Today I tested the VI Toolkit extensions. The VI Toolkit extensions are cmdlets that makes your life easier. Here are some functions of what the cmdlets can do:
The VI toolkit extensions require PowerShell V2 CTP 2 and the VI Toolkit. The VI toolkit extension can be downloaded @ http://www.codeplex.com/vitoolkitextensions
Example:
list all VMs by name and list the size of the snapshots
– Open VI-toolkit
– Connect-VIserver VCservername
– To add the extension, use the following command:
Add-Module “D:\Scripts\viToolkitExtensions.psm1”
Get-VM | Get-TkeSnapshotExtended | select Name, VM, SizeMB
Output:
