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Creating a PSDrive to browse your inventory

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(I can't take credit for this, I'm just formatting and publishing instructions received from VMware.)

Establish a connection to your the server using the Get-VIServer command:
```
Get-VIServer -Server
```
for example,
```
Get-VIServer -Server 192.168.10.10
```
When prompted, provide the administrator's username and password to authenticate access on the server.
Get the root folder of the server:
```
$root = Get-Folder -NoRecursion
```
Create a PowerShell drive named VI, based on the server root folder. You can use the built-in New-psDrive cmdlet.
```
New-PSDrive -Location $root -Name vi -PSProvider VimInventory -Root '\'
```
In this release, a single backslash is the required value for the -Root parameter.
Access the new drive by typing the following command:
```
cd vi:
```
To list the drive content, use Get-ChildItem or its alias Dir.
Navigate through your server inventory using the cd command with the full path to the host. For a fictional VI inventory it may looks like the following:
```
cd Folder01\DataCenter01\host\Web\LiveHost01
```