Functions/Install-vSpherePowerCLI.psm1
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function Install-vSpherePowerCLI { <# .SYNOPSIS Function to install VMware vSphere PowerCLI. .DESCRIPTION Function to install VMware vSphere PowerCLI. .PARAMETER MediaPath Path to the vCenter vSphere PowerCLI Media executable .PARAMETER InstallDir Custom directory to install vCenter vSphere PowerCLI .PARAMETER Quiet Do not display a dialogue box during install .INPUTS IO.FileInfo. .OUTPUTS None. .EXAMPLE PS> Install-vSpherePowerCLI -MediaPath "E:\Software\VMware-PowerCLI-5.1.0-793510.exe" -InstallDir "E:\VMware\PowerCLI" #> [CmdletBinding()] Param ( [parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [IO.FileInfo]$MediaPath, [parameter(Mandatory=$false)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [IO.FileInfo]$InstallDir, [parameter(Mandatory=$false)] [Switch]$Quiet ) try { # --- Test the path to $MediaPath exists if (!($MediaPath.Exists)) {throw "Cannot continue. vSphere PowerCLI Media does not exist"} # --- Test the install path does noy contain a space. PowerCLI cmd line install does not support custom paths with spaces if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('InstallDir')) { if ($InstallDir -match "\s"){ throw "PowerCLI cmd line install does not support custom paths with spaces" } } # --- Build the arguments for the installer if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Quiet')) { $Arguments = " /s /v`" /qn " } else { $Arguments = " /s /v`" /qr " } if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('InstallDir')) { $Arguments += "INSTALLDIR=\`"$($InstallDir)\`" " } $Arguments += "`"" Write-Verbose "Arguments for the install are: $arguments" # --- Start the install Start-Process $MediaPath $Arguments -Wait } catch [Exception] { throw "Could not install vSphere PowerCLI" } } |