ForwardOrReverse

Function Get-VIHumanReadablePath
{
    param
    (
        $target
    )
 
    try
    {
        if ($target.GetType().BaseType -ne [VMware.Vim.ManagedEntity])
        {
            $target = $target | Get-View -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
        }
    }
    catch
    {
        $target = $null
    }
 
    if (!$target)
    {
        throw "Get-VIHumanReadablePath: Could not get the Managed Entity representation of -target"
    }
 
    $path = $target.Name
    while ($target.Parent)
    {
        $target = Get-View $target.Parent  
        $path = $target.Name + "/" + $path           
    }
 
    $path
}

Get-VIHumanReadablePath (Get-Folder Linux)
Get-VIHumanReadablePath (Get-VM LinuxTemp01)
Get-VIHumanReadablePath (Get-VM LinuxTemp01 | Get-View)
Get-VIHumanReadablePath (Get-ResourcePool Prod)
Get-VIHumanReadablePath (Get-VM LinuxTemp01 | Get-ResourcePool)
Get-VIHumanReadablePath (Get-VMHost esx001.local)

//Throw it away with 2>NUL
command = new Command("cmd.exe /c powershell.exe -File c:\\orchestrator\\test.ps1 < NUL 2>NUL");
 
//Log it to a new file with 2> filename
command = new Command("cmd.exe /c powershell.exe -File c:\\orchestrator\\test.ps1 < NUL 2>c:\\orchestrator\\stderr.log");
 
//Send it wherever standard output goes using 2>&1
command = new Command("cmd.exe /c powershell.exe -File c:\\orchestrator\\estest.ps1 < NUL 2>&1");

// Run a command
command = new Command("cmd /c powershell.exe -Command dir variable: >> c:\\orchestrator\\input.out < NUL");
command.execute(true);
 
//Run a script
command = new Command("cmd /c powershell.exe -File c:\\orchestrator\\input.ps1 < NUL");
command.execute(true);

# Adds the base cmdlets
Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core
# Add the following if you want to do things with Update Manager
Add-PSSnapin VMware.VumAutomation
# This script adds some helper functions and sets the appearance. You can pick and choose parts of this file for a fully custom appearance.
. "C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\Scripts\Initialize-VIToolkitEnvironment.ps1"

Function Export-OSCustomizationSpec {
    param (
        [string]$specName,
        [string]$exportFile = "$specname.xml"
    )
    $csmgr = Get-View CustomizationSpecManager
 
    if ($csmgr.DoesCustomizationSpecExist($specName)) {
        $spec = $csmgr.GetCustomizationSpec($specName)
        $csmgr.CustomizationSpecItemToXml($spec) | Out-File $exportFile
    }
    else {
        throw "Spec $specName not found"
    }
}
 
Function Import-OSCustomizationSpec {
    param (
        [string]$importFile,
        [string]$specName #Use to change the spec name from that defined in the file
    )
 
    $specXml = Get-Content $importFile
    $csmgr = Get-View CustomizationSpecManager
    $spec = $csmgr.XmlToCustomizationSpecItem($specXml)
 
    # Change the name if a new one was given.
    if ($specName) {
        $spec.Info.Name = $specName
    }
 
    if ($csmgr.DoesCustomizationSpecExist($spec.Info.Name)) {
        throw "Spec $specName already exists."
    }
    else {
        $csmgr.CreateCustomizationSpec($spec)
    }
}

Function Get-VIServiceMessage {
    $sessionManager = Get-View SessionManager
    $sessionManager.Message
}
 
Function Set-VIServiceMessage {
    param (
        [String]$message = $(throw "Must specify a message.")
    )
 
    $sessionManager = Get-View SessionManager
    $sessionManager.UpdateServiceMessage($message)
}
 
Function Remove-VIServiceMessage {
    Set-ServiceMessage("")
}

$commandTable = @{}
$commandList = Get-Command -Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core -CommandType Cmdlet
 
foreach ($command in $commandList) {
 
    if (!$commandTable.ContainsKey($command.Noun)) {
        $commandTable[$command.Noun] = @()
    }
 
    $commandTable[$command.Noun] += $command.Verb
}
 
foreach ($command in $commandTable.Keys | Sort-Object) {
    $verbs = $commandTable[$command] | Sort-Object
    $command | Select-Object @{Name="Noun"; Expression={$command}}, 
                                 @{Name="Verbs"; Expression={[String]::Join(",", $verbs)}}
}