$Profile is a PowerShell built-in variable. It actually points to a script file Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 which will be run every time you start PowerShell. It's more or less like .bashrc or .zshrc in the Linux/Unix world.
Environment variables in PowerShell store key-value pairs that define system settings. They are inherited from the local Windows operating system and can be accessed using the $env: prefix.
A short description about enabling/disabling SSH in bulk within vSphere Environment. At first we are going to figure out which hosts already have SSH enabled (or disabled) afterwards we disable (or enable) it.
Managing and maintaining a huge VMware environment is always associated with a lot of effort… if you don’t use automation tools 😉
By automation tools I am thinking about PowerShell, the Vmware Module PowerCLI and the native CLI interface from vSphere Hosts ESXCLI.
Winget is a Package Manager CLI based tool for Windows 10 + Windows 11. Winget makes it possible to manage Application through one central Package Manager, like ‘apt’ known from Linux based systems or Homebrew (brew) from macOS. With this Package Manager you will be able to install/update/discover and remove several Applications even those which are not installed through Winget. Isn’t it cool?
This is the start of PowerShell fundamentals series, which will contain some basic information and cmdlets. I’ll split this into several post’s, because I don’t want it to be a huge one pager. Also I cannot write all information about this topic down within one day. So have fun reading.
A few PowerShell cmdlets to manage vm power state from Hosts defined in an array.
With this basic structure you can combine several conditions -> very useful if you are going to maintain your vSphere environment.
First of all we need the necessary PowerShell-Module package for VMware: PowerCLI.
Depending on your vSphere Version you get information about PowerCli in the documentation from VMware itself: docs.vmware