So did some poking around on my system; module auto-loading doesn't seem to
work correctly with the VMware cmdlets. It looks at first glance due to how
they have it structured; the module that actually contains everything has a
bunch of nested pre-req modules.
What I did to solve this was to add a function to my profile:
Function Add-VMware {
If (-not(Get-Module -Name 'VMware*')) {
Import-Module -Name 'vmware.vimautomation.core'
}
}
Then I just run the normal PowerShell console (or more often the ISE), and when
I need/want to do VMware stuff I just run 'add-vmware' and it loads them up.
DAMIEN SOLODOW
Senior Systems Engineer
317.447.6033 (office)
317.447.6014 (fax)
HARRISON COLLEGE
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Michael Leone
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 3:41 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [powershell] Determining what parameters were passed to
Powershell.exe as it first executes
I am running PS v4. And the PSModulePath thing was (supposed to have
been) fixed in this Release 3. And I do see the VMware modules in the
path:
PowerCLI P:\> $env:PSModulePath
\\nt_san1\users\LeoneM\My
Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Program
Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Module
s\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL
Server\110\Tools\PowerShell\Modules\;C:\Program
Files\Hewlett-Packard\PowerShell\Modules;C:\Program Files (x86)\VM
ware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\Modules
On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Damien Solodow <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Couple questions. :)
> What PowerShell version are you running?
> What is the contents of your $env:PSModulePath?
>
> Some versions/installers for PowerCLI have screwed up that path which breaks
> PowerCLI module auto-loading.
>
>
> DAMIEN SOLODOW
> Senior Systems Engineer
> 317.447.6033 (office)
> 317.447.6014 (fax)
> HARRISON COLLEGE
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Leone
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 3:19 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [powershell] Determining what parameters were passed to
> Powershell.exe as it first executes
>
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Damien Solodow <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> Correct, the profile will execute before the script called on the command
>> line.
>> If you're on PS 3.0 or higher (and really should be), there is module
>> auto-loading, so some of the "import-module" stuff in the profile is likely
>> redundant.
>
> On PS 4 ...
>
>> If you want to do things based on if you're running PowerCLI, I'd try this:
>> if ($host.ui.rawui.WindowTitle -like '*PowerCLI*') {
>> PowerCLI specific stuff here
>> }
>> else {
>> other stuff here
>> }
>
>
> Well, unfortunately, that doesn't do it, either. As you note, the
> script hasn't executed at this stage, so the VMware modules aren't
> (yet) loaded, so I can't do any "PowerCLI specific stuff" yet. The command
> "Connect-VIServer" did not auto-load the proper VMware module, even thought
> it should have auto-loaded it, as you note.Maybe the auto-loading doesn't
> work in profiles?
>
> I have to manually execute the environment script myself, as the 3rd line in
> the script fragment, so the cmdlets are available to do the later PowerCLI
> specific stuff.
>
> But at least I have a way to determine if I started PowerCLI or stock
> PowerShell; I can work around it.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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