Get-EsxSoftwarePackage Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Get-EsxSoftwarePackage

Returns a list of SoftwarePackage (VIB) objects from all the connected depots, filtered by one or more options. The output is in table form by default. You can pass VIB package names and versions to the New-EsxImageProfile, Set-EsxImageProfile, Add-EsxSoftwarePackage, and Remove-EsxSoftwarePackage cmdlets via the -SoftwarePackage parameter.The output of this cmdlet can also be piped into Add-EsxSoftwarePackage and Remove-EsxSoftwarePackage. See the examples under those cmdlets.

Syntax

Get-EsxSoftwarePackage
[ [-Version ] < String[] > ]
[-AcceptanceLevel < AcceptanceLevels[] > ]
[-CreatedAfter < DateTime > ]
[-CreatedBefore < DateTime > ]
[-Name < String[] > ]
[-Newest ]
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-SoftwareDepot < SoftwareDepot[] > ]
[-Tag < String[] > ]
[-Vendor < String[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
optional Version String[] 1
Filters the output to list only VIBs whose Version field matches one of the strings supplied. Wildcard characters are supported.
optional AcceptanceLevel AcceptanceLevels[] named
Filters the output to list only VIBs whose acceptance level matches one of the strings supplied. Must be one of the following values:* VMwareCertified* VMwareAccepted* PartnerSupported* CommunitySupported
optional CreatedAfter DateTime named
Filters the output to list only VIBs whose CreationDate is at the earliest the DateTime value supplied. Can be a string of the form MM/DD/YY.
optional CreatedBefore DateTime named
Filters the output list to only VIBs whose CreationDate is at the latest the DateTime value supplied. Can be a string of the form MM/DD/YY.
optional Name String[] named
Filters the output to list only VIBs whose Name field matches one of the strings supplied. Wildcard characters are supported.
optional Newest SwitchParameter named
Filters the output to list only the newest versions of all VIBs. For example, if there are two versions of the "Base-ESX" VIB, "5.0.0-10", and "5.0.0-456", returns only Base-ESX version "5.0.0-456".
optional ProgressAction ActionPreference named
optional SoftwareDepot SoftwareDepot[] named
  • pipeline
optional Tag String[] named
Filters the output to list only VIBs whose Tag field matches one of the strings supplied. Wildcard characters are supported.
optional Vendor String[] named
Filters the output to list only VIBs whose Vendor field matches one of the strings supplied. Wildcard characters are supported.
Get-EsxSoftwarePackage
[-PackageUrl < String[] > ]
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
optional PackageUrl String[] named
Loads packages from package (.vib) files.
optional ProgressAction ActionPreference named

Output

Examples

Example 1 

Get-EsxSoftwarePackage

List all the VIBs from all depots in table form:

Example 2 

Get-EsxSoftwarePackage | Sort-Object CreationDate | Format-Table -Property Name,Version,Vendor

List all the VIBs, sorted by date:

Example 3 

Get-EsxSoftwarePackage -Vendor "VMware","Cisco" -CreatedAfter 1/1/2010

List all the VIBs from VMware and Cisco created after Jan 1, 2010:

Example 4 

Get-EsxSoftwarePackage | ? {$_.Vendor -ne "VMware"}

List all the VIBs from vendors other than VMware

Example 5 

Get-EsxSoftwarePackage -Name "esx-base" -Version "5.0.0-*"

List all the base VIBs for the 5.0.0 release:

Example 6 

$vibs = Get-EsxSoftwarePackage -Name "esx-base" -Version "5.0.0-*"

Save the results of a VIB query for later:

Related Commands

ESXImageProfileAssociation

Associates the specified image profile with the specified ESXi system.

EsxCli

This cmdlet exposes the ESXCLI functionality.

EsxImageProfile

EsxSoftwareDepot

EsxSoftwarePackage

EsxTop

This cmdlet exposes the esxtop functionality.