PowerCLI Install

2024-03-07
17:32

Introduction:
You might need to install PowerCLI on a local machine with no Internet connectivity due to security reasons and deployment restrictions. If you are using such an environment, you can download the PowerCLI ZIP file on a computer with Internet access, transfer the ZIP file to your local machine and install PowerCLI.

Example 1:

Example 2: Install PowerCLI Offline

1. Open PowerShell on your local machine.
2. To view the folder paths to which you can extract the PowerCLI ZIP file, run the command: 
    $env:PSModulePath
    
3. Extract the contents of the PowerCLI ZIP file to one of the listed folders.
4. For Windows, run the command to unblock the copied files.
    
    Get-ChildItem -Path 'folder_path' -Recurse | Unblock-File
    
    Replace folder_path with the path to the folder where you extracted the contents of the ZIP file.
    
5. **(Optional)** Verify that the VMware PowerCLI modules have installed successfully.
    
    Get-Module VMware* -ListAvailable
    
6. You can set whether you want to participate in the VMware Customer Expierence Improvment Program, by answering true or false

	Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP $false

Misc. Commands:

Notes: