Yes, i tried and it throws an error.

Hi LucD,

Please find the output. Before that i would to say in order to fix previous error, i did uninstalled power cli forcefully multiple times and even deleted VMware power cli folder from C drive but not resolved

PS C:\temp> .\test.ps1

Name                           Value

----                           -----

PSVersion                      5.1.14393.2608

PSEdition                      Desktop

PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}

BuildVersion                   10.0.14393.2608

CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000

WSManStackVersion              3.0

PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3

SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

C:\Users\adminmnt\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules

C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules

C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Monitoring Agent\Agent\PowerShell\

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Monitoring Agent\Agent\AzureAutomation\7.3.396.0

Name       : VMware.Vim

Version    : 6.7.0.10334489

ModuleBase : C:\Users\adminmnt\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\VMware.Vim\6.7.0.10334489

Name       : VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core

Version    : 11.0.0.10335701

ModuleBase : C:\Users\adminmnt\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core\11.0.0.10335701

Name       : VMware.VimAutomation.Common

Version    : 11.0.0.10334497

ModuleBase : C:\Users\adminmnt\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\VMware.VimAutomation.Common\11.0.0.10334497

Name       : VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk

Version    : 11.0.0.10334495

ModuleBase : C:\Users\adminmnt\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk\11.0.0.10334495

Get-PSSnapin : No Windows PowerShell snap-ins matching the pattern 'VMware*' were found. Check the pattern and then

try the command again.

At C:\temp\test.ps1:7 char:1

+ Get-PSSnapin -Name VMware* -Registered

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (VMware*:String) [Get-PSSnapin], PSArgumentException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoPSSnapInsFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetPSSnapinCommand

LucD,

I did follow the steps and even did the clean un-installation but always throws an error after installation

PS C:\temp> Get-Module VMware.PowerCLI -ListAvailable | Uninstall-Module -Force

PS C:\temp> Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name VMware.* | where {$_.Version -like “11.0.0.*”} | Uninstall-Module -Force

PS C:\temp> Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name VMware.*

    Directory: C:\Users\admin\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules

ModuleType Version    Name                                ExportedCommands

---------- -------    ----                                ----------------

Script     6.7.0.1... VMware.Vim

PS C:\temp> Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name VMware.* | where {$_.Version -like “6.7.0.*”} | Uninstall-Module -Force

PS C:\temp> Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name VMware.*

PS C:\temp> Get-Module VMware* -ListAvailable

PS C:\temp> Find-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI

Version    Name                                Repository           Description

-------    ----                                ----------           -----------

11.0.0.... VMware.PowerCLI                     PSGallery            This Windows PowerShell module contains VMware.P...

PS C:\temp> Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -Scope AllUsers -Confirm:$false

Untrusted repository

You are installing the modules from an untrusted repository. If you trust this repository, change its

InstallationPolicy value by running the Set-PSRepository cmdlet. Are you sure you want to install the modules from

'PSGallery'?

[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "N"): A

PackageManagement\Install-Package : A command with name 'Export-VM' is already available on this system. This module

'VMware.VimAutomation.Core' may override the existing commands. If you still want to install this module

'VMware.VimAutomation.Core', use -AllowClobber parameter.

At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:1772 char:21

+ ...          $null = PackageManagement\Install-Package @PSBoundParameters

+                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (Microsoft.Power....InstallPackage:InstallPackage) [Install-Package],

   Exception

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandAlreadyAvailable,Validate-ModuleCommandAlreadyAvailable,Microsoft.PowerShell.Pack

   ageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage

After installation it shows output

PS C:\temp> Get-Module VMware* -ListAvailable

    Directory: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules

ModuleType Version    Name                                ExportedCommands

---------- -------    ----                                ----------------

Script     6.7.0.1... VMware.Vim

Script     11.0.0.... VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core       {Connect-CisServer, Disconnect-CisServer, Get-CisService}

Script     11.0.0.... VMware.VimAutomation.Common

Script     11.0.0.... VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk

PS C:\temp> Get-PowerCLIVersion

Get-PowerCLIVersion : The term 'Get-PowerCLIVersion' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file,

or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and

try again.

At line:1 char:1

+ Get-PowerCLIVersion

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Get-PowerCLIVersion:String) [], CommandNotFoundException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

PS C:\temp>

sorry not allowing.

PS C:\temp> Get-Module -Name VMware* -ListAvailable | Unistall-Module -Force -Confirm:$false

Unistall-Module : The term 'Unistall-Module' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or

operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try

again.

At line:1 char:43

+ Get-Module -Name VMware* -ListAvailable | Unistall-Module -Force -Con ...

+                                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Unistall-Module:String) [], CommandNotFoundException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

LucD,

I didnt find any VMware folder under programm(x86) path

S C:\temp> Get-Module -Name VMware* -ListAvailable | Unistal-Module -Force -Confirm:$false

nistal-Module : The term 'Unistal-Module' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or

perable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try

gain.

t line:1 char:43

Get-Module -Name VMware* -ListAvailable | Unistal-Module -Force -Conf ...

                                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

   + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Unistal-Module:String) [], CommandNotFoundException

   + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

thanks

vmk

Yup, corrected it but same result 

Yes, now it worked.

PS C:\temp> Get-Module -Name VMware* -ListAvailable |Uninstall-Module -Force -Confirm:$false

PS C:\temp>

PS C:\temp> Get-Module -Name VMware* -ListAvailable