Minimal Modules for VMWare Automation (VMWare.PowerCLI 13+)

Based on PS Gallery Listing of Dependencies for VMware.VimAutomation.Core which provides Connect-VIServer the following modules are required to connect to VSphere.

  • VMware.VimAutomation.Core
    • VMware.Vim
    • VMware.VimAutomation.Common
    • VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk

Addtional Modules of Note

  • VMware.VimAutomation.Security
    • Most of the VSphere Security Commands
  • VMware.VimAutomation.Common
    • Wait-Task
    • Stop-Task

Dirty Way to find Required Modules Based on Manifest

Get-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk -ListAvailable | ForEach-Object {
    $_.RequiredModules, $_.NestedModules.RequiredModules
    }

  • TODO: #3 Loop through Required and Nested

  • Get-Module returns System.Management.Automation.PSModuleInfo instance(s) describing the specified module(s).

  • -ListAvailable makes sure that modules that aren’t presently imported but are discoverable via auto-loading, are included in the lookup.

  • $_.RequiredModules lists the direct module dependencies

  • $_.NestedModules.RequiredModules those of any nested modules (which is presumably rare)

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