<# Copyright 2021 VMware, Inc. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause #> <# .SYNOPSIS Retrieve the installation date of an ESXi host .NOTES Author: William Lam .NOTES Site: www.virtuallyghetto.com .PARAMETER Vmhost ESXi host to query installed ESXi VIBs .EXAMPLE Get-ESXInstalledVibs -Vmhost (Get-Vmhost "mini") .EXAMPLE Get-ESXInstalledVibs -Vmhost (Get-Vmhost "mini") -vibname vsan #> Function Get-ESXInstalledVibs { param( [Parameter( Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true) ] [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.InventoryItemImpl]$Vmhost, [Parameter( Mandatory=$false, ValueFromPipeline=$true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true) ] [String]$vibname="" ) $imageManager = Get-View ($Vmhost.ExtensionData.ConfigManager.ImageConfigManager) $vibs = $imageManager.fetchSoftwarePackages() foreach ($vib in $vibs) { if($vibname -ne "") { if($vib.name -eq $vibname) { return $vib | select Name, Version, Vendor, CreationDate, Summary } } else { $vib | select Name, Version, Vendor, CreationDate, Summary } } }