {
+					$hostview = Get-View $VMHost.Key
+					$StorageSys = Get-View $HostView.ConfigManager.StorageSystem
+					Write-Host "Unmounting VMFS Datastore $($DS.Name) from host $($hostview.Name)..."
+					$StorageSys.UnmountVmfsVolume($DS.ExtensionData.Info.vmfs.uuid);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+Function Mount-Datastore {
+	[CmdletBinding()]
+	Param (
+		[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
+		$Datastore
+	)
+	Process {
+		if (-not $Datastore) {
+			Write-Host "No Datastore defined as input"
+			Exit
+		}
+		Foreach ($ds in $Datastore) {
+			$hostviewDSDiskName = $ds.ExtensionData.Info.vmfs.extent[0].Diskname
+			if ($ds.ExtensionData.Host) {
+				$attachedHosts = $ds.ExtensionData.Host
+				Foreach ($VMHost in $attachedHosts) {
+					$hostview = Get-View $VMHost.Key
+					$StorageSys = Get-View $HostView.ConfigManager.StorageSystem
+					Write-Host "Mounting VMFS Datastore $($DS.Name) on host $($hostview.Name)..."
+					$StorageSys.MountVmfsVolume($DS.ExtensionData.Info.vmfs.uuid);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+Function Attach-Datastore {
+	[CmdletBinding()]
+	Param (
+		[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
+		$Datastore
+	)
+	Process {
+		if (-not $Datastore) {
+			Write-Host "No Datastore defined as input"
+			Exit
+		}
+		Foreach ($ds in $Datastore) {
+			$hostviewDSDiskName = $ds.ExtensionData.Info.vmfs.extent[0].Diskname
+			if ($ds.ExtensionData.Host) {
+				$attachedHosts = $ds.ExtensionData.Host
+				Foreach ($VMHost in $attachedHosts) {
+					$hostview = Get-View $VMHost.Key
+					$StorageSys = Get-View $HostView.ConfigManager.StorageSystem
+					$devices = $StorageSys.StorageDeviceInfo.ScsiLun
+					Foreach ($device in $devices) {
+						if ($device.canonicalName -eq $hostviewDSDiskName) {
+							$LunUUID = $Device.Uuid
+							Write-Host "Attaching LUN $($Device.CanonicalName) to host $($hostview.Name)..."
+							$StorageSys.AttachScsiLun($LunUUID);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+#
+#Get-Datastore | Get-DatastoreMountInfo | Sort Datastore, VMHost | FT -AutoSize
+#
+#Get-Datastore IX2ISCSI01 | Unmount-Datastore
+#
+#Get-Datastore IX2ISCSI01 | Get-DatastoreMountInfo | Sort Datastore, VMHost | FT -AutoSize
+#
+#Get-Datastore IX2iSCSI01 | Mount-Datastore
+#
+#Get-Datastore IX2iSCSI01 | Get-DatastoreMountInfo | Sort Datastore, VMHost | FT -AutoSize
+#
+#Get-Datastore IX2iSCSI01 | Detach-Datastore
+#
+#Get-Datastore IX2iSCSI01 | Get-DatastoreMountInfo | Sort Datastore, VMHost | FT -AutoSize
+#
+#Get-Datastore IX2iSCSI01 | Attach-datastore
+#
+#Get-Datastore IX2iSCSI01 | Get-DatastoreMountInfo | Sort Datastore, VMHost | FT -AutoSize
+#

Modules/Get-NICDetails/Get-NICDetails.psm1

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+function Get-NICDetails {
+<#	
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+    Created by: Markus Kraus
+    Twitter: @VMarkus_K
+    Private Blog: mycloudrevolution.com
+    ===========================================================================
+    Changelog:  
+    2017.02 ver 1.0 Base Release  
+    ===========================================================================
+    External Code Sources: 
+    -
+    ===========================================================================
+    Tested Against Environment:
+    vSphere Version: ESXi 6.0 U2, ESXi 6.5
+    PowerCLI Version: PowerCLI 6.3 R1, PowerCLI 6.5 R1
+    PowerShell Version: 4.0, 5.0
+    OS Version: Windows 8.1, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012 R2
+    Keyword: ESXi, NIC, vmnic, Driver, Firmware
+    ===========================================================================
+
+    .DESCRIPTION
+    Reports Firmware and Driver Details for your ESXi vmnics.
+
+    .Example
+    Get-NICDetails -Clustername *
+
+    .PARAMETER Clustername
+    Name or Wildcard of your vSphere Cluster Name to process.
+
+
+#Requires PS -Version 4.0
+#Requires -Modules VMware.VimAutomation.Core, @{ModuleName="VMware.VimAutomation.Core";ModuleVersion="6.3.0.0"}
+#>
+
+[CmdletBinding()]
+param( 
+    [Parameter(Mandatory=$True, ValueFromPipeline=$False, Position=0)]
+    [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()]
+        [String] $Clustername
+        
+)
+
+Begin {
+    $Validate = $True
+
+    if (($myCluster = Get-Cluster -Name $Clustername).count -lt 1) {
+       $Validate = $False
+       thow "No Cluster '$myCluster' found!"
+    }
+  
+}
+
+Process {
+
+    $MyView = @()
+    if ($Validate -eq $True) {
+  
+        foreach ($myVMhost in ($myCluster | Get-VMHost)) {
+
+            $esxcli2 = Get-ESXCLI -VMHost $myVMhost -V2
+            $niclist = $esxcli2.network.nic.list.invoke()
+
+            $nicdetails = @()
+            foreach ($nic in $niclist) {
+
+                $args = $esxcli2.network.nic.get.createargs()
+                $args.nicname = $nic.name
+                $nicdetail = $esxcli2.network.nic.get.Invoke($args)
+                $nicdetails += $nicdetail
+
+                }
+            ForEach ($nicdetail in $nicdetails){
+		        $NICReport = [PSCustomObject] @{
+				        Host = $myVMhost.Name
+				        vmnic = $nicdetail.Name
+				        LinkStatus = $nicdetail.LinkStatus
+				        BusInfo = $nicdetail.driverinfo.BusInfo
+				        Driver = $nicdetail.driverinfo.Driver
+				        FirmwareVersion = $nicdetail.driverinfo.FirmwareVersion
+				        DriverVersion = $nicdetail.driverinfo.Version
+				        }
+		        $MyView += $NICReport
+		        }
+
+		}
+        
+       $MyView
+
+    }
+}
+}

Modules/ProactiveHA/ProactiveHA.psm1

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+Function New-PHAProvider {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+	 Created by:   	William Lam
+	 Organization: 	VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+	.DESCRIPTION
+		Function to register a new Proactive HA Provider with vCenter Server
+    .PARAMETER ProviderName
+        Name of ProactiveHA Provider
+    .PARAMETER ComponentType
+        Name of a supported ComponentType that ProactiveHA supports (Fan, Memory, Network, Power or Storage)
+    .PARAMETER ComponentDescription
+        Description of the health check for the given component
+    .PARAMETER ComponentId
+        Unique identifier for the given component within a ProactiveHA Provider
+	.EXAMPLE
+        New-PHAProvider -ProviderName "virtuallyGhetto" -ComponentType Power -ComponentDescription "Simulated ProactiveHA Provider" -ComponentId "Power"
+#>
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][String]$ProviderName,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][ValidateSet("Fan","Memory","Network","Power","Storage")][String]$ComponentType,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][String]$ComponentDescription,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][String]$ComponentId
+    )
+    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "`n******************** DISCLAIMER ********************"
+    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "****   THIS IS NOT INTENDED FOR PRODUCTION USE  ****"
+    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "****          LEARNING PURPOSES ONLY            ****"
+    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "******************** DISCLAIMER ********************`n"
+
+    $healthManager = Get-View $global:DefaultVIServer.ExtensionData.Content.HealthUpdateManager
+
+    $healthInfo = [VMware.Vim.HealthUpdateInfo] @{
+        ComponentType = $ComponentType
+        description = $ComponentDescription
+        Id = $ComponentId
+    }
+
+    try {
+        Write-Host "`nRegistering new Proactive HA Provider $ProviderName ..."
+        $providerId = $healthManager.RegisterHealthUpdateProvider($ProviderName,$healthInfo)
+    } catch {
+        Write-host -ForegroundColor Red $Error[0].Exception
+    }
+}
+
+Function Get-PHAProvider {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+	 Created by:   	William Lam
+	 Organization: 	VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+	.DESCRIPTION
+        Function to return list of all Proactive HA Providers registered with vCenter Server
+	.EXAMPLE
+        Get-PHAProvider
+#>
+    $healthManager = Get-View $global:DefaultVIServer.ExtensionData.Content.HealthUpdateManager
+
+    $healthProviderResults = @()
+    $hpIDs = $healthManager.QueryProviderList()
+
+    foreach ($hpID in $hpIDs) {
+        $hpName = $healthManager.QueryProviderName($hpID)
+        $hpConfig = $healthManager.QueryHealthUpdateInfos($hpID)
+
+        $hp = [pscustomobject] @{
+            ProviderName = $hpName
+            ProviderID = $hpID
+            ComponentType = $hpConfig.componentType
+            ComponentID = $hpConfig.id
+            Description = $hpConfig.description
+        }
+        $healthProviderResults+=$hp
+    }
+    $healthProviderResults
+}
+
+Function Remove-PHAProvider {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+	 Created by:   	William Lam
+	 Organization: 	VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+	.DESCRIPTION
+        Function to remove a registered Proactive HA Provider from vCenter Server
+    .PARAMETER ProviderId
+        The ProactiveHA provider ID (retrieved from Get-PHAProvider) to unregister
+	.EXAMPLE
+        Remove-PHAProvider -ProviderID "52 85 22 c2 f2 6a e7 b9-fc ff 63 9e 10 81 00 79"
+#>
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][String]$ProviderId
+    )
+
+    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "`n******************** DISCLAIMER ********************"
+    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "****   THIS IS NOT INTENDED FOR PRODUCTION USE  ****"
+    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "****          LEARNING PURPOSES ONLY            ****"
+    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "******************** DISCLAIMER ********************`n"
+
+    $healthManager = Get-View $global:DefaultVIServer.ExtensionData.Content.HealthUpdateManager
+
+    try {
+        Write-Host "`nUnregistering Proactive HA Provider $ProviderId ... "
+        $healthManager.UnregisterHealthUpdateProvider($providerId)
+    } catch {
+        if($Error[0].Exception.InnerException.MethodFault.getType().Name -eq "InvalidState") {
+            Write-host -ForegroundColor Red "The Proactive HA Provider is still in use, please disable it before unregistering"
+        } else {
+            Write-host -ForegroundColor Red $Error[0].Exception
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+Function Set-PHAConfig {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+	 Created by:   	William Lam
+	 Organization: 	VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+	.DESCRIPTION
+        Function to enable/disable Proactive HA for vSphere Cluster
+    .PARAMETER Cluster
+        Name of the vSphere Cluster to enable Proactive HA
+    .PARAMETER ProviderId
+        Proactive HA Provider ID to enable in vSphere Cluster
+    .PARAMETER ClusterMode
+        Whether Proactive HA should be "Automated" or "Manual" for actions it will take
+    .PARAMETER ModerateRemediation
+        Type of operation (Maintenance Mode or Quaratine Mode) to perform when a Moderate issue is observed
+    .PARAMETER SevereRemediation
+        Type of operation (Maintenance Mode or Quaratine Mode) to perform when a Severe issue is observed
+	.EXAMPLE
+        Set-PHAConfig -Cluster VSAN-Cluster -Enabled -ClusterMode Automated -ModerateRemediation QuarantineMode -SevereRemediation QuarantineMode -ProviderID "52 85 22 c2 f2 6a e7 b9-fc ff 63 9e 10 81 00 79"
+	.EXAMPLE
+        Set-PHAConfig -Cluster VSAN-Cluster -Disabled -ProviderID "52 85 22 c2 f2 6a e7 b9-fc ff 63 9e 10 81 00 79"
+#>
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][String]$ProviderId,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][String]$Cluster,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][ValidateSet("Automated","Manual")]$ClusterMode="Manual",
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][ValidateSet("MaintenanceMode","QuarantineMode")]$ModerateRemediation="QuarantineMode",
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][ValidateSet("MaintenanceMode","QuarantineMode")]$SevereRemediation="QuarantineMode",
+        [Switch]$Enabled,
+        [Switch]$Disabled
+    )
+
+    $ClusterView = Get-View -ViewType ClusterComputeResource -Property Name,Host,ConfigurationEx -Filter @{"Name" = $Cluster}
+
+    if($ClusterView -eq $null) {
+        Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Unable to find vSphere Cluster $cluster ..."
+        break
+    }
+
+    $vmhosts = $ClusterView.host
+
+    $healthManager = Get-View $global:DefaultVIServer.ExtensionData.Content.HealthUpdateManager
+
+    if($Enabled) {
+        try {
+            $entities = @()
+            foreach ($vmhost in $vmhosts) {
+                if(-not $healthManager.HasMonitoredEntity($ProviderId,$vmhost)) {
+                    $entities += $vmhost
+                }
+            }
+
+            Write-Host "Enabling Proactive HA monitoring for all ESXi hosts in cluster ..."
+            $healthManager.AddMonitoredEntities($ProviderId,$entities)
+        } catch {
+            Write-host -ForegroundColor Red $Error[0].Exception
+        }
+
+        try {
+            $healthProviders = @()
+
+            # Make sure not to remove existing ProactiveHA providers
+            if($ClusterView.ConfigurationEx.InfraUpdateHaConfig.Providers -ne $null) {
+                $currentHPs = $ClusterView.ConfigurationEx.infraUpdateHaConfig.providers
+                foreach ($currentHP in $currentHPs) {
+                    $healthProviders+=$currentHP
+                }
+                if(-not ($healthProviders -contains $ProviderID)) {
+                    $healthProviders+=$ProviderId
+                }
+            } else {
+                $healthProviders+=$ProviderId
+            }
+
+            $PHASpec = [VMware.Vim.ClusterInfraUpdateHaConfigInfo] @{
+                enabled = $true
+                behavior = $ClusterMode
+                moderateRemediation = $ModerateRemediation
+                severeRemediation = $SevereRemediation
+                providers = $healthProviders
+            }
+
+            $spec = [VMware.Vim.ClusterConfigSpecEx] @{
+                infraUpdateHaConfig = $PHASpec
+            }
+
+            Write-Host "Enabling Proactive HA Provider $ProviderId on $Cluster ..."
+            $task = $ClusterView.ReconfigureComputeResource_Task($spec,$True)
+            $task1 = Get-Task -Id ("Task-$($task.value)")
+            $task1 | Wait-Task | Out-Null
+        } catch {
+            Write-host -ForegroundColor Red $Error[0].Exception
+        }
+    }
+
+    if($Disabled) {
+        foreach ($vmhost in $vmhosts) {
+            if($vmhost.runtime.inQuarantineMode) {
+                Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red $vmhost.name " is currently still in Quaratine Mode, please remediate this before disabling Proactive HA"
+                break
+            }
+        }
+
+        try {
+            $healthProviders = @()
+
+            # Make sure not to remove existing ProactiveHA providers
+            if($ClusterView.ConfigurationEx.InfraUpdateHaConfig.Providers -ne $null) {
+                $currentHPs = $ClusterView.ConfigurationEx.infraUpdateHaConfig.providers
+                foreach ($currentHP in $currentHPs) {
+                    if($currentHP -ne $ProviderId) {
+                        $healthProviders+=$currentHP
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            $PHASpec = [VMware.Vim.ClusterInfraUpdateHaConfigInfo] @{
+                enabled = $true
+                behavior = $ClusterMode
+                moderateRemediation = $ModerateRemediation
+                severeRemediation = $SevereRemediation
+                providers = $healthProviders
+            }
+
+            $spec = [VMware.Vim.ClusterConfigSpecEx] @{
+                infraUpdateHaConfig = $PHASpec
+            }
+
+            Write-Host "Disabling Proactive HA Provider $ProviderId on $Cluster ..."
+            $task = $ClusterView.ReconfigureComputeResource_Task($spec,$True)
+            $task1 = Get-Task -Id ("Task-$($task.value)")
+            $task1 | Wait-Task | Out-Null
+        } catch {
+            Write-host -ForegroundColor Red $Error[0].Exception
+        }
+
+        $ClusterView.UpdateViewData()
+
+        try {
+            $entities = @()
+            foreach ($vmhost in $vmhosts) {
+                if($healthManager.HasMonitoredEntity($ProviderId,$vmhost)) {
+                    $entities += $vmhost
+                }
+            }
+
+            Write-Host "Disabling Proactive HA monitoring for all ESXi hosts in cluster ..."
+            $healthManager.RemoveMonitoredEntities($ProviderId,$entities)
+        } catch {
+            Write-host -ForegroundColor Red $Error[0].Exception
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+Function Get-PHAConfig {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+	 Created by:   	William Lam
+	 Organization: 	VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+	.DESCRIPTION
+        Function to retrieve Proactive HA configuration for a vSphere Cluster
+    .PARAMETER Cluster
+        Name of the vSphere Cluster to check Proactive HA configuration
+	.EXAMPLE
+        Get-PHAConfig -Cluster VSAN-Cluster
+#>
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][String]$Cluster
+    )
+
+    $ClusterView = Get-View -ViewType ClusterComputeResource -Property Name,ConfigurationEx -Filter @{"Name" = $Cluster}
+
+    if($ClusterView -eq $null) {
+        Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Unable to find vSphere Cluster $cluster ..."
+        break
+    }
+
+    if($ClusterView.ConfigurationEx.InfraUpdateHaConfig.Providers -ne $null) {
+        $healthManager = Get-View $global:DefaultVIServer.ExtensionData.Content.HealthUpdateManager
+
+        $phSettings = $ClusterView.ConfigurationEx.InfraUpdateHaConfig
+        $providers = $ClusterView.ConfigurationEx.InfraUpdateHaConfig.Providers
+        $healthProviders = @()
+        foreach ($provider in $providers) {
+            $providerName = $healthManager.QueryProviderName($provider)
+            $healthProviders+=$providerName
+        }
+
+        $pHAConfig = [pscustomobject] @{
+            Enabled = $phSettings.Enabled
+            ClusterMode = $phSettings.behavior
+            ModerateRemediation = $phSettings.ModerateRemediation
+            SevereRemediation = $phSettings.SevereRemediation
+            HealthProviders = $healthProviders
+        }
+        $pHAConfig
+    } else {
+        Write-Host "Proactive HA has not been configured on this vSphere Cluster"
+    }
+}
+
+Function Get-PHAHealth {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+	 Created by:   	William Lam
+	 Organization: 	VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+	.DESCRIPTION
+		Function to retrieve the Proactive HA health info for all ESXi hosts in vSphere Cluster
+    .PARAMETER Cluster
+        Name of the vSphere Cluster to check Proactive HA health information
+	.EXAMPLE
+        Get-PHAHealth -Cluster VSAN-Cluster
+#>
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][String]$Cluster
+    )
+
+    $ClusterView = Get-View -ViewType ClusterComputeResource -Property Name,ConfigurationEx -Filter @{"Name" = $Cluster}
+
+    if($ClusterView -eq $null) {
+        Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Unable to find vSphere Cluster $cluster ..."
+        break
+    }
+
+    if($ClusterView.ConfigurationEx.InfraUpdateHaConfig.Providers -ne $null) {
+        $healthManager = Get-View $global:DefaultVIServer.ExtensionData.Content.HealthUpdateManager
+
+        $providers = $ClusterView.ConfigurationEx.InfraUpdateHaConfig.Providers
+
+        foreach ($provider in $providers) {
+            $providerName = $healthManager.QueryProviderName($provider)
+            $healthUpdates = $healthManager.QueryHealthUpdates($provider)
+
+            $healthResults = @()
+            Write-Host -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Magenta "Health summary for Proactive HA Provider $providerName`:`n"
+            foreach ($healthUpdate in $healthUpdates) {
+                $vmhost = Get-View $healthUpdate.Entity
+
+                $hr = [PSCustomObject] @{
+                    Entity = $vmhost.name
+                    Status = $healthUpdate.status
+                    HealthComponentId = $healthUpdate.HealthUpdateInfoId
+                    HealthUpdateId = $healthUpdate.Id
+                    Remediation = $healthUpdate.Remediation
+                }
+                $healthResults+=$hr
+            }
+            $healthResults
+        }
+    } else {
+        Write-Host "Proactive HA has not been configured on this vSphere Cluster"
+    }
+}
+
+Function New-PHASimulation {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+	 Created by:   	William Lam
+	 Organization: 	VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+	.DESCRIPTION
+		Function to return VCHA Configuration
+    .PARAMETER ProviderId
+        The Proactive HA Provider ID that you like to simulate a health update from
+    .PARAMETER EsxiHost
+        The name of ESXi host to update the health on
+    .PARAMETER Component
+        The name of the matching component ID from Proactive HA Provider to simulate a health update from
+    .PARAMETER HealthStatus
+        The health value (green, yellow or red) for the given simulated health Update
+    .PARAMETER Remediation
+        The remediation message associated with simulated health update
+	.EXAMPLE
+        New-PHASimulation -EsxiHost vesxi65-4.primp-industries.com -Component Power -HealthStatus green -Remediation "" -ProviderId "52 85 22 c2 f2 6a e7 b9-fc ff 63 9e 10 81 00 79"
+	.EXAMPLE
+        New-PHASimulation -EsxiHost vesxi65-4.primp-industries.com -Component Power -HealthStatus red -Remediation "Please replace my virtual PSU" -ProviderId "52 85 22 c2 f2 6a e7 b9-fc ff 63 9e 10 81 00 79"
+#>
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][String]$ProviderId,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][String]$EsxiHost,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][String]$Component,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][ValidateSet("green","red","yellow")][String]$HealthStatus,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][String]$Remediation
+    )
+
+    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "`n******************** DISCLAIMER ********************"
+    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "****   THIS IS NOT INTENDED FOR PRODUCTION USE  ****"
+    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "****          LEARNING PURPOSES ONLY            ****"
+    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "******************** DISCLAIMER ********************`n"
+
+    $vmhost = Get-View -ViewType HostSystem -Property Name -Filter @{"name" = $EsxiHost}
+
+    if($vmhost -eq $null) {
+        Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "`nUnable to find ESXi host $EsxiHost ..."
+        break
+    }
+
+    $healthManager = Get-View $global:DefaultVIServer.ExtensionData.Content.HealthUpdateManager
+
+    # Randomly generating an ID for Health Update
+    # In general, you would want to generate a specific ID
+    # which can be referenced between ProactiveHA Provider
+    # and VMware logs for troubleshooting purposes
+    $HealthUpdateID = "vghetto-" + (Get-Random -Minimum 1 -Maximum 100000)
+
+    # All other Health Status can have a remediation message
+    # but for green, it must be an empty string or API call will fail
+    if($HealthStatus -eq "green") {
+        $Remediation = ""
+    }
+
+    $healthUpdate = [VMware.Vim.HealthUpdate] @{
+        Entity = $vmhost.moref
+        HealthUpdateInfoId = $Component
+        Id = $HealthUpdateId
+        Status = $HealthStatus
+        Remediation = $Remediation
+    }
+
+    try {
+        Write-Host "`nSimulating Proactive HA Health Update to ..."
+        Write-Host "`tHost: $EsxiHost "
+        Write-Host -NoNewline "`tStatus: "
+        Write-Host -ForegroundColor $HealthStatus "$HealthStatus"
+        Write-Host "`tRemediation Messsage: $Remediation"
+        $healthManager.PostHealthUpdates($providerId,$healthUpdate)
+    } catch {
+        Write-host -ForegroundColor Red $Error[0].Exception
+    }
+}

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+Function Get-VAMISummary {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+     Created by:    William Lam
+     Organization:  VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+    .SYNOPSIS
+        This function retrieves some basic information from VAMI interface (5480)
+        for a VCSA node which can be an Embedded VCSA, External PSC or External VCSA.
+    .DESCRIPTION
+        Function to return basic VAMI summary info
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Connect-CisServer -Server 192.168.1.51 -User administrator@vsphere.local -Password VMware1!
+        Get-VAMISummary
+#>
+    $systemVersionAPI = Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.system.version'
+    $results = $systemVersionAPI.get() | select product, type, version, build, install_time
+
+    $systemUptimeAPI = Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.system.uptime'
+    $ts = [timespan]::fromseconds($systemUptimeAPI.get().toString())
+    $uptime = $ts.ToString("hh\:mm\:ss\,fff")
+
+    $summaryResult = [pscustomobject] @{
+        Product = $results.product;
+        Type = $results.type;
+        Version = $results.version;
+        Build = $results.build;
+        InstallTime = $results.install_time;
+        Uptime = $uptime
+    }
+    $summaryResult
+}
+
+Function Get-VAMIHealth {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+     Created by:    William Lam
+     Organization:  VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+    .SYNOPSIS
+        This function retrieves health information from VAMI interface (5480)
+        for a VCSA node which can be an Embedded VCSA, External PSC or External VCSA.
+    .DESCRIPTION
+        Function to return VAMI health
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Connect-CisServer -Server 192.168.1.51 -User administrator@vsphere.local -Password VMware1!
+        Get-VAMIHealth
+#>
+    $healthOverall = (Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.health.system').get()
+    $healthLastCheck = (Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.health.system').lastcheck()
+    $healthCPU = (Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.health.load').get()
+    $healthMem = (Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.health.mem').get()
+    $healthSwap = (Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.health.swap').get()
+    $healthStorage = (Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.health.storage').get()
+
+    # DB health only applicable for Embedded/External VCSA Node
+    $vami = (Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.system.version').get()
+
+    if($vami.type -eq "vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller" -or $vami.type -eq "vCenter Server with an external Platform Services Controller") {
+        $healthVCDB = (Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.health.databasestorage').get()
+    } else {
+        $healthVCDB = "N/A"
+    }
+    $healthSoftwareUpdates = (Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.health.softwarepackages').get()
+
+    $healthResult = [pscustomobject] @{
+        HealthOverall = $healthOverall;
+        HealthLastCheck = $healthLastCheck;
+        HealthCPU = $healthCPU;
+        HealthMem = $healthMem;
+        HealthSwap = $healthSwap;
+        HealthStorage = $healthStorage;
+        HealthVCDB = $healthVCDB;
+        HealthSoftware = $healthSoftwareUpdates
+    }
+    $healthResult
+}
+
+Function Get-VAMIAccess {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+     Created by:    William Lam
+     Organization:  VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+    .SYNOPSIS
+        This function retrieves access information from VAMI interface (5480)
+        for a VCSA node which can be an Embedded VCSA, External PSC or External VCSA.
+    .DESCRIPTION
+        Function to return VAMI access interfaces (Console,DCUI,Bash Shell & SSH)
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Connect-CisServer -Server 192.168.1.51 -User administrator@vsphere.local -Password VMware1!
+        Get-VAMIAccess
+#>
+    $consoleAccess = (Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.access.consolecli').get()
+    $dcuiAccess = (Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.access.dcui').get()
+    $shellAccess = (Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.access.shell').get()
+    $sshAccess = (Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.access.ssh').get()
+
+    $accessResult = New-Object PSObject -Property @{
+        Console = $consoleAccess;
+        DCUI = $dcuiAccess;
+        BashShell = $shellAccess.enabled;
+        SSH = $sshAccess
+    }
+    $accessResult
+}
+
+Function Get-VAMITime {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+     Created by:    William Lam
+     Organization:  VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+    .SYNOPSIS
+        This function retrieves the time and NTP info from VAMI interface (5480)
+        for a VCSA node which can be an Embedded VCSA, External PSC or External VCSA.
+    .DESCRIPTION
+        Function to return current Time and NTP information
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Connect-CisServer -Server 192.168.1.51 -User administrator@vsphere.local -Password VMware1!
+        Get-VAMITime
+#>
+    $systemTimeAPI = Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.system.time'
+    $timeResults = $systemTimeAPI.get()
+
+    $timeSync = (Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.techpreview.timesync').get()
+    $timeSyncMode = $timeSync.mode
+
+    $timeResult  = [pscustomobject] @{
+        Timezone = $timeResults.timezone;
+        Date = $timeResults.date;
+        CurrentTime = $timeResults.time;
+        Mode = $timeSyncMode;
+        NTPServers = "N/A";
+        NTPStatus = "N/A";
+    }
+
+    if($timeSyncMode -eq "NTP") {
+        $ntpServers = (Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.techpreview.ntp').get()
+        $timeResult.NTPServers = $ntpServers.servers
+        $timeResult.NTPStatus = $ntpServers.status
+    }
+    $timeResult
+}
+
+Function Get-VAMINetwork {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+     Created by:    William Lam
+     Organization:  VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+    .SYNOPSIS
+        This function retrieves network information from VAMI interface (5480)
+        for a VCSA node which can be an Embedded VCSA, External PSC or External VCSA.
+    .DESCRIPTION
+        Function to return networking information including details for each interface
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Connect-CisServer -Server 192.168.1.51 -User administrator@vsphere.local -Password VMware1!
+        Get-VAMINetwork
+#>
+    $netResults = @()
+
+    $Hostname = (Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.networking.dns.hostname').get()
+    $dns = (Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.networking.dns.servers').get()
+
+    Write-Host "Hostname: " $hostname
+    Write-Host "DNS Servers: " $dns.servers
+
+    $interfaces = (Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.networking.interfaces').list()
+    foreach ($interface in $interfaces) {
+        $ipv4API = (Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.techpreview.networking.ipv4')
+        $spec = $ipv4API.Help.get.interfaces.CreateExample()
+        $spec+= $interface.name
+        $ipv4result = $ipv4API.get($spec)
+
+        $interfaceResult = [pscustomobject] @{
+            Inteface =  $interface.name;
+            MAC = $interface.mac;
+            Status = $interface.status;
+            Mode = $ipv4result.mode;
+            IP = $ipv4result.address;
+            Prefix = $ipv4result.prefix;
+            Gateway = $ipv4result.default_gateway;
+            Updateable = $ipv4result.updateable
+        }
+        $netResults += $interfaceResult
+    }
+    $netResults
+}
+
+Function Get-VAMIDisks {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+     Created by:    William Lam
+     Organization:  VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+    .SYNOPSIS
+        This function retrieves VMDK disk number to partition mapping VAMI interface (5480)
+        for a VCSA node which can be an Embedded VCSA, External PSC or External VCSA.
+    .DESCRIPTION
+        Function to return VMDK disk number to OS partition mapping
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Connect-CisServer -Server 192.168.1.51 -User administrator@vsphere.local -Password VMware1!
+        Get-VAMIDisks
+#>
+    $storageAPI = Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.system.storage'
+    $disks = $storageAPI.list()
+
+    foreach ($disk in $disks | sort {[int]$_.disk.toString()}) {
+        $disk | Select Disk, Partition
+    }
+}
+
+Function Start-VAMIDiskResize {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+     Created by:    William Lam
+     Organization:  VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+    .SYNOPSIS
+        This function triggers an OS partition resize after adding additional disk capacity
+        for a VCSA node which can be an Embedded VCSA, External PSC or External VCSA.
+    .DESCRIPTION
+        Function triggers OS partition resize operation
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Connect-CisServer -Server 192.168.1.51 -User administrator@vsphere.local -Password VMware1!
+        Start-VAMIDiskResize
+#>
+    $storageAPI = Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.system.storage'
+    Write-Host "Initiated OS partition resize operation ..."
+    $storageAPI.resize()
+}
+
+Function Get-VAMIStatsList {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+     Created by:    William Lam
+     Organization:  VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+    .SYNOPSIS
+        This function retrieves list avialable monitoring metrics in VAMI interface (5480)
+        for a VCSA node which can be an Embedded VCSA, External PSC or External VCSA.
+    .DESCRIPTION
+        Function to return list of available monitoring metrics that can be queried
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Connect-CisServer -Server 192.168.1.51 -User administrator@vsphere.local -Password VMware1!
+        Get-VAMIStatsList
+#>
+    $monitoringAPI = Get-CisService -Name 'com.vmware.appliance.monitoring'
+    $ids = $monitoringAPI.list() | Select id | Sort-Object -Property id
+
+    foreach ($id in $ids) {
+        $id
+    }
+}
+
+Function Get-VAMIStorageUsed {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+     Created by:    William Lam
+     Organization:  VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+    .SYNOPSIS
+        This function retrieves the individaul OS partition storage utilization
+        for a VCSA node which can be an Embedded VCSA, External PSC or External VCSA.
+    .DESCRIPTION
+        Function to return individual OS partition storage utilization
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Connect-CisServer -Server 192.168.1.51 -User administrator@vsphere.local -Password VMware1!
+        Get-VAMIStorageUsed
+#>
+    $monitoringAPI = Get-CisService 'com.vmware.appliance.monitoring'
+    $querySpec = $monitoringAPI.help.query.item.CreateExample()
+
+    # List of IDs from Get-VAMIStatsList to query
+    $querySpec.Names = @(
+    "storage.used.filesystem.autodeploy",
+    "storage.used.filesystem.boot",
+    "storage.used.filesystem.coredump",
+    "storage.used.filesystem.imagebuilder",
+    "storage.used.filesystem.invsvc",
+    "storage.used.filesystem.log",
+    "storage.used.filesystem.netdump",
+    "storage.used.filesystem.root",
+    "storage.used.filesystem.updatemgr",
+    "storage.used.filesystem.vcdb_core_inventory",
+    "storage.used.filesystem.vcdb_seat",
+    "storage.used.filesystem.vcdb_transaction_log",
+    "storage.totalsize.filesystem.autodeploy",
+    "storage.totalsize.filesystem.boot",
+    "storage.totalsize.filesystem.coredump",
+    "storage.totalsize.filesystem.imagebuilder",
+    "storage.totalsize.filesystem.invsvc",
+    "storage.totalsize.filesystem.log",
+    "storage.totalsize.filesystem.netdump",
+    "storage.totalsize.filesystem.root",
+    "storage.totalsize.filesystem.updatemgr",
+    "storage.totalsize.filesystem.vcdb_core_inventory",
+    "storage.totalsize.filesystem.vcdb_seat",
+    "storage.totalsize.filesystem.vcdb_transaction_log"
+    )
+
+    # Tuple (Filesystem Name, Used, Total) to store results
+    $storageStats = @{
+    "autodeploy"=@{"name"="/storage/autodeploy";"used"=0;"total"=0};
+    "boot"=@{"name"="/boot";"used"=0;"total"=0};
+    "coredump"=@{"name"="/storage/core";"used"=0;"total"=0};
+    "imagebuilder"=@{"name"="/storage/imagebuilder";"used"=0;"total"=0};
+    "invsvc"=@{"name"="/storage/invsvc";"used"=0;"total"=0};
+    "log"=@{"name"="/storage/log";"used"=0;"total"=0};
+    "netdump"=@{"name"="/storage/netdump";"used"=0;"total"=0};
+    "root"=@{"name"="/";"used"=0;"total"=0};
+    "updatemgr"=@{"name"="/storage/updatemgr";"used"=0;"total"=0};
+    "vcdb_core_inventory"=@{"name"="/storage/db";"used"=0;"total"=0};
+    "vcdb_seat"=@{"name"="/storage/seat";"used"=0;"total"=0};
+    "vcdb_transaction_log"=@{"name"="/storage/dblog";"used"=0;"total"=0}
+    }
+
+    $querySpec.interval = "DAY1"
+    $querySpec.function = "MAX"
+    $querySpec.start_time = ((get-date).AddDays(-1))
+    $querySpec.end_time = (Get-Date)
+    $queryResults = $monitoringAPI.query($querySpec) | Select * -ExcludeProperty Help
+
+    foreach ($queryResult in $queryResults) {
+        # Update hash if its used storage results
+        if($queryResult.name -match "used") {
+            $key = (($queryResult.name).toString()).split(".")[-1]
+            $value = [Math]::Round([int]($queryResult.data[1]).toString()/1MB,2)
+            $storageStats[$key]["used"] = $value
+        # Update hash if its total storage results
+        } else {
+            $key = (($queryResult.name).toString()).split(".")[-1]
+            $value = [Math]::Round([int]($queryResult.data[1]).toString()/1MB,2)
+            $storageStats[$key]["total"] = $value
+        }
+    }
+
+    $storageResults = @()
+    foreach ($key in $storageStats.keys | Sort-Object -Property name) {
+        $statResult = [pscustomobject] @{
+            Filesystem = $storageStats[$key].name;
+            Used = $storageStats[$key].used;
+            Total = $storageStats[$key].total
+        }
+        $storageResults += $statResult
+    }
+    $storageResults
+}
+
+Function Get-VAMIService {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+     Created by:    William Lam
+     Organization:  VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+    .SYNOPSIS
+        This function retrieves list of services in VAMI interface (5480)
+        for a VCSA node which can be an Embedded VCSA, External PSC or External VCSA.
+    .DESCRIPTION
+        Function to return list of services and their description
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Connect-CisServer -Server 192.168.1.51 -User administrator@vsphere.local -Password VMware1!
+        Get-VAMIService
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Get-VAMIService -Name rbd
+#>
+    param(
+        [Parameter(
+            Mandatory=$false,
+            ValueFromPipeline=$true,
+            ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)
+        ]
+        [String]$Name
+    )
+
+    if($Name -ne "") {
+        $vMonAPI = Get-CisService 'com.vmware.appliance.vmon.service'
+
+        try {
+            $serviceStatus = $vMonAPI.get($name,0)
+            $serviceString = [pscustomobject] @{
+                Name = $name;
+                State = $serviceStatus.state;
+                Health = "";
+                Startup = $serviceStatus.startup_type
+            }
+            if($serviceStatus.health -eq $null) { $serviceString.Health = "N/A"} else { $serviceString.Health = $serviceStatus.health }
+            $serviceString
+        } catch {
+            Write-Error $Error[0].exception.Message
+        }
+    } else {
+        $vMonAPI = Get-CisService 'com.vmware.appliance.vmon.service'
+        $services = $vMonAPI.list_details()
+
+        $serviceResult = @()
+        foreach ($key in $services.keys | Sort-Object -Property Value) {
+            $serviceString = [pscustomobject] @{
+                Name = $key;
+                State =  $services[$key].state;
+                Health = "N/A";
+                Startup = $services[$key].Startup_type
+            }
+            if($services[$key].health -eq $null) { $serviceString.Health = "N/A"} else { $serviceString.Health = $services[$key].health }
+
+            $serviceResult += $serviceString
+        }
+        $serviceResult
+    }
+}
+
+Function Start-VAMIService {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+     Created by:    William Lam
+     Organization:  VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+    .SYNOPSIS
+        This function retrieves list of services in VAMI interface (5480)
+        for a VCSA node which can be an Embedded VCSA, External PSC or External VCSA.
+    .DESCRIPTION
+        Function to return list of services and their description
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Connect-CisServer -Server 192.168.1.51 -User administrator@vsphere.local -Password VMware1!
+        Start-VAMIService -Name rbd
+#>
+    param(
+        [Parameter(
+            Mandatory=$true,
+            ValueFromPipeline=$true,
+            ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)
+        ]
+        [String]$Name
+    )
+
+    $vMonAPI = Get-CisService 'com.vmware.appliance.vmon.service'
+
+    try {
+        Write-Host "Starting $name service ..."
+        $vMonAPI.start($name)
+    } catch {
+        Write-Error $Error[0].exception.Message
+    }
+}
+
+Function Stop-VAMIService {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+     Created by:    William Lam
+     Organization:  VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+    .SYNOPSIS
+        This function retrieves list of services in VAMI interface (5480)
+        for a VCSA node which can be an Embedded VCSA, External PSC or External VCSA.
+    .DESCRIPTION
+        Function to return list of services and their description
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Connect-CisServer -Server 192.168.1.51 -User administrator@vsphere.local -Password VMware1!
+        Stop-VAMIService -Name rbd
+#>
+    param(
+        [Parameter(
+            Mandatory=$true,
+            ValueFromPipeline=$true,
+            ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)
+        ]
+        [String]$Name
+    )
+
+    $vMonAPI = Get-CisService 'com.vmware.appliance.vmon.service'
+
+    try {
+        Write-Host "Stopping $name service ..."
+        $vMonAPI.stop($name)
+    } catch {
+        Write-Error $Error[0].exception.Message
+    }
+}
+
+Function Get-VAMIBackupSize {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+     Created by:    William Lam
+     Organization:  VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+	.SYNOPSIS
+		This function retrieves the backup size of the VCSA from VAMI interface (5480)
+        for a VCSA node which can be an Embedded VCSA, External PSC or External VCSA.
+	.DESCRIPTION
+		Function to return the current backup size of the VCSA (common and core data)
+	.EXAMPLE
+        Connect-CisServer -Server 192.168.1.51 -User administrator@vsphere.local -Password VMware1!
+        Get-VAMIBackupSize
+#>
+    $recoveryAPI = Get-CisService 'com.vmware.appliance.recovery.backup.parts'
+    $backupParts = $recoveryAPI.list() | select id
+
+    $estimateBackupSize = 0
+    $backupPartSizes = ""
+    foreach ($backupPart in $backupParts) {
+        $partId = $backupPart.id.value
+        $partSize = $recoveryAPI.get($partId)
+        $estimateBackupSize += $partSize
+        $backupPartSizes += $partId + " data is " + $partSize + " MB`n"
+    }
+
+    Write-Host "Estimated Backup Size: $estimateBackupSize MB"
+    Write-Host $backupPartSizes
+}
+
+Function Get-VAMIUser {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+     Created by:    William Lam
+     Organization:  VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+	.SYNOPSIS
+		This function retrieves VAMI local users using VAMI interface (5480)
+        for a VCSA node which can be an Embedded VCSA, External PSC or External VCSA.
+	.DESCRIPTION
+		Function to retrieve VAMI local users
+	.EXAMPLE
+        Connect-CisServer -Server 192.168.1.51 -User administrator@vsphere.local -Password VMware1!
+        Get-VAMIUser
+#>
+    param(
+        [Parameter(
+            Mandatory=$false,
+            ValueFromPipeline=$true,
+            ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)
+        ]
+        [String]$Name
+    )
+
+    $userAPI = Get-CisService 'com.vmware.appliance.techpreview.localaccounts.user'
+
+    $userResults = @()
+
+    if($Name -ne "") {
+        try {
+            $user = $userAPI.get($name)
+
+            $userString = [pscustomobject] @{
+                User = $user.username
+                Name = $user.fullname
+                Email = $user.email
+                Status = $user.status
+                PasswordStatus = $user.passwordstatus
+                Role = $user.role
+            }
+            $userResults += $userString
+        } catch {
+            Write-Error $Error[0].exception.Message
+        }
+    } else {
+        $users = $userAPI.list()
+
+        foreach ($user in $users) {
+            $userString = [pscustomobject] @{
+                User = $user.username
+                Name = $user.fullname
+                Email = $user.email
+                Status = $user.status
+                PasswordStatus = $user.passwordstatus
+                Role = $user.role
+            }
+            $userResults += $userString
+        }
+    }
+    $userResults
+}
+
+Function New-VAMIUser {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+     Created by:    William Lam
+     Organization:  VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+	.SYNOPSIS
+		This function to create new VAMI local user using VAMI interface (5480)
+        for a VCSA node which can be an Embedded VCSA, External PSC or External VCSA.
+	.DESCRIPTION
+		Function to create a new VAMI local user
+	.EXAMPLE
+        Connect-CisServer -Server 192.168.1.51 -User administrator@vsphere.local -Password VMware1!
+        New-VAMIUser -name lamw -fullname "William Lam" -role "operator" -email "lamw@virtuallyghetto.com" -password "VMware1!"
+#>
+    param(
+        [Parameter(
+            Mandatory=$true)
+        ]
+        [String]$name,
+        [Parameter(
+            Mandatory=$true)
+        ]
+        [String]$fullname,
+        [Parameter(
+            Mandatory=$true)
+        ]
+        [ValidateSet("admin","operator","superAdmin")][String]$role,
+        [Parameter(
+            Mandatory=$false)
+        ]
+        [String]$email="",
+        [Parameter(
+            Mandatory=$true)
+        ]
+        [String]$password
+    )
+
+    $userAPI = Get-CisService 'com.vmware.appliance.techpreview.localaccounts.user'
+    $createSpec = $userAPI.Help.add.config.CreateExample()
+
+    $createSpec.username = $name
+    $createSpec.fullname = $fullname
+    $createSpec.role = $role
+    $createSpec.email = $email
+    $createSpec.password = [VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core.Types.V1.Secret]$password
+
+    try {
+        Write-Host "Creating new user $name ..."
+        $userAPI.add($createSpec)
+    } catch {
+        Write-Error $Error[0].exception.Message
+    }
+}
+
+Function Remove-VAMIUser {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+     Created by:    William Lam
+     Organization:  VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+	===========================================================================
+	.SYNOPSIS
+		This function to remove VAMI local user using VAMI interface (5480)
+        for a VCSA node which can be an Embedded VCSA, External PSC or External VCSA.
+	.DESCRIPTION
+		Function to remove VAMI local user
+	.EXAMPLE
+        Connect-CisServer -Server 192.168.1.51 -User administrator@vsphere.local -Password VMware1!
+        Get-VAMIAccess
+#>
+    param(
+        [Parameter(
+            Mandatory=$true)
+        ]
+        [String]$name,
+        [Parameter(
+            Mandatory=$false)
+        ]
+        [boolean]$confirm=$false
+    )
+
+    if(!$confirm) {
+        $answer = Read-Host -Prompt "Do you want to delete user $name (Y or N)"
+        if($answer -eq "Y" -or $answer -eq "y") {
+            $userAPI = Get-CisService 'com.vmware.appliance.techpreview.localaccounts.user'
+
+            try {
+                Write-Host "Deleting user $name ..."
+                $userAPI.delete($name)
+            } catch {
+                Write-Error $Error[0].exception.Message
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

Modules/VMware.Hv.Helper/Json/Farm/AutomatedInstantCloneFarm.json

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+{
+    "Type":  "AUTOMATED",
+    "Data":  {
+                 "Name":  "ICFarmJson",
+                 "DisplayName":  "FarmJsonTest",
+                 "AccessGroup":  "Root",
+                 "Description":  "created IC Farm from PS via JSON",
+                 "Enabled":  null,
+                 "Deleting":  false,
+                 "Settings":  {
+								"DisconnectedSessionTimeoutPolicy" : "NEVER",
+								"DisconnectedSessionTimeoutMinutes" : 1,
+								"EmptySessionTimeoutPolicy" : "AFTER",
+								"EmptySessionTimeoutMinutes" : 1,
+								"LogoffAfterTimeout" : false
+							  },
+                 "Desktop":  null,
+                 "DisplayProtocolSettings":  {
+												"DefaultDisplayProtocol" : "PCOIP",
+												"AllowDisplayProtocolOverride" : false,
+												"EnableHTMLAccess" : false
+											 },
+                 "ServerErrorThreshold":  null,
+                 "MirageConfigurationOverrides":  {
+													"OverrideGlobalSetting" : false,
+													"Enabled" : false,
+													"Url" : null
+												  }
+             },
+    "AutomatedFarmSpec":  {
+                              "ProvisioningType":  "INSTANT_CLONE_ENGINE",
+                              "VirtualCenter":  null,
+                              "RdsServerNamingSpec":  {
+                                                          "NamingMethod":  "PATTERN",
+                                                          "PatternNamingSettings":  {
+                                                                                        "NamingPattern":  "ICFarmVMPS",
+                                                                                        "MaxNumberOfRDSServers":  1
+                                                                                    }
+                                                      },
+                              "VirtualCenterProvisioningSettings":  {
+                                                                        "EnableProvisioning":  true,
+                                                                        "StopProvisioningOnError":  true,
+                                                                        "MinReadyVMsOnVComposerMaintenance":  0,
+                                                                        "VirtualCenterProvisioningData":  {
+                                                                                                              "ParentVm":  "vm-rdsh-ic",
+                                                                                                              "Snapshot":  "snap_5",
+                                                                                                              "Datacenter":  null,
+                                                                                                              "VmFolder":  "Instant_Clone_VMs",
+                                                                                                              "HostOrCluster":  "vimal-cluster",
+                                                                                                              "ResourcePool":  "vimal-cluster"
+                                                                                                          },
+                                                                        "VirtualCenterStorageSettings":  {
+                                                                                                             "Datastores":  [
+                                                                                                                                {
+                                                                                                                                    "Datastore":  "Datastore1",
+                                                                                                                                    "StorageOvercommit":  "UNBOUNDED"
+                                                                                                                                }
+                                                                                                                            ],
+                                                                                                             "UseVSan":  false,
+                                                                                                             "ViewComposerStorageSettings":  {
+                                                                                                                                                 "UseSeparateDatastoresReplicaAndOSDisks":  false,
+                                                                                                                                                 "ReplicaDiskDatastore":  null,
+                                                                                                                                                 "UseNativeSnapshots":  false,
+                                                                                                                                                 "SpaceReclamationSettings":  {
+                                                                                                                                                                                  "ReclaimVmDiskSpace":  false,
+                                                                                                                                                                                  "ReclamationThresholdGB":  null,
+                                                                                                                                                                                  "BlackoutTimes":  null
+                                                                                                                                                                              }
+                                                                                                                                             }
+                                                                                                         },
+                                                                        "VirtualCenterNetworkingSettings":  {
+                                                                                                                "Nics":  null
+                                                                                                            }
+                                                                    },
+                              "VirtualCenterManagedCommonSettings":  {
+                                                                         "TransparentPageSharingScope":  "VM"
+                                                                     },
+                              "CustomizationSettings":  {
+                                                            "CustomizationType":  "CLONE_PREP",
+                                                            "DomainAdministrator":  null,
+                                                            "AdContainer":  "CN=Computers",
+                                                            "ReusePreExistingAccounts":  false,
+                                                            "ClonePrepCustomizationSettings":  {
+                                                                                                      "InstantCloneEngineDomainAdministrator":  null,
+                                                                                                      "PowerOffScriptName":  null,
+                                                                                                      "PowerOffScriptParameters":  null,
+                                                                                                      "PostSynchronizationScriptName":  null,
+                                                                                                      "PostSynchronizationScriptParameters":  null
+                                                                                             }
+                                                        },
+                              "RdsServerMaxSessionsData":  {
+                                                               "MaxSessionsType":  "UNLIMITED",
+                                                               "MaxSessions":  null
+                                                           }
+                          },
+    "ManualFarmSpec":  null,
+    "NetBiosName" : "ad-vimalg"
+}

Modules/VMware.Hv.Helper/Json/Farm/AutomatedLinkedCloneFarm.json

@@ -1,17 +1,31 @@
 {
     "Type":  "AUTOMATED",
     "Data":  {
-                 "Name":  "LCFarmTest",
+                 "Name":  "LCFarmJson",
-                 "DisplayName":  "Ankit LC Farm Test",
+                 "DisplayName":  "FarmJsonTest",
                  "AccessGroup":  "Root",
-                 "Description":  "created LC Farm from PS",
+                 "Description":  "created LC Farm from PS via JSON",
                  "Enabled":  null,
                  "Deleting":  false,
-                 "Settings":  null,
+                 "Settings":  {
+								"DisconnectedSessionTimeoutPolicy" : "NEVER",
+								"DisconnectedSessionTimeoutMinutes" : 1,
+								"EmptySessionTimeoutPolicy" : "AFTER",
+								"EmptySessionTimeoutMinutes" : 1,
+								"LogoffAfterTimeout" : false
+							  },
                  "Desktop":  null,
-                 "DisplayProtocolSettings":  null,
+                 "DisplayProtocolSettings":  {
+												"DefaultDisplayProtocol" : "PCOIP",
+												"AllowDisplayProtocolOverride" : false,
+												"EnableHTMLAccess" : false
+											 },
                  "ServerErrorThreshold":  null,
-                 "MirageConfigurationOverrides":  null
+                 "MirageConfigurationOverrides":  {
+													"OverrideGlobalSetting" : false,
+													"Enabled" : false,
+													"Url" : null
+												  }
              },
     "AutomatedFarmSpec":  {
                               "ProvisioningType":  "VIEW_COMPOSER",
@@ -19,7 +33,7 @@
                               "RdsServerNamingSpec":  {
                                                           "NamingMethod":  "PATTERN",
                                                           "PatternNamingSettings":  {
-                                                                                        "NamingPattern":  "LCFarmVM_PS",
+                                                                                        "NamingPattern":  "LCFarmVMPS",
                                                                                         "MaxNumberOfRDSServers":  1
                                                                                     }
                                                       },
@@ -28,17 +42,17 @@
                                                                         "StopProvisioningOnError":  true,
                                                                         "MinReadyVMsOnVComposerMaintenance":  0,
                                                                         "VirtualCenterProvisioningData":  {
-                                                                                                              "ParentVm":  "Win_Server_2012_R2",
+                                                                                                              "ParentVm":  "RDSServer",
-                                                                                                              "Snapshot":  "Snap_RDS",
+                                                                                                              "Snapshot":  "RDS_SNAP1",
                                                                                                               "Datacenter":  null,
-                                                                                                              "VmFolder":  "AnkitPoolVM",
+                                                                                                              "VmFolder":  "Praveen",
-                                                                                                              "HostOrCluster":  "cls",
+                                                                                                              "HostOrCluster":  "CS-1",
-                                                                                                              "ResourcePool":  "cls"
+                                                                                                              "ResourcePool":  "CS-1"
                                                                                                           },
                                                                         "VirtualCenterStorageSettings":  {
                                                                                                              "Datastores":  [
                                                                                                                                 {
-                                                                                                                                    "Datastore":  "datastore1 (5)",
+                                                                                                                                    "Datastore":  "Datastore1",
                                                                                                                                     "StorageOvercommit":  "UNBOUNDED"
                                                                                                                                 }
                                                                                                                             ],
@@ -67,7 +81,7 @@
                                                             "AdContainer":  "CN=Computers",
                                                             "ReusePreExistingAccounts":  false,
                                                             "SysprepCustomizationSettings":  {
-                                                                                                 "CustomizationSpec":  "RDSH_Cust2"
+                                                                                                 "CustomizationSpec":  "PraveenCust"
                                                                                              }
                                                         },
                               "RdsServerMaxSessionsData":  {
@@ -76,5 +90,5 @@
                                                            }
                           },
     "ManualFarmSpec":  null,
-    "NetBiosName" : "adankit"
+    "NetBiosName" : "adviewdev"
 }

Modules/VMware.Hv.Helper/Json/Farm/ManualFarm.json

@@ -7,17 +7,31 @@
                  "Description":  "Manual PS Test",
                  "Enabled":  null,
                  "Deleting":  false,
-                 "Settings":  null,
+                 "Settings":  {
+								"DisconnectedSessionTimeoutPolicy" : "NEVER",
+								"DisconnectedSessionTimeoutMinutes" : 1,
+								"EmptySessionTimeoutPolicy" : "AFTER",
+								"EmptySessionTimeoutMinutes" : 1,
+								"LogoffAfterTimeout" : false
+							  },
                  "Desktop":  null,
-                 "DisplayProtocolSettings":  null,
+                 "DisplayProtocolSettings":  {
+												"DefaultDisplayProtocol" : "PCOIP",
+												"AllowDisplayProtocolOverride" : false,
+												"EnableHTMLAccess" : false
+											 },
                  "ServerErrorThreshold":  null,
-                 "MirageConfigurationOverrides":  null
+                 "MirageConfigurationOverrides":  {
+													"OverrideGlobalSetting" : false,
+													"Enabled" : false,
+													"Url" : null
+												  }
              },
     "AutomatedFarmSpec":  null,
     "ManualFarmSpec":  {
                            "RdsServers":  [
                                               {
-                                                  "rdsServer": "WIN-ORKA1Q8B0P7"
+                                                  "rdsServer": "RDSServer.adviewdev.eng.vmware.com"
                                               }
                                           ]
                        }

Modules/VMware.Hv.Helper/Json/Pool/FullClone.json

@@ -5,7 +5,44 @@
                  "AccessGroup":  "Root",
                  "Description":  "create full clone via JSON"
              },
-    "DesktopSettings":  null,
+    "DesktopSettings":  {
+							"enabled": true,
+							"deleting": false,
+							"connectionServerRestrictions": null,
+							"logoffSettings":  {
+													"powerPolicy": "TAKE_NO_POWER_ACTION",
+													"automaticLogoffPolicy": "NEVER",
+													"automaticLogoffMinutes": 120,
+													"allowUsersToResetMachines": false,
+													"allowMultipleSessionsPerUser": false,
+													"deleteOrRefreshMachineAfterLogoff": "NEVER",
+													"refreshOsDiskAfterLogoff": "NEVER",
+													"refreshPeriodDaysForReplicaOsDisk": 5,
+													"refreshThresholdPercentageForReplicaOsDisk": 10
+											   },
+							"displayProtocolSettings": {
+															"supportedDisplayProtocols": ["PCOIP", "BLAST" ],
+															"defaultDisplayProtocol": "BLAST",
+															"allowUsersToChooseProtocol": true,
+															"pcoipDisplaySettings": {
+																						"renderer3D": "DISABLED",
+																						"enableGRIDvGPUs": false,
+																						"vRamSizeMB": 96,
+																						"maxNumberOfMonitors": 3,
+																						"maxResolutionOfAnyOneMonitor": "WSXGA_PLUS"
+																					},
+															"enableHTMLAccess": true
+													   },
+							"flashSettings": {
+												"quality": "NO_CONTROL",
+												"throttling": "DISABLED"
+											 },
+							"mirageConfigurationOverrides": {
+																"overrideGlobalSetting": false,
+																"enabled": false,
+																"url": false
+															}
+	                    },
     "Type":  "AUTOMATED",
     "AutomatedDesktopSpec":  {
                                  "ProvisioningType":  "VIRTUAL_CENTER",
@@ -69,7 +106,7 @@
                                                                "NoCustomizationSettings":  {
                                                                                                "DoNotPowerOnVMsAfterCreation":  false
                                                                                            },
-                                                               "SysprepCustomizationSettings":  null,
+                                                               "SysprepCustomizationSettings":  {"customizationSpec" : "praveencust"},
                                                                "QuickprepCustomizationSettings":  null,
                                                                "CloneprepCustomizationSettings":  null
                                                            }
@@ -77,6 +114,5 @@
     "ManualDesktopSpec":  null,
     "RdsDesktopSpec":  null,
     "GlobalEntitlementData":  null,
-    "NetBiosName" : "adviewdev",
+    "NetBiosName" : "adviewdev"
-    "SysPrepName" : "praveencust"
 }

Modules/VMware.Hv.Helper/Json/Pool/InstantClone.json

@@ -5,7 +5,44 @@
                  "AccessGroup":  "ROOT",
                  "Description":  "create instant pool"
              },
-    "DesktopSettings":  null,
+    "DesktopSettings":  {
+							"enabled": true,
+							"deleting": false,
+							"connectionServerRestrictions": null,
+							"logoffSettings":  {
+													"powerPolicy": "ALWAYS_POWERED_ON",
+													"automaticLogoffPolicy": "NEVER",
+													"automaticLogoffMinutes": 120,
+													"allowUsersToResetMachines": false,
+													"allowMultipleSessionsPerUser": false,
+													"deleteOrRefreshMachineAfterLogoff": "DELETE",
+													"refreshOsDiskAfterLogoff": "NEVER",
+													"refreshPeriodDaysForReplicaOsDisk": 5,
+													"refreshThresholdPercentageForReplicaOsDisk": 10
+											   },
+							"displayProtocolSettings": {
+															"supportedDisplayProtocols": ["PCOIP", "BLAST" ],
+															"defaultDisplayProtocol": "BLAST",
+															"allowUsersToChooseProtocol": true,
+															"pcoipDisplaySettings": {
+																						"renderer3D": "DISABLED",
+																						"enableGRIDvGPUs": false,
+																						"vRamSizeMB": 96,
+																						"maxNumberOfMonitors": 3,
+																						"maxResolutionOfAnyOneMonitor": "WSXGA_PLUS"
+																					},
+															"enableHTMLAccess": true
+													   },
+							"flashSettings": {
+												"quality": "NO_CONTROL",
+												"throttling": "DISABLED"
+											 },
+							"mirageConfigurationOverrides": {
+																"overrideGlobalSetting": false,
+																"enabled": false,
+																"url": false
+															}
+	                    },
     "Type":  "AUTOMATED",
     "AutomatedDesktopSpec":  {
                                  "ProvisioningType":  "INSTANT_CLONE_ENGINE",

Modules/VMware.Hv.Helper/Json/Pool/LinkedClone.json

@@ -5,7 +5,44 @@
                  "AccessGroup":  "Root",
                  "Description":  "created linkedclone pool from ps"
              },
-    "DesktopSettings":  null,
+    "DesktopSettings":  {
+							"enabled": true,
+							"deleting": false,
+							"connectionServerRestrictions": null,
+							"logoffSettings":  {
+													"powerPolicy": "TAKE_NO_POWER_ACTION",
+													"automaticLogoffPolicy": "NEVER",
+													"automaticLogoffMinutes": 120,
+													"allowUsersToResetMachines": false,
+													"allowMultipleSessionsPerUser": false,
+													"deleteOrRefreshMachineAfterLogoff": "NEVER",
+													"refreshOsDiskAfterLogoff": "NEVER",
+													"refreshPeriodDaysForReplicaOsDisk": 5,
+													"refreshThresholdPercentageForReplicaOsDisk": 10
+											   },
+							"displayProtocolSettings": {
+															"supportedDisplayProtocols": ["RDP","PCOIP", "BLAST" ],
+															"defaultDisplayProtocol": "PCOIP",
+															"allowUsersToChooseProtocol": true,
+															"pcoipDisplaySettings": {
+																						"renderer3D": "DISABLED",
+																						"enableGRIDvGPUs": false,
+																						"vRamSizeMB": 96,
+																						"maxNumberOfMonitors": 3,
+																						"maxResolutionOfAnyOneMonitor": "WSXGA_PLUS"
+																					},
+															"enableHTMLAccess": true
+													   },
+							"flashSettings": {
+												"quality": "NO_CONTROL",
+												"throttling": "DISABLED"
+											 },
+							"mirageConfigurationOverrides": {
+																"overrideGlobalSetting": false,
+																"enabled": false,
+																"url": null
+															}
+	                    },
     "Type":  "AUTOMATED",
     "AutomatedDesktopSpec":  {
                                  "ProvisioningType":  "VIEW_COMPOSER",
@@ -33,7 +70,7 @@
                                                                                                                  "Template":  null,
                                                                                                                  "ParentVm":  "Agent_pra",
                                                                                                                  "Snapshot":  "kb-hotfix",
-                                                                                                                 "Datacenter":  null,
+                                                                                                                 "Datacenter":  "Dev-Dc",
                                                                                                                  "VmFolder":  "Praveen",
                                                                                                                  "HostOrCluster":  "CS-1",
                                                                                                                  "ResourcePool":  "CS-1"
@@ -52,7 +89,8 @@
                                                                                                                                                     "UseNativeSnapshots":  false,
                                                                                                                                                     "SpaceReclamationSettings":  {
                                                                                                                                                                                      "ReclaimVmDiskSpace":  false,
-                                                                                                                                                                                     "ReclamationThresholdGB":  null
+                                                                                                                                                                                     "ReclamationThresholdGB":  null,
+																																													"BlackoutTimes" : null
                                                                                                                                                                                  },
                                                                                                                                                     "PersistentDiskSettings":  {
                                                                                                                                                                                    "RedirectWindowsProfile":  false,
@@ -75,19 +113,31 @@
                                                                                                                                                    }
                                                                                                             },
                                                                            "VirtualCenterNetworkingSettings":  {
-                                                                                                                   "Nics":  null
+                                                                                                                   "Nics":  [
+                                                                                                                                   {
+                                                                                                                                       "Nic":  "nicName",
+                                                                                                                                       "NetworkLabelAssignmentSpecs":  [
+									{
+										"Enabled" : false,
+										"networkLabel" : null,
+										"maxLabelType" : null,
+										"maxLabel" : null
+									}
+								]
+                                                                                                                                   }
+                                                                                                                               ]
                                                                                                                }
                                                                        },
                                  "VirtualCenterManagedCommonSettings":  {
                                                                             "TransparentPageSharingScope":  "VM"
                                                                         },
                                  "CustomizationSettings":  {
-                                                               "CustomizationType":  "QUICK_PREP",
+                                                               "CustomizationType":  "SYS_PREP",
-                                                               "DomainAdministrator":  null,
+                                                               "DomainAdministrator":  "administrator",
                                                                "AdContainer":  "CN=Computers",
                                                                "ReusePreExistingAccounts":  false,
                                                                "NoCustomizationSettings":  null,
-                                                               "SysprepCustomizationSettings":  null,
+                                                               "SysprepCustomizationSettings":  {"customizationSpec" : "praveencust"},
                                                                "QuickprepCustomizationSettings":  {
                                                                                                       "PowerOffScriptName":  null,
                                                                                                       "PowerOffScriptParameters":  null,
@@ -99,7 +149,6 @@
                              },
     "ManualDesktopSpec":  null,
     "RdsDesktopSpec":  null,
-    "GlobalEntitlementData":  null,
+    "GlobalEntitlementData": null,
-    "NetBiosName" : "adviewdev",
+    "NetBiosName" : "adviewdev"
-    "SysPrepName" : "praveencust"
 }

Modules/VMware.Hv.Helper/Json/Pool/ManualSpec.json

@@ -5,7 +5,44 @@
                  "AccessGroup":  "ROOT",
                  "Description":  "Manual pool creation"
              },
-    "DesktopSettings":  null,
+    "DesktopSettings":  {
+							"enabled": true,
+							"deleting": false,
+							"connectionServerRestrictions": null,
+							"logoffSettings":  {
+													"powerPolicy": "TAKE_NO_POWER_ACTION",
+													"automaticLogoffPolicy": "NEVER",
+													"automaticLogoffMinutes": 120,
+													"allowUsersToResetMachines": false,
+													"allowMultipleSessionsPerUser": false,
+													"deleteOrRefreshMachineAfterLogoff": "NEVER",
+													"refreshOsDiskAfterLogoff": "NEVER",
+													"refreshPeriodDaysForReplicaOsDisk": 5,
+													"refreshThresholdPercentageForReplicaOsDisk": 10
+											   },
+							"displayProtocolSettings": {
+															"supportedDisplayProtocols": ["PCOIP", "BLAST" ],
+															"defaultDisplayProtocol": "BLAST",
+															"allowUsersToChooseProtocol": true,
+															"pcoipDisplaySettings": {
+																						"renderer3D": "DISABLED",
+																						"enableGRIDvGPUs": false,
+																						"vRamSizeMB": 96,
+																						"maxNumberOfMonitors": 3,
+																						"maxResolutionOfAnyOneMonitor": "WSXGA_PLUS"
+																					},
+															"enableHTMLAccess": true
+													   },
+							"flashSettings": {
+												"quality": "NO_CONTROL",
+												"throttling": "DISABLED"
+											 },
+							"mirageConfigurationOverrides": {
+																"overrideGlobalSetting": false,
+																"enabled": false,
+																"url": false
+															}
+	                    },
     "Type":  "MANUAL",
     "AutomatedDesktopSpec":  null,
     "ManualDesktopSpec":  {
@@ -16,7 +53,7 @@
                               "Source":  "VIRTUAL_CENTER",
                               "Machines":  [
                                                {
-                                                  "Machine" : "PowerCLI-VM"
+                                                  "Machine" : "Praveen_Agent"
                                                }
                                            ],
                               "VirtualCenter":  null,
@@ -32,4 +69,5 @@
                           },
     "RdsDesktopSpec":  null,
     "GlobalEntitlementData":  null
+                
 }

Modules/VMware.Hv.Helper/Json/Pool/RdsSpec.json

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+    "Base":  {
+                 "Name" : "RdsJson",
+                 "DisplayName":  "TestRDSPS",
+                 "AccessGroup":  "Root",
+                 "Description":  "Testing PS"
+             },
+    "DesktopSettings":  {
+							"enabled": true,
+							"deleting": false,
+							"connectionServerRestrictions": null,
+							"logoffSettings":  null,
+							"displayProtocolSettings": null,
+							"flashSettings": {
+												"quality": "NO_CONTROL",
+												"throttling": "DISABLED"
+											 },
+							"mirageConfigurationOverrides": null
+	                    },
+    "Type":  "RDS",
+    "AutomatedDesktopSpec":  null,
+    "ManualDesktopSpec":  null,
+    "RdsDesktopSpec":  {
+                           "Farm":  "test1"
+                       },
+    "GlobalEntitlementData":  null
+}

Modules/VMware.Hv.Helper/New-HVPool/RdsSpec.json

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "Base":  {
-                 "Name" : "RdsJson",
-                 "DisplayName":  "TestRDSPS",
-                 "AccessGroup":  "Root",
-                 "Description":  "Testing PS"
-             },
-    "DesktopSettings":  null,
-    "Type":  "RDS",
-    "AutomatedDesktopSpec":  null,
-    "ManualDesktopSpec":  null,
-    "RdsDesktopSpec":  {
-                           "Farm":  "Farm2"
-                       },
-    "GlobalEntitlementData":  null
-}

Modules/VMware.Hv.Helper/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Prerequisites/Steps to use this module:
+
+1. This module only works for Horizon product E.g. Horizon 7.0.2 and later.
+2. Install the latest version of Powershell, PowerCLI(6.5) or (later version via psgallery).
+3. Import HorizonView module by running: Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.HorizonView.
+4. Import "VMware.Hv.Helper" module by running: Import-Module -Name "location of this module" or Get-Module -ListAvailable 'VMware.Hv.Helper' | Import-Module.
+5. Get-Command -Module "This module Name" to list all available functions or Get-Command -Module 'VMware.Hv.Helper'.
+
+# Example script to connect view API service of Connection Server:
+
+Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.HorizonView
+# Connection to view API service
+$hvServer = Connect-HVServer -server <connection server IP/FQDN>
+$hvServices = $hvserver.ExtensionData
+$csList = $hvServices.ConnectionServer.ConnectionServer_List()
+# Load this module
+Get-Module -ListAvailable 'VMware.Hv.Helper' | Import-Module
+Get-Command -Module 'VMware.Hv.Helper'
+# Use advanced functions of this module
+New-HVPool -spec 'path to InstantClone.json file'

Modules/VMware.Hv.Helper/VMware.HV.Helper.format.ps1xml

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 						  <TableColumnHeader>
                               <Width>16</Width>
 							  <Label>User Assignment</Label>
+                          </TableColumnHeader>
+						  <TableColumnHeader>
+                              <Width>8</Width>
+							  <Label>Entitled</Label>
                           </TableColumnHeader>
 						  <TableColumnHeader>
                               <Width>7</Width>
@@ -56,10 +60,23 @@
 								  <TableColumnItem>
                                       <ScriptBlock>$_.desktopSummaryData.userAssignment</ScriptBlock>
                                   </TableColumnItem>
-									<TableColumnItem>
+								  <TableColumnItem>
+                                      <ScriptBlock>
+									    $filterContains = Get-HVQueryFilter localData.desktops -contains ([VMware.Hv.DesktopId[]]$_.id)
+                                        $GlobalfilterContains = Get-HVQueryFilter localData.desktops -contains ([VMware.Hv.DesktopId[]]$_.id)
+                                        Try {   
+                                          $results += Get-HVQueryResult -EntityType EntitledUserOrGroupLocalSummaryView -Filter $filterContains
+                                          $results += Get-HVQueryResult -EntityType EntitledUserOrGroupGlobalSummaryView -Filter $GlobalfilterContains
+                                        } Catch {
+                                          #Do nothing  
+                                        }
+                                        $results.length
+									  </ScriptBlock>
+                                  </TableColumnItem>
+								  <TableColumnItem>
                                       <ScriptBlock>$_.desktopSummaryData.enabled</ScriptBlock>
                                   </TableColumnItem>
-								  	<TableColumnItem>
+								  <TableColumnItem>
                                       <ScriptBlock>$_.desktopSummaryData.numSessions</ScriptBlock>
                                   </TableColumnItem>
                               </TableColumnItems>
@@ -97,6 +114,20 @@
 						  <ScriptBlock>$_.desktopSummaryData.userAssignment</ScriptBlock>
 						  </ListItem>
 						  <ListItem>
+						  <Label>Entitled</Label>
+						  <ScriptBlock>
+						    $filterContains = Get-HVQueryFilter localData.desktops -contains ([VMware.Hv.DesktopId[]]$_.id)
+                            $GlobalfilterContains = Get-HVQueryFilter localData.desktops -contains ([VMware.Hv.DesktopId[]]$_.id)
+                            Try {   
+                              $results += Get-HVQueryResult -EntityType EntitledUserOrGroupLocalSummaryView -Filter $filterContains
+                              $results += Get-HVQueryResult -EntityType EntitledUserOrGroupGlobalSummaryView -Filter $GlobalfilterContains
+                            } Catch {
+                              #Do nothing  
+                            }
+                            $results.length
+						  </ScriptBlock>
+						  </ListItem>
+						  <ListItem>
 						  <Label>Enabled</Label>
 						  <ScriptBlock>$_.desktopSummaryData.enabled</ScriptBlock>
 						  </ListItem>

Modules/VMware.Hv.Helper/VMware.HV.Helper.psd1

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # RootModule = ''
 
 # Version number of this module.
-ModuleVersion = '1.0'
+ModuleVersion = '1.1'
 
 # ID used to uniquely identify this module
 GUID = '6d3f7fb5-4e52-43d8-91e1-f65f72532a1d'

Modules/VMware.VMEncryption/VMware.VMEncryption.psm1

@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ Function Set-vMotionEncryptionConfig {
         [Parameter(Mandatory=$True,ValueFromPipeline=$True,ValueFromPipelinebyPropertyName=$True)]
         [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.Inventory.VirtualMachine]$VM,
 
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$True]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
         [ValidateSet("disabled", "opportunistic", "required")]
         [String]$Encryption
     )

Pester/00 Test Connect-CISServer Connection to VC.Tests.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<#
+Script name: Test Connect-CISServer to VC.Tests.ps1
+Created on: 04/20/2017
+Author: Alan Renouf, @alanrenouf
+Description: The purpose of this pester test is to ensure the PowerCLI modules are imported and a connection can be made to a vCenter for the CIS Service
+Dependencies: Pester Module
+Example run:
+
+Invoke-Pester -Script @{ Path = '.\Test Connect-CISServer to VC.Tests.ps1'; Parameters = @{ VCNAME="VC01.local"; VCUSER="Administrator@vsphere.local"; VCPASS="Admin!23"} }
+
+#>
+
+$VCUSER = $Parameters.Get_Item("VCUSER")
+$VCPASS = $Parameters.Get_Item("VCPASS")
+$VCNAME = $Parameters.Get_Item("VCNAME")
+
+Describe "Checking PowerCLI Cmdlets available" {
+    $cmdletname = "Connect-CISServer"
+    It "Checking $cmdletname is available" {
+        $command = Get-Command $cmdletname
+        $command | Select Name, Version
+        $command.Name| Should Be $cmdletname
+    }
+}
+
+Describe "Connect-CISServer Tests" {
+
+    $connection = Connect-CISServer $VCName -User $VCUser -password $VCPass
+    It "Connection is active" {
+        $Global:DefaultCISServers[0].isconnected  | Should Be $true
+    }
+
+    It "Checking connected server name is $VCName" {
+        $Global:DefaultCISServers[0] | Select *
+        $Global:DefaultCISServers[0].name  | Should Be $VCName
+    }
+}

Pester/00 Test Connect-VIServer Connection to VC.Tests.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<#
+Script name: Test Connection to VC.ps1
+Created on: 07/15/2016
+Author: Alan Renouf, @alanrenouf
+Description: The purpose of this pester test is to ensure the PowerCLI modules are imported and a connection can be made to a vCenter
+Dependencies: Pester Module
+Example run:
+
+Invoke-Pester -Script @{ Path = '.\Test Connection to VC.Tests.ps1'; Parameters = @{ VCNAME="VC01.local"; VCUSER="Administrator@vsphere.local"; VCPASS="Admin!23"} }
+
+#>
+
+$VCUSER = $Parameters.Get_Item("VCUSER")
+$VCPASS = $Parameters.Get_Item("VCPASS")
+$VCNAME = $Parameters.Get_Item("VCNAME")
+
+Describe "Checking PowerCLI Cmdlets available" {
+    $cmdletname = "Connect-VIServer"
+    It "Checking $cmdletname is available" {
+        $command = Get-Command $cmdletname
+        $command | Select Name, Version
+        $command.Name| Should Be $cmdletname
+    }
+}
+
+Describe "Connect-VIServer Tests" {
+
+    $connection = Connect-VIServer $VCName -User $VCUser -password $VCPass
+    It "Connection is active" {
+        $Global:DefaultVIServer[0].isconnected  | Should Be $true
+    }
+
+    It "Checking connected server name is $VCName" {
+        $Global:DefaultVIServer[0].name  | Should Be $VCName
+    }
+}

Pester/Test Connection to VC.ps1

@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-<#
-Script name: Test Connection to VC.ps1
-Created on: 07/15/2016
-Author: Alan Renouf, @alanrenouf
-Description: The purpose of this pester test is to ensure the PowerCLI modules are imported and a connection and disconnection can be made to a vCenter
-Dependencies: Pester Module
-Example run:
-
-Invoke-Pester -Script @{ Path = '.\Test Connection to VC.ps1'; Parameters = @{ VCNAME="VC01.local"; VCUSER="Administrator@vsphere.local"; VCPASS="Admin!23"} }
-
-#>
-
-$VCUSER = $Parameters.Get_Item("VCUSER")
-$VCPASS = $Parameters.Get_Item("VCPASS")
-$VCNAME = $Parameters.Get_Item("VCNAME")
-
-Describe "PowerCLI Tests" {
-    It "Importing PowerCLI Modules" {
-        Get-Module VMware* | Foreach {
-        	Write-Host "Importing Module $($_.name) Version $($_.Version)"
-    	    $_ | Import-Module
-	        Get-Module $_ | Should Be $true
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-Describe "Connect-VIServer Tests" {
-
-    $connection = Connect-VIServer $VCName -User $VCUser -password $VCPass
-    It "Connection is active" {
-        $Global:DefaultVIServer[0].isconnected  | Should Be $true
-    }
-
-    It "Checking connected server name is $VCName" {
-        $Global:DefaultVIServer[0].name  | Should Be $VCName
-    }
-}
-
-Describe "Disconnect-VIServer Tests" {
-    It "Disconnect from $VCName" {
-        Disconnect-VIServer $VCName -confirm:$false
-        $Global:DefaultVIServer | Should Be $null
-    }
-}

Pester/Test Get-CISService.Tests.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<#
+Script name: Test Connect-CISService.Tests.ps1
+Created on: 04/20/2017
+Author: Alan Renouf, @alanrenouf
+Description: The purpose of this pester test is to ensure the CIS Service cmdlet works correctly
+Dependencies: Pester Module
+Example run:
+
+Invoke-Pester -Script @{ Path = '.\Test Get-CISService.ps1' }
+
+#>
+
+Describe "Checking PowerCLI Cmdlets available" {
+    $cmdletname = "Get-CISService"
+    It "Checking $cmdletname is available" {
+        $command = Get-Command $cmdletname
+        $command | Select Name, Version
+        $command.Name| Should Be $cmdletname
+    }
+}
+
+Describe "Get-CISService Tests for services" {
+
+    It "Checking CIS connection is active" {
+        $Global:DefaultCISServers[0].isconnected  | Should Be $true
+    }
+
+    It "Checking Get-CISService returns services" {
+        Get-CISService | Should Be $true
+    }
+
+    # Checking some known services which have a Get Method
+    $servicestocheck = "com.vmware.appliance.system.version", "com.vmware.appliance.health.system"
+    Foreach ($service in $servicestocheck) {
+        It "Checking $service get method returns data" {
+            Get-CisService -Name $service | Should Be $true
+            (Get-CisService -Name $service).get() | Should Be $true
+        }
+    }
+
+    # Checking some known services which have a List Method
+    $servicestocheck = "com.vmware.vcenter.folder", "com.vmware.vcenter.vm"
+    Foreach ($service in $servicestocheck) {
+        It "Checking $service list method returns data" {
+            Get-CisService -Name $service | Should Be $true
+            (Get-CisService -Name $service).list() | Should Be $true
+        }
+    }
+}

Pester/ZZ Test Disconnect-CISServer to VC.Tests.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<#
+Script name: Test Disconnect-CISServer to VC.Tests.ps1
+Created on: 04/20/2017
+Author: Alan Renouf, @alanrenouf
+Description: The purpose of this pester test is to ensure the Disconnect-CISServer cmdlet disconnects
+Dependencies: Pester Module
+Example run:
+
+Invoke-Pester -Script @{ Path = '.\Test Disconnect-CISServer to VC.Tests.ps1'; Parameters = @{ VCNAME="VC01.local" } }
+
+#>
+
+$VCNAME = $Parameters.Get_Item("VCNAME")
+
+Describe "Disconnect-CISServer Tests" {
+    It "Disconnect from $VCName" {
+        Disconnect-CISServer $VCName -confirm:$false
+        $Global:DefaultCISServers | Should Be $null
+    }
+}

Pester/ZZ Test Disconnect-VIServer to VC.Tests.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<#
+Script name: Test Disconnect-VIServer to VC.ps1
+Created on: 04/20/2017
+Author: Alan Renouf, @alanrenouf
+Description: The purpose of this pester test is to ensure the Disconnect-VIServer cmdlet disconnects
+Dependencies: Pester Module
+Example run:
+
+Invoke-Pester -Script @{ Path = '.\Test Disconnect-VISServer to VC.ps1'; Parameters = @{ VCNAME="VC01.local" } }
+
+#>
+
+$VCNAME = $Parameters.Get_Item("VCNAME")
+
+Describe "Disconnect-VIServer Tests" {
+    It "Disconnect from $VCName" {
+        Disconnect-VIServer $VCName -confirm:$false
+        $Global:DefaultVIServer | Should Be $null
+    }
+}

Scripts/Horizon-GetUsageStats.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<#
+.NOTES
+Script name: Horizon-UsageStats.ps1
+Author: Ray Heffer, @rayheffer
+Last Edited on: 04/18/2017
+Dependencies: PowerCLI 6.5 R1 or later, Horizon 7.0.2 or later
+.DESCRIPTION
+This is a sample script that retrieves the Horizon usage statistics. This produces the same metrics as listed under View Configuration > Product Licensing and Usage. Service providers can use this script or incorporate it with their existing scripts to automate the reporting of Horizon usage.
+
+Example Output:
+NumConnections                 : 180
+NumConnectionsHigh             : 250
+NumViewComposerConnections     : 0
+NumViewComposerConnectionsHigh : 0
+NumTunneledSessions            : 0
+NumPSGSessions                 : 180
+#>
+
+# User Configuration
+$hzUser = "Administrator"
+$hzPass = "VMware1!"
+$hzDomain = "vmw.lab"
+$hzConn = "connect01.vmw.lab"
+
+# Import the Horizon module
+Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.HorizonView
+
+# Establish connection to Connection Server
+$hvServer = Connect-HVServer -server $hzConn -User $hzUser -Password $hzPass -Domain $hzDomain
+
+# Assign a variable to obtain the API Extension Data
+$hvServices = $Global:DefaultHVServers.ExtensionData
+
+# Retrieve Connection Server Health metrics
+$hvHealth =$hvServices.ConnectionServerHealth.ConnectionServerHealth_List()
+
+# Display ConnectionData (Usage stats)
+$hvHealth.ConnectionData

Scripts/NVME Info.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+	 Created by:   	Alan Renouf
+     Organization: 	VMware
+     Blog:          http://virtu-al.net
+     Twitter:       @alanrenouf
+	===========================================================================
+#>
+
+Foreach ($vmhost in Get-VMHost) {
+    $esxcli = get-esxcli -V2 -vmhost $vmhost
+    Write-Host "Host: $($vmhost.name)" -ForegroundColor Green
+    $devices = $esxcli.nvme.device.list.Invoke()
+    Foreach ($device in $devices) {
+        $nvmedevice = $esxcli.nvme.device.get.CreateArgs()
+        $nvmedevice.adapter = $device.HBAName
+        $esxcli.nvme.device.get.invoke($nvmedevice) | Select-Object ModelNumber, FirmwareRevision
+        $features = $esxcli.nvme.device.feature.ChildElements | Select-object -ExpandProperty name
+        ForEach ($feature in $features){
+            Write-Host "Feature: $feature" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+            $currentfeature = $esxcli.nvme.device.feature.$feature.get.CreateArgs()
+            $currentfeature.adapter = $device.HBAName
+            $esxcli.nvme.device.feature.$feature.get.Invoke($currentfeature)    
+        }
+    }
+}

Scripts/SetLunReservation.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+<#
+	.SYNOPSIS
+		Set a given LUN ID to Perennially Reserved.
+	
+	.DESCRIPTION
+		A description of the file.
+	
+	.PARAMETER vCenter
+		Set vCenter server to connect to
+	
+	.PARAMETER Username
+		Set username to use
+	
+	.PARAMETER Password
+		Set password to be used
+	
+	.PARAMETER VirtualMachine
+		Name of the virtual machine which has the RDM
+	
+	.NOTES
+		===========================================================================
+		Created on:   	20/03/2017 15:05
+		Created by:   	Alessio Rocchi <arocchi@vmware.com>
+		Organization: 	VMware
+		Filename:     	SetLunReservation.ps1
+		===========================================================================
+#>
+param
+(
+	[Parameter(Mandatory = $true,
+			   ValueFromPipeline = $true,
+			   Position = 0)]
+	[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
+	[String]$vCenter,
+	[Parameter(Mandatory = $false,
+			   ValueFromPipeline = $true,
+			   HelpMessage = 'Set vCenter Username')]
+	[AllowNull()]
+	[String]$Username,
+	[Parameter(Mandatory = $false,
+			   ValueFromPipeline = $true,
+			   HelpMessage = 'Set vCenterPassword')]
+	[AllowNull()]
+	[String]$Password,
+	[Parameter(Mandatory = $true,
+			   ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
+	[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
+	[String]$VirtualMachine
+)
+
+Import-Module -Name VMware.VimAutomation.Core -WarningAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
+
+try
+{
+	if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($Username) -or [String]::IsNullOrEmpty($Password))
+	{
+		$vcCredential = Get-Credential
+		Connect-VIServer -Server $vCenter -Credential $vcCredential -WarningAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		Connect-VIServer -Server $vCenter -User $Username -Password $Password -WarningAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null
+	}
+}
+catch
+{
+	Write-Error("Error connecting to vCenter: {0}" -f $vCenter)
+	exit
+}
+
+
+$rDms = Get-HardDisk -DiskType rawPhysical -Vm (Get-VM -Name $VirtualMachine)
+$clusterHosts = Get-Cluster -VM $VirtualMachine | Get-VMHost
+
+$menu = @{ }
+
+for ($i = 1; $i -le $rDms.count; $i++)
+{
+	Write-Host("{0}) {1}[{2}]: {3}" -f ($i, $rDms[$i - 1].Name, $rDms[$i - 1].CapacityGB, $rDms[$i - 1].ScsiCanonicalName))
+	$menu.Add($i, ($rDms[$i - 1].ScsiCanonicalName))
+}
+
+[int]$ans = Read-Host 'Which Disk you want to configure?'
+$selection = $menu.Item($ans)
+write-host("Choosed Disk: {0}" -f $selection)
+
+$current = 0
+foreach ($vmHost in $clusterHosts)
+{
+	Write-Progress -Activity "Processing Cluster." -CurrentOperation $vmHost.Name -PercentComplete (($counter / $clusterHosts.count) * 100)
+	$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -V2 -VMHost $vmHost
+	$deviceListArgs = $esxcli.storage.core.device.list.CreateArgs()
+	$deviceListArgs.device = $selection
+	$esxcli.storage.core.device.list.Invoke($deviceListArgs) | Select-Object Device, IsPerenniallyReserved
+	$deviceSetArgs = $esxcli.storage.core.device.setconfig.CreateArgs()
+	$deviceSetArgs.device = $selection
+	$deviceSetArgs.perenniallyreserved = $true
+	$esxcli.storage.core.device.setconfig.Invoke($deviceSetArgs)
+	$counter++
+}
+
+Disconnect-VIServer -WarningAction SilentlyContinue -Server $vCenter -Force -Confirm:$false
+

Scripts/VSANSmartsData.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+Function Get-VSANSmartsData {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+     Created by:    William Lam
+     Organization:  VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+        ===========================================================================
+    .DESCRIPTION
+        This function retreives SMART drive data using new vSAN
+        Management 6.6 API. This can also be used outside of vSAN
+        to query existing SSD devices not being used for vSAN.
+    .PARAMETER Cluster
+        The name of a vSAN Cluster
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Get-VSANSmartsData -Cluster VSAN-Cluster
+#>
+   param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][String]$Cluster
+    )
+
+    if($global:DefaultVIServer.ExtensionData.Content.About.ApiType -eq "VirtualCenter") {
+        if(!$cluster) {
+            Write-Host "Cluster property is required when connecting to vCenter Server"
+            break
+        }
+
+        $vchs = Get-VSANView -Id "VsanVcClusterHealthSystem-vsan-cluster-health-system"
+        $cluster_view = (Get-Cluster -Name $Cluster).ExtensionData.MoRef
+        $result = $vchs.VsanQueryVcClusterSmartStatsSummary($cluster_view)
+    } else {
+        $vhs = Get-VSANView -Id "HostVsanHealthSystem-ha-vsan-health-system"
+        $result = $vhs.VsanHostQuerySmartStats($null,$true)
+    }
+
+    $vmhost = $result.Hostname
+    $smartsData = $result.SmartStats
+
+    Write-Host "`nESXi Host: $vmhost`n"
+    foreach ($data in $smartsData) {
+        if($data.stats) {
+            $stats = $data.stats
+            Write-Host $data.disk
+
+            $smartsResults = @()
+            foreach ($stat in $stats) {
+                $statResult = [pscustomobject] @{
+                    Parameter = $stat.Parameter;
+                    Value =$stat.Value;
+                    Threshold = $stat.Threshold;
+                    Worst = $stat.Worst
+                }
+                $smartsResults+=$statResult
+            }
+            $smartsResults | Format-Table
+        }
+    }
+}

Scripts/VSANVersion.ps1

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+Function Get-VSANVersion {
+<#
+    .NOTES
+    ===========================================================================
+     Created by:    William Lam
+     Organization:  VMware
+     Blog:          www.virtuallyghetto.com
+     Twitter:       @lamw
+        ===========================================================================
+    .DESCRIPTION
+        This function retreives the vSAN software version for both VC/ESXi
+    .PARAMETER Cluster
+        The name of a vSAN Cluster
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Get-VSANVersion -Cluster VSAN-Cluster
+#>
+   param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][String]$Cluster
+    )
+    $vchs = Get-VSANView -Id "VsanVcClusterHealthSystem-vsan-cluster-health-system"
+    $cluster_view = (Get-Cluster -Name $Cluster).ExtensionData.MoRef
+    $results = $vchs.VsanVcClusterQueryVerifyHealthSystemVersions($cluster_view)
+
+    Write-Host "`nVC Version:"$results.VcVersion
+    $results.HostResults | Select Hostname, Version
+}

Scripts/esxi-image-comparator.ps1

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+<#
+Script name: esxi-image-comparator.ps1
+Last update: 24 May 2017
+Author: Eric Gray, @eric_gray
+Description: Compare contents (VIBs) of multiple VMware ESXi image profiles.
+Dependencies: PowerCLI Image Builder (VMware.ImageBuilder,VMware.VimAutomation.Core)
+#>
+
+param(
+    [switch]$ShowAllVIBs=$false,
+    [switch]$HideDates=$false,
+    [switch]$Interactive=$false,
+    [switch]$Grid=$false,
+    [string]$ProfileInclude,
+    [string]$ProfileExclude
+)
+
+$profileList = Get-EsxImageProfile | sort -Property Name
+
+if ($ProfileInclude) {
+    $profileList = $profileList | ? Name -Match $ProfileInclude
+}
+
+if ($ProfileExclude) {
+    $profileList = $profileList | ? Name -NotMatch $ProfileExclude
+}
+
+if ($profileList.Count -eq 0) {
+    Write-Host "No ESXi image profiles available in current session."
+    Write-Host "Use Add-EsxSoftwareDepot for each depot zip bundle you would like to compare."
+    exit 1
+}
+
+if ($Interactive) {
+    $keep = @()
+    Write-Host "Found the following profiles:" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+    $profileList | % { write-host $_.Name }
+    
+    if ($profileList.Count -gt 7) {
+        Write-Host "Found $($profileList.Count) profiles!" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+        Write-Host "Note: List filtering is possible through -ProfileInclude / -ProfileExclude" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen
+    }
+
+    write-host "`nType 'y' next to each profile to compare..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
+
+    foreach ($profile in $profileList) {
+        $want = Read-Host -Prompt $profile.Name 
+        if ($want.StartsWith("y") ) {
+            $keep += $profile
+        }
+
+    }
+    $profileList = $keep
+
+}
+
+# go thru each profile and build a hash of the vib name and hash of profile name + version
+$diffResults = @{}
+foreach ($profile in $profileList ) {
+    foreach ($vib in $profile.VibList) {
+      $vibValue = $vib.Version
+      if (! $HideDates) {
+        $vibValue += " "+ $vib.CreationDate.ToShortDateString()
+      }
+      $diffResults.($vib.name) += @{$profile.name = $vibValue}
+
+    }
+
+}
+
+# create an object that will neatly output as CSV or table
+$outputTable=@()
+foreach ($row in $diffResults.keys | sort) {
+    $vibRow = new-object PSObject
+    $vibRow | add-member -membertype NoteProperty -name "VIB" -Value $row
+    $valueCounter = @{}
+
+    foreach ($profileName in $profileList.name) {
+        #populate this hash to decide if all profiles have same version of VIB
+        $valueCounter.($diffResults.$row.$profileName) = 1
+        $vibRow | add-member -membertype NoteProperty -name $profileName -Value $diffResults.$row.$profileName
+    }
+
+    if ($valueCounter.Count -gt 1 -or $ShowAllVIBs) {
+       $outputTable += $vibRow        
+    }
+}
+
+# useful for debugging
+#$diffResults | ConvertTo-Json
+#$outputTable|Export-Csv -Path .\image-diff-results.csv -NoTypeInformation
+
+if ($Grid) {
+    $outputTable | Out-GridView -Title "VMware ESXi Image Profile Comparator"
+} else {
+    $outputTable
+}

Scripts/esxi-image-creator.ps1

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+<#
+Script name: esxi-image-creator.ps1
+Last update: 24 May 2017
+Author: Eric Gray, @eric_gray
+Description: Create a VMware ESXi image profile based on
+    one or more depots and offline driver bundles.
+Dependencies: PowerCLI Image Builder (VMware.ImageBuilder,VMware.VimAutomation.Core)
+#>
+
+param(
+    [switch]$NewestDate = $false,
+    [switch]$WriteZip = $false,
+    [switch]$WriteISO = $false,
+    [switch]$LeaveCurrentDepotsMounted = $false,
+    [string]$NewProfileName = "Custom Image $(Get-Date -Format "yyyyMMddhhmm")",
+    [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
+    [ValidateSet('VMwareCertified','VMwareAccepted','PartnerSupported','CommunitySupported')]
+    [string]$Acceptance = "VMwareCertified",
+    [string[]]$Files = "*.zip"
+)
+
+#### Specify optional image fine-tuning here ####
+# comma-separated list (array) of VIBs to exclude
+$removeVibs = @("tools-light")
+
+# force specific VIB version to be included, when more than one version is present
+# e.g. "net-enic"="2.1.2.71-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820"
+$overrideVibs = @{
+   # "net-enic"="2.1.2.71-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820",
+}
+
+#### end of optional fine-tuning ####
+
+# may be desirable to manually mount an online depot in advance, such as for HPE
+# e.g. Add-EsxSoftwareDepot http://vibsdepot.hpe.com/index-ecli-650.xml
+if (! $LeaveCurrentDepotsMounted) {
+    Get-EsxSoftwareDepot | Remove-EsxSoftwareDepot
+}
+
+foreach ($depot in Get-ChildItem $Files) {
+    if ($depot.Name.EndsWith(".zip") ) {
+        Add-EsxSoftwareDepot $depot.FullName
+    } else {
+        Write-Host "Not a zip depot:" $depot.Name
+    }
+}
+
+if ((Get-EsxImageProfile).count -eq 0) {
+    write-host "No image profiles found in the selected files"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# either use the native -Newest switch, or try to find latest VIBs by date (NewestDate)
+if ($NewestDate) {
+    $pkgsAll = Get-EsxSoftwarePackage | sort -Property Name,CreationDate -Descending
+    $pkgsNewestDate=@()
+
+    foreach ($pkg in $pkgsAll) {
+        if ($pkgsNewestDate.GetEnumerator().name -notcontains $pkg.Name ) {
+            $pkgsNewestDate += $pkg
+        }
+    }
+    $pkgs = $pkgsNewestDate
+
+} else {
+    $pkgs = Get-ESXSoftwarePackage -Newest
+}
+
+# rebuild the package array according to manual fine-tuning
+if ($removeVibs) {
+    Write-Host "`nThe following VIBs will not be included in ${NewProfileName}:" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+    $removeVibs
+    $pkgs = $pkgs | ? name -NotIn $removeVibs
+}
+
+foreach ($override in $overrideVibs.keys) {
+    # check that the override exists, then remove existing and add override
+    $tmpOver = Get-EsxSoftwarePackage -Name  $override -Version $overrideVibs.$override
+    if ($tmpOver) {
+        $pkgs = $pkgs | ? name -NotIn $tmpOver.name
+        $pkgs += $tmpOver
+    } else {
+        Write-host "Did not find:" $override $overrideVibs.$override -ForegroundColor Yellow
+    }
+}
+
+try {
+    New-EsxImageProfile -NewProfile $NewProfileName -SoftwarePackage $pkgs `
+     -Vendor Custom  -AcceptanceLevel $Acceptance -Description "Made with esxi-image-creator.ps1" `
+     -ErrorAction Stop -ErrorVariable CreationError | Out-Null
+}
+catch {
+    Write-Host "Custom image profile $NewProfileName not created." -ForegroundColor Yellow
+    $CreationError
+    exit 1
+}
+
+Write-Host "`nFinished creating $NewProfileName" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+
+if ($WriteZip) {
+    Write-Host "Creating zip bundle..." -ForegroundColor Green
+    Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile $NewProfileName -ExportToBundle -FilePath .\${NewProfileName}.zip -Force
+}
+
+if ($WriteISO) {
+    Write-Host "Creating ISO image..." -ForegroundColor Green
+    Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile $NewProfileName -ExportToIso -FilePath .\${NewProfileName}.iso -Force
+}

Scripts/modules.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+for file in $( ls /powershell/PowerCLI-Example-Scripts/Modules/ )
+do
+    mkdir "/root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/${file%.*}/"
+    mv "/powershell/PowerCLI-Example-Scripts/Modules/$file" "/root/.local/share/powershell/Modules/${file%.*}/$file"
+done

SetDatastoreTag.ps1

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+<#
+	.SYNOPSIS
+		A brief description of the  file.
+	
+	.DESCRIPTION
+		Given a list of Datastore Names, this script will assign a Tag to them
+	
+	.PARAMETER csvFile
+		String representing the full path of the file
+		The file must be structured like this:
+		-----------------------------
+		Tag1,Tag2,Tag3,Tag4
+		IPv4-iSCSI-SiteA,Tag1,Tag3
+		IPv4-NFS-SiteA,Tag2,Tag4
+		...
+		-----------------------------
+	
+	.NOTES
+		===========================================================================
+		Created on:   	31/03/2017 11:16
+		Created by:   	Alessio Rocchi <arocchi@vmware.com>
+		Organization: 	VMware
+		Filename:       SetDatastoreTag.ps1
+		===========================================================================
+#>
+[CmdletBinding()]
+param
+(
+	[Parameter(Mandatory = $true,
+			   ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
+	[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
+	[System.String]$csvFile,
+	[Parameter(Mandatory = $true,
+			   ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
+	[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
+	[String]$vCenter,
+	[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true,
+			   Position = 2)]
+	[AllowNull()]
+	[String]$Username,
+	[Parameter(Position = 3)]
+	[AllowNull()]
+	[String]$Password
+)
+
+Import-Module -Name VMware.VimAutomation.Core -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
+
+class vcConnector : System.IDisposable
+{
+	[String]$Username
+	[String]$Password
+	[String]$vCenter
+	[PSObject]$server
+	
+	static [vcConnector]$instance
+	
+	vcConnector($Username, $Password, $vCenter)
+	{
+		Import-Module -Name VMware.VimAutomation.Core -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
+		
+		$this.Username = $Username
+		$this.Password = $Password
+		$this.vCenter = $vCenter
+		$this.connect()
+	}
+	
+	vcConnector($vcCredential, $vCenter)
+	{
+		Import-Module -Name VMware.VimAutomation.Core -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
+		
+		$this.vcCredential = $vcCredential
+		$this.vCenter = $vCenter
+		$this.connect()
+	}
+	
+	[void] hidden connect()
+	{
+		try
+		{
+			if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($this.Username) -or [String]::IsNullOrEmpty($this.Password))
+			{
+				$vcCredential = Get-Credential
+				Connect-VIServer -Server $this.vCenter -Credential $this.vcCredential -WarningAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				Connect-VIServer -Server $this.vCenter -User $this.Username -Password $this.Password -WarningAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorAction Stop
+			}
+			Write-Debug("Connected to vCenter: {0}" -f $this.vCenter)
+		}
+		catch
+		{
+			Write-Error($Error[0].Exception.Message)
+			exit
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	[void] Dispose()
+	{
+		Write-Debug("Called Dispose Method of Instance: {0}" -f ($this))
+		Disconnect-VIServer -WarningAction SilentlyContinue -Server $this.vCenter -Force -Confirm:$false | Out-Null
+	}
+	
+	static [vcConnector] GetInstance()
+	{
+		if ([vcConnector]::instance -eq $null)
+		{
+			[vcConnector]::instance = [vcConnector]::new()
+		}
+		
+		return [vcConnector]::instance
+	}
+}
+
+class Content{
+	[System.Collections.Generic.List[System.String]]$availableTags
+	[System.Collections.Generic.List[System.String]]$elements
+	
+	Content()
+	{
+	}
+	
+	Content([String]$filePath)
+	{
+		if ((Test-Path -Path $filePath) -eq $false)
+		{
+			throw ("Cannot find file: {0}" -f ($filePath))
+		}
+		try
+		{
+			# Cast the Get-Content return type to Generic List of Strings in order to avoid fixed-size array
+			$this.elements = [System.Collections.Generic.List[System.String]](Get-Content -Path $filePath -ea SilentlyContinue -wa SilentlyContinue)
+			$this.availableTags = $this.elements[0].split(',')
+			# Delete the first element aka availableTags
+			$this.elements.RemoveAt(0)
+		}
+		catch
+		{
+			throw ("Error reading the file: {0}" -f ($filePath))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+try
+{
+	$vc = [vcConnector]::new($Username, $Password, $vCenter)
+	$csvContent = [Content]::new($csvFile)
+	
+	Write-Host("Available Tags: {0}" -f ($csvContent.availableTags))
+
+	foreach ($element in $csvContent.elements)
+	{
+		[System.Collections.Generic.List[System.String]]$splittedList = $element.split(',')
+		# Get the Datastore Name
+		[System.String]$datastoreName = $splittedList[0]
+		# Removing Datastore Name
+		$splittedList.RemoveAt(0)
+		# Create a List of Tags which will be assigned to the Datastore
+		[System.Collections.Generic.List[PSObject]]$tagsToAssign = $splittedList | ForEach-Object { Get-Tag -Name $_ }
+		Write-Host("Tags to assign to Datastore: {0} are: {1}" -f ($datastoreName, $tagsToAssign))
+		# Get Datastore object by the given Datastore Name, first field of the the line
+		$datastore = Get-Datastore -Name $datastoreName -ea Stop
+		# Iterate the assigned Datastore Tags
+		foreach ($tag in ($datastore | Get-TagAssignment))
+		{
+			# Check if the current tag is one of the available ones.
+			if ($tag.Tag.Name -in $csvContent.availableTags)
+			{
+				# Remove the current assigned Tag
+				Write-Host("Removing Tag: {0}" -f ($tag))
+				Remove-TagAssignment -TagAssignment $tag -Confirm:$false
+			}
+		}
+		# Finally add the new set of tags to the Datastore
+		foreach ($tag in $tagsToAssign)
+		{
+			Write-Host("Trying to assign Tag: {0} to Datastore: {1}" -f ($tag.Name, $datastoreName))
+			# Assign the Tag
+			New-TagAssignment -Entity $datastore -Tag $tag
+		}		
+	}
+}
+catch [VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk.Types.V1.ErrorHandling.VimException.VimException]
+{
+	Write-Error("VIException: {0}" -f ($Error[0].Exception.Message))
+	exit
+}
+catch
+{
+	Write-Error $Error[0].Exception.Message
+	exit
+}
+finally
+{
+	# Let be assured that the vc connection will be disposed.
+	$vc.Dispose()
+}